About this Event
Learn the basics like how to use an embroidery hoop and about needle/fabric/thread choices. You'll learn a few different stitches and create personalized designs with them!
All materials are included.
We will have a Bob Ross-like, no mistakes only happy accidents approach to embroidery, it's like sketching on fabric! Come make a cute little piece of art with us :)
You will learn:
- choosing needle, thread, and fabric
- putting fabric in hoop
- preparing embroidery floss,
- threading the needle
- how to knot the end
- different types of stitches and ways to use them to create different effects
Gallery Wrightwood is: an anti-capitalist, artist-led gallery project inside a 100-year-old church building in the heart of Logan Square that hosts art shows, workshops, and social gatherings. We're focused on making approachable creative spaces and showing human-made artworks that speak to urgent social issues.
The gallery has been running since October 2023 on volunteer passion and power! Learn more about us on Instagram at @gallerywrightwood or at https://www.stlukesls.org/gallerywrightwood
Event venue & nearby stays
3325 W Wrightwood Ave, 3325 West Wrightwood Avenue, Chicago, United States