Sarah K Benning | October 2016 | Contemporary Embroidery

Contemporary Embroidery | Sarah K Benning | October 2016

Palms & Monstera Embroidery Workshop

Name: Palms &amp; Monstera Embroidery Workshop
SKU: WKSP201610
Price: 85.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$85.00

Artist Sarah Benning leads us through the intricacies of embroidery. This workshop features an instructional digital video accompanied by a curated kit of tools and materials to complete a Sarah K. Benning pattern.

Learn more about the details of this project on Sarah’s Featured Maker Page.

With a custom stitch booklet built by Sarah to continue to guide us, we explore a variety of beginner, intermediate and even advanced techniques. For travel purposes, we have partnered with Brooklyn-based French designer Amelie Mancini to create carryall bags for all of our embroidery supplies, they’re beautiful!

This workshop includes:

A detailed, digital workshop on the techniques and execution of contemporary embroidery by Sarah Benning
A live & recorded Maker Chat Q&A with our artist
Tools and materials from artisan suppliers, curated for you, by Sarah

The tools & materials included in this kit:

A custom intermediate pattern by Sarah
2 wooden hoops to choose for your design: a 7″ and 9″
A swatch of unbleached cotton fabric
13 different unique colors of embroidery floss (Please note that due to an embroidery floss shortage, one color is substituted for a very close match.)
A length of size 8 black pearle cotton thread for outlining
An embroidery needle
Sarah’s favorite thread snips
A complete Stitch Glossary designed by Sarah

A special addition:

Our small business collaboration for this kit includes a hand printed embroidery carryall bag in natural oatmeal/cotton-blend linen designed and produced by Amelie Mancini in her NYC studio. These pouches feature black organic cotton lining, a sturdy brass zipper and a brown leather pull. They are screen printed using a non-toxic, water-based black ink in Amelie’s wonderful cactus motif. Amelie has partnered with us to create a custom size and bag just for this project!

Happy making!

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Optional Materials Kit:

A Pair of Happy Houseplants | Sarah K Benning | The Crafter's Box

A Detailed Houseplant Duo Embroidery Kit

Sarah has designed a beginner/intermediate materials kit to build a happy houseplant duo (specifically the Pathos and Sansevieria plants, they're beautiful!) for a 5" wooden frame. This pattern was designed by Sarah and is an excellent way to continue making in her beautiful style.

This kit includes:

a 5" wooden hoop
a square of Sarah's preferred unbleached cotton
the beautiful palette of embroidery floss needed to complete the pattern
an extra embroidery needle
a special pattern designed by Sarah K. Benning

Temporarily unavailable

Embroidery Add-On Kit | Sarah K Benning | October 2016

Prickly Pear Cactus Embroidery Kit

Our add-on kit includes the materials to build a prickly pear cactus pattern for a 5" wooden frame. This pattern was designed by Sarah as a little something extra to add to her wonderful workshop and is an excellent way to continue making in her beautiful style.

This add-on kit includes:

a 5" wooden hoop
one more square of unbleached cotton
the embroidery floss needed to complete the pattern
an extra embroidery needle
a special pattern designed by Sarah K. Benning
-please note that there are no additional instructions for this pattern beyond the techniques taught in Sarah's original workshop.

Please note that this add-on kit is only available to those that have participated in Sarah Benning's workshop. Purchasing this materials kit does not grant access to the original workshop video, this materials kit is an opportunity to grow and expand using the original workshop tools & techniques.

Also! If you fall in love with embroidery, this is a wonderful introduction to Sarah's monthly pattern program. You can learn more about it here. Her program starts at $15/month for a beautiful new pattern and more continued making.

Temporarily unavailable

Sara Benning | Books | The Crafter's Box

Embroidered Life: The Art of Sarah K. Benning

Sarah K. Benning is the artist behind our Palms & Monstera Embroidery Workshop. In her book, Embroidered Life: The Art of Sarah K. Benning, she shares a collection of her work that illustrates her bold, contemporary style. In addition to colorful photographs, she reveals the meaning behind many of her designs and shares her creative process. The book features a circular die-cut cover with a needlework design, making it a playful, touchable coffee table book.

Dimensions: 7.55 x 0.75 x 9.55 inches

Length: 144 pages

Add for $24.95