Peyote Stitch: Basics and Beyond Online Workshop with Melinda Barta

Description

Advance your peyote stitch skills in this online workshop with Melinda Barta, based on her popular video! You’ll try your hand at flat, circular and tubular peyote stitch as well as learn how to shape your work and add exciting embellishments for endless design options.

Lesson Breakdown:

Introduction:

• Meet Melinda Barta
• Melinda’s Top 5 Tips
• Tools & Materials
• Peyote Techniques:
• Flat Peyote Stitch
• Circular Peyote Stitch
• Tubular Peyote Stitch
• Shaping Techniques
• 5 Easy Embellishments
• Techniques Covered:
• Even-count and odd-count flat peyote stitch
• Circular and tubular peyote stitch
• Two-drop peyote stitch
• Increasing and decreasing
• Picot
• Fringe
• Stitch-in-the-ditch
• Peaked edging
• Zipping
• Workshop Includes:

  Discussion Board & Gallery: The discussion board is a great way to interact with other users in the course. It’s an open forum for you to ask questions, share your thoughts, express your inspirations, and share images of your work.

  Optional Quizzes: Short optional quizzes to test your knowledge as you progress through the lessons.

  Run time: ~ 56 min.

  About the Instructor:

  Melinda Barta received her BFA in Fiber Arts from Colorado State University, Fort Collins. Her designs regularly appear in Beadwork, and also teaches workshops at schools across the country, including Penland School of Crafts and John C. Campbell Folk School. She has made appearances on PBS, Style Network, and including the shows Scrapbooking, Uncommon Threads, and Melinda’s favorite, Craft Corner Death Match. Melinda is a true lover of all crafts and is known to have sewing, embroidery, knitting, bead weaving, stringing, collage, scrapbooking, home improvement and gardening projects in the works all at the same time.