Embroider with Laura Wasilowski
Are you a tense stitcher? Is your hand embroidery tighter than a ukulele string ready to pop? Do you want to loosen up and find the joy in stitchery again?
Then it’s time to embrace the relaxing art of free-form hand embroidery. Free-form embroidery is rule-free.
- It is working without a diagram of stipulated stitches,
- Working without predetermined thread colors,
- Working without a hoop that limits your stitchery,
- And, working without the stress of making perfect embroidery.
Without those rules, you’ll find free-form hand embroidery free, easy, improvisational, and soothing. It allows you to tell your story stitch by stitch. You design your artwork. You select the stitches and thread colors and where to place them on fabric. And you create from your heart.
If you want to find the joy in stitchery again, then please tune in to the online Embroidery Extravaganza on July 17. My segment is called Improvisational Hand Embroidery on Wool.
I'll show you how your simple sketches can evolve into a template of your design. You'll learn a basic way of transferring that template to your wool fabric (or any fabric). And I’ll teach you a variety of stitches and how to combine them to make a design like this, Home in the Country. These are helpful tips and methods that you can apply to your artwork.
Find the joy in hand embroidery again! Join me and 9 other embroidery artists at the Embroidery Extravaganza on July 17, 2025. Once you sign up, you own the video instructions and digital downloads forever. Come join us! It will be fun!
Click here for $20 off the event. Or enter ee25artfabrik at the checkout.
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Laura Wasilowski is a textile artist and creator of hand-dyed fabrics and threads. Her pictorial art quilts and free-form embroideries are collected and exhibited internationally. Laura's art work is inspired by stories of family, friends, and home. The whimsical wall pieces, created from fused fabrics, are hand-embroidered or machine quilted. Her free-form embroideries depict everyday objects, landscapes, and personal narratives.
