The Southern Maine Chapter (SOME) is pleased to offer “Sherry for Jack”, a series of four surface embroidery Zoom classes taught by Hazel Blomkamp, beginning on January 7th, 2026. The design is as featured in Hazel’s book, Crewel Intentions. Registration closes October 15th, 2025.
The Piece
SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate to Advanced
TECHNIQUE(S): Surface Embroidery
SIZE: 8 1/8” x 4 ¾”
The Details
This16-hour class will be presented in four, four-hour sessions, beginning on January 7th, 2026.
LOCATION: ZOOM (Attend from home!)
DATES: Every Wednesday in January (7th, 14th, 21st, 28th), 2026
TIME: 9 AM – 1 PM, EST.
REGISTER BY: OCTOBER 15th, 2025
TOOLS & MATERIALS
Participants will need a copy of Hazel Blomkamp’s book, Crewel Intentions. If the book isn’t available at your library, you can purchase one from Hazel for $16.00 by checking the box in the registration form. The book contains 7 patterns with valuable embroidery instruction that will help you stitch other pieces.
TECHNIQUES
This project includes and iterates on the basic embroidery stitches, making it a great class for stitchers seeking both familiarity and challenge. In addition to practicing old favorites, participants will learn a wide range of intermediate embroidery techniques including:
- Couching & Trellis Couching
- Whipped Backstitch
- Padded Buttonhole Stitch
- Coral Stitch
- Raised Herringbone
- Padded Satin Stitch
- Bead Embroidery
The Instructor
Hazel Blomkamp has dabbled with all the needlecrafts since childhood. When her children were babies she developed a passion for embroidery to break the tedium of life with toddlers, using it as her evening reward for having got through the day with her sanity intact. her children are now young adults and she still embroiders in front of the television every night. She has been designing for the past 18 years. Preferring to design projects which appear to be traditional, she pushes the boundaries by introducing other forms of needlecraft into traditional techniques, exploring further in everything that she does. Along with designing, she runs a busy website from home. She teaches at her home studio, in Pietermaritzburg, KZN, and travels throughout South Africa and to Australia teaching embroidery and fine beadwork. She is a regular contributor to South African and Australian embroidery magazines and is a columnist for South African Stitches Magazine.
QUESTIONS?
Email the organizer, Betty Bell.