 EMBROIDERY COURSESWhether you're a beginner or an experienced embroiderer, there are always new stitches or techniques to learn! Come and share, exchange, and experiment during our embroidery classes and workshops.
PROGRAM  Study of basic stitches: stem stitch, french knot stitch, seed stitch, chain stitch, fly stitch online, star stitch, spiderweb stitch, whipped circle, buttonhole wheels stitch, lasy daisy stitch...  Study of advanced stitches: buttonhole bar stitch, palestrina stitch, cable chain stitch, feather stitch, lasy daisy feather stitch, bullion stitch, blanket crescent stitch, malte stitch, picot stitch, satin stitch, fishbone stitch, woven picot stitch...  Study of expert stitches: detached blanket stitch, popcorn stitch, fixed popcorn stitch, cast-on stitches, detached buttonhole border, offset spiderweb stitch...  Study of filling stitches: basic stitches worked in close rows. This course can only be taken if the level 1 stitch study is mastered.  White embroidery: we will embroider your initial together using the raised satin stitch, eyelet stitch, padded satin stitch… This course can only be taken if the level 1 stitch study is mastered. Threads, needles, printed fabric: all materials are provided by us. Just bring your scissors, embroidery hoop, and lamp if you prefer.
Lunch is at your expense, but there will be a space for you to eat on-site. Note: Checks are cashed 15 days before the class date. No refunds will be possible after this deadline. In case of impossibility, your registration remains valid for one year for another offered class date (subject to availability). Cancellation: The course will not be held if there are too few participants registered. You will be notified of this cancellation no later than 15 days before the course date. Consider registering for two days or with a friend! Get a 10% discount for registering for two class sessions! Next courses:BOURGOIN JALLIEU (38) INFORMATIONS Next dates:
- Friday January 24, 2025 - Saturday January 25, 2025
Level: All level Schedule: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., including a one-hour lunch break. Price: €100 . 5 themes are available:
- Basic stitches course For the following four themes, Level 1 stitch study must be mastered: - Advanced stitches course - Filling stitch study - Whitework embroidery - Experienced course Course location:
16 Rue de Belle Rive 38300 Bourgoin Jallieu France
Registrations:
To register, please send us your contact details, the course location, and the desired date by email at: cours@chatdanslaiguille.fr. Your registration will be confirmed upon receipt of a check before the course date. Please note: checks are cashed 15 days before the course date. No refunds will be possible after this period. If you're unable to attend, your registration will be valid for one year for another proposed course date (subject to availability). BARCELONE (SPAIN) INFORMATIONS Next dates:
- Thursday, february 6, 2025: basic stitches and advanced stitches - Friday, february 7, 2025: filling and white embroidery - Saturday, february 8, 2025: experienced stitches Level:
All level Schedule: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., including a lunch break. . Course location:
Oyambre
Carrer del Bruc, 148
08037 Barcelona Tel. 932 15 43 48 Registrations:
To register, please send us your contact details, the course location, and the desired date by email at: info@oyambrebcn.com. You can also phone at +34 932 15 43 48
ANTONY - PARIS REGION (92) INFORMATIONS Upcoming dates:
- Saturday, April 5, 2025 - Sunday, April 6, 2025 - Monday, April 7, 2025 Level:
All level Schedule:
10 a.m. - 5 p.m., including a one-hour lunch break. It is possible to have lunch on site. Price: €100 . Course location:
Mercerie fils et Merveilles
28 rue Auguste Mounié
Allée Louise
92160 ANTONY
France
Accessible from Paris Gare de Lyon in 20 minutes by metro.
Registrations:
Contact the shop directly by phone: +33 1 46 66 49 56 or by email: clc.mercerie@gmail.com
Attention : les chèques sont encaissés 15 jours avant la date du cours. Aucun remboursement ne sera possible passé ce délai. En cas d'impossibilité, votre inscription reste valable pendant un an pour une autre date de cours proposée (sous réserve de disponibilité). NANTES (FRANCE - 44) INFORMATIONS Upcoming dates:
- Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - Wednesday, April 16, 2025 - Thursday, April 17, 2025 Level:
All level Schedule:
9 a.m. - 4 p.m., including a one-hour lunch break. It is possible to have lunch on site. Price: €100 . Course location:
The exact address will be communicated to you after your registration.
Registrations:
To register, please send us your contact details, location and date of the desired course by email to the address: cours@chatdanslaiguille.fr. Registration will then be validated upon receipt of a check before the course date.
Attention : les chèques sont encaissés 15 jours avant la date du cours. Aucun remboursement ne sera possible passé ce délai. En cas d'impossibilité, votre inscription reste valable pendant un an pour une autre date de cours proposée (sous réserve de disponibilité). BREST (FRANCE - 44) INFORMATIONS Upcoming dates:
- Tuesday, April 22, 2025 - Wednesday, April 23, 2025 Level:
All level Schedule:
9 a.m. - 4 p.m., including a one-hour lunch break. It is possible to have lunch on site. Price: €100 . Course location:
The exact address will be communicated to you after your registration.
Registrations:
To register, please send us your contact details, location and date of the desired course by email to the address: cours@chatdanslaiguille.fr. Registration will then be validated upon receipt of a check before the course date.
Attention : les chèques sont encaissés 15 jours avant la date du cours. Aucun remboursement ne sera possible passé ce délai. En cas d'impossibilité, votre inscription reste valable pendant un an pour une autre date de cours proposée (sous réserve de disponibilité). EMBROIDERY & WELL-BEING COURSE | LA BÉGUDE DE MAZENC (26) INFORMATIONS Next dates:
June 17 and 18, 2025 Level:
Beginner and experienced Schedules:
from Saturday 9 a.m. to Sunday 5 p.m. Price:
€380 The price includes : - Embroidery classes - Well-being sessions - Saturday lunch Saturday evening and Sunday lunch Possibility of staying on site. Additional cost of €50 per night, breakfast included. BE CAREFUL, very limited places. . Course theme:
Let your creativity flow. Christel will guide you in choosing stitches and colors according to your skill level. Course location:
The Begude of Mazenc, France The exact address will be communicated to you after your registration. Registrations:
To register, please send us your contact details, location and date of the desired course by email to the address: cours@chatdanslaiguille.fr. Registration will then be validated upon receipt of a check before the course date. Note: Checks are cashed 15 days before the class date. No refunds will be possible after this deadline. In case of impossibility, your registration remains valid for one year for another offered class date (subject to availability). Give yourself a precious moment of respite during a weekend specially designed for you, in the heart of an idyllic setting. This will be the perfect opportunity to reconnect with your physical and mental well-being while sharing and honing your skills in various traditional embroidery techniques. Immerse yourself in an experience where relaxation, creativity, and self-reconnection come together to create an unforgettable retreat. If you wish to further deepen your connection with yourself and your well-being, take advantage of this opportunity to book an individual therapeutic session with Karim. He offers appointments starting from 5 PM throughout the weekend. The session, priced at €70, must be booked in advance and paid for on-site. As a reminder, Karim is a posturologist, relaxation therapist, and Reiki master. EMBROIDERY & WELL-BEING COURSE | LA BÉGUDE DE MAZENC (26)INFORMATIONS Next dates:
June 21 and 22, 2025 Level:
Beginner and experienced Schedules:
from Saturday 9 a.m. to Sunday 5 p.m. Price:
€380 The price includes : - Embroidery classes - Well-being sessions - Saturday lunch Saturday evening and Sunday lunch Possibility of staying on site. Additional cost of €50 per night, breakfast included. BE CAREFUL, very limited places. . Course theme:
Let your creativity flow. Christel will guide you in choosing stitches and colors according to your skill level. Course location:
The Begude of Mazenc, France The exact address will be communicated to you after your registration. Registrations:
To register, please send us your contact details, location and date of the desired course by email to the address: cours@chatdanslaiguille.fr. Registration will then be validated upon receipt of a check before the course date. Note: Checks are cashed 15 days before the class date. No refunds will be possible after this deadline. In case of impossibility, your registration remains valid for one year for another offered class date (subject to availability). Give yourself a precious moment of respite during a weekend specially designed for you, in the heart of an idyllic setting. This will be the perfect opportunity to reconnect with your physical and mental well-being while sharing and honing your skills in various traditional embroidery techniques. Immerse yourself in an experience where relaxation, creativity, and self-reconnection come together to create an unforgettable retreat. If you wish to further deepen your connection with yourself and your well-being, take advantage of this opportunity to book an individual therapeutic session with Karim. He offers appointments starting from 5 PM throughout the weekend. The session, priced at €70, must be booked in advance and paid for on-site. As a reminder, Karim is a posturologist, relaxation therapist, and Reiki master. LA BÉGUDE DE MAZENC (26)INFORMATIONS Upcoming dates:
- Saturday, June 28, 2025 - Sunday, June 29, 2025 Level:
All level Schedule:
9 a.m. - 4 p.m., including a one-hour lunch break. It is possible to have lunch on site. Price: €100 . Course location:
The exact address will be communicated to you after your registration.
Registrations:
To register, please send us your contact details, location and date of the desired course by email to the address: cours@chatdanslaiguille.fr. Registration will then be validated upon receipt of a check before the course date.
Attention : les chèques sont encaissés 15 jours avant la date du cours. Aucun remboursement ne sera possible passé ce délai. En cas d'impossibilité, votre inscription reste valable pendant un an pour une autre date de cours proposée (sous réserve de disponibilité). They attended our classesThank you again for this moment of sharing, I remain convinced of the merits of face-to-face courses, nothing beats human contact, of course there are lives, tutorials, videos and everything that modern technology brings us, but, yes, but spending time together, around a table, in a spirit of conviviality, is still exceptional.
You can ask questions, see the movement of the hand, capture the exact position to adopt to have a beautiful work. We are not necessarily looking for perfection, we just want to acquire a knack that will be easier for us to reproduce. You are very accessible, very pleasant, caring and I really enjoyed my day. I will therefore be happy to come back for the days with drawn wire, or another advanced course. I consider it a pleasure, a pleasant leisure. Thank you for everything and see you soon Christine I had the pleasure of being able to take a lesson with Christel near my home a fortnight ago. Of course the tutorials are useful, but personalized advice is lacking. I have been embroidering for more than twenty years and I know how to do a lot of stitches, except that bad habits set in and how reassuring it is to go back to the basics! Chistel's empathy, gentleness and good humor, which can also be felt on YouTube, are increased tenfold during lessons in his presence. The various photos reflect my words well, it seems to me. 100 euros for 7 hours of embroidery in private lessons seems to me completely justified because this day was really a sweet break in this hectic life that we lead and whose benefits are lasting.
Brigitte A wonderful day, we are lucky in the North to have superb haberdashery to welcome Christel who takes the trouble to move. Her smile and her kindness made us have a great day. And even if there are lives, tutorials, videos, nothing really replaces human contact and oral explanations. I remain convinced that the course given in this form is really the most interesting and the most suitable. So I'm looking forward to my third course and why not an internship here or elsewhere? I kiss you Christel and thank you Caroline I thank Christel for the course days that took place this month.
This day allowed me to improve myself first of all on simple points, because even if we follow Christel's videos to the letter (I have been following them since the lotus flower), no one can correct our imprecise gestures. First, Christel was able to see my points made on a work in progress, and make constructive comments on it. Traditional embroidery is often a story of tension, and having the work in your hands and seeing us embroidering allows Christel to correct our gestures. For my part, I was in difficulty on two points, Christel immediately saw the problem and corrected it for me. Since then, the stitches are prettier and I have more pleasure in working them. The session also allowed me to learn more difficult stitches, which I do not hesitate to adapt on models of the cat in the needle. For example on the autumn wreath, I replaced a chain stitch of a mushroom foot with a palestrina stitch but I also replaced some filling stitches with satin stitch. Finally, the use of supplies, namely: the lamp for night work (compact and useful, a revelation ☺), the needle holder which allows you not to lose it anymore, and Christel's tips which are not necessarily all told in the videos. This day was intense in exchange between embroiderers on our passion, to redo very quickly. Karine
Result of a superb day with Christel. I waited impatiently for this day in Caroline's super shop in Laventie... One of those moments that feels so good. A big THANK YOU to Christel for sharing her passion, her know-how, her great kindness. I was able to deepen my knowledge to improve myself. You are a beautiful person Christel, above all continue to delight us with your pretty creations, each one more beautiful than the other, so it's hard to choose. It's a chance to cross your path and I look forward to the next day in your company. And I'll say a big thank you again for everything I'm still in my head today. See you soon Christel and Caroline. Tinou I enjoyed every moment of this day: a particularly warm welcome, very friendly participants, the embroidery course given with competence and pedagogy with all your good humor and encouragement.
The advantage of these courses: ask questions by showing the problem encountered and see its resolution. It seems important to me to show our work to have avenues for improvement, I also appreciated seeing the embroideries of the other participants to evaluate my work and consider other ways of doing things with regard to the desired effect. I liked blocking off an entire day dedicated to embroidery to share and exchange with all the participants in the group without being disturbed. If new embroidery lessons are organized for the stitches being created, I will return without problem. Thank you for these beautiful moments spent embroidering your beautiful creations and the lives always rich in lessons. Annie
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