June 22nd and 29th, 1-3PM
$90 per person ($75 early bird)
This two day workshop centers survivors of all kinds as we discuss the possibilities of hand embroidery for healing. We’ll meet in my garden and studio, taking inspiration from the plants around us. Everyone will be invited to design and stitch their own piece that represents healing. We will learn a few basic stitches and how to trace designs onto fabric. Both beginner and experienced stitchers are encouraged to join!
Student Supply List:
Embroidery hoop - 8” preferred
Embroidery Needles (with large eye)
Threads - recommended DMC 6 stranded cotton
Fabric - woven cotton or linen
Plain cotton fabric and some colors of threads will be available, please bring any specific materials you want to work with. If you are unable to bring your own supplies, contact me ahead of time.
Location is provided after registration. It will be in NW Philadelphia at my studio. There are 6 steps up (with handrail) to a brick and grass pathway.
Additional questions? Contact me - scholl.heather@gmail.com
Heather Marie Scholl is a Philadelphia-based artist, designer, and community educator addressing issues of race, gender, and trauma. Her work combines hand embroidery, sculpture, and mixed media into intimate pieces that evoke a disquieting vulnerability while they are informed by research on whiteness and America’s racial history, sexual and familial violence, and an inner emotional landscape. Scholl has led workshops addressing white women's roles in white supremacy (Confront White Womanhood, 2016-2020) and LGBTQ+ Domestic Violence, as well as sewing and embroidery courses. In 2024, she was the Program Instructor for the first iteration of Fashioning the Future Forward with Grant BLVD, a production-sewing job training course for women impacted by the criminal justice system. Scholl’s art work has been exhibited at Pen + Brush, Fuller Craft Museum, Woodmere Art Museum, Rokeby Museum, and DaVinci Art Alliance, among others. Her work has been written about in Slate, Cosmopolitan, i-D magazine, and BUST.