We are delighted to welcome Caroline back for a brand new class. This time she will be exploring the rich seam of inspiration for the embroiderer provided by Pennsylvanian German fraktur, a beloved form of early American folk art created to record births and otherfamily recordsby the Pennsylvanian German immigrants in the seventeenth and eighteenth century.

Many of the motifs will be familiar to quilters – tulips, pairs of confronting birds, trails of leaves and flowers and people – all with graphic ‘stitch’ directions in the painting of the petals, feathers, details of dress.

Using antique linen, fabric paint and, most of all, stitch, you will create an heirloom piece of fraktur-inspired textile. It might be a family tree, or something to celebrate a family occasion, or simply a beautiful image to frame. Fraktur were often created by teachers as ‘awards of merit’ or simply given as gifts.

Caroline will have extensive references, templates and examples, and all materials will be provided, including a specially commissioned collection of threads.