Registration Now Open
Cost: Au $210
Make a Gelato to last all year round.
Design size: 6” x 6”
This design is stitched from the middle outwards on hand sponged canvas.
Overdyed threads make every stitch a delight to work.
Nine stitches, worked in a relaxed and enjoyable format make this class great fun.
Bright pink delica beads bring a bright sparkle to Gelato.
To book and more information go to:
web site
Or Etsy shop
Registration Opens: 1st March 2018
Cost: AU $350
Counted Needlepoint
Silk Ribbon
Hand sponged ‘wash’ on canvas
Twenty stitches are used to stitch corn, carrots, parsnips, radishes, tomatoes, apples, pears, apricots, raspberry’s, lettuces and herbs etc in this Potager.
Espaliered fruit trees and of course hens are all part of a productive Vegetable Patch and Orchard
The layout of the garden beds is based on the format of an early 1800’s walled garden, at Entally Estate, Northern Tasmania.
I hand sponge the background of the 18count interlocked canvas.
Variegated threads stitch to create realistic vegetables, berries and fruit.
To book and more details visit
Web site
Etsy shop
Registration Opens: 1st February
Cost: Au $220
Design size 3 ½” x 3 ½”
Delicate pink Camellias created with silk ribbon are a delight to stitch.
Silk Ribbon is flexible and forgiving allowing for a wonderful way to interpret nature.
Each flower will have it’s own personality.
Eight canvas stitches form the soft background for the Camellias to be added to.
Kreinik metallic ribbon adds a soft sparkle to the background.
Registration Opens: 1st February
Class size is limited, book early to make sure you are part of the class.
For more details and to book visit: Web site Etsy shop
Design size 25 x 16cm
A new Mystery Online Class: ‘Iced Vo Vo’s’
Registrations Open 1st December
Close 30th January 2018
Iced Vo Vo is a totally counted piece of needlepoint. No lines pre drawn on canvas.
What is this piece called I can hear some of my US friends asking?
Iced Vo Vo’s are a biscuit (cookie) loved by Aussie children of ALL ages.
I have wonderful memories of hot summer’s day on the beach with my much loved grandma sharing a cool drink and a little biscuit treat. When I was a child, a bought biscuit was a real treat, my mother cooked all our biscuits and cakes.
Yes, Iced Vo Vo’s are still available and yes, my waistline has increased slightly as a result of buying a few packets to ‘photograph’.
Visit the Online Class section on my web site or Etsy Shop
A new Mystery Online Class ‘Iced Vo Vo’s’
Registrations Open 1st December
Close 30th January 2018
More details coming soon!
I am thrilled to have been selected to teach to teach for the Association of New Zealand Embroiderers’ Guild Inc 2018 Conference in Nelson 13th July to 19th July.
These are the two designs that have I will be teaching.
Terracotta Tiles is a delicate design with some intricate sections. The Empresses Night Out is just ‘loads of fun’.
Colour and light reflect in different tones and shapes when the sun is shining on Terracotta, especially if the item is broken.
A dramatic change of colour occurs when Terracotta gets wet or even after a light shower of rain. All of these tones are combined into Terracotta Tiles.
The softness of wool thread, the soft shine created by the rayon in Expressions, and the sparkle of a fine metallic thread combine to create the characteristics of Terracotta.
Tones of Terracotta are enhanced by ‘flashes of pink’ that are in the variegated threads selected.
These tones sit regally on the soft lilac tones of the hand sponges background. Merrilyn hand sponges each piece of canvas.
Eleven stitches are worked into this design, including long armed cross, flower, gobelin, scotch and rice
This design was inspired by the Emperor Penguins of the Antarctic. I changed their Dinner Suits for Evening Gowns!
Lady’s Florence, Myrtle and Beverley are all dressed up for a Night on the Town. Students will trace the penguins onto a pull away fabric and out-line them at home.
In class students will have the flexibility of stitching their own elegant clothing, moving threads etc around, ‘dressing’ the Lady’s in their unique style.
Over ten stitches are incorporated into this project
Bookings Now Open
Booking Close – 18th October 2017
Class One posted – 25th October 2017
Second stage posted – 8th January 2018.
Oooooops, yes I know the class has been off line for a couple of weeks, due to reasons I do not wish to bore you with, but it is now back on.
For more details and to enrol Click here to enroll & more info
Students will receive three exciting, tactile, luxurious parcels during this On Line Class.
The first parcel will allow you to work the foundation ‘window frames’.
The second parcel will contain all the threads for working the needlepoint background.
The final parcel will contain the instructions and silk ribbons for working the fuchsia flowers.
Students will have the option of purchasing:
1 . the complete kit for this workshop
OR
2. a kit of instructions, silk ribbon and silk lame threads – students would need to supply DMC threads, needle and Kreinik threads.
Bookings Open – 31st August 2017
Booking Close – 25th September 2017
Class One posted – 3rd October 2017
Cost is (including postage Australia Wide):
Click here to book and pay online
Bookings Open – 31st August 2017
Booking Close – 25th September 2017
Class One posted – 3rd October 2017
It is with great pleasure that I offer Glass House Fuchsias as an online class.
Students will receive three exciting, tactile, luxurious parcels during this On Line Class.
The first parcel will allow you to work the foundation ‘window frames’.
The second parcel will contain all the threads for working the needlepoint background.
The final parcel will contain the instructions and silk ribbons for working the fuchsia flowers.
Students will have the option of purchasing:
OR
Order your kit now on www.merrilynheazlewood.com.au
August 30th, 31st and Sep 1st
A mid winter walk on a very frosty morning, along a farm laneway was the inspiration for this design.
Winter Garden is worked in collection of white threads, 13mm silk ribbon and pearls.
When viewing this design it can be interpreted in various ways:
Over sixteen needlepoint and two silk ribbon ‘flowers’ are intertwined into this piece.
Four styles of couching are worked into the inner beds.
Classical brick, mosaic and upright cross stitches are stitched with a mix of perle cotton and ‘fuzzy’ threads, helping to create the patterns of the garden beds.
The boarders of the beds are created by whipping with Very Velvet or couching textured threads.
The subtle sparkle of Tiara thread is stitched to form the delicate ‘lacy’ edge.
13mm silk ribbon is gathered in two ways to make the ‘flowers’.
Quality Japanese pearls and silver lined beads are the finishing touch to Winter Garden.
The various sizes of Persencia perle cotton and subtle sparkle of the threads selected are all fun to work with.