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If you are a teacher, or you know of a teacher who is not
listed here, please contact the Education
Director
ALLAN, Jo Ann
Jo Ann Allan has been teaching for the last eight years in Winnipeg and Victoria.
She has studied a wide spectrum of needlework techniques with national and
international teachers. Jo Ann has also won many awards for her embroidery
including the Leonida Leatherdale Award from the Embroiderers’ Association
of Canada.
BERLIN, Tanja
Tanja, originally from Dorset, England, is a graduate and former
staff member of the Royal School of Needlework. At the school she became
an expert on various techniques of embroidery as they applied to restoration,
conservation and commission projects. Tanja now lives in Calgary where she
teaches and maintains her website of embroidery kits and designs. Her Goldwork
sampler was recently highlighted in Embroidery Canada magazine.
BERTELSEN, Deanna G.
Deanna has studied many forms of embroidery with EAC correspondence
courses, national and international teachers and now finds her greatest joy
in dimensional embroidery. She is the designer and author of the EAC's Intermediate
Group Correspondence Course in Stumpwork. Deanna has taught at Seminars in
Victoria, Reginaand Truro.
FURNEAUX, Susan
In 1996, Susan graduated
from the Textile Studies Program at the College of the North Atlantic with
the Award for Excellence. She is
devoted to the extensive time commitment of natural dyes and hand embroidery.
Susan is an instructor at the Anna Templeton Centre for Craft Art
and Design and the College of the North Atlantic's Textile Studies Program.
She has taught workshops in natural dyes and hand embroidery throughout Canada
and the United States
GILBERT, Barbara
Barbara is known for her love of embroidery. She is a career
teacher and has taught all ages, from young Brownies to mature students. She
brings her enthusiasm for textiles and stitchery to each class. She has co-authored
the EAC Group Correspondence Course Beginner Canvas, the Youth Correspondence
Courses, and the Teacher Certificate Programme. She is a course counsellor
for EAC and a past president of the organization. She is currently writing
an Individual Correspondence Course on Hems, Edges and Finishing that will
be a reference notebook course.
HORSMAN, Sheila
Sheila is an embroiderer, designer and teacher who has been
inspiring stitchers to face new embroidery challenges for the past 30 years.
Throughout the years, Sheila has been teaching her embroidery designs in shops,
to groups, at EAC chapter workshops and also at EGA workshops in the United
States. Since her retirement as a public school Art Teacher, Sheila is enjoying
more time to design and teach embroidery.
IOVE, Elena
Elena Iove was born in Romania and now lives in Vancouver/Lower
Mainland, BC. Romanian Point Lace has been her hobby for more than 35 years.
She learned to knit, crochet and many other types of needle embroidery at
the age of 6 or 7 from her mother and grandmother. Ever since she learned
this very old and beautiful lace technique from a neighbour, she has collected
as many stitches and braids as possible and has created many beautiful pieces.
Elena has has her designs featured in the Canadian Lacemaker Gazette. Presently,
she shares her love of Romanian Point Lace through workshops and kits.
KERSHAW, Barbara M.
Barbara has been studying embroidery since 1988 and joined the Northumberland
Hills Stitchery Guild in 1992. With their encouragement, she has taken many
EAC and EGA courses and has become certified as a Master Craftsman in Counted
Thread from EGA. A passion for whitework continues with exhibitions and a
teaching schedule in Canada and the USA.
LACHANCE, Linda
Linda currently owns/operates Northern Pine Designs, a needlework
design business (established in 1987), featuring original counted cross stitch
designs with a Canadian flavour and geometric and textured Canvaswork designs.
Linda has taught extensively in the United States and Canada at
guild workshops and at national seminars: EAC Seminars in St John's, 1996,
and Calgary, 2001, American Needlepoint Guild National Seminars in San Diego,
1998, Atlanta, 1999, and Kansas City, 2000, "Fibre Potpourri" at Olds, AB,
1997. Linda has published articles in magazines for Embroidery Canada, Needlepoint
News, Needlepointers and Crafts Plus. Five designs have been published by Rainbow
Gallery. Many of her designs are self-published through Northern Pine Designs.
McCRINDLE, Helen
Helen is a longtime member and past president (1990-1992)
of EAC, and has spent many years teaching and designing crewel embroidery
as well as other techniques. A certified teacher of crewel embroidery, she
also graduated in Fine Arts and holds a degree in Library and Information
Science. She currently operates the EAC book and audiovisual library from
her home. Helen is one of the authors of the three EAC individual crewel correspondence
courses, basic intermediate and advanced levels. After giving students a grounding
in traditional crewel techniques, she assists her students in exploring comtemporary
applications
MITCHELL, Carolyn
Carolyn, designer and has been involved in embroidery for the
past 20 years. She holds a NSCAE teaching certificate and was EAC Education
Chair (1990-94). Her love for fibers, colours and textures are evident in
her designs in Canvaswork and Hardanger. A popular national and international
teacher, Carolyn enjoys watching her students expand their knowledge.
PODL, Eleanor
Eleanor has been actively engaged in various types of embroidery
work for many years. She received her intermediate Certificate in Colour from
EGA and has taught colour to stitchers and quilters. Eleanor is an EGA Certified
Teacher in Quiltmaking. She has been teaching quiltmaking and applique, both
locally and nationally, for the past 25 years. Eleanor is now specializing
in small fabric landscapes and crazy patchwork projects that are both heavily
embellished with surface stitchery. She is a member of the Regina Stitchery
Guild, EAC, EGA and CQA. Eleanor is the author of the Group Correspondence
Course for Embellished Crazy Patchwork and is counselor for that course and
EAC's Group Correspondence Course in Heirloom Sewing.
ROCH, Gloria.
Gloria is a longtime member of the Regina Stitchery Guild. She has been on the executive of the RSG in a number of capacities, including Vice president and President of the Guild. She has been a participant in the Victorian Market, hosted by the Guild at Government House in Regina for a number of years. Gloria, with her husband Paul, have attended EAC Seminar for a number of years with their business P&G Enterprises, specializing in Brazilian Embroidery threads and stitchery supplies.
ROUTLEY, Janice E.
Janice is one of the founding members of the Regina Stitchery Guild. She has,
in the past, served on the EAC Board and is, at present, an appointee in charge
of the Heritage Collection. She is also a counsellor and author for several
EAC correspondence courses.
STORIE,
Carol
Carol has been stitching for over 20 years, as well as designing
for the past several years. She uses mostly counted thread techniques
including blackwork, hardanger and canvas work. Carol is a member of
the Regina Stitcher Guild, EAC and the Needlework Designers of Canada.
SUSTRIK, Mary A.
Mary Sustrik, trained at Glasgow School of
Art, has taken classes with a wide variety of teachers. Mary has taught classes
across Canada for a number of years. In addition to teaching, Mary is involved
with writing books and articles for a variety of magazines. Her current interests
are creating backgrounds for embroidery combined with hand and machine embroidery,
different methods of beading including beading on canvas, embroidery with
beading and beaded clothing.
Van FOSSEN, Jacqueline
Jackie, a painter at heart, has been working in the fibre and design field for a number of years. She is a member of the Edmonton Needlecraft Guild and the Edmonton Weavers Guild to offset her specialty of quilting. Her passion is working with design and colour, especially colour application of fabric painting, dying, printing, shibori and other surface techniques. Her work has evolved into a collage of multi-media works including felting, embroidery, paper making, quilting, weaving and surface embellishment. Jackie has studied with such well known fibre artists as Nancy Crow, Yvonne Porcella, Bill Morton, Pam Godderis and Mary Sustrik. Her work has been exhibited in a number of venues throughout Western Canada and has won numerous awards.
VANT ERVE, Margaret
Margaret is a full time embroidery artist and teacher, whose work
depicts the Canadian rural and wilderness landscape, birds and botanical studies.
She has won numerous awards and scholarships for her work. She exhibits several
times a year and is on a mission to increase public awareness of embroidery
as an art medium. She studied art and design at Sheridan Collage and the Ontario
Collage of Art and is a certified EAC teacher.
WAHL, Evelyne
Evelyne Wahl has been an embroidery teacher for the past 25
years. As a teacher, she has taught primarily in Western Canada, and often
teaches at the International Brazilian Embroidery Seminar held in the USA.
She designs and kits Brazilian embroidery pieces. She has taught at EAC seminars,
and has won many awards, including two Ennys.
WINTER, Anna-Marie
Anna-Marie is a Canadian teacher, designer, lecturer and author. Past President
of the Embroiderers' Association of Canada, Anna-Marie has authored two canvas
work correspondence courses for EAC and has taught CyberWorkshops for the
American Needlepoint Guild and Needle Artworks. She has traveled extensively
in Canada, the United States, Bermuda and Europe conducting workshops, demonstrations
and lectures. Her designs have appeared in numerous publications and private
collections.
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