Piedmont Chapter EGA

Piedmont

EGA

$100 for chapter members
$125 for non-Piedmont chapter members
$175 for non- EGA members

You are invited to join us for Batik to Stitch, a two-day class with Laura Smith on Saturday,
October 11 and Sunday, October 12, 2025 at the Masonic Center, 4537 Country Club Rd,
Winston-Salem, N 27104. We will meet from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day with a lunch break.

LIMITED AVAILABILITY!!! Class is open to the first 24 studets to register and mail in their check.

Registration closes: September 1, 2025

Class Offering

Other tjaps depict a sea turtle, dragonfly, square geometric design, gecko, owl, lily, and sunflower. Each student may use as many tjaps as they wish to create batik.

Day 1: Students learn the subtleties of the batik process on.
Day 2: they create stitch plans for their designs or make more batik images.

NOTE

Batik can create complex, stitchable designs with color layering on fabric. Wax is applied to fabric with a stamp called a tjap (pronounced “chop”). Several choices of images are offered—a turtle (shown), irises, dragonfly, butterfly, gecko, owl, sunflower, daylily, and a small geometric design.
Students can make two to four pieces. Colors are applied in layers, alternating with additional wax. An optional crackling technique creates a marbled effect, visible as navy blue lines in the turtle design above. Safety measures are emphasized throughout the class.

Laura Smith - Teacher Bio

Laura Smith is an embroidery innovator and nationally recognized designer who has taught over one thousand students to stitch, paint, and work with mixed media. She holds the Master Craftsman in Color designation from the Embroiderers' Guild of America (EGA) and has won the Carolinas Region and National Gold Thread Awards for her service in 2021. She has served as chair of the Master Craftsman in Color Program from 2006 to 2018, Chairman of the Fiber Forum (2011–2015), and has held every chapter office for seven terms as president of her chapter. She is a former Executive Director of an arts center. She holds an MBA, as well as an undergraduate degree in chemistry, which is valuable for understanding the properties of paint, wax, and mixed media materials.
Website: www.Stitch4Fun.com
Email: 4LauraSmith@gmail.com

For questions, please contact Janice Wright (jmawright@gmail.com) and include “EGA – Batik to Stitch” in the subject line.