Personalised Learning Experience

Choose your own colour palette and design your unique embroidery piece

Expert Guidance

Live classes taught by professionally trained Master Embroiderer

Access to Extensive Support

Live tutor-led classes, pre-recorded demonstrations, student portal with 24/7 access to support materials and a private WhatsApp group

About the course

Join our 12th-year celebration of the Heirloom Sampler year-long course, a comprehensive program designed to teach traditional hand embroidery techniques and unleash your creativity. This course serves as a primer for popular freestyle stitches, allowing you to explore your personal style through color palette selection and unique design creation. If you're new to embroidery or eager to design your own stitches, this course is perfect for you. Benefit from live classes, full kits, pre-recorded demos, private support groups, and extended access to resources post-course completion. Classes take place on Thursday evenings from October 2nd 2025, 7.00-9.30pm UK time.

Meet Your Teacher

Hello, I'm Kelley Aldridge, the creator of this Traditional Stitch Sampler year-long course. With years of experience in traditional hand embroidery, I'm excited to guide you on your creative journey. Join me in exploring the art of stitching and designing unique embroidery pieces that reflect your personal style and imagination. My goal is to empower you to embrace embroidery and unleash your creativity.

Curriculum

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    Introduction

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    Preparing Your Materials

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    Learning Live Online with Kelley

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What students are saying

See what previous students are saying about learning online with Kelley

I've just finished the class portion of Kelley's Goldwork Sampler and I'm really sad it's over. I have done a number of 2 day classes in this technique over the last few years, but I found working in this manner (Zoom classes at fortnightly intervals over nearly a year, with video clips of the techniques available through the portal) meant that if you found there was something that didn't make sense later, you could check back, or more importantly, ask a question at the next lesson. I've picked up on a lot of tiny things that have led to some very satisfying improvements in the quality of my work, learned some really useful techniques, and got links to sources of otherwise hard to find equipment. (Especially useful as I'm located down under in New Zealand.) Thank you Kelly for a wonderful experience - I had a blast!
betty s.

New Zealand

I took Kelleys Goldwork sampler course which covered all aspects of Goldwork and a few extras such as how to mount your work. A well designed course, very well delivered and a lot of fun. It has definitely improved my Goldwork skills! Kelley is enthusiastic and very helpful.
Barbara 

UK

Kelley’s classes are the best. I’ve taken two classes from her over two years. Her demonstrations are clear and easy to follow. She has perfected her on-line teaching style. I’ve found her to be kind and patient and she frequently throws in a little example or historic fact to keep things interesting. My fellow students have ranged from beginners to advanced stitchers and I believe everyone has been happy with the instructions we’ve received.
Sherry S

USA

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