Basic Stabilizers for sewing and machine embroidery with Susan Couch
ZOOM presentation and discussion • Tues, Feb 10th, 2026 10:00 – Noon
Learn all about stabilizers in this online lecture written and presented by Susan Couch. Topics will include:
• Stabilizer uses
• Types of stabilizers and applications
• Examples of use
• Your projects
Fee is $10.00, which will be donated to Paisley Paws at Golf Rose Animal Hospital in Schaumburg.
• To receive the Zoom link and arrange payment, send an email to Mini Workshop chair, Elizabeth Guillette, ekguillette@gmail.com and Susan Couch, couchs12@outlook.com
To ask questions or learn how YOU can teach a Mini-Workshop, send and email to Elizabeth Guillette at miniworkshops@nsng.org.
Button and bead mosaics with Marla Florio
In-Person Mini workshop – Tues, March 3, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Kingswood United Methodist Church, 600 Deerfield Rd.
Gather up your buttons and beads and bring them to the March mini workshop. We will use buttons and beads to stitch a mini mosaic or jewelry pin. Highlight a favorite button or two. Create a fun collage with lots of colors and shapes Please bring thread, needles, and fabric backgrounds, (optional embroidery hoop) along with your buttons and beads. Marla will provide lots of supplies too. Fee is $10.00, which will be donated to the Guild
• To register, send an email to Mini Workshop chair,
Elizabeth Guillette, ekguillette@gmail.com and Marla Florio, mflorio808@gmail.com
Little crafty sheep with Natasha Lehrer Lewis
In-Person Mini workshop – Tues, April 7, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Kingswood United Methodist Church, 600 Deerfield Rd. Deerfield, IL
Join Natasha Lehrer Lewis for a fun needle felting mini workshop! Create a little 4″ tall sheep with curly fleece in your choice of colors, and then bring from home a mini craft for your sheep to hold (or create a heart!). It could be a tiny swatch of knitting, a basket of fabric, or a mini quilt. Or look online for art supply miniatures! Easy project for the felting novice to an experienced felter.
Fee is $25.00 and includes all materials.
• To register, send an email to Mini Workshop chair,
Elizabeth Guillette, ekguillette@gmail.com and Natasha Lehrer Lewis, natasha@esthersplacefibers.com