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I started embroidering when I was eight-years-old by doing embroidering pillowcases for 4H, which I showed at fairs. (If you're not familar with it, 4H is a university extension group that is popular with youth.) When I was in junior high, a friend of mine showed me a cross-stitch kit she was working on. She demonstrated a couple stitches and I was hooked!

Several years later, my sister-in-law was stitching for Emie Bishop (who own the popular hand embroidery company called Cross N Patch). Emie needed another stitcher, so I started cross-stitching for her. In the fall of 1990 my grandmother gave me a hardanger kit. After it sat for a couple of months in my stash pile, I pulled it out and started teaching myself the basics of hardanger. At about that same time Emie started adding hardanger to her offerings, and so I began to stitch hardanger for her. As her samplers advanced, so did I.

Fast forward to the present, and I have been doing hardanger for 19 years and I love it more today than I did then! I have been lucky enough to be able to share my hand embroidery knowledge with others, through in person classes and now through the internet. I hope you enjoy learning this new skill as much as I have enjoyed teaching it!

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	Basic Cross Stitch (Hand Cross Stitch) (view event details) Presenter: Donnett Hartvigsen, Melissa Olson Recorded Sessions: 2/8/2010 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Mountain Time Join us in our Basics Cross-Stitch EClass. We will go over basic cross-stitch techniques and help with common mistakes. In our EClass we will cover the different kinds of cross-stitch fabrics and how to stitch on them. Also we will go over all of the basic cross-stitches, tips on stitching with metallic thread and using beads in your stitching. Feel free to email Donnett at donnett@embroidery.com with suggestion of what you would like us to cover in the class. Today's cross-stitch is not your grandmother's cross-stitch, with only a few blocky colors and a lot of topstitching! Embroidery.com offers the finest in cross-stitch-- beautiful, colorful patterns that you'll love to stitch and will be proud to display! Happy Stitchin'	$5.00 E-Club Member Pricing for E-Class: $0.00
	My First Heart Hardanger E-class (Hand Embroidery) (view event details) Presenter: Donnett Hartvigsen, Melissa Olson Recorded Sessions: 2/4/2010 from 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM - Mountain Time 10/20/2009 from 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Mountain Time Please join us to learn the beginning steps of hardanger as we bring our mentorship to your home! We'll introduce you to hardanger, teach you how to do kloster blocks and the dove's eye stitch, and also demonstrate helpful products to assist you. With our new Hardanger E-Class, the age-old artistry of hand embroidery is alive and thriving! Join us as we walk you through the beginning steps of the beautiful "My First Heart in Hardanger" design. It will be like having expert Melissa Olson right in your home, teaching you how to stitch. Join us and learn an age old technique that you can pass on to your children. (This is a Hand Embroidery class, not Machine Embroidery!)	$5.00 E-Club Member Pricing for E-Class: $0.00

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