Creative Stitchery
Fall Class | Registration opens Wednesday, August 6, 2025 12:01 AM EDT
In this class, students will learn the basics of hand-sewing and embroidery and practice stitchery techniques to make fabric accessories. They will design artwork to applique, and add buttons and embellishments to their work. The setting for this class encourages creativity as students develop their own variations for sewing project and share ideas with classmates.
- PLEASE NOTE: If your child is a WSSD student and plans to take the bus directly from school to Community Arts Center, please be sure to make the bus selection when registering for this program.
Those selecting the bus option after August 20 cannot be guaranteed after-school bus transportation to CAC the first week of school.
IMPORTANT: Please fill in, sign and send back our Student Information Form found on the bottom of the registrations page. We need this form for your child to attend class.
- All materials are povided but students may bring additional materials from home.
Gail Herring
Gail Ann Herring is a graduate of Kutztown University (BS in Art Education), and also Maryland Institute College of Art (MFA). A personal interest in botanical subjects lead to studying at the New York Botanical Garden, where Gail worked at mastering scientific illustration techniques, and completed the certificate program in Botanical Illustration.
As a teaching artist, Gail has worked with students of all ages — in youth classes and adult workshop settings, as an artist-in-residence (age 3 - high school), and as an adjunct instructor in Early Childhood Arts Education (college). Gail has engaged in numerous collaborations with artists, teachers, and community-based programs to develop and mentor arts-integrated learning experiences focused on literacy and the arts.