Come join the fun and learn Punch Needle Embroidery
In this class you will be introduced to the fun art of Punch Needle Embroidery using floss to complete our woolly sheep project. The class consists of a brief history of punch needle embroidery; the basics of threading the Ultra Punch needle, "hooping" your project, and basic punching techniques. The pattern and the floss/ threads colors of your choice to complete the project are included.
Special handouts will also be included with lots of resources, tips, and tricks!
The following supplies REQUIRED by the instructor are part of the workshop cost – no substitutes (discounted 20%):
- Ultra Punch 3ct Needle Pack ($26.00)
- 7-in Morgan no-slip Hoop (14.99) or a needle-tack frame
- TwistEase – used to tighten the Morgan hoop ($13.00)
Suggested and available for purchase on the day of the class (10% discount): Easy Kut Spring-Action Scissors ($12.25) or bring your own small VERY SHARP embroidery scissors
Date: Sunday, March 8, 2026
Time: 10:30 AM – 2:30 PM (a lunch break will be given)
Cost: $135.00 credit card; $125.00 cash/check
Cost includes 3.5 hours of Instruction, Pattern, Threads, UltraPunch, Morgan hoop, and TwistEase.
To register to pay by cash/check, please email the studio.
If you already own the Ultra Punch, Morgan Hoop, and/or TwistEase, please contact A Place to Weave for an adjusted workshop cost.
Minimum 3 students; maximum 10 students
You may continue improving your skills with our monthly 2nd Tuesday Punch Needle Club where you can set aside time to refresh, progress, and enjoy punch needle along with others.
Diane will help guide you through difficult areas, improve your skills and help with finishing and/or mounting techniques.
Punch Needle Embroidery Workshop with Diane Daniels
Diane Daniels was born and raised in Southern California and comes from a long line of Italian seamstresses who migrated to the US from Sicily.
In the late 1980’s she lived in New England while her husband was finishing his post doctorate studies. During that time, she saw a Traditional Rug Hooking and wool dyeing demonstration at the League of New Hampshire Craftsman Show up at Mt. Sunapee. She was literally “hooked” and soon on a quest to learn everything there was about this amazing fiber art from some of the best teachers around the country! After her husband completed his studies, they found themselves back in California for his new job in biotech but dreamed about returning to New England some day. In 2006, that dream came true; she currently resides in Harvard, MA with her husband of 39 years along with their 2 cats.
Since 1998, Diane has taught a wide variety of classes throughout Southern California and currently here in Massachusetts; including rug hooking, pincushions/make-do’s, penny rugs, needle felting and pretty much anything involving wool. From the many years of teaching, she has fine tuned her skills and has many “tips & tricks” for helping students improve on their various techniques in all aspects of these mediums.
She is a passionate wool fabric dyer and has provided custom dyed wool fabric collections to shops and students alike. Her passion started back in her fine art classes in college where she studied painting with water color, oils and acrylics. After college she explored basking weaving, spinning, off-loom weaving and dyeing her own fibers at that time with natural dyes.
The colors that change seasonally and the wild life that abounds here in New England has served as constant inspiration for the hand-dyed woolens and fiber art she creates today, most notably in her hand-hooked rug making she enjoys the most.
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