Sandy Rodgers

I'm excited to be teaching three new classes and two encore classes for the American Needlepoint Guild (ANG) Seminar in Philadelphia, Aug. 24-31, 2012. This Seminar is the celebration of ANG's 40th Anniversary, and it's shaping up to be a glorious party!

On Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 25-26, I'll be teaching Interrupted Flight.
On Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 27-28, I'm offering a wonderful new design, The Colors of Autumn.
On Thursday and Friday, Aug. 30-31, I'm excited to be teaching Heralding the Season.

All three of these new classes will be available for seminar, shop, and chapter classes beginning Sept. 1, 2012.

In addition, on Wednesday, Aug. 29, we'll be covering just the basics of color and design in two half-day classes: Color Words and Design Words.

I'm also very pleased to announce that I'll be teaching an ANG Seminar in Anaheim, California, Aug. 23-30, 2013. Those classes are in development now.

Please stay awhile and allow me to share some of my needlework with you. The links to the left will take you quickly to various areas of the site. But before you go exploring, please let me tell you a bit about me and my embroidery.

I've been teaching across the US and internationally for over 25 years. Although I continue to study all forms of embroidery, the classes I teach focus on silk and metal threads on canvas. I blend various techniques, stitched in silk or metal threads, in my canvas creations. So you'll find that my designs don't have a strong inclination toward any one theme.

I've developed a reputation for writing excellent and complete project instructions. I do a lot of teaching and a lot of judging. And I love doing both! I also love writing about embroidery. I've had a column in one needlework magazine or another since 1985 and still do today, plus I've written seven books which quickly became needlework classics. Five of those books are still in print and described under Sandy's Books.

On this site you'll find some of my retired class project instructions for sale, as well as my books. My current teaching portfolio is here for those who are interested in arranging a class. There's also a fun section showing what I did before embroidery entered my life. You might be surprised!