In-Person Technique Tasters: Needlepoint with Margaret Timbrell

Location: This class will be taught in-person at SFSNAD located at 850 Battery St.

Class length: 3 hours

Skill level: Great for beginners or anyone wishing to brush up on their embroidery skills

Class Description: Learn the basics of needlepoint in just three hours during this class! Each Technique Taster Series explores a different technique: crewelwork, needlepainting, goldwork, stumpwork, blackwork, whitework, needlepoint, and appliqué. You will have a choice of two different designs within each technique. This class is a great follow up to our Bite-size Embroidery for Beginners.

Supplies: All materials will be provided for you.

About the Educator: Margaret Timbrell (b. Brazil) is a conceptual needlework artist with a multidisciplinary degree from NYU. Her work is inspired by various influences (such as technology, parenthood, perseverance and fragility) that alter language and engagement.

Timbrell has exhibited at the De Young Museum, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Root Division and other galleries. She was featured in the Washington Post, SF Examiner, LA Times, Bust Magazine and Star Magazine.

In 2012 she was selected as a Heart Artist for SF General’s annual fundraiser. From 2015 to 2017 Timbrell participated in the StARTup Fair. In 2018 she participated in Lenka Clayton’s Artist Residency in Motherhood and, in 2018, Timbrell was the Artist in Residence at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles. In Fall of 2019 she completed a 15’ latch hook portrait of Minnie Pearl for the Graduate Hotel in Nashville. Early 2020 there was an interrupted AiR at Ramon’s Tailor in San Francisco. Most recently in Fall 2021 she had a solo, The Stampede, at the Great Highway Gallery.

Currently Timbrell is a Facility Artist at 1240 Minnesota Street Project, and Studio Artist at Pacific Felt Factory. The Nashville episode of “Handcrafted Hotels” on the Magnolia Network profiles Timbrell and her art practice.

Registration for this class closes 1 week before the class date.

If you would like to inquire about the possibility of late registration, please contact info@sfsnad.org. Late registration will be accommodated when possible.

Cancellation policy: SNAD will refund tuition less a $25 processing fee up to 3 days (72 hours) prior to class start time. No refunds for cancellations with less than 3 days notification before class start time.