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A little over 2 years since I’ve finished the class & I finally found the right frame! It’s such a cute design & it was an interesting class. So glad Brenda was able to join us that day! It makes me want to find the other design she gave me for organizing the class – that was such a wonderful surprise!
The fifth clue in the Stitching Games 2015 run by stitcherie is “topsy-turvy”.
I actually found a motif called “Topsy-Turvy” in Jean Hilton’s Stimulating Stitches which is a crescent that “wraps around on itself and then keeps on going into a tail”. However, I couldn’t use it exactly as she designed it on this piece. So, I took the crescent concept & with some creative thinking, which she encourages on practically every page, I created my own exotic crescent. It took me several attempts to get the coverage and roundness that I wanted.
And, one way or another, a future clue will tie into the Sprats Head, Chicago Variation (also from in Jean Hilton’s Stimulating Stitches) – in the form of a cross between example C & D to make a circle & balance this pattern on the right!
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The colors of all the threads just popped as you walked into the shop. And, Kathryn & Jennifer were very helpful about local Richmond, VA sites that we could enjoy in the rain that was determined to stay around all day. What a bright place to be on a dusmal day!
I really wasn’t going to buy anything until the a. bradley trunk show called to me. There, among some very cute designs, was “A Christmas Story” Leg Lamp canvas (one of my husband’s favorite Christmas movies) and a Rolling Stone’s T-shirt. We already have a “A Christmas Story” Leg nightlight and I knew I could live without 9″ x 13″ pillow to go with it. So, I selected the Rolling Stones T-shirt (my husband loves his T-shirts and the Rolling Stones) – it is perfect for him. Finally, a non-golf related canvas for him. It won’t get done by his July birthday but I could try for Christmas!
No more road trips! Who am I kidding? At least none are scheduled at this time.
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I finished it while on vacation but wanted to be home before putting it in the leather holder. I was worried about cutting so close to the stitched border. And, the shape doesn’t look right for the opening but it must be!
It was the right size & a little tricky but I managed ok. And, Bill loves it!
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Newport News, VA has the Village Stitchery. I had a nice chat with Sheila and her husband as I browsed the store. Sheila has had the store for many years now, helped form an ANG chapter in the area, and had Jean Hilton in her shop teaching classes. She has several Hilton designs for sale & some lovely stitched samples including the Sampler and Puzzle. I have the instructions for the Sampler & am more intimidated having seen it in person. It is huge – seems overwhelming – but very pretty.
The red, white, and black Mindy canvas called Asian Circles (2220) jumped out of the window at me!
I’ll have to remember to send her a picture of it once I stitch it.
And, it really is nice to see a stitched sample – the conch shell is my favorite. So, I had to get this too.
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I feel like I was at a needlepoint exhibit even though it was the Williamsburg Antique Mall. My favorite is what is described as “bungo” embroidery. I never heard of it & can’t find anything on google. It looks like boucle thread in long/short stitches.
This is ribbon embroidery.
More (of the better pieces) . . .
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I got the matching Blackbird Eyeglass Case at Haus Tirol aka as the Stitching Well In Williamsburg, VA to the small bag & coin purse that I already am working on.
They carry mostly sampler and cross stitch kits but also a nice selection of threads and blank canvases.
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I spent a wonderful morning with the ladies from the ANG Hampton Roads Sandpipers chapter. Nina P, membership, sent me their newsletter, & said I was welcome to join them even though they were having a class which I was also welcome to join. I didn’t want to keep my husband waiting that long (10-3) so I didn’t. But, I may propose this as a project for our chapter & maybe get Gtrechen to come to our chapter. The design is Tres Flores, Sundance Designs.
Karen S President, introduced me during the first half hour of the business portion. They have several new members to ANG & the chapter. So, I explained about the Distance Learning Programs & pilot stitching. Show & tell included some lovely pieces but none more spectacular than Sue H’s collection that she designed of a needle case & matching accessories that were just lovely.
I also enjoyed meeting Gretchen Janesak from Threads LLC (threadsinva.com) from Charlottesville, VA who came to teach the class. Of course, I had to pick this up from her table for my husband! I should even be able to get it done this week!
Dragon Fly is a Kathryn Molineux painted canvas that I selected at Nimble Needle for a class with Sharon G who provided the stitch guide.
I’ve had this done for a while & was enjoying looking at it but I can only keep so many pieces. So, this went to Anita, another coworker for her birthday! And, now everyone I work with has gotten something I stitched.
The design was exactly 5″ X 7″ & Michael’s cut the mat to fit exactly. I really got lucky with the color of the frame matching my design – also from Michael’s! I just cut the canvas down & left it unblocked. There isn’t the same amount of space in this type of frame to add another layer of thickness. And, my stitching doesn’t pull the canvas out of shape anyway – so, it should be fine.
I used Jean Hilton’s Stimulating Stitches to put together a matching design to Pat Mazu’s Diamond in a Square and finally got them into a pair of bookends for my current manager. That’s the fifth set of bookends!
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