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The kit for Gail Stafford’s Landscape Features: A Notebook Class arrived about a week and a half before class is scheduled to start on May 3. Gail held a Zoom class on Saturday to talk about how the online class works through through groups.io. Four lessons drop on the next 4 Fridays. Yes, I was double booked on Saturday! Linda and I found another room to join the Zoom call during our Stitch-in.

I got to see a few people I haven’t seen in a while and knew several people from other online classes (Mary and I have taken at least 4 online classes together), and Sharon from NJNA. There were a few new people to Cyberpointers, too.

This was the Workshop description from the host chapter, ANG Cyberpointers:

Create your own reference notebook in this class designed for the individual who wants to explore stitches and overdyed threads and their use in landscape designs.  The focus of the course is to use a variety of stitches and overdyed threads to create stitch samples of sky, water, trees, leaves, and bushes for future reference.  The kit includes a line drawn canvas with two landscape designs.  This allows the participant to try sky stitches in the sky area, water stitches in the water area, and other stitches in appropriate locations.  During the class, participants will paint portions of the canvas to prevent the canvas color from showing in certain areas and allow the stitcher to use threads that give less canvas coverage.

You can doodle stitch on these diagrams or create a mini landscape. As Gail said, once you buy the canvas, kit, and instructions, you can do whatever pleases you. I do have paints, but markers will work just as well and be easier.

Looks like fun. I am ready!