Since Saturday was such a lovely day, we decided to take a drive to Rehoboth Beach for the annual needlework exhibit at the Rehoboth Beach Museum.
Upon entering the exhibit (no photos allowed), which is now in a larger room on the 2nd floor, I saw a red fox done in cross stitch by Shirley H (of ANG DE Seashore Chapter and my EGA Brandywine Chapter). Congratulations to her for a Judge’s and People’s Choice Award. That was just one of several lovely cross stitch pieces in the exhibit. Bill recognized a baseball cross stitch piece as a Norman Rockwell cover. Seeing Earth Angel by Lavender and Lace made me think of the angel I stitched for my sister called Angel of Hope but that was from Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum.
Thomas S-G, another EGA Brandywine Chapter member, displayed his ribbon winning original Tree of Life embroidery done in crewel.
Also on display from the ANG DE Seashore Chapter, there were lovely designs from Nancy Cucci stitched by Roseanne J including 20 squares with Halloween motifs called Autumn Treasures and another 20 squares with Fall motifs called October Treats. Both ribbon winners!
Brenda (also with the ANG DE Seashore Chapter and my EGA Brandywine Chapter) was not to be left out of the Nancy Cucci design party with Heart Jeweled, a lovely pink piece. Seeing Brenda C’s Bargello Rose by Wendy Moore which is in my stash from a past ANG Cyberpointers’ project really makes me want to do it. Very fun to see in person Brenda’s The Game is On! by Susan Hoekstra which is a checkerboard. But her two beaded bracelets were fantastic. One had lots of tiny beads and the other quite large beads. Both stunning. Congratulations to her for her ribbons!
Speaking of beads, I was quite taken by Sarah H’s Coral Sea by Van Gogh with all the French Knot & beads for the coral. The swirling water was lots of long/short stitches (I think) and there were seashells sprinkled throughout. A well-deserved First Place ribbon winner in canvas work. But, there was no doubt about The Best of Show and First Place ribbon winner for Karen R’s 4-piece framed set of beaded shore/underwater coral scenes. The 3-dimensionality of the each one was incredible.
There was assorted small quilted pieces, miniature needlework, embroidery, samplers, and ribbon work. In fact, the ribbon work was all quite large. None more than Lynn K B’s Butterflies of Remembrance, a large piece of canvas with the butterflies done in ribbon work probably appliqued/attached onto the green needlepointed canvas of various stitches for each long slender leaf covering the canvas. No wonder it was a First Place ribbon winner.
The handmade frame that looks like 2 kitchen windows was perfect for holding 2 different cross stitch samplers of 9 herbs and 12 berries. Another ribbon winner.
Apologies to a couple of entries I mentioned above without the mentioning the stitcher – I thought I got everyone’s name but missed a couple. I might have double checked my notes but the Museum docent came upstairs at 1 pm and announced she’d forgotten we were still here & almost locked us in! I misread the website hours (thought it was open until 3 pm). The exhibit is only open until November 12. So, there is just one more weekend.
I bought my chances for the baskets of goodies donated by the ANG DE Seashore Chapter, Salty Yarns in Berlin MD, or by Sea Needles in Bethany Beach DE.
Bill & I attended our first but the Rehoboth Beach Museum’s Third Annual Needlecraft Exhibit this weekend. It was a beautiful weekend. I can’t post pictures from the exhibit. So, I’ll just share a couple of the area. This was our second trip to the area – very pretty, good food, nice area to walk around & shop (for Christmas gifts). There were a few good buys from the outlet shops too! But, this is about the needlework (although I didn’t get to do any stitching) . . .
I wish I could have gone for the discussion of famous tapestries (in April). But, I am glad to seen the pieces. This is a judged event and included beadwork, canvaswork/needlepoint, counted thread (blackwork, cross stitch, drawn thread, hardanger), sampler, embroidery, heirloom sewing, lace, and miniature. I saw award-winning work from the 3 ANG DE Seashore ladies that I know (I am sure I met more of the exhibitors about 2 years ago for the class I took with their chapter but I can’t recall all the names). All the work was wonderful.
Some of the pieces that drew my particular attention were:
– first place beadwork pieces: a flashy fish with an open mouth (that was lined) by Shirley H. & a geometric purse by Nancy T.
– first place canvaswork by Brenda C which was a trio of Carol Lake’s ‘Anasazi Song’, ‘Anasazi Dream’, and ‘Anasazi Spirit’ – was knockout
– first & third place pieces in embroidery were the same pieces incorporating stumpwork and silk ribbons to create 12 flower & butterfly motifs. Each one (by Jill N & Shirley H) was slightly different. We had to keep walking back & forth to see the subtle differences. Very cool.
– one of two first place miniature ribbons went to Theresa B for her 7-piece German sewing kit which included a wooden box with a stitched insert, a roll, a scissors sheath, 2 biscornu, a bookmark, and a needle case.
– first & third went to Geri W for her mixed media work on ‘Berkshire Revisited’ which was an ANG Seminar class taught by Debbie Stiehler in Philly and ‘Summer Celebrations’, a red white blue group of square designs.
– honorable mention for Roseanne J was of particular interest – I have got to do a grape design at some point & that was a pretty one, ‘Harvest Time’ a Laura Perin Cyberclass.
Even though they didn’t win ribbons, I was enjoyed seeing the 40th Anniversary heart by Brenda C in person. And, I finally saw the Needlework Studio piece stitched. I have a copy of it but am not sure where I got it – was it given to us at seminar in 2010 in Ohio?
And, it was so much fun to meet up with Brenda C & her husband for dinner. They selected a nice restaurant – great way to spend the evening. Looking forward to getting back to the area and meeting up again with them.
Here are a few pictures from the weekend including the view from our balcony (too windy to sit on it), Midway Par 3 golf course (which is a favorite of Tony Kornheiser from ESPN’s Pardon The Interruption (PTI), and a Civil War Baseball game from Dover Days in Dover, DE.
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Since Saturday was such a lovely day, we decided to take a drive to Rehoboth Beach for the annual needlework exhibit at the Rehoboth Beach Museum.
Upon entering the exhibit (no photos allowed), which is now in a larger room on the 2nd floor, I saw a red fox done in cross stitch by Shirley H (of ANG DE Seashore Chapter and my EGA Brandywine Chapter). Congratulations to her for a Judge’s and People’s Choice Award. That was just one of several lovely cross stitch pieces in the exhibit. Bill recognized a baseball cross stitch piece as a Norman Rockwell cover. Seeing Earth Angel by Lavender and Lace made me think of the angel I stitched for my sister called Angel of Hope but that was from Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum.
Thomas S-G, another EGA Brandywine Chapter member, displayed his ribbon winning original Tree of Life embroidery done in crewel.
Also on display from the ANG DE Seashore Chapter, there were lovely designs from Nancy Cucci stitched by Roseanne J including 20 squares with Halloween motifs called Autumn Treasures and another 20 squares with Fall motifs called October Treats. Both ribbon winners!
Brenda (also with the ANG DE Seashore Chapter and my EGA Brandywine Chapter) was not to be left out of the Nancy Cucci design party with Heart Jeweled, a lovely pink piece. Seeing Brenda C’s Bargello Rose by Wendy Moore which is in my stash from a past ANG Cyberpointers’ project really makes me want to do it. Very fun to see in person Brenda’s The Game is On! by Susan Hoekstra which is a checkerboard. But her two beaded bracelets were fantastic. One had lots of tiny beads and the other quite large beads. Both stunning. Congratulations to her for her ribbons!
Speaking of beads, I was quite taken by Sarah H’s Coral Sea by Van Gogh with all the French Knot & beads for the coral. The swirling water was lots of long/short stitches (I think) and there were seashells sprinkled throughout. A well-deserved First Place ribbon winner in canvas work. But, there was no doubt about The Best of Show and First Place ribbon winner for Karen R’s 4-piece framed set of beaded shore/underwater coral scenes. The 3-dimensionality of the each one was incredible.
There was assorted small quilted pieces, miniature needlework, embroidery, samplers, and ribbon work. In fact, the ribbon work was all quite large. None more than Lynn K B’s Butterflies of Remembrance, a large piece of canvas with the butterflies done in ribbon work probably appliqued/attached onto the green needlepointed canvas of various stitches for each long slender leaf covering the canvas. No wonder it was a First Place ribbon winner.
The handmade frame that looks like 2 kitchen windows was perfect for holding 2 different cross stitch samplers of 9 herbs and 12 berries. Another ribbon winner.
Apologies to a couple of entries I mentioned above without the mentioning the stitcher – I thought I got everyone’s name but missed a couple. I might have double checked my notes but the Museum docent came upstairs at 1 pm and announced she’d forgotten we were still here & almost locked us in! I misread the website hours (thought it was open until 3 pm). The exhibit is only open until November 12. So, there is just one more weekend.
I bought my chances for the baskets of goodies donated by the ANG DE Seashore Chapter, Salty Yarns in Berlin MD, or by Sea Needles in Bethany Beach DE.