CONNECTICUT RIVER
VALLEY CHAPTER
NEWS
May 2009
WEBSITE ADDRESS: WWW.CRVC-EGA.ORG
Saturday, June
6th
Reunion in June
Site for meeting:
Thistle Needleworks
Please bring your finished projects from the region seminar, classes you have
taken this year, or exciting pieces that you would like to share.
Hopefully we can all learn from the problems encountered or tips to
share.
Schedule for
Saturday:
10
AM to 12:30
PM
Sharing of
projects
12:30
PM
Meeting and future program updates
1
PM Lunch
at nearby restaurant
See the registration coupon for this
meeting.
Saturday, September 26th and Saturday,
February 6th, 2010
Part 1
Part 2
"Window in Provence" with Lynn Payette
LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY: Intermediate
GROUND FABRIC:
White (soft) Congress cloth
SIZE: 6 ¼" x 4
½"
DESCRIPTION:
"Window in Provence" is a non-charted, pre-drawn design that will give the
student a unique opportunity to try new and different techniques and
materials.
This piece will be worked in three stages. Stage One: This will be to
create the wall, window, shutters, and the shadows. The wall is created
from pieces of ultra-suede that have been cut out and applied to the ground
fabric in several pieces (by lightly gluing them with a glue stick). Lines
will be drawn (with a Micron pen) on the ultra-suede to depict ‘cracks’ in the
wall. (Note: the ultra-suede will not totally cover the ground. It
will only be used here and there to indicate the wall.) The bricks on the
wall are stitched in variegated silk ribbons.
The shutters will be created by covering pieces of cardboard with fabric and
then stitching them to the Congress cloth ground. (Note: The cardboard
used is thin enough to easily stitch through.) These will then be
overstitched with pearl cotton and floss to create the slats and braces of the
shutters. The actual window will be covered with sheer fabrics that are
cut and applied to create the glass and shadows on the windows. The
sashing will be worked in couched #5 pearl cotton.
Stage Two: The tree will be created using novelty threads, pearl
cottons, metallic threads, and flosses that are couched down. Student will
use a tissue paper pattern over the piece to work the tree.
Stage Three: The flowers and leaves are created using silk ribbons in 4
mm. and 7 mm. widths. These are in various different shades giving the
student ample opportunity to make decisions as to placement and color
choice. The stitches used include: hollyhock stitch, gathered flower,
fuchsia flower, straight stitch, puffed straight stitch.
The emphasis on this piece will be to teach the student new, unusual and
unique techniques and stitches, as well as teaching the student how to create
depth, perspective and cast shadows with threads, fabrics and ribbons.
KIT CONTENTS: Pre-printed white Congress cloth; silk
ribbon; ultra-suede; floss; pearl cotton; Brazilian (rayon) thread; sheer and
opaque fabrics; cardboard; nettings; novelty threads; beads.
STUDENT SUPPLIES: 12" x 9" stretcher bars and tacks,
small, sharp scissors, paper scissors, an assortment of needles including a
beading needle, glue stick (not the blue type); invisible thread and beeswax;
bag to transport piece, extra light and magnification if desired.
See the registration coupon for this meeting.
The deadline for signing up for this class is mid-August.
Saturday and Sunday, December 5th and
6th
Lynn Wilkinson
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
Window
in Provence - Lynn
Payette
Part
2
Saturday and Sunday, June 5th and 6th,
2010
Stitch for Perspective - Lois Kershner
FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS (All members are welcome)
Tues., Sept. 8th
Tues., Nov. 3rd |
Stitching Getaways:
The next meeting of the West Side Day group will be on
Tuesday, June 16th at Suzanne Newton’s house in West
Simsbury. Bring along your lunch and a project you are working on and/or
any project you would like to share. Additional gatherings have been
scheduled for Tuesday, July 21st and Tuesday, September
8th. Please email or phone Suzanne at sfnjsn@sbcglobal.net or
860-658-2037 if you plan to attend.
Pequot Colony – Anyone who is interested can call Doris Boas at:
(860) 572-8441 or Stephanie Thorp at: (860) 536-0912.
If This Sampler Could Talk
Saturday, June 13
10:30 a.m. -
12:00 p.m.
Needlework samplers tell stories about the women who stitched them.
Join Glee Krueger, author of New England Samplers to 1840, and Dr. Susan
Schoelwer, Connecticut Historical Society’s Director of Collections Development,
as they discuss pieces from both CHS’s and Krueger’s collections. Learn
how to preserve and protect samplers that have been passed down through your
family. Participants are encouraged to bring samplers from their own
collections.
Check http://www.chs.org/ for further
information
$10 members, seniors and students; $15 non-members. Reservations
recommended.
CRVC Program Registration Form -- June 6th Meeting
Mail completed form to: Linda Berry, 343 Seabury Drive, Bloomfield, CT 06002.
______I plan to attend.
Hope you will join us for lunch at 1pm.
Name:
___________________________________________________ Phone:
_______________________
Email:______________________ |
CRVC Program Registration Form -- September 26th and
February 6th Meeting
Mail completed form to: Linda Berry, 343 Seabury Drive, Bloomfield, CT
06002. Make check payable to CRVC-EGA.
The deadline for signing up for this class is mid-August.
"Window in Provence" with Lynn Payette
Choose one of the following:
______Members kit fee $72.50; Non-members kit fee $82.50
______I have enclosed $12 (Sept. 26) and/or $12 (Feb. 6) for lunch.
Name:
___________________________________________________ Phone:
_______________________
Email:______________________ |
CRVC-EGA Membership
$50. Primary
Membership $15. Plural Membership (NER) $18. Plural
Membership (not NER)
For a membership card, please enclose a SASE.
Amt. Pd. ____________
Check # ____________
Date Pd. ____________
(keep as your receipt) |
|
CRVC-EGA Membership and Address Change Form
Mail your completed form to: Suzanne Newton, CRVC-EGA Membership,
14 Madison Lane, West Simsbury, CT 06092. Make check payable to
CRVC-EGA. Enclose SASE for membership card.
__ Address Change
__ CRVC Primary Membership ($50)
__ Plural Membership, Primary Chapter in New England
Region ($15) __ Plural Membership,
Primary Chapter not in New England Region ($18)
Name:
____________________________________________________
Address:
____________________________________________________
City, ST,ZIP ____________________________________________________
Phone: _______________________
Email:________________________
Primary Chapter:
________________________________________________
Membership No. _______________________ Total Enclosed
$___________ |