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Friday & Saturday, June 15th and 16th and
Saturday, December 8th, 2012
"Tree
of Life" - Lynn Payette
A Foley/Cornelius
Teacher
Location:
Duncaster Senior Residence in Bloomfield, CT at 9:30am
Here are directions to Duncaster: (Official address is 40 Loeffler
Road, Bloomfield, CT)
(follow
signs to the Aquatic Center)
From Rt. 84 Westbound [from Manchester]:
Take Rt. 291, exit 61. Follow Rt. 291 to Rt. 218 exit. Take left
onto Rt. 218. Follow for about 3 miles. Take right onto Rt. 189
and follow to the center of Bloomfield. Take a left on Rt. 178.
Continue straight on Rt. 178 for 1.4 miles. To use the new front entrance,
turn right onto Mountain Avenue and continue approx. ½ mile to entrance
on the left into Duncaster. From the Loeffler Road entrance or the
Mountain Avenue entrance, once on the campus, visitors should follow the
signs to the Aquatics & Fitness Center Entrance. Our meeting
takes place in the conference room one floor above the entrance level
(4th floor).
From Rt. 84 Eastbound [from Farmington]:
Take exit 41. Go left on South Main Street [which becomes North Main
Street at West Hartford Center] for 4.6 miles to Rt. 185. Turn left
on Rt. 185 for 1.8 miles. Turn right on Rt. 178. To use the new
front entrance, after about ½ mile turn left onto Mountain Avenue and
continue approx. ½ mile to entrance on the left into Duncaster.
From the Loeffler Road entrance or the Mountain Avenue entrance, once on
the campus, visitors should follow the signs to the Aquatics & Fitness
Center Entrance. Our meeting takes place in the conference room
one floor above the entrance level (4th floor).
From Rt. 91 [North or South]:
Take exit 36. Go west on Rt. 178 for 4.5 miles to the center of
Bloomfield. At the traffic light continue straight on Rt. 178 for 1.4
miles. To use new front entrance, turn right onto Mountain Avenue and
continue approx. ½ mile to entrance on the left into Duncaster.
From the Loeffler Road entrance or the Mountain Avenue entrance, once on
the campus, visitors should follow the signs to the Aquatics & Fitness
Center Entrance. Our meeting takes place in the conference room
one floor above the entrance level (4th floor).
Schedule for Friday:
9:30
AM to 12
noon
Class
12
to 1
PM Lunch
and show and tell
1
PM to 3:30
PM Class
Schedule for Saturday:
9:30
AM to 12
noon
Class
12
to 1
PM Lunch
and brief meeting
1
PM to 3:30
PM Class
'Tree of Life' (non-charted) is a personalized design using flosses, pearl
cottons, metallic threads and beads.
Padded 'Tree' trunk and branches are overstitched in twisted, curved patterns
with metallic threads.
Motifs are in student's choice of colors and stitches, including: couching,
chain, outline, whipped back-stitch, long and short, satin, raised chain,
raised outline, buttonhole, closed and open fly, fishbone, and French knots.
Students choose color-way (rust/gold/green or
blue/silver/green with copper) and work their initials into tree
branches.
You will also need to bring the following supplies to the
class:
13" x 15" stretcher bars and tacks to mount the piece
Small, very sharp scissors; and small, sharp paper scissors
Invisible thread, and Beeswax -- not Thread Heaven
Needles: #22 and #18 chenille, #5, #6, and/or #7 crewel/embroidery, #22 tapestry,
beading needle; (bring several of each)
A few common pins
A piece of tracing paper
Pencils-- 2 - (sharpened)
Glue-stick -- not the blue or purple type
A 'C' clamp or other means of attaching the working frame to the table --
optional but recommended
Extra lighting and magnification, if desired
A pillowcase or other cover for the work in progress
You may also wish to bring several small plastic bags (snack size) to place
your threads in (and label)
Lots of enthusiasm for stitching a really fun and enjoyable piece!
KIT CONTENTS: Pre-drawn ecru Congress cloth; flosses, pearl
cottons, Planet Earth silks; beads, and a variety of metallic threads including
braids, flat ribbon metallics, Fyre Werks, Treasure Braid, sewing weight
metallics, cords, and Candlelight; felt; complete instructions and diagrams
and a color copy of the completed piece.
KIT FEE: $105 (for 3 days of classes)
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