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Stitching Getaways:
The next meeting of the West Side Day group will be on Tuesday,
September 14th 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. 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.
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New England Region Day 2010
Saturday and Sunday,
September 25 and 26, 2010
The Courtyard by
Marriott Natick,
Massachusetts
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classes taught by outstanding, internationally-known teachers, plus studio
time for those choosing to continue working on an existing project, for Region
Day 2010. NER is again underwriting a significant portion of the costs
(teaching fees, teacher travel, room rental, and lunch) for this event, making
this day an exceptional educational bargain at this price. The hardest
part is choosing which class to take!
This year, Region "Day" is a bit of a misnomer. One
of our teachers, Jane Nicholas, will be teaching a two-day class on
Saturday and Sunday. Our other teacher, Michael Boren, will
be teaching a one-day class on Saturday; Studio Time will also be
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The Fine Print
Classes begin at 9:00 in the morning and end at 4:30 in
the afternoon. There will be a break for lunch, and the teachers may
be offering kits and other unique items for sale after the end of classes.
Lunch includes soup, chicken entrée, and dessert.
The registration fee is as follows:
Jane
Nicholas, Corncockle & Dragonfly, two-days ...................$138
Michael
Boren, A Vineyard Holiday Quilt Patch, one-day ........$100
Studio
Time, one-day
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Registration includes lunch. Spaces are limited in
all classes (including Studio Time). All registrations received by
June 15, 2010 will be treated as "first day" registrations and receive equal
consideration. Registrations received after this date will be processed
in the order received. Registration closes on August 1, 2010.
If you desire overnight accommodations, please contact the
Courtyard by Marriott directly by calling 508-655-6100. Rooms at the
hotel are available at the nightly rate of $99 (plus room tax). Please
mention "New England Embroiderers' Guild" when making your
reservation.
Corncockle & Dragonfly with Jane Nicholas
Level: Intermediate
Size: 3" x 7".
This small stumpwork panel is one of a series of embroidered
botanical specimens and insects, inspired by the illuminated pages of medieval
manuscripts. Embroidered on a background of ivory satin, this design
features the Corncockle, Agrostemma githago, a summer-flowering weed
common in medieval cornfields, with detached dark pink petals and long leafy
sepals worked with wire and needle-weaving. Nestled amongst the foliage
are a Broad-bodied Dragonfly, Libellula depressa, with detached gauzy
wings and a padded leather abdomen, a shiny blue beetle, Plagiodera
versicolora, and a tiny Ladybird, both with raised detached elytra.
The botanical name of the flower may be stitched at the base of this
specimen.
Kit Contents: project diagram, notes and
photograph, tracing paper, ivory satin and backing fabric, fabrics for applied
and detached elements, Soie d'Alger silk threads, unusual rayon, cotton,
silk and metallic threads, beads, snakeskin and coloured wires.
Student supplies: The student must bring the
following supplies to class: 10" embroidery hoop or stretcher bars, 5" or
6" embroidery hoop, three 4" embroidery hoops (yes, this is five different
hoops; a good quality hoop is advisable, preferably one that can be tightened
with a screwdriver. Bind inner ring with cotton tape. Plastic
lip-edged hoops are also suitable do not bind inner ring); needles:
crewel 5 - 10, straw/milliners 3 - 9, sharps 11 or 12, tapestry 26 or 28,
sharp yarn darners 14 - 18 [numbers indicate size, NOT quantity]; small,
sharp-pointed embroidery scissors; paper scissors; fine tweezers to shape
wire (blunt-nosed tweezers are good); fine stylus or Clover Tracing Pen or
used ball-point pen for tracing; 12" and 6" rulers; notebook and fine (0.5
mm) HB lead pencil and a few colored pens or pencils; magnifier (if
required).
A Vineyard Holiday Quilt Patch with Michael
Boren
Level: Intermediate
Size: 4" x 4"
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a quilt-inspired sampler with a minimal amount of pre-class stitching (outlining
eight 12-thread by 12-thread squares in tent stitch). This festive
design is beautiful finished as a framed picture, an insert for a lacquered
box, or as a pillow insert.
The design is worked on the student's choice of line-drawn
Victorian Green, Victorian Red or Lavendula 18-count mono canvas. It
features an assortment of threads: Wildflowers, Waterlilies, Vineyard Silk
Classic and Silk Shimmer, and, Kreinik Braid. Stitches used in the
design include: Basketweave, Walnetto, Eyelet, various Star overlays, Giant
Rice stitch variations, Star Waffle, Double-Wrapped Smyrna, Eight Point Star,
Jessica, and Plaited couching patterns.
This design is available in two colorways. The original
holiday colorway is based on The Caron Collection's hand-dyed thread
appropriately named "Holiday". The colors are red, green and white
with Kreinik "Christmas" metallic braid. Students should be aware that
the Victorian Green canvas is very dark, and may present some of the visual
problems that are often encountered when working on a black ground fabric.
The alternate colorway is based on The Caron Collection's hand-dyed thread
called "Appalachia". The colors are purple, blue and green and it is
worked on Lavendula (lavender) canvas. |
Kit Contents: full skeins/spools of all threads,
the line-drawn canvas, complete instructions with photo, the complete
instructions with photos of the companion ornament and pin designs, and a
second piece of canvas for stitching the ornaments or pins; mailing of pre-class
stitching instructions and materials.
Student supplies: stretcher bars to accommodate
a 9" x 9" piece of canvas, tacks or staples to attach canvas to working frame,
a variety of tapestry and beading needles, a laying tool, a frame weight,
stand or other means to allow 2-handed stitching, and all other usual stitching
supplies. Optional: lighting and magnification. Michael recommends
Evertite stretcher bars.
Studio Time
Do you want to join the fun, but you don't want another
project? Then, Studio Time is for you! Bring one (or more)
of your works in progress and enjoy some uninterrupted stitching time with
your friends.
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New
England Region Day
Saturday
and Sunday, September 25 and 26, 2010
Name:
______________________________________________________
Address:
____________________________________________________
Preferred Phone: ______________________________
Email:
______________________________________________________
The registration deadline is August 1, 2010.
Choose One:
__ "Corncockle & Dragonfly" with Jane Nicholas
.....................................$138.00
__ "A Vineyard Holiday Quilt Patch" with Michael Boren (Saturday only)
100.00
Color Choice (choose one):
__ Holiday Threads on Victorian
Red Canvas
__ Holiday Threads on Victorian
Green Canvas
__ Appalachia Threads on Lavendula
Canvas
__ Studio Time (Saturday only)
....................................................................$40.00
Please send this form along with a check in the appropriate
amount made payable to "NER EGA" to:
Pat Timpanaro, 41 East Highland Avenue, Melrose, MA 02176.
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SEMINAR
2011 - PINING TO STITCH
April
15-17, 2011
MYSTERY DESIGN
#1
The pattern
for a needlebook is the first of 4 mystery designs created by Denise Harrington
Pratt for SOME Chapter and being offered to members of NER to bring excitement
and anticipation for the New England Region Seminar 2011 hosted by SOME
Chapter. Three of the four designs will printed in NER Newsletters
and can be found at
http://newenglandregionega.org,
one in each of the three newsletters preceding Seminar 2011. Those
members attending Seminar 2011 will receive the final part of this exciting
series. We also plan to have a small supply of finishing kits available
for purchase at the Seminar, possibly before if requested. We hope
you enjoy the first design in our advance sampling of treasures planned by
SOME for NER Seminar 2011 and that you will set aside the dates of April
15th thru 17th, 2011 to join us at the Eastland Park Hotel in Portland,
Maine.
Heres a call to all members..................we would love
to have others assume some of the jobs for our chapter. They are NOT big
jobs, just some "pitching in" to help with short term needs. Hopefully you
can attend our board meetings on the first Tuesdays of odd-numbered months.
Thats where we come up with plans for future meetings, so youll
enjoy the fun of learning whats out there.
Please
contact Julia
(JuliaHarvey0158@att.net)
if you would like to help.
NEWS from National EGA
The Username and Password required to access the members-only page on the
National website is now available to CRVC members. Contact the webmaster
at
CRVCEGA@aol.com
if you desire this information.
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