CRVC Logo CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY CHAPTER
NEWS
November 2022
WEBSITE ADDRESS: www.crvc-ega.org
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CRVC’s display, “We’re Back!” is up at the Granby Public Library for the month of November.

 

The library is at 15 North Granby Road, Granby, CT.  The hours are Mon, Wed, Thu 10 AM-8 PM; Tues 10 AM-6 PM; Fri and Sat 10 AM-2 PM.

 

Saturday, December 3rd, 2022       Snowman Ornament

This meeting we will meet in person at Thistle Needleworks and via Zoom.  The Winter Snowman ornament that we will work on is in the Jan/Feb 2022 issue of Needlepoint Now.  If you have this issue, please save it for the directions.  If you need a copy of the magazine, we have them for your purchase.  For this class, we will supply the canvas in November and hope that you can find the threads needed in your supplies.

You may pick up your canvas at Thistle Needleworks when you come to the meeting, or have it mailed to you.

Schedule for the day:
        10 am - 12 noon       Stitch the project with the group in person or via Zoom
12 noon - 1 pm   Lunch at a local restaurant for in-person participants
1 pm - 3 pm   Continue stitching the project with the group in person or via Zoom

A registration coupon is provided for this meeting.  The deadline is November 21st.

 

Saturday, February 4th, 2023           Zoom class with Celeste Chalasani
         and
Saturday, March 4th, 2023                         "Tidal Treasures"



Some of Celeste's fondest memories are of walking along the beach picking up sea shells.  As the waves gently roll in, you can search the sandy beach to see what treasure you might discover.  Each shell is a mystery, a question of what sea creature once inhabited it.  In this class, we will create our own tidal treasures: a starfish needle minder, a sea urchin pin cushion and scallop needle book.

Kit includes instructions, silk shantung, silk dupioni, Weeks Dye Works stranded cotton threads, Mill Hill Antique Glass Beads, Ultrasuede, finishing materials and needles.  Students to provide 4" and 6" embroidery hoops, 10" x 10" Evertite frame or stretcher bars with brass tacks and tightening tool, 6" ruler, white tissue paper, tweezers, masking tape, scissors for cutting paper and felt, mechanical pencil or similar, straight pins, cream colored sewing thread, needle threader, and usual stitching supplies.  Magnification and lighting is highly recommended.

Skill Level:  Advanced

A registration coupon is provided for this meeting.  The deadline is November 23rd.
 

Saturday, April 1st, 2023       Annual Meeting

Our program will be in person at Thistle Needleworks.  We will have lots of Show and Tell.  We plan to start a piece by Caela Conn Tyler called Just for Fun!

 
"Just for Fun! A Study in Textures" was a cyber class by Caela Conn Tyler back in 2002.  You can do the piece in her colorway or choose your own from stash.  We will provide complete instructions.  We will also continue with this piece at our June meeting.

Linda Berry stitched it and saved the detailed instructions with large scale diagrams and the emailed lectures and colored pictures sent with each lesson.  You feel like Caela is right there with you supplying helpful hints on both materials and stitches.  Stitches include whipped back stitch, Katie's Stitch, free-form needle weaving, web stitch, attaching beads, irregular eyelets & pulled coil, Rhodes circle, diamond darning pattern, flat diamond stitch, cushion cross corners, whipped spiders, diamond eyelets, Smyrna cross, looped ribbon and beads, filet stitch, large woven star, and loop stitch.

The piece is stitched on Congress cloth 12" x 12" (design is 6" diameter) using DMC Six-Strand Embroidery Thread #353, Décor #1514 (or Trebizond), Marlitt #1042, #8 Pearl Cotton #353, Delta #0-2, Zeta #0-2, Medici #8139, Silk Ribbon #167, Spring II #324S OR Gumnuts Poppies #823, and YLI Fine Metallic #R-10.

A registration coupon is provided for this meeting.  The deadline is March 15th, 2023.
 

Saturday, June 10th, 2023

Our program will continue working on Just for Fun!
 

Saturday, October 1st, 2023

Our program will be an EGA group correspondence course.  Further information on the project will be decided in Spring, 2023.
 

Saturday, December 2nd, 2023       Zoom Class with Wendy Moore
                                                            "Kimono Imperial Ornament"

This delightfully sophisticated ornament finishes as a 4”x4” Mini-Kimono.  As an ornament, this kimono highlights a beautiful Bargello pattern in Imperial gold, red, and blue.  Using DMC Floche, Kreinik metallics, DMC & ThreadworX over-dyed floss, and a few beads, this kimono will make an impression.  You will explore how wonderfully the Bargello pattern fits into the kimono and stitch a unique variation of an octagonal Rhodes stitch.  The kit will include the canvas, all the threads and beads, instructions and photos.  Student will provide 8” stretcher bars (2 pair), laying tool, frame or frame weight, usual stitching supplies, and light and magnification if desired.

A registration coupon is provided for this meeting.  The deadline is October 1st, 2023.

 


 

FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS   via Zoom
(All members are welcome)
Contact Judie Solomon (see website) if you want an invitation to these meetings

Jan. 3rd, 2023,  March 7th, 2023,  May 2nd, 2023,   Sept. 12th, 2023, and Nov. 7th, 2023

 


CRVC Program Registration Form
"Snowman Ornament" -- December 3rd

Either email Linda at lindaberry343@gmail.com or mail completed form and check to:
Linda Berry, 343 Seabury Drive, Bloomfield, CT 06002
Deadline: November 21st

"Snowman Ornament"

    __________Please send me a copy of Needlepoint Now ($5)
                            (Check made payable to CRVC-EGA)
    __________Please send me a piece of canvas
 
    __________I plan to attend via Zoom using the email below
 
Name:     ____________________________________________________________________
 
Address: ____________________________________________________________________
 
Email:     ____________________________________________________________________
 
Phone#:  ________________________________________
 

CRVC Program Registration Form
"Tidal Treasures" with Celeste Chalasani -- February 4th & March 4th -- via Zoom

Either email Linda at lindaberry343@gmail.com or mail completed form and check to:
Linda Berry, 343 Seabury Drive, Bloomfield, CT 06002
Deadline: November 23rd

"Tidal Treasures" with Celeste Chalasani

    __________$70 member kit fee  (Check made payable to CRVC-EGA)
 
    __________$90 non-member kit fee
 
Name:     ____________________________________________________________________
 
Address: ____________________________________________________________________
 
Email:     ____________________________________________________________________
 
Phone#:  ________________________________________
 

CRVC Program Registration Form
"Just For Fun!" -- April 1st, 2023

Either email Linda at lindaberry343@gmail.com or mail completed form and check to:
Linda Berry, 343 Seabury Drive, Bloomfield, CT 06002
Deadline: March 15th, 2023

"Just For Fun!"

    __________Please send me a copy of the instructions
 
Name:     ____________________________________________________________________
 
Address: ____________________________________________________________________
 
Email:     ____________________________________________________________________
 
Phone#:  ________________________________________
 

CRVC Program Registration Form
"Kimono Imperial Ornament" with Wendy Moore -- December 2nd, 2023

Either email Linda at lindaberry343@gmail.com or mail completed form and check to:
Linda Berry, 343 Seabury Drive, Bloomfield, CT 06002
Deadline: October 1st, 2023

"Kimono Imperial Ornament" with Wendy Moore

    __________$35 member kit fee  (Check made payable to CRVC-EGA)
 
    __________$55 non-member kit fee
 
Name:     ____________________________________________________________________
 
Address: ____________________________________________________________________
 
Email:     ____________________________________________________________________
 
Phone#:  ________________________________________
 

CRVC-EGA Membership

$57. 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

The membership year runs from June 1 to May 31.  If you are joining after
September 1, please contact the membership chairman for prorated dues.

Mail your completed form and check to:  Linda Berry, CRVC-EGA Membership, 343 Seabury Drive, Bloomfield, CT 06002
Make check payable to CRVC-EGA.  Enclose SASE for membership card.

        __ Address/Email Change
        __ CRVC Primary Membership ($57)
        __ 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 $___________