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2015 June 1
June Sampler of the Month
Issue No. 15-10
www.atticneedlework.com
“G. Léger 1898” from Reflets de Soie
During June receive
a 15% Sampler of
the Month discount
on your purchase of
a minimum of 2 of
the following:
* Chart $17
* Gloriana silks $144;
AVAS silks $77.40
* Lakeside Linen ~
40c, $32
In addition to its first and complete alphabet and its elegant incomplete second alphabet (Complete alphabets were rare: some letters such as W or I
were considered repetitious because they possess the same form as other letters already embroidered) this lovely 1898 French sampler includes a
number of unusual motifs, including the Eiffel tower, a charming house, several birds, several pieces of fruit (a pear and a peach ??), anchor (hope),
cross (faith) with a heart (love), a clock, and more! the sampler is charted for Gloriana overdyed silks, and the legend also includes Au Ver A’Soie silks.
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More Beautiful Reflets de Soie Samplers
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For any charts we may not have in stock, the prices may vary by a dollar or two, depending on the invoiced price when the shipment is received
“Stella Sampler” $28
“Franzi 1870” $25, 345 x 436
“Passion” $21, 557 x 410
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“Souvenir d’Ecole 1892” $17, 231 x 198,
our June 2014 Sampler of the Month
More from Reflets de Soie
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“Héloïse Cornu 1896” $17, 283 x 320 ~ also
available in the original colors & also in red
“Albertine Guiraud” $17, 271 x 199
“Jeu de Points” $17, with 49
different stitches, 246 x 246
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Our Customers Share
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Jacqueline’s beautiful “Anaïs Curveur”
~ so many gorgeous elements to this
sampler, and again beautiful birds!
Rather than include this in the “Customers Share” pages towards the end of the newsletter, I
felt it was appropriate to show it here, as it is one of the beautiful samplers from Reflets de Soie.
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Customer Appreciation/Stitch-In, Thursdays, 4 - 8 PM
Every
For as long as I can remember, The Attic has been open on
Thursday Thursday nights and, along with that, provides the setting for
customers to gather to share their needlework with others.
This is an opportunity for me to host a weekly time with our
customers, to show them the newest and greatest, preview new
designs and great needlework stuff, and also see what you’re
stitching! As a valued customer, you are invited to join us!
June
As an Attic Addict save 15% in June on:
* Reflets de Soie Charts
* Gloriana & Au Ver A’Soie Silks
* Lakeside Linens
Saturday, June 6, 10:30-12:30 Beginning
Linen This class is appropriate for both
beginning stitchers and anyone wishing to
refine their skills. The class project is Linda/
Needlemade Designs’s Tulip needlebook
design, and the $30 fee includes her expert instruction +
materials. Class fee is due upon registration.
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Save the Date ... for Summer School 2015,
August 21 - 23 (please note new date) ... for some
History Lessons ... with a needlework bent!
August
2015
November Jackie du Plessis Workshops at The Attic:
6-9, 2015 * Attic of Dreams 2
January
2016
* Florine’s Fan-Fare
* Queen M’s Pomander & Privy Purse
* September Morning
(Details on the following pages)
Saturday, June 13, Sampler Stitches 220, 1:30-3:30 ~ The
special stitch/technique for this week is Hem Stitching. $20 Fee ~
Linda appreciates it if students avoid wearing perfumes to class.
Sunday, June 21, Sampler Sunday, 1 - 4 ~ This is Father’s
Day and, as the third Sunday of the month, it is also time for our
monthly sampler gathering. As we’ve done in past June’s, we’ve
planned our special celebrations around our three-hour needlework
afternoon. Refreshments served; please register ~ fee $10
Merry Cox’s Ophelia . . .
We only have a few BCRF cookbooks left!
Support a great cause (all net proceeds go to breast cancer
research) by buying a copy(s) of the Recipes for a Cure
cookbook for a donation of $14.95 (or more) with fabulous timetested recipes as well as complimentary designs from 11 designers.
. . . Parts 1 & 2 coming to The Attic the weekend of
June 24 -26, 2016. More details in a future newsletter.
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Our 2015 Summer School
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This year we’ve subtitled this event “History Lessons,” and our Summer
School faculty has some very fun and interesting projects planned for you!
Our faculty includes our six very talented and creative designers in the
desert: Linda/Samplers Remembered, Gloria/Milady’s Needle,
Vickie & Maegan/NeedleWorkPress, Linda/Needlemade Designs,
Bunny & Apryl/Priscilla’s Pocket, & Tanya/The Scarlett House. We
met earlier this week to finalize plans & projects, and we are all very excited
to invite you to our fourth annual Summer School presented by The Attic.
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fabrics, antique bone buttons, and twill tape
and will include charts for both the Union
flag and the Confederate Stars & Bars.
For your Summer School Tuition of $465 (register by July 1 ~ after July 1
tuition increases to $500 to accommodate last-minute kitting) you will
receive six amazing projects, all of your meals, the opportunity to win
some great door prizes, and more wonderful surprises. Reserve your spot
with a $50 nonrefundable deposit, with the balance due by July 1. This
amazingly reasonable tuition for six lovely projects is only possible
because all of these designers are local and have no travel expenses
(airplane & hotel). Don’t miss out on the funnest Summer School ever!
Bunny & Apryl/Priscilla’s Pocket are
designing “Lucy Locket’s Pocket” using
motifs from their 1720 American
sampler and including a brief history of
pockets and their “handbag” purpose in
the 17th century and beyond.
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NeedleWorkPress is inspired by an antique
Victorian sampler with alphabet blocks scattered
throughout the sampler ~ and Vickie will present
a brief history of alphabets, her lifelong passion
that has culminated in her passion for samplers!
Our Summer School opens at 5 PM Friday night, August 21 and closes at noon on Sunday, August 23 at Hyatt Place Mesa. The
hotel is offering us these amazing summer rates: $89/night for both King and Queen/Queen. Call 1.888.HYATT.HP (1-888-492-8847).
Local phone number is 480.969-8200 ~ don’t forget to ask for the “Attic Needlework” group rate. Or use the online booking link.
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I am pleased to publish photos, workshop prices, and hotel information for this very special Attic event. We are privileged to host these Jackie
workshops the weekend of November 6-9 at the Hyatt Place in Mesa, located just 15 minutes from our new Attic, with shuttle service
available to and from the shop. Reservations with the hotel can be made by calling 888-492-8847 or 480-969-8200. You must ask for the
“Attic Needlework” group rate (King $114; Double Queen $119) or go online to http://www.phoenixmesa.place.hyatt.com/en/hotel/
home.html These rates are available 3 days pre and post the weekend for any of you who wish to come early or stay longer. The rates
include a deluxe continental breakfast, unlimited high-speed Internet access, 24-hour access to the StayFit@Hyatt fitness room and e-room
business center, and use of the swimming pool, 9-hole executive putting green, and shuttle service within a five-mile radius upon availability.
The weekend schedule with workshop prices:
Friday, November 6, 3 - 8 pm (with a break for a light supper at 5:00) ~ Attic of Dreams 2 ~ $185
Saturday, November 7, 9 - 5 pm (with a lunch break at 11:30) ~ Florine’s Fan-Fare presented in 2
parts ~ the Scrimshaw Palm-Vane in the AM $175 & the Reticule in the PM $165
Saturday night, 5:30-??, Wine & Food Reception at the shop open to all workshop participants RSVP
Sunday, November 8, 9 - 4 pm (with lunch at 12:00) ~ Queen M’s Pomander & Privy Purse $245
Monday, November 9, 9 - 4 pm (with lunch at 12:00) ~ September Morning $210
Friday: Attic of Dreams 2 Button Bassinet Jackie and I invite all sampler
stitchers to join us for this, the second part of Attic of Dreams, together in class.
Using Au Ver A Soie’s Trebizond and silk Gimp threads, the start of a teeny bassinet
front will be woven. This bassinet front attaches with ribbons to a paneled hangable
linen section that can be personalized with included initials and or spot motifs and
favorite stitches. The bassinet’s main function is to nest a cross section of stitched
band sampler created using the Attic of Dreams needleholder (Part 1) color and
stitches ~ it will wrap and bundle around a glass button-decorated decanter.
All supplies needed for stitching and finishing, including silk fiber, silk ribbon,
30-count linen, detailed instructions with color charts and color finishing photos. Right, Attic of Dreams 2 with
Attic of Dreams 1 on the right
in the photograph. More photos
on the following page.
This will be a two-session class, with a separate
registration for each session:
* AM morning session devoted to the Scrimshaw
Palm-Vane ~ Workshop Fee with Kit, $175
* PM afternoon session will be spent creating the
beautiful Reticule ~ Workshop Fee with Kit, $165
Saturday: Florine’s Fan-Fare Madam Florine, a French noblewoman, has
commissioned the students of the Mansarde Aiguille Academy (Attic Needle Academy)
to create the absolute portmanteau (reticule) to hold-safe an exquisitely handcrafted
Scrimshaw Palm-vane. Her instructions...wishes were:
The Portmanteau must be furbished with the best of silk fabrics. It must look and feel
beyond compare. It must fit her petite gloved hand. It must be worked in only silken
filaments and silk fragments. It can only use superb hand- colored ribbons and
trimmings. The colors must reflect femininity. Only then can and must the worker
present her work and name on this piece de resistance. After critically reviewing all the
work, Madam Florine was so impressed that she granted the Academy the permission
to recreate her Portmanteau Fan-Fare.
Sessions begin Saturday morning ~ see you in class as you work on re-creating
your ultimate reticule and Scrimshaw palm-vane. All supplies needed for stitching and finishing, including silk fiber and silk handdyed fibers, silk taffeta check, silk ribbon, 34-count Legacy linen, detailed instructions
with color charts and color finishing photos. The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com
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More Photos of Attic of Dreams 2
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Attic of Dreams 2 with
Attic of Dreams 1 on the
right in the photographs.
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Sunday: Queen M’s Pomander & Privy Purse A pomander, from the French pomme d’ambre
is a ball made of perfume. The Queen M’s pomander is two-sided opening, oval-global stitched
shapes that connect and hold a silk drawstring pouch for storage of herb fragments. The two
exterior oval global shapes are adorned and covered with stitched pomegranates and foliage using
vibrant rich tones of reds and pinks. Your treasured pomander stows in a privy purse constructed
using covered Hedebo/Dorset button rings. Jackie’s inspiration for this pomander’s privy purse is pulled from a purse she purchased in
Spokane, Washington while teaching there many years ago. The original is stitched in black; yours
will we worked to match the jewel tones of the pomander. The privy purse will be lined and
decorated with beads and ribbons and silk fabric. The work tray seen as a work in progress will be an optional item available be to students only.
Complete kit includes all supplies needed for stitching and finishing: silk fiber and silk handdyed fibers, silk taffeta check, silk ribbon, 34-count Legacy linen and 32-count linen, detailed
instructions with color charts and color finishing photos. Monday: September Morning A September morning finds you
walking down a fashionable avenue in Paris, looking for a very special
object that you can take home with you. Tucked away in the display
window's corner, you eyes are drawn to a delicate carton. The carton
is decorated with soft watercolor styled flowers, leaves and vines.
You step inside the shop for a closer look. Excitement fills the air
as you recognize the carton to be a needlework box. The shop
attendant sees your interest and takes the needlework box to a
viewing area. The shop becomes silent. Your eyes follow the shape of
the box. It's a rectangular about 6" x 3" x 1 3/4"h. The slanted sides
are decorated with tiny silk stitches that resemble watercolor paints on
a warm antique-colored linen. The four box sides are attached to one
another and meet with panels at the top creating a functional box top
that ties with a wonderful vintage-looking silk ribbon. The ribbon is
untied and you notice that each of the four box sides are attached to
these linen panels to create the top of the box. With the ribbon
untied and the box top panels folded back, you view the silk-lined
interior. It is filled with tiny trinkets and tools. A thimble hides in one
corner, buttons and bows adorn a tufted mattress pincushion, and you
see a tiny needlebook with scissor minder. The box's silken
interior has silk pockets, and each is filled with tiny treasures, paper,
mementos and needle necessities. Holding your purchase, you walk to your hotel room, thinking of the
needlework person who owned this treasure before you and about the treasures you
are planning to add to this beautiful September Morning memory. Join Jackie in
class as we celebrate our September Morning.
September Morning is worked on 32-count linen with hand-dyed and solid
silk fibers. The interior silk fabric provided in your kit is a luxurious taffeta
linen. The vintage looking silk ribbon will be specially dyed for this project. Color
graphs and diagrams with colored instructions will be provided in class.
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The Traveler This silken pouch was created for the traveling stitcher. It holds and stores
fibers, trinkets, and tools for transport. The entire pouch is created using luxurious taffeta
silk. The pouch features a stitched oval medallion worked on 32-count linen that is
appliquéd to the bottom section of the silken pouch. Soft watercolor panted flowers
worked as tiny silk stitches create flowers and vines with personalization area can be seen
on this medallion. The interior pockets of the pouch allow for additional storage of your
needle necessities.
The kit includes linen, silk lining fabric, silk fibers, finishing materials such as interfacing. Detailed color graphs, diagrams and colored instructions on how to work the
special joining stitch I created just for this project. Stitching and finishing needle.
The Traveler Purse is optional and available for purchase by September Morning
Workshop participants only.
Registration is accepted by email only, please, at [email protected]. Please include the Registration Form, which I am happy to
send you as an email attachment. Please fill it out and either scan it and email it back to me or send it via snail mail. Thanks
very much for following the new-to-us registration procedures, adopted to try to resolve some issues we’ve had in the recent past.
Registration Form
Name _____________________________________________ Address __________________________________________
City _____________________ State _____ ZIP ______ Phone ____________________ Email ________________________________
Credit Card Number _____________________________________ Expiration _________________ Security Code __________
Name on card _________________________ Signature ______________________________________________
Workshop Choices:
* _____ Friday, November 6, Attic of Dreams 2 (Button Bassinet) - $185
* _____ Saturday, November 7, Florine’s Fan-Fare - Scrimshaw Fan $175 ~ Reticule $165
* _____ Sunday, November 8, Queen M’s Pomander & Privy Purse - $245
* _____ Monday, September Morning - $210 (The Traveler is optional to Workshop participants and may be purchased in class.)
Fees:
* $50 Non-Refundable Registration Fee Per Workshop Charged Upon Registration
* __ I will attend Saturday Night Reception (and will bring a guest, an additional $25)
* Workshop Fees Balance due and payable on or before September 6, 2015, and is non-refundable on or after October 1, 2015.
Release: I release Attic Needlework from any liability for any theft, property damage, or personal injury while participating in
or attending any workshops, events, or free time at this Attic Needlework event. I have read and understand all cancellation
policies.
Signature _________________________________________________________ Date _________________________________
Email my confirmation to _________________________________________________
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January 2016 Sampler Symposium
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I’d hoped to have final details in this eNewsletter with registration details, but it hasn’t all quite gelled yet, but it’s
very close, so I will try for the next issue of this newsletter. In the meantime, here are some preliminary details:
Left, the Fraktur image that is the
inspiration for NeedleWorkPress’s sampler
design they are creating especially for this
event.
Attendees will also have an
opportunity to view NeedleWorkPress’s
antique sampler collection as well as
frakturs from a collection closely connected
to NeedleWorkPress, i.e., Vickie’s parents!
Tempe Fraktur artist Nancy Mills/Five Times Blessed
will present a lecture on frakturs as well as a small
project. Above, this and more of her beautiful
Fraktur artwork can be found in her Etsy shop here.
Right, Theresa Baird/Heart’s Ease
Examplar Workes’ “Fraktur Huswif ”
Monday, January 18, 2016 Optional Class:
Theresa Baird/Heart’s Ease Examplar Workes’ “Mary
Sophia’s Pennsylvania German Sewing Set”
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Now In Our Attic from . . .
. . . Lindsay Lane Designs
Below right, the silk
conversion that Carolyn
and I carefully selected,
using iPad images of the
antique and the charts as
our guide. The silks,
$88.50 (Tudors, $63) look
beautiful on the Lakeside
linen we’ve selected. A
Stitcher’s Quarter will
work on 40c w/2-inch
margins to stitch the
entire sampler. Parts 4 &
5 will be available in
several months.
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Above, Part 3 of the reproduction of Maria Ceron’s stunning sampler
is on its way to the shop now, $10. Meg used the more faded palette
for this part, as opposed to the bright colors in the previous parts.
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Above, the antique being reproduced in these Parts 1-5; Inset, the faded palette Meg published on her blog.
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. . . Samplers Not Forgotten
This is one of the most beautiful samplers that I’ve seen in a long time,
“Nancy Cassell 1841” $14, 162 x 152 ~ thank you, Kimberly, for
reproducing this beauty! Maybe I love it so because of the beautiful
border ... or the exquisite basket of flowers ... or the verse, Psalm 103:15-16
as found in the King James version: As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower
of the field, so he flourisheth for the wind passeth over it, and it is gone. ... OR the fact
that it has no alphabet! And all of this elegant beauty with only five colors.
In addition to including a photograph of the needleworker, it also includes
some other historic notes. Mostly cross-stitch over two, words over one, and
the bottom of the basket is in queen stitch. Love, love, love it!
. . . Little House Needleworks
“Sweet Apples” $6 in
the Sampler Tree Series
. . . Pineberry Lane
. . . La D Da
“Mrs. Maguire’s Garden” $12, 93 x 118, is filled with white
blooms, berries, and butterflies, and “planted” in the area
below the garden, a bit of worn calico w/pins & needles.
“Peace on Earth” $10
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. . . Notforgotten Farm
“I Stitch” $8, a bracelet or ???
. . . Heartstring Samplery
“Sepia Sampler” $8, 82 x 121 ~
I’m not sure what it is lately, but put
a bird on it and I’m there! I LOVE
this one with the tiny house!
“Summertime Coverlet” $10, 165 x 310
. . . Threadwork Primitives
“My Treasures” $10, 108 x 66 ~ “Wild Pomegranate” $10, 63 x 165
. . . Lindsay Lane Designs
“A Lady’s Sachet” $10
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From Gigi
R Designs, “Mary Applewhite 1855,” 151 x
208, an Adam & Eve reproduction charted for 13
colors in hand-dyed cottons. In our next issue we’ll
show you the overdyed silks for this charming sampler.
Beautiful wood music boxes lined in velvet in 2 sizes: On the left, a 4 x 6 rectangular opening for your needlework, plays either “Wind Beneath
My Wings” or “Amazing Grace” ~ supply is very limited in this size. Regularly $35, now 20% off, $28. And on the right, the petite size with two
2 x 2 openings, 3 song choices: “Amazing Grace,” “Wind Beneath My Winds,” and one “On Eagles’ Wings.” Regularly $25, now 20% off, $20.
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In The Attic for Weeks, From Lizzie Kate . . .
I love this simple message in Flora
McSample’s latest Snippet, “Collect
Moments”! $5 ~ and the older I
get, the more meaningful this is.
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. . . but haven’t been featured in a newsletter yet and because of their
wonderful messages, we didn’t want to fail to show these to you.
“How to Be a Mean
Mother” $9 is filled with
lots of great wisdom!
In the 3 Little Words Flip-It Series, “Today Choose
Joy” & “Never Give Up” $5.50 each ~ and here’s
t h e l i n k t o t h e “ T h r e e L i t t l e Wo r d s ”
complimentary chart posted on the L*K Website
Left, “A Little Wedding Kit” $14 includes 32c
linen + antique gold key charm
And coming to us in early June, right, “Sweet
Summer Limited Edition Kit” $17 includes
25c cream Dublin linen, a bit of sparkly fiber
(for the drink glass & sunglasses), watery
turquoise beads, finishing instructions + the
cutest shell trim you see used on the bottom
of the project. You will need to supply a bit
of fiber from your stash.
See what’s also coming from Lizzie*Kate in
mid June, on the following page:
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. . . Lizzie Kate
Clockwise from the left:
“Seasons Chartpak” $9, 4 seasons
packed together in one chartpak
for good value! ~ Flora McSample’s
next Snippet, “Do Small Things
with Great Love” $5, so sweet,
sweet, sweet!
~ “Nevermore”
Snippet $5, little Halloween
projects, taking the raven motif
from the main design and putting it
into the little watch fob! ~ and the
final 2 designs in the 3 Little Words
Flip-It Series, “Dreaming is Free” &
“Embrace the Journey” $5.50 each
A Little Mystery! (Info coming SOON!)
It's true... there’s another summer of stitching mystery! It's called "A Little Mystery" and it's perfect for our busy summer schedules, because it's "A LITTLE
Mystery." A lovely saying inspired this mystery, and Linda says that “the design just seemed to flow onto the computer (so wonderful and rare when that
happens). It's a lovely mishmash of sampler motifs, cheerful florals and colors, and a sweet saying that's just perfect for a mystery sampler. This project is so
happy and fun, it just couldn't wait until fall!”
Because this is "A LITTLE Mystery," there are some changes from previous mystery samplers. To do this sampler in summer 2015, because of moving
to their new home and Linda’s knee replacement surgery, it needed to be a "little" easier this time. Everything about this mystery is a "little" smaller... except
the fun and mystery! It's packaged in smaller bags (same size as the Little kits), the overall project is smaller, and the price is smaller. :)
However, "A Little Mystery" is BIG on value! We're including a BONUS design with each part, and they're super sweet!
A Little Mystery will ship in July, August and September. Stay tuned for all the details in our next eNewsletter.
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On the Way to the Shop from . . .
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. . . Little House Needleworks
“Blessed is the Life” & “My Lady Liberty” each $8
. . . Threadwork Primitives
“Joy of My Heart” $10, 102 x 94
“Spring Tail Feathers” $10, 82 x 51
. . . Dames of the Needle
“Eliza Ann Scott 1847” $6.50, 90 x 145
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. . . Blackberry Lane Designs
“Long May She Wave” $16 (designed in
memory of Marie’s father) ~ front and
back of both pieces shown here.
. . . Queenstown Sampler Designs
Already Here from Brenda Gervais . . .
“Bluebird Out My Window” $10, 60 x 96 & “Grand Olde Flag” $10, 104 x 116
“Caroline Woolman Sampler” $16, 217 x 98
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More New in Our Attic Erica Michaels
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Clockwise from the left: (All of these are
chartpacks w/40c silk gauze included)
“Ask Seek & Knock” $18 ~ “O My Soul”
$16 ~ “Quiet Moments” $15. Each is so
beautiful and touches my heart. I want to
stitch them all! The story of my life ... no
realistic view of what can humanly be
accomplished ~ probably why my
husband continually asks, “Isn’t there a
machine that can do that?”
Kinda New But Oh, So Perfect for This, Our Patriotic Season!
From the left: “Thanks to the Brave” $15 (shown both on 40c silk gauze and
also on 28c natural brown linen, with alphabet to personalize) ~ “1776” $15
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Coming at Annie’s Needle Arts Festival . . .
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. . . in Williamsburg December 3-7. On this page
are photographs of several of the featured
projects. See all of the class projects here!
Designed by Giulia/GPA Designs, Giulia posted
this to her FaceBook page:
Jean, An Italian Capodimonte Pincushion Doll
Three Days class at the 2015 Williamsburg Annie’s
Needle Arts Festival taught by Giulia Manfredini Cornali
with Christy Schmitz
Doll by Giovanni Porcellane Capodimonte Carusio
Silver purse frame by Roberta Dazzini
Silk threads and ribbons by Cecelia Stricklin, The Thread
Gatherer
Cross stitched by Monica Marchi
Ribbon embroidery and finishing by Giulia Manfredini,
Giulia Punti Antichi
Dedicated to my dearest friend Jean Lea
There are no words. I am honored and humbled.
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Another of Giulia’s classes will be Patrizia: A
Little Girl Capodimonte Pincushion Doll. Here’s
Giulia’s description of this sweet little doll:
Patrizia, a little girl....The Ribbon Gatherer, my oneday class at the Annie’s Needle Arts Festival 2015.
A beautiful Capodimonte pincushion doll from
Giovanni Porcellane Capodimonte Carusio..
“Behold Thy Beauty,” taught by
Jackie du Plessis/It’s Fine-ally
Finished
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The Attic’s 2015 Stitch-Along
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As we continue with our SAL, we are ready to embroider the beautiful floral Band
22 in Cross Stitch #1 over one and double running, following Joanne’s detailed
diagrams and instructions. Time permitting, move on to Bands 23 - 31. I trust that
you are enjoying embroidering this stunning reproduction from Joanne Harvey.
The sampler reproduction kit includes 32c linen and 25 hues of DMC floss.
Full directions and illustrations are given for the different embroidery
techniques as found on the original sampler, and those include Cross Stitch
and its many variations, Queen Stitch, Algerian Eye, and accents of Double
Running. If you’ve never embroidered an Examplarery reproduction before,
you will find the pages and pages of stitch diagrams and charting almost as
helpful as having Joanne there instructing you personally. Kit $79
The elegant band format found on the sampler
embroidered by Ann Almy has just been
reproduced and taught at the recent Winterthur
Museum Symposium by Joanne Harvey/The
Examplarer y. From Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation’s textile collection and documented in
Bolton & Coe’s American Samplers, this sampler was
wrought in the “English style” and belongs to the
earliest group of Newport, Rhode Island
samplers worked between the 1720’s through the
late 1760’s. The bold central floral motif,
decorative bands, numerals, dividing bands, and
verses are repeated on other examples found
during this time frame. This important early
design was worked under a still unidentified
instructress.
Ann Almy was the daughter of William
Almy and Elizabeth Cranston born in 1722. She
married Walter Chaloner in Trinity Church on
July 28, 1743. He was commander of Fort
George and then High Sheriff of the British
Colony of Rhode Island. The Chaloners were
loyalists to the English crown and evacuated to
Nova Scotia, Canada as refugees of the American
Revolution. From there they moved to St. Johns,
New Brunswick, where he became Justice of the
Peace. Together they were parents of ten
children. Ann passed away in 1808 in Canada
and is buried in St. Johns.
Joanne is continuing her research on the
Chaloners, so stay tuned for more interesting
historical information! It promises to be very
intriguing!
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Here is John’s “Eleanor Parr” from The Scarlet
Letter stitched on Lakeside’s Vintage Sand Dune
using The Attic’s ‘antiqued’ overdyed silk
conversion, except John used AVAS for the
skin ~ and he used the long-arm cross for the
grass. Exquisite embroidery! John is currently
stitching “The Betrothed” for his wedding
anniversary in September!
Below, Andrea’s “The Birds and The Bees” from Ink
Circles, stitched with Belle Soie on Colorscapes’ 40c
Ancient.
Below left, Andrea’s “Polly” from The Traveling Stitcher
on 40c linen with Soie 100/3
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Michele’s stunning work thus far on The Scarlet Letter’s “Eleanor Parr”
using The Attic’s conversion to silk overdyes. I love the birds, and
Michele says she does, too ... “one of my favorite things in a sampler. I
absolutely love the silks ... the colors are gorgeous!”
I think it must be the birds in this sampler, but lately, anything with a
bird in it and I’m there!
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Julie’s sampler from Lorraine
Mootz as part of her
presentation at our January
2013 Sampler Symposium.
Linda Danielson’s “Mexican Pinkeep”
for this year’s Summer School. The
finished pincushion is shown on page 7!
Right, Cindy’s red “Randje Per Week”
Julie’s beautifully finished pinkeep from Stacy Nash, “Spotted
Chickens Sewing Bag” w/spectacular backing fabric
Cindy’s “Antique Rooster
Sampler” from JBW Designs
Susan’s start on Gigi’s “Rose Wreath Sampler,”
now that she’s finished her beautiful
“Sojourner Sampler” ~ see the following page.
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A close-up of Susan’s
“Sojourner Sampler”
Susan’s FINISHED “Sojourner Sampler” from Hearts Ease
Sampler Workes. This is currently an online class ~ I believe the
chart for it will be available for purchase sometime in early 2016.
Jean C’s “A Tisket A
Tasket” from Shepherd’s Bush
L y n n e ’ s
“Green on
Green” from
Rosewood
Manor
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May’s Sampler Sunday Continued
Angelica’s “Beggar’s 4th”
from Threadwork Primitives
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Janet’s “In Full Glory”
from Blackbird Designs
Deb’s “Pledge Allegiance 1892” from The Pinkeep &,
below, her “A Stitch in Time” from The WorkBasket
Above, Deb’s “Queen Esther’s Pure
Heart” from Scattered Seed Samplers and,
right, Michelle’s framed finish of the same
Right, Michelle’s “Summer at Cherry Hill”
from Brenda/With Thy Needle & Thread
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Tanya’s “George & Martha”
from Plum Street Samplers
Tanya’s “Good
Intentions” from
Kathy Barrick
Below, images of a future reproduction coming from
Tanya/The Scarlett House, “Maria Pillings 1818”
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May’s Sampler Sunday Continued
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Carolyn’s “Things Unseen,” Lizzie Kate’s last mystery
sampler with its Helen Keller quote ~ love this!
Right, Betsy’s “Ann
Bowers” from Joanne
Harvey/The Examplarery
~ this was our 2014
Stitch-Along, a truly
stunning sampler!
Above, Carolyn’s “Winter
Message” from Erica
Michaels on 40c silk gauze
and, right, her “Wisdom”
from Little House Needleworks’
Little Sheep Virtues Series
Right, Amy’s “The
Time of Flowers”
from T hreads of
Memory
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Evelyn’s “Anne Auriol” from Gigi R ~ lots of ooh’s and ah’s when this was shown! Wish you could see
it in person like we did. I have loved this sampler from the first day I laid eyes on it, but this is the first
time I’ve seen it stitched. All I can say is WOW! The soft colors are so very appealing as are the motifs.
Right, the overdyed silk conversion
($102.75) that we did from the
overdyed cottons. Oh, my! Aren’t
the colors simply stunning!
It
makes me want to do a conversion
to the Tudor silks right now, get a
piece of the 52/60 linen, and begin!
Left, a close-up
of several of
the motifs on
the antique.
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Tyler’s graduation, a wonderful celebration of 18 years!
Tyler and Hannah on graduation night.
A photo collage exhibited at the graduation ~ lots of wonderful memories!
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More special memories!
A few of my very favorites!
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