2011 May 20 Newsletter - Attic Needlework in Mesa, Arizona€¦ · interesting presentation for all of us sampler lovers. Barbara is a renowned sampler expert, and we are honored

Where Samplers Rule

The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com

THE ATTIC Issue No. 11-17

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As our May Sampler of the Month, you may save 15% on your purchase of 2 of the following:• chart $26.50• your choice of linen, either Colorscapes or Lakeside; the 40c cut is

$29 ~ for 36c, because of the long, narrow strips left after a custom cut, we must necessarily sell the Lakeside as a Stitcher’s Half for $50, and the Colorscapes cut, $38. You may, of course, cancel your order for the 36c if you wish, based on these adjusted prices, my unfortunate error.

• AVAS silk $97.50, NPI silk $100, Overdyed Silk Combo using Belle Soie, Dinky Dyes, Gloriana’s Florimell, and Gumnuts $155

The Scarlet Letter’s Dorothy Walpole Sampler May’s Sampler of the Month

My progress as of last night. Not much, after a tiring week. And Debra is away so next week we’ll show you hers. We’re waiting for silks from Australia to complete the remaining orders for the silk combos. Thanks for your patience.

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At Sampler Sunday we discussed briefly (and will return to this topic when we have more time) the variety of ways of signing reproduction samplers and, as part of that discussion, personalizing reproductions. It was most fortuitous that Vickie brought with her a sampler she stitched in 1997, “Elisabeth Pritchard,” for which she added a tribute to the original samplermaker but made it her own, in several ways: changed the sheep to cows since her husband is a large-animal vet and, as we all know, Vickie has a thing for cows, and added her family’s initials, those of her husband and sons. And Linda Danielson also brought a sampler she reproduced in which she added her name and the date of reproduction. Loretta said she hides her initials and the date somewhere within the sampler. Another method: Stitch your name in the margin, and someday, when it is unframed, someone will find your name.

Above, the “candle-flame” section that I’m stitching in the rice stitch, one of my favorite specialty stitches. It is relaxing to execute, and it gives such an exquisite textural effect, especially when stitched with silk threads!

Right, If you, too, would like to do the rice stitch in this section, here’s a wonderful diagram, provided by Linda Vinson of our staff, also known to many of you as the designer behind Needlemade Designs ~ http://www.nordencrafts.com/C-1058/Needlemade-Designs.aspx The rice stitch, a large X, here shown over 4 threads, with each point crossed by a diagonal stitch that can be executed in varying order, but I prefer this order to allow me to “sew” the stitch. (I stitch from right to left.) Develop the stitch sequence for the top 4 parts that best fits your “style” to make this a relaxing stitch for you as well.



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Sampler Sunday, June 20. Although this is Father’s Day, you will want to carve out a 3-hour time in the afternoon to join us for a very special Sampler Sunday with Barbara Hutson/Queenstown Sampler Designs with a very interesting presentation for all of us sampler lovers. Barbara is a renowned sampler expert, and we are honored to have her at The Attic. Fee $10; Registration deadline is approaching. Please register.

As a member of our Attic Addicts Club, during May you may save 15% on your purchase of the following in-stock items:

All Scarlet Letter charts Weeks Hand-Dyed linens All Silk Threads

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 time-tested recipes as well as complimentary designs from 11 designers.

We still have some BCRF cookbooks left.

November 19, 6-8 PM, Our 14th Annual BCRF Benefit, with all proceeds benefitting breast cancer research.

May

Saturday, June 19, Meet the Designer, 1:30 - 4. We know not all of you are able to attend a Sunday afternoon gathering, but we don’t want you to miss the opportunity to meet Barbara Hutson of Queenstown Sampler Designs and see her incredible samplers. She is bringing models and original samplers with her! Please register to help us plan. There is no fee for this reception.

Saturday, June 4, 10:30-12:30, Beginning Linen with Linda’s Tulip needlebook design as the class project. The $30 fee includes Linda’s expert instruction as well as the chart + materials for this very useful learning project.

Full information regarding our Jackie du Plessis November workshops with more photos and prices will be available soon.

November

Saturday, June 4, 2 - 4 PM Meet the Designer Reception. Karin Kersten of Beardie Designs from The Netherlands will be in The Attic on this first Saturday in June and we’d love for you to meet her. Please call to register, for our planning purposes. And go to http://beardiedesigns.com/id7.html to see Karin’s wonderful Dutch sampler designs. After successfully battling breast cancer last year and the resulting hiatus in her designing, she says she is now completely cured and has restored energy. She will have 2 new designs available when she visits. This is a no-fee event.

Saturday, May 28, 1:30-3:30 Lynne has been asking for this class for a long time, so why don’t you join her and Debra to learn the basics of needlefelting while making these adorable sheep. $10 (Complete kit is available to make 2 sheep $24. Please don’t delay to allow time for ordering kits.)

Saturday, May 21, Project Exchange and Stitch-In, 10:30-??

Postponed until a later date.

June

Coming in July



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Above left, the vintage linen and silks selected for the reproduction of this charming Adam & Eve

sampler, Ann Wheatley’s 1829 sampler

from the private collection of NeedleWorkPress, and, above, the chart image.

For those of you joining us on this reproduction stitch-along, with your purchase of the chart, fabric, and

silks, you may choose one of the notebooks pictured

above and c rea t ed exc lu s i ve l y fo r you by NeedleWorkPress as our gift ~ and purchase others if

you wish at $5 each. The first of 4 parts will be available on June 1. Each part will be $6, or $22 with one payment. Part 1 will include the chart folder with a color image of the entire sampler. A surprise will be included with each part.

An Attic Exclusive, Ann Wheatley’s 1829 Sampler from the Private Collection of NeedleWorkPress!

. . . and it’s beautiful! We’ve completed the silk conversion, selected a Lakeside linen, and have begun shipping. The silk conversion uses Belle Soie, Dinky Dyes, Florimell, Gloriana, Gumnuts & Luminescence and the 5 silks used in the border ($37) are shipping with Part 1 along with the chart and the linen; the remaining silks ($70.25) will ship with Part 2. If you waited to order this lovely design until now, we would be happy to add you to our reservations list. Each part is $7; the linen varies depending on count.

Country Stitches/With Thy Needle & Thread“Birds of a Feather” Part 1 (the border) is here . . .



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From The Victoria Sampler

Reverse side provides o p p o r t u n i t y f o r personalization

Clockwise from above: Thea’s “Milady’s Reticule” $68.50 w/accessory pack; chart $16.50, includes charts and finishing instructions for the stitcher’s purse, biscornu, and scissors fob ~ Linda’s “Forget-me-not Sampler” $60 w/accessory pack; chart $16.50 features a sweet poem about how this favorite flower got its name ~ Thea’s “Spring Box” $52.50 w/accessory pack; chart $19.50 is in the Beautiful Finishing Series and includes instructions for stitching and finishing the stitcher’s box, pinkeep, scissors case and fob ~ Cathy Jean’s “Button Up Birdies 4” $41 w/accessory pack that includes the handmade “branch” buttons & black wire for the hanger as well as all the threads to stitch these adorable birds. You’ll want to collect all 12!



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Clockwise from above: With Shakespeare’s Peddler, “Maggie Bean: Wisdom” includes 5 strands of Belle Soie ~ with Little House Needleworks, “Seasons,” each season with a full skein of Belle Soie; “Summer” comes with Ocean Tide ~ and with Country Cottage Needleworks, “Key Lime Cake” in the Cottage Cakes Series includes 5 skeins of Crescent Colours cotton thread

Threadpacks From Crescent Colours $14 each

Below, coming next week from Little House Needleworks, “Colonial Welcome” on the left and “Silent Night,” #5 in the 2011 Ornament Series. Both of these will be in the shop sometime next week.



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Treasures in our AtticClockwise from the right: Les broderies d’Artemis’s “Red or Blue Footstool” $16, a clever little pincushion with feet from wooden beads and 4 upholstery tacks ~ We’ve shown you this previusly, but it’s so adorable, it deserves another “showing”: stitched on 32c Belfast over one, Dessins DHC’s “Pere Noel” $21, a charming Santa scissors keep, the perfect place to keep store your Santa scissors $20 ~ his bag of goodies on his back is perfect for holding this set of 4 Seasonal pins $14 ~ Chatelaine’s “The Pompeji Garden Mandala” $28 ~ Bent Creek’s Kit 3 of 3 in the Sweet Home Mantle Series, “Gram’s Clock” $20 Jane Greenoff’s “Martha Townsend Sampler” $22, 139w x 216h



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Clockwise from above, from Pegasus, “Tucked Away in Tucson” $10, a familiar scene here in the Southwest, not only in Tucson ~ Cross ‘N Patch’s “Homeward Bound” $12, Emie Bishop’s lovely reflection of seasonal hues mixed with a touch of hardanger ~ 2 from Dames of the Needle/Finger Work, each $6.50, “Red Flower Wool Biscornu” and “Primitive Needle Roll”

More Treasures in our Attic



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And Even More Treasures in our Attic

Clockwise from above, 3 from Designs by Lisa, “If Cats Could Talk” $6.50 ~ “Moments that Take our Breath Away” $6 ~ “Pledge of Allegiance” $6 ~ 4 Leisure Arts books: “Sweet Nothings for Christmas” $9.95, designs from Judy Whitman/JBW Designs (my favorite, “Reindeer Parade”) ~ “Cherished Redwork for Baby” $11, Sandy Orton designs (iron-on transfers included) ~ Donna Kooler’s “Teach Yourself to Embroider” $11, with step-by-step instructions for 15 designs ~ “Old-Timey Embroideries” $8



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Clockwise from above: “Thirsty Hart” $12 from Heartstring Samplery , silks $90 (I LOVE this one) ~ “Ann Sandles” $19 from Country Stitches, silks $90 ~ “Jessy Lambert” from Norwich Museum, downloadable chart, or we will download and print it in color for you, $12.50 ~ the sliks, $37.50. The linen cuts vary depending on the count and your margins. See Sheri’s over-one model of “Jessy Lambert” on page 12.

We’ve Been Playing in the Silks Again



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... this time, for many reasons, not the least of which was Vickie LoPiccolo Jennett of NeedleWorkPress sharing her knowledge and enthusiasm for samplers in a presentation titled “Lest We Forget” ~ She brought a sampler she completed 14 years ago and had this to say about it: “I especially treasure an R & R Reproductions sampler I completed 14 years ago…largely because of its verse (‘If all this world would live in mutual love, it would much resemble that above.’) and also because I chose to replace its grazing sheep with cows (since my husband is a dairy vet). Rather than include the maker’s personal information in the piece, I opted to thank “Elizabeth Pritchard of 1843” and to include the initials of my own family: NJ, WJ and PJ. How wonderful to be able to “reinvent” samplers of old with our own 21st century adaptations!”

Sampler Sunday was extra special ...

Clockwise from above: Heather’s reproduction of an E-bay find; Linda S’s “Sea Stitch” by Blackbird ~ Janet’s “Country Life Sampler” from The Scarlet Letter and her favorite part: the weeping willow ~ Brenda’s “Elizabeth Previous” from Gigi R and “Jane Rees” from and “Jane Rees” from The Scarlet Letter

S h e r i ’ s “ Je s s y Lambert” (over o n e ) f ro m t h e Norwich Museum



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More from Sampler Sunday

Clockwise from left: Betsy’s, Lynne’s & Carol’s “I Sigh Not for Beauty” from C Street Samplerworks ~ “Jan’s over-one Erica Michaels’ des ign ~ Tamami’s “Susan Rambo Sampler” from SANQ # 6 2 ~ L o r e t t a ’ s “Elizabeth Powell” from Queenstown Sampler Designs ~ the front and very clever backside of Linda D’s “Miss Mary Mack” pincushion, design from La-D-Da



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Maegan is holding the beautiful afghan made by Susan, our first donation received this year ~ and this week in the mail came this charming finish, “Live Simply,” from Faye. Thank you, Ladies, for your very kind generosity in sharing your needlework talents for this very worthwhile cause.

It’s the end of the school year for Hannah and Tyler and that means many end-of-the-year programs and functions. Last weekend we enjoyed the Fine Arts Night with beautiful music and dance, and when the program was over, we headed over to Tyler’s football game. He looked so tall in his uniform out there on the field. And I caught a snapshot of Grandpa shaking hands after the Eagles won their first game of the season!

Our First Two Silent Auction Donations

There’s Hannah!



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2011 May 20 Newsletter - Attic Needlework in Mesa, Arizona€¦ · interesting presentation for all of us sampler lovers. Barbara is a renowned sampler expert, and we are honored