Sept 14, 2012 eNewsletter - Attic Needlework

17 Pages·2012·1.84 MB·English

Where Samplers Rule
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“Anne Maria Clarke”
from The Essamplaire
aka The Richmond Sampler
As our Co-Sampler of the month, save 15% on your purchase of
the kit ($204) for this exquisite sampler reproduction, kitted with the
finest of materials: Au Ver A’Soie silk and 35c linen. Stitches used
include cross, cross over one, and queen stitch, another favorite!
Above, “Lucy Redd”
from Homespun Elegance
As our Co-Sampler of the month, save 15% on your
purchase of two of the following during September:
1)“Lucy Redd ” chart $20
2)Lakeside linen (40c w/2-inch margins = $25)
3)overdyed silks $84 OR Au Ver A’Soie $51.60 OR NPI $48
(Please note: These prices reflect 1 skein each as there
are no multiple skein requirements listed in the chart.)
Specialty stitches include the Algerian eyelet and my
favorite, the rice stitch.

If you visit our shop, you will see Lucy’s beautiful
sampler as the cornerstone of our front display featuring a
Homespun Elegance trunk show!
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More About Our Co-Samplers of the Month
Above & below, the verse(s) that span the top of Anne Maria’s sampler
From the chart: “This beautiful
sampler is a stitched history of
the Redd-Goulding-Broaddus
families. All of these families A former teaching piece, I am thrilled that this beautiful
were located within 50 miles of reproduction is now available to all. I love the diverse border
the Fredericksburg, Virginia and the history reflected in this sampler.

Currently in the collection of Richmond’s Valentine
area. It was begun by Lucy
Museum, the “invitation to Lafayette” obviously intrigued
Redd sometime in the early
other sampler lovers as well and resulted in a conservator’s
1800’s. The year 1797, which is
report by Susan Adler while a student in the Winterthur/
on the sampler, was her birthday.
University of Delaware Graduate Program in Art
We believe several generations
Conservation.
were involved in the stitching.
I found some fascinating research about Anne Maria and
The initials and names on the her sampler in Valerie’s blog here including her gravemarker,
sampler are of people in the as well as great insight into Lafayette’s relationship with
family.” George Washington.
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Merry Cox November 2012
As an Attic Addicts Club member, during
September September save 15% on the following items:
Our weekend of workshops with Merry Cox is scheduled for
• Essamplaire Charts & Kits + Homespun Thursday ~ Sunday, November 8-11. Each workshop runs from 9 - 4
Elegance Charts p.m., with lunch included. All workshops will be held at Mesa’s Hyatt
• Overdyed Silk Threads Place, where there is a room block being held under “Attic Needlework”
• Lakeside Linens, In-Stock Custom Cuts with a $99 King or $104 Queen/Queen option. Phone 1.888.HYATT HP.

You may go to Merry’s Web site for more information about these
projects, and many more of her incredible designs: http://
Unicorn Wedding Sampler Stitch-Along ~ Further www.frommerrysheart.com/
instructions for this exquisite heirloom will be published
in a future newsletter edition.
Saturday, September 15, Baltimore Market Day! The doors open
at 9 AM for our Attic Addict members and at 10 for the general public ~
be there or be square and see all that’s new and exciting in our world!
Sunday, September 16, Sampler Sunday, 1-4:00. If everyone shops BIG
Clockwise from above left: Sweet
at the Market Day, we can have the classroom tables empty for September’s
Little Blossoms Saturday’s
Sampler Sunday! Too optimistic? We’ll see. Call/e-mail to register. Fee $10
workshop from 9 - 4 p.m.
includes the lovely Shaker
box. Workshop Fee, $200 ~
Saturday, Sept 22, Welcome Autumn Stitch-In, 10:30 - ?? And a
Le Nouveau Palais Royal,
warm welcome to Shannon and her mother, who are coming all the way
what some consider Merry’s
from Clarksville, TN, to shop at The Attic, and emailed and requested to
pièce de résistance, will be taught
join any gathering/class we were having on 9/22! So ... what a great
Thursday AND Sunday. Kit
reason to hold a stitch-in! Lunch will be served, so please register. Fee $10
Above, So Dear to Thy Heart, includes beautiful box & sweet
Merry’s 2011 Williamsburg project, scissors. Workshop Fee, $275
Saturday, October 6, 10:30-12:30, Beginning includes the beautiful box shown.
Linen This class is appropriate for both
beginning stitchers and anyone wishing to refine
Saturday night, November 17, 6 - 8
their skills. The class project is Linda’s Tulip
p.m., our 15th annual Silent Auction for
needlebook design, and the $30 fee includes her
Breast Cancer Research! Each year the
expert instruction + all project materials
handmade donations raise thousands of
dollars for research. All proceeds are
donated to BCRF ~ to read about this A+-
rated organization, go to their Website
The Attic’s 2013 Sampler Symposium
We’re also planning another event at Hyatt Place Mesa on Martin
We still have some BCRF cookbooks left.
Luther King Weekend, The Attic’s 2013 Sampler Symposium,
Support a great cause (all net proceeds go to breast Friday, January 18 ~ Sunday, January 20 (with a possible
cancer research) by buying a copy(s) of the Recipes additional separate class on Monday, January 21) Faculty:
for a Cure cookbook for a donation of $14.95 (or Lorraine Mootz, Celle, Germany, co-author of Samplers and Designs:
more) with fabulous time-tested recipes as well as
Three Centuries of European Samplers, Sherri Jones/Patrick’s Woods, and
complimentary designs from 11 designers.
more; more details to follow in a future newsletter as soon as available.
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Beautiful New Kits from The Purple Thread PAGE
Above from the left: “Christmas Treasure Bag” $23. Treasures are special at every Christmas, and this bag is to hold your most precious. This project can be a
quick-stitch ornament or a perfect handmade gift bag; kit includes the bag, floss, linen, liner fabric, beads, needle, and buttons ~ “USA Vote” $13. Charted
for both “USA” and “Vote,” tis the year of the Olympics and a major election. This little fob is to remind us of our pride and patriotism; kit: linen, floss,
penny, button, needle, and ribbon ~ “Gabrielle’s Needlebook $21, a lovely companion piece to the spring release, “Inspiration Scissor Fo,” all a tribute to
Coco Chanel! The tiny glass button closure is a special treat; kit: pattern, linen, silk, wool, ribbon, floss, needle, beads, and button.
Left, “September Apples” $22, a beautiful
reminder inspired by one of the designer’s
favorite memories, making applesauce with
her mother and daughter., a perfect quick
fall project; kit: linen, thread, fabric,
pattern, lace, and needle.
Right, “Jingle Bell Box” $46, a very useful
box containing all you need to make your
holiday needlebook, scissor fob, and
pincushion. Enjoy stitching it during the
season and displaying each December. This
complete kit is packaged in a display box!
Below from the left: “Bittersweet Strawberry” $18, second in a series inspired by one of autumn’s beauties,
bittersweet berries, this fat strawberry makes a great cupboard hanger; kit: linen, thread, pattern, felt,
ribbon, and needle ~ “Winter Violets” $19, a scissor pocket that combines favorite flowers and colors to
keep your best scissors; kit: pattern, linen, fabric for the pocket divide, ribbon, floss, needle, and button ~
“I Am Every Woman $26, a pincushion inspired by the great women in all of our lives; kit: pattern, linen,
needle, thread, chenille, floss, and 4 charming hand-dyed buttons created exclusively for this project.
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New from JBW Designs
Shown on this page, photographs taken in Judy’s Baltimore booth as well as some chart photos.
Top row from above: “Petite French Stockings” $5 (framed models above are stitched
over one) ~ “Joy” $5, shown with a ribbon-ruched edge as well as a beaded edge
Left, “Gingerbread Cookies” $5
(red polka-dot aprons, adult &
youth sizes, also available &
make wonderful gifts) ~ below,
“ABC’s & Christmas Trees” $10
Above and below, “Christmas
Doves I” and “II” $5 each, both
shown stitched over 2 and over 1
Right, new earlier this
year, but new in Judy’s
booth stitched over 1
and, as she suggested,
personalized with
name and date,
wouldn’t it be an
adorable birth
announcement/
sampler?
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Special Treats in Baltimore
Left, beautiful, glorious new 12-ply Tudor
Silk, Gloriana’s new fine 120/2 silk
released at the Baltimore Market in 19
introductory colors (more coming in the
future), available in 5-yard skeins, $5.25/
skein in the following colors: Antique Black,
Autumn Arbor, Bellagio Red, Birch Brown,
Cabernet, Candy Apple Red, Cinnamon,
Flowers of Italy, French Blue, French Blue
Light, Golden Squash, Halloween Green,
Hazelnut Dark, Italian Gold, Olivine, Pine
Barrens, Soft White, Spanish Moss &
Tangerine.

Because of some vision problems, I
haven’t been able to try this new silk yet. I’m
told it’s wonderful over 1 on 40 & 45c and
may be plied for over 2 on 36 & 40c,
although I personally prefer not to ply silk.
That’s why I stitch with silk in the first place,
so no plying is necessary!

Can’t wait for my new eyes to try it out!
This stunning over-one version of Ink
Circles’ “Cirque des Cercles” $16
was on display in Tracy’s suite in
Baltimore ~ I’d give credit to the
stitcher but wasn’t able to learn whose
it was. This is one of many reasons
From Summer House Stitche Workes, the releases why I enjoy going to a needlework
available thus far in Beth’s beautiful “Calico Sampler market: there are always wonderful
Series,” each row comes as a chart for $6. See page 9 for surprises around every corner.
Carol’s wonderful “Noel” using Beth’s charts in this series.
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New from Cherrywood Design Studios PAGE
Left “Pincushion” $8,
perfect to make into a
pillow or pincushion or
frame it (the JABCO
kit is available for the
pillow/pincushion for
both the Strawberry
and Acorn for $ )
Above: “Baby, Baby” $10 w/embellishments, a
chartpack with both boy & girl verions as well as a
“First Christmas” ornament & a Tooth Fairy design!!!
Above, a collaboration between “Let us Build” $8, shown
Cherrywood & Ink Circles, in 3 clever finishes!
2 charts to complete this
Baltimore album quilt style
sampler, “Booltimore,” $8 for
each half and, left, a limited
edition with a JABCO stacked
bat button, “Booltimore Bonus”
Above, “Stitch the Flowers” $8
$10, only available in this kit
shown with 3 different finishes!
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Also From Ink Circles PAGE
Left, finally, another, the fourth in Tracy’s Cirque
Series following Cercles, Triangles & Carreaux,
“Cirque des Coeurs (Hearts) $16, 247 x 185,
perfect for your favorite overdye ~ and, below,
“Little Alien Schoolgirl” $18, a great
demonstration of Tracy’s sense of humor and an
illustration that she designs and stitches what
intrigues her and if you, too, choose to stitch it,
that’s wonderful! She describes this as “a
reproduction of Roswell time capsule artifact
from a future colonial mission,” in case you were
wondering “what a schoolgirl sampler might look
like made by a young girl on an alien planet at
some time in the future.
Right, ornaments made from
the 2-part chart, the combined
efforts with Cherrywood
shown on page 7.
Left, “Holiday Magick” $4 that Tracy explains was inspired by “an old
alchemical treatise that provided a squiggly glyph with the text
instructing a person to embroider it in red silk on the garment worn
closest to the heart to protect the wearer from evil spirits.”
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From Summer House Stitche Workes PAGE
Clockwise from above: Beth’s mixed media that she calls “Sonnet”
was inspired by Shakespeare’s famous Sonnet #116; the
chartpack includes charts + instructions for 3 projects: the
framed sampler, charted in dusty pinks but easy to change to
your favorite palette using 4 shades, the pincushion, AND the
mixed media piece, with the border stitched on perforated
paper & the sonnet is cut from the chart ~ “Soil & Sand” $8,
with instructions included for the charming needlebook ~
Carol’s beautiful “Noel” that she stitched from the “Calico
Sampler” charts on sparkling opalescent fabric ~ and “Indian
Summer” $12 w/the center sun charm included
Above, I photographed Beth’s “Calico Sampler” in her
booth ~ and Calico Sampler Part 5 is now available, $6
Above, complimentary design from Summer House
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From Rosewood Manor
Clockwise from above: “Nostalgia VII” $8, a series celebrating sampler motifs ~ “Arise,
My Soul” $12, a lovely verse in a design that demonstrates the lovely use of overdyed
colors in both linen and thread ~ “Acorn Forest” $14 features Autumnal colors, deer
and acorns and even an Emily Jane Bronte verse about that lovely season: “Fall,
leaves, fall; die flowers away; Lengthen night and shorten day; Every leaf speaks bliss
to me; Fluttering from the autumn tree” ~ “Weeping Willow Welcome” $14 began
with the lovely weeping willow tree motif and grew into a sampler ~ “Holly Berries
Stocking” $18, a stunning seasonal decoration ~ “Four Corners” $16 with colors
reminiscent of colors the designer imagines are present in the Four Corners region of
our great USA where Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah all come together
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