Where Samplers Rule

Just 15 minutes from the Airport at the SE CORNER OF DOBSON & GUADALUPE 1837 W. Guadalupe Rd, Suite 109

Mesa, AZ 85202 TELEPHONE THE ATTIC (480)898-1838 2014 June 1 Issue No. 14-12 www.atticneedlework.com TOLL-FREE: 1.888.94.ATTIC June Sampler of the Month

“Souvenir d’Ecole” from Reflets de Soie

Reproductionist Isabelle Mazabraud-Kerlan has chosen 28c Lakeside linen with Valdani No. 12 overdyed pearl cottons for this beautiful French sampler stitched in 1892 by Marie as a remembrance of her school. We’ve done a conversion to overdyed silks as well as Gloriana’s Tudor silks for the finer counts. I’m stitching mine on the 52/60 with the Tudor silks.

On the branch below this colorful bird are several flowers. The chart shows a red dot symbol that isn’t defined in the legend. Designer I decided to choose two different silks for the beautiful lavender-blue Isabelle says the red dots are supposed to be flower petals and what I think of as blueberries ~ they’re both charted French knots with the red (or Colonial knots if you with the same symbol, but it’s very easy to differentiate, and I like the prefer) that are at the center of each flower. subtle difference in the colors for these different design elements.

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The antique sampler! The backside of Marie’s sampler.

The Valdani pearl cottons.

During June save 15% when you purchase a minimum of 2 of the ‘kit’ parts:

* Chart $17 * Lakeside Linen ~ Design size 231w x 198h: * 52/60c ~ 8.9w x 6.6h ~ $21 * 45c ~ 10.2 x 8.8 ~ $23 * 40c ~11.6 x 9.9 ~ $32 * 36c ~ 12.8 x 11 ~ $30 *32c ~ 14.5 x 12.4 ~ $30 Silks ~ * Gloriana Tudors $57.75 (for 52/60c or 45c) * Overdyed Silk Threadpack $88 Valdani #12 Pearl Cottons ~ $52.50 (Above prices are before the discount) Isabelle’s reproductions feature some of the most beautiful flowers. Above, Broder avec des Perles, a soft-cover book featuring 20 beaded projects that can also be stitched w/beautiful silks. $46 (ND)

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Isabelle has reproduced some of the most elegant darning samplers I’ve seen. Here are three from her collection.

Above, “Albertine Guiraud” ~$17, a French sampler, 271 x 199, charted for AVAS’s Soie de Paris w/DMC conversion, or, left, Sandy’s reproduction

Sandy’s reproduction

“Stephanie Desmidt 1844” ~$17, 222 x 175, French reproduction in AVAS’s Soie d’Alger

Left, “Points Damassés 1855” ~$17, 242 x 136, and, above, the Au Ver A’Soie silks called out in the French reproduction

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Above and right, “Heloise Cornu 1896” ~$17, 283 x 320, stunning French sampler in either palette, the lovely pastels or the elegant monochromatic red (Soie d’Alger w/DMC conversion)

Above, “Anaïs Curveur 1896” ~$22, Left, “Marie Danne 1882” ~$22, 417 x 339 x 402, a lovely French 520, a wonderful French reproduction reproduction that pays tribute to featuring a lovely border, elegant “dear parents” (DMC can be alphabets, and marvelous motifs. Charted converted to NPI or AVAS’s Soie for Retors du Nord and DMC, from d’Alger) which we can convert to Soie d’Alger or NPI or overdyed silks The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com THE ATTIC! PAGE5 And Even More from Reflets de Soie!

A French sampler, “Louise Chauvelier 1882” ~$17, 237 x 255, A French sampler, “Louise Delaplagne 1892” ~$17, stitched on silk gauze with silk (DMC conversion included) 234 x 245, charted for Soie d’Alger (DMC conversion)

A Dutch sampler, “Marquoir de Frise 1716” ~$26, 487 x 371, charted for Soie d’Alger (DMC conversion provided) A French sampler, “Marie Soulard” ~$22, 455 x 432, charted for Gloriana w/DMC conversion The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com THE ATTIC! PAGE6 ‘Sew Darling’ by Jackie du Plessis

Jackie’s incredible design is finished!!! And we’re working madly on preparing the kits, and as you will see on page 7, John is also working hard on your spools!

Kits will include Jackie’s several graphs and pages of finishing instructions, along with templates, a SQ of 36c Lakeside Pecan Butter (enough to also do the smalls, coming next year, to ensure the same dyelot), 23 yards of Gloriana silks, 9 yards of Gumnut silks, John’s hand-turned spool, and Jackie’s finishing kit. Kit cost, $145

Jackie used from her mother’s jar, and so the 7 MOP buttons needed are not included so that you may use some from your own collection, from your mother Scrimshaw, $32 or grandmother, or from your favorite button dealer.

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Saturday, June 3, 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.

Sunday, June 15, Sampler Sunday, 1 - 4 ~ It’s the third-Sunday-of-the- Month schedule for this special gathering of samplermakers. Refreshments served. Please register. Fee $10

Beading Classes Coming This Summer Cotton Candy Fob: Bring your Cotton Candy Scissors or select from in-store stock. If you have a focal bead that co-ordinates with your First, he turns each spool scissors please bring that as well. We will have a small selection of appropriate on one of his lathes. colored beads available for you to purchase to complete your fob. Price for the bead set will vary dependent upon the focal bead. 2 HRS Peyote Beading - In the Beginning: Bring your Peyote Beading odd-count project (one with a center point, such as a fob) and we will help you get off to a great start using Fern Ridge Collection’s two-needle method. Most of you will have a fob about a quarter of the way finished at the end of class. 2.5 HRS Peyote Beading - Wrap Up or Down: This follow-up class assists with the Next, he sands each spool. securing both clasp & fringe attachments, shaping at the top or bottom of your work, plus any concerns you have encountered along the way. 2 HRS.

August Summer School at the Attic 6 Then a hole is drilled in each fiftyX shades of red before it’s removed from the lathe.

Fri, August 1 ~ Sun, August 3, Our 2014 Summer Soirée ~ See page 13

Saturday, August 23, St. Charles Market Day

Sherri Jones/Patrick’s Woods November Workshops Nov 7 - 9 ~ See pages 11 & 12

Our 2015 Sampler Symposium program has now been finalized, along with Merry Cox’s January 2015 optional class on Monday ~ See pages 8 - 10 And, finally, each spool is We only have a few BCRF cookbooks left! dipped in its dye bath. 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. The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com THE ATTIC! January 2015 Sampler Symposium . . . PAGE8

Registration and Hotel Information ... Friday night, January 16 ~ Sunday, January 18

Registrations for the workshops will be accepted by email only. All of the email addresses that you may have for me and the shop all work so it is not necessary to send more than one email. To allow time for everyone interested to read this newsletter and make their plans, email registration will open on Friday, June 13, beginning at Noon MST. Please do not phone the shop to register. We will be happy to answer your questions, but registrations will only be accepted by email. Receipt of your email registration will be acknowledged by email, and after the email registrations have been printed and put in date and time order, you will be notified by email the status of your registration and asked to phone our toll-free number with payment information. Space is limited by the size of the room to 49 students. Because an email address is needed for each of you to provide additional information along the way, we are looking to email registration as the best method for the entire process, to ensure fairness for everyone, most importantly. I am very pleased to present the weekend faculty for this event: Friday night, 6 - 9 PM, Merry Cox’s ‘Souvenir Book’ with a 5 - 6 PM supper. Saturday morning, 9 AM, “19th Century Mourning Practices,” a PowerPoint presentation by Sandra Ball that includes mourning samplers and as well as a coffin quilt and many other interesting facts from the Victorian era. Following a mid- morning break, Sandra will also present a lecture on gravestone art, also touching on the vampire scare in early New England. Saturday afternoon, 1 - 4 PM, Holly Rison will teach the “Gentle Art of Scrimshaw.” Saturday evening, 5 - ? PM, reception at The Attic, with food, refreshments including adult beverages served. Sunday, Merry Cox’s ‘Eternal Love’ Stitching Tray w/Accessories, 9 - 2 PM, with the last hour for lunch. Your $495 fee for the Symposium includes all classes, kits, and lectures, a light supper on Friday night, breakfast, lunch, and coffee/tea breaks on Saturday, a Saturday night reception at the shop with refreshments and supper, and Sunday breakfast and lunch.

All classes will be held in Meeting Rooms A+B at Hyatt Place Mesa, where they have available an Attic Needlework room block with prices of $134 for King rooms and Queen/Queen rooms. Here is their Website. Free shuttle service to the shop is provided (airport transportation is not), so renting a car is optional and really not necessary.

‘Souvenir Book’ by Merry Cox

Friday night, 6 - 9 PM. A souvenir is a memento which serves as a reminder of past events or a keepsake with sentimental value. What better way to remember a special trip or event or our love of stitching than with this unique souvenir pull-out book. There is a stitched bookplate for the first inside page plus a lovely miniature sampler for the 4th page. You will construct the book with beautiful paper and use scrapbooking techniques to make pockets with fun with lots of space for pictures and personalization. In addition to making the souvenir book, you will make a drawstring bag with vintage ribbons for your book. Stitched on 35-count linen with Nun , Feather Stitch and ‘over 1’ tent stitch. Kit includes all stitching materials and finishing materials. The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com PAGE THE ATTIC! January 2015 Sampler Symposium (continued) 9

Saturday morning, 9 - 10:30 AM, “19th Century Mourning Practices.” Sandra Ball’s PowerPoint presentation will include mourning samplers and embroideries, mourning clothing, jewelry, and other Victorian mourning customs, including a “coffin quilt.” Following a mid-morning break, at 11 AM Sandra will continue with a presentation on gravestone art, also touching on the vampire scare in New England.

The Scarlet Letter’s “Mourning Sampler 1832” with the name and date left blank to be filled in with the name of your loved one. Examples of Holly’s scrimshaw

Saturday afternoon, 1 - 4 PM, “Learn the Gentle Art of Scrimshaw.” Embellish your beautiful pieces of needlework with colorful scrims! You can do it! Become a scrimshander! Holly will teach you two methods, freehand and transfer. The class will use vintage piano keys to achieve lovely works of art that you can take home from the class! You will create a monogram piece and a lovely colorful painted piece. You will receive all the tools necessary to create these pieces.

‘Eternal Love’ Stitching Tray with Accessories by Merry Cox

Sunday, 9 - 1 PM. ‘Eternal Love’ is the name of a poem Merry wrote for the foreword of Sampler Motifs and Symbolism by Patricia Andrle and Lesley Rudnicki. Merry has always wanted to incorporate her poem into a needlework project, so she designed this 6”x 6” stitching tray with the poem, charming birds and vines. Of course, we must have accessories to complement the tray and then, of course, we must also have a box! The box will be a surprise, but knowing Merry, we know that it will be a wonderful papier-mâché painted box with a stitched nameplate on top. The accessories include a mattress type / keep and a scissors holder, both finished with ultra suede. Stitched on 35-count linen with Cross Stitch, Cross Stitch ‘over 1’ and Nun Stitch. Kit includes all stitching and finishing materials. (Scissors not included)

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A Young Lady’s Workbox

Imagine a very young lady being at school (‘Dewitt Academy for Young Ladies’) in the 1800’s and receiving her first workbox. As the instructress issues each painted workbox, she informs the young ladies that they will be perfecting their sewing and stitching skills with examples to fill the compartments within this special workbox.

Inside the painted workbox is a stitched tray with a poem Merry wrote. The tray (with a very unique finishing) can be removed to hold threads, buttons, scissors, ruler etc when working on a project. Pincushion to the right lifts out to reveal the perfect place for a and other treasures. Pinkeep is placed in the back compartment along with ribbons and threads. Needlecase features the ‘Dewitt Academy’, a basket of flowers and personalization. Inside the case is a stitched needle page, an ultra suede scissors holder and scrimshaw ruler holder. (Scissors and ruler not included in kit.)

When ready to close the workbox, the needlecase is placed inside the linen tray.

This is an all-day class with Merry Cox, an optional class, i.e., not included in the Symposium Weekend. Registration for this class will be accepted by email only. All of the email addresses that you may have for me and the shop all work so it is not necessary to send more than one email. To allow time for everyone interested to read this newsletter and make their plans, email registration will open on Friday, June 13, beginning at Noon MST. Please do not phone the shop to register. We will be happy to answer your questions, but registrations will only be accepted by email. Receipt of your email registration will be acknowledged by email, and after the email registrations have been printed and put in date and time order, you will be notified by email of the status of your registration and asked to phone our toll-free number with payment information. Workshop fee includes kit, breakfast, lunch, and a mid-morning break. Workshop fee, $230. Because an email address is needed for each of you to provide additional information along the way, we are looking to email registration as the best method for the entire process, to ensure fairness for everyone, most importantly.

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Blue Ribbon Sewing Box - Friday, November 7 Class is Full ~ Waiting List Only This handsome sewing box made PATRICK’Sexclusively W for Patrick’sOODS Woods L is anESSONS exquisitely handcrafted adaptation of an antique sewing in and fine hand sewing box. The box is made of fine cherry woodT UÄâx e|uuÉÇ fxã|Çz UÉå and measures approx. 6 ¼” wide x 4 ¾” tall (with legs) and 3 ½” deep. Both sides of the Order form for The Attic Workshop, November, 2014 box open wide for access. The interior is T UÄâx e|uuÉÇfinished with two silk-lined fxã|Çz panels that have UÉå 1. stitched slip pockets. The pockets are

embellished with stitching, ribbon weaving,Lesson and embroideredProposal floral sprays. 2. 4. Smalls include a needlebook, pynkeep, and berry scissors ornament. Stitches include hem 3. stitching, long-arm cross, overlap stitch, stem stitch, tent stitch, and cross stitch1. over Medallion one. for front of box. These are made from the piano end keys, and there are only 2 of The linen is a 32c antique white. Thethese box keys is on a piano. Marcy has set aside some of these very special pieces just for us.

secured with hidden magnets. The bottom of $90 each ______the box is fitted with a silk-lined tool pad and 2. Ruler and thread winder set with bird motif. $66 set ______a removable mattress style pyn pillow. (No substitutes please.)

Scrimshaw pieces shown in 3. the Thread photo, winder with floral spray. $38 each ______and below, not included in the kit, but can be

ordered separately. Workshop Fee $3104. Thread winder with monogram of your choice. $38 each ______Pre-stitching kits have beenPlease specify. (Alphabet matches stitched alphabet.)

shipped. Monogram (one letter please) ______Total ______

Please mail this form or email yourThe order petite list toreticule Patrick’s style Woods bag byis inspiredAugust 1, by an antique needlework bag found in the Cotswolds, 2014.(Sorry, no additional ordersin England, will be taken circa during 1840. o Ther after bag class.) measures approximately 4” tall and is stitched with luscious silk From England, With Love - Saturday, Nov 8 DO NOT SEND ANY MONEY. pearls THESE in PIECES icy blues WILL and BE CREATEDmocha browns FOR YOU and AND accented DE- with silver beads that closely resemble the LIVERED TO YOU AT THE WORKSHOP.cut steel beads YOUR soTOTAL popular IS DUE with AT THEthe TIMEVictorians. OF DE- The bag is lined with silk, drawn closed with silk LIVERY. THANK YOU! taffeta ribbons. The silk purse strings are threaded through silver rings. The sentimental smalls are NAME:______inspired by Victorian tokens______and include a beaded bolster style cushion-scissors rest made with pearl cut beads, a heart-and-hand needle keep with the silver cut beads, and a cut paper pinkeep PATRICK’S WOODS with a Victorian paper scrap . No pre-stitching for this project; Workshop Fee $210 2539 ALBERT DRIVE, SE GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49506 This handsome sewing box is an exquisitely crafted and engineered adaptation of an [email protected] sewing box. It is handcrafted of fine cherry wood and measures approx. 6 ¼” wide x 4 ¾” tall (with legs) and Kit3 ½” includes deep. linen, Both silk sides pearls, of silkthe floss, silk fabric, silk taffeta ribbons, beads, perforated paper, box open wide for access. The interior is finished with two silk lined panels that have stitchedVictorian slip pockets. style scrap, The Ultrasuede, pockets wools, lace, needles and templates. Kit does not include glass head are embellished with hem stitching, ribbon weaving and embroidered floral sprays. The bottomstraight of thepins. b Paperox is scrapsfitted will with vary. a A large variety of old and reproduction scraps will be presented for silk lined tool pad and a removable mattress style pyn pillow. Smalls include a needle book, pynpersonal keep choice. and berry scissors ornament. Stitches include hem stitching, long arm cross, overlap stitch, stem stitch, tent stitch and cross stitch over one. The linen is a 32 count antique white. The box is secured with hidden magnets. Class time willStudents be divided will need between to bring to class basic sewing supplies, plus perforated paper cutting tool and cutting practicing specialty stitches and constructing the interior panels, so please bring the supplies mat,liste paperd below. scissors, , straight , neutral basting thread, glue pen or stick, double stick Kit includes box, linen, silk fabrics, silk floss, ribbons, , stiffener, muslin, wool felt,tape, magnet and twisted buttons cording and tapestrytool. For the best perforated paper cutting tool, Sherri recommends an X-Acto needle. Scrimshaw pieces shown in the photo not included, but can be ordered separately. X3000 knife or X2000 knife with a NEW blade. Or, if paper cutting scissors are preferred, the Dr. Slick Microtip Arrow, 3 1⁄2” straight scissors used by anglers for tying flies and available at large sporting Class size: 25 maximum goods stores like Bass Pro Shops or Cabela’s, or online through Amazon and other retailers. If a less Skill level: Intermediate. expensive, one-time-use tool is preferred, the Revlon cuticle scissors with precise curved blades will work. Student supplies: fabric shears, tape measure, pins, sewing needles, marking pencil, and other basic sewing supplies Class time: 5 hours The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com Kit cost: $260 (includes cost of shipping boxes)

DESIGNS BY SHERRI JONES 2539 ALBERT DRIVE, SE GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49506 !616-285-3238 [email protected] THE ATTIC! PAGE12 November’s Sherri Jones Workshop Patriot Patty and her Pin Perch - Sunday, Nov 9

Patriot Patty is inspired by the Flapper garter buttons that were popular in the 1920's. She perches on a navy velvet cushion at one end of the doubled cushion box. Patty is constructed of vintage French patriotic ribbon, and her face is printed on fabric, reproduced from a vintage flapper garter button printed on silk ribbon. The pin box is embellished with motifs inspired by vintage Army and Navy needle books that were printed after both World Wars. The pin box measures approximately 6 1⁄2” long by 2” wide and 2” high. There are two velvet cushions; one at each end of the box. The center opening of the box features a slip pocket, and will house patriotic smalls. The smalls include two needle keeps, scissors and a scissors sheath and fob. There will be available for separate purchase a set of ivory scrimshaw pieces (below right), including two thread winders, a petite ruler, and a star shaped charm with a monogram. Workshop Fee $195 ~ pre- stitching kits are available; fees must be paid in full prior to kit shipment. ctàÜ|Éà ctààç tÇw {xÜ c|Ç cxÜv{ Scrim order form for The Attic, November, 2014 Stitches include Cross Stitch, Tent Stitch, Chevron, Rice, Tied Oblong Cross Stitch, Oblong Cross Stitch, Stem Stitch and Portuguese Knotted Stem Stitch. 2. Kit includes linen, silk floss, pearl cotton, vintage patriotic ribbon, velvet ribbon, printed fabric pieces, suede, wool, printed card templates, cotton batting, interfacing, petite scissors, dipped pins, beads and vintage star sequins. Students will need to bring to class basic sewing supplies, plus paper scissors, 4. tape measure, thin sharp sewing needles, with an eye large enough 1. 3. for 4 plies of silk, straight pins, neutral basting thread, glue pen or stick, double stick tape, and small rotary cutter, mat and ruler set (if you have one), and pliers for pulling needles.

Registration1. Art Deco and style Hotel thread Information winder with patriotic banner. $40each ______

Registrations for the workshops will be accepted by email only. There are 3 email addresses for me and the shop, and they all work. To allow time for everyone interested to read 2. this Art newsletter Deco style and thread make winder their with plans, plane registration and flag banner. will open on Thursday, $44 each ______February 20. Please do not phone the shop to register. We will be happy to answer your questions, but registrations will only be accepted by email. You may register for up to two workshops and, space permitting, a third workshop. In your email please provide your first, second, and third choices. After the registrations3. Petite have beenruler printedwith pinwheel and put style in date flower. and time order, you will be notified $30 each by ______email of your workshop registrations and asked to phone our toll-free number with payment information. Because an email address is needed for each of you to provide additional information along the way, to send you the scrimshaw ordering forms, etc., we are looking to email registration4. as Cutthe outbest star method button/pendant for the entire with process, monogram to ensure of you thatr choice. we register $44 you each for ______the proper workshops, most importantly. Please specify ONE letter choice. Optional: attach to a stick pin with a jump ring—these will be Friday, Nov 7, Blue Ribbon Sewing Box, 2 - 9 PM with an hour break from 5 - 6 PM for dinner. Saturday, Nov 8, From England with Love, 9 - 4 PM, withprovided. an hour break at lunch Saturday evening, reception at the shop from 5 - 8 PM,Monogram with dinner ______served at The Gathering Place next door to the shop Sunday, Nov 9, Patriot Patty, 9 - 4 PM, with an hour break at lunch Total ______Your registration fees for each workshop include dinner or lunch asPlease well email as coffee/tea your order breaks list or during mail this the form day to and Patrick’s a continental Woods by August 1, 2014. breakfast on Saturday and Sunday, as well as Saturday night(Sorry, reception no additional and dinner. orders will be taken during or after class.) DO NOT SEND ANY MONEY. THESE PIECES WILL BE CREATED FOR YOU AND DELIVERED TO YOU AT THE WORKSHOP. YOUR TOTAL IS DUE AT THE All classes will be held in Meeting Rooms A+B at HyattTIME Place OF DELIVERY.Mesa, where THANK they YOU! have available an Attic Needlework room block with prices of $104 for King rooms and $114 for Queen/Queen rooms. Here is their Website. Free shuttle service to the shop is

provided (airport transportation is not), so renting a car is really not necessary. NAME:______The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.comPATRICK’S WOODS 2539 ALBERT DRIVE, SE GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49506

[email protected] THE ATTIC! PAGE13 Our 2014 Summer Sampler Soirée Summer School at the Attic Our Summer School faculty again includes our six very talented and 6 creative designers in the desert (thus the 6 Shades of Red): fiftyX shades of red Linda/Samplers Remembered, Gloria/Milady’s Needle, Vickie & Maegan/NeedleWorkPress, Linda/Needlemade Designs, Bunny & Apryl/Priscilla’s Pocket, & Tanya/The Scarlett House. We had For your Summer School Tuition of $450 (register by July 1 ~ after July 1 our first planning session earlier this month, and we are all very excited to tuition increases to $500 to accommodate last-minute kitting) you will invite you to our third annual Summer School presented by The Attic. 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 mid-July. This amazingly reasonable tuition for six lovely projects is only possible because “Little Red Chair Sampler” all of these designers are local and have no travel expenses (airplane & The Scarlett House’s hotel). Don’t miss out on the funnest Summer School ever!

The project from NeedleWorkPress is inspired by this antique thimble holder.

project in progress.

Needlemade Designs’

“Red Delicious” Pincushion from Priscilla’s Pocket “Nothing’s more pressing” from Samplers Remembered

Milady’s Needle unique pincushion!’s very

Our Soirée is from 5 PM Friday night, August 1 - Sunday noon, August 3 at Hyatt Place Mesa. The hotel is offering us these amazing summer rates (less than last year): $85/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. Go to their Website for more information about their amenities.

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Happy May Day Stitch-Along Participants, Por Luciana Delgado This is the perfect week to check in on your progress with Luciana! Didn’t start yet? No problem! You can jump in from any time you like! And, if you decide to join in the fun NeedleWorkPress now, we’ll be sure to get you links to each of the monthly updates so far this year.

Well, I must confess that gardening and a big Easter gathering sort of got in the way of stitching for me this month. I am forging ahead. However, I haven’t had a chance to play with straightening the letters, so I’m working along the bottom, instead of my initial plan to go bottom, top, bottom, top. “Leading” this stitch-along really made me realize that I like to jump around and change motifs here and there. I guess I’ve known this all along, just never really thought about it before. This is Betsy Bollinger’s That said, I had this gorgeous butterfly almost finished when I realized that little Luciana did it again! The right Luciana. She started in the upper side of the butterfly is prettier than the left. So, I’m It’s not too late to start ~ and join restitching the right side, as you can see below. I also left and selected darker colors for realized that I grabbed the wrong silks, so my color may us in this SAL for this gorgeous be a bit different than yours. Thanks, Betsy, for showing the tree. Send your photos to reproduction! us your tree. Looks sort of like the ones in my back yard Chart - $18 that have been shedding with all the winds here in [email protected]. Arizona. Nothing like those you’re experiencing down Thread Choices: South and in the Midwest. Hope everyone’s safe and dry. * Gloriana Tudor silks $73.50 I was stitching on my front porch earlier this week when Vickie * Gloriana 12-ply silk, $112 stopped by to shoot some photos. If it wasn’t enough that a * Gentle Art - $46.20 pooped on the edge of my linen (yes, I can clean it), I set down my project to talk to Vickie and when I went to pick it up, a Lakeside Linen (460w x 200h) scorpion was right under my and project. I had hoped to share a few more photos with you, but the scorpion was pretty * 50c (52/60) unevenweave $26 dramatic, so the other pictures will have to wait for next month. * 50c evenweave $26 Meanwhile, here’s my butterfly (I love it) and the finished wreath. * 45c - $25 Hopefully by next month, I’ll tackle the * 40c - $32 letters. If not, I’ll keep * 36c - $39 stitching along the bottom, working from right to left.

Here’s hoping Luciana’s flower baskets bring you joy on May Day and all the year through, Rosi

So sorry to have to put this lovely

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From Tanya/The Scarlett House, “Polka Dots & Alphabets” $14 stitched on Belfast Petit Point with Gentle Art Sampler Threads ~ model uses real buttons & Week’s Candy Apple wool, but it is charted to be stitched also. A cut of the linen for the set is $12.

From Vickie/Maegan/NeedleWorkPress,“Sweet Land” $9, a collaboration between NeedleWorkPress and Five Times Blessed (Nancy Mills), whose artwork was the inspiration for the charted design. The model is stitched on Lakeside’s 52/60 V. Flagstone with Gloriana’s Tudor Silks. The first printing of the chart erroneously lists the fabric color as V. Pearled Barley, due to the growing feebleness and aging of Vickie’s neighborhood needlework shop owner. (I apparently mislabeled the fabric bag with the wrong fabric color ~ so sorry for causing confusion.) The V. Pearled Barley and V. Flagstone, at least in the 52/60, are similar, with the V. Pearled Barley having more green tones and the V. Flagstone more blue-gray tones.

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Stacy Nash begins a new series with “Houses of Berry’s Chapel Road ~ Miss Baxter’s House” $14. As you can see, Miss Baxter lives in her charming 1803 log cabin and spends her days tending her flower and herb gardens, beekeeping and feeding her chickens! Please note a correction that has just been posted about the thread legend for this graph: The Chamomile & Old Hickory symbols are reversed. Right,, our conversion to overdyed silks, $68.25

Two new samplers from Paulette/Plum Street: above, a reproduction of the “Esther Syer Sampler” $14, 172 x 197, and “Pink House Sampler” $12, 247 x 215

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Clockwise from above: “Flag Needlekeep” Kit $39 & “Stars Pin and Scissors Roll” Kit $39 (both kits have all the Simply Wool Gentle Arts threads, buttons, and Weeks wool felt necessary to do the piece) ~ “Patriotic Sampler” chart $15 + the embellishment package $58 with all the silk, buttons, JABC buttons & charms ~ and “Patterned Pretties #7” $13, another in this beautiful series that Jeannette herself is entranced with, and we can see why! Each one is beautiful and fun to stitch.

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4 from Blu Cobalto: clockwise from above: “Bag Embroiderer” $19 ~ “Roses” $19, 149 x 88 ~ “Pappagallo” $26, a very beautiful needlework accessory with a stunning bird on its front ~ “Set Orange” $19

A reproduction from The Traveling Stitcher, “M. A. Badger 1870” $14, 136 x 224, is charted for both overdyed cottons and DMC but of course we’ll do a conversion to overdyed silks for you if you would like. And I know this is against religion for some, but somebody suggested changing the green to blue and giving it a very patriotic feel! What fun that would be! Or keep it as it is, and it’s very Holiday-ish in its colors!

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Clockwise from above: From Diane/Little House Needleworks: “Freedom House” ~ “Louise and Henry” ~ “June Calendar Girl” ~ and the latest threadpack in the Sun, Moon & Stars Series, “Beneath the Stars” $14

Below, from the left: From Nikki/Country Cottage Needleworks: “Fun in the Sun” $8, 83 x 115 ~ 7th in the Frosty Forest Series, “Snowgirl’s Cottage $6

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From The Cricket Collection, next in their monthly series, “May” and “June” $8 each

Clockwise from above: Glendon Place’s “Elizabeth” 133 x 198 ~ “Katherine” 134 x 198 ~ “Isabel” 140 x 198 ~ “Millicent” 140 x 198, each $14

From Summer House Stitche Workes, “Inheritance” $12, 177 x 145

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Coming from Theresa Baird/Heart’s Examplar Workes just in time for your summer stitching, “Mayflower Rose” a stunning ornament that Theresa originally designed as a fundraiser for her Mayflower Sampler Guild. She is in the process of designing and stitching a set of smalls to complement the ornament, which will be introduced in August. Theresa plans to mount the ornament on the top of a Nantucket Basket, and the smalls will go inside the basket. I’m sorry, I don’t have a price as of this writing.

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Notforgotten Farms’/Lori Brechlin’s soft-cover book featuring needlework projects inspired by simple, old-fashioned summer days. Lori invites you to come sit on the front porch swing as you enjoy the sunshine and breezes that only the summer months bring, Summer House Stitche Workes’ Fragments in Time reach down into your Series, #1 and #2, each $4, each 50 x 50 workbasket for your scissors, hook and hoop, and create nine projects inspired from times remembered and a place called ‘Notforgotten Farm.‘ Projects include a summer farmhouse sampler, rosemary and lavender cross-stitched pillows, a hooked wool chair pad, a punch-needle cupboard hanger, and more. $23 (ND)

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We love this pincushion doll from Italy’s Giulia/ Elizabeth’s Chatelaine, GPA Designs ~ and so do many of you! We have Sterling Silver, ~$76 (ND) ordered your chatelaines from Roberta in Italy, the half dolls from Elaine in Texas, and the linen and silk threads, as well as silk dupioni. We will no doubt do two shipments, with the stitching supplies coming to you in the first shipment, and the doll, chatelaine, and finishing supplies in the second shipment. Please note that our kit fee of $140 will include enough linen and silk to stitch the beautiful coordinating trunk shown below, from page 22 of SANQ, which tells us that it will be featured in the Fall 2014 issue (Above kit fee excludes the chatelaine you’ve chosen & the doll.)

Roberta’s Chatelaine, Sterling Silver, ~$105 (ND) Grethel’s chatelaine, silver-plated, ~$21 (ND)

Renoir, the porcelain half doll, is $27 (ND)

Here’s the matching trunk!

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From Julie: Above, Threadwork Primitives’ “Beggars 4th” and, below, SamSarah’s “Suck It Up Buttercup” From Linda D: La-D-Da’s Name Tag & Blackbird’s “In Full Glory”

Rosi’s “Beggar’s Night” from Threadwork Primitives

Tanya’s “Polka Dots andScarlett Alphabets,” House newest release from her

Carol’s “Sibmacher Sampler” from The Scarlet Letter

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Gloria/Milady’s Needle’s Summer Soirée project Nita’s “Wee Bundle” from La-D-Da in red

Shepherd’s Bush

Cindy’s “A Full Heart” from Rosi’s “KindredLisa/Primitive Spirits” from Needle the beloved

Deb’s “Song of the Seasons” by Little House

Tedra’s “Sampler Au Bouquet” by Jardin Prive, all 3 parts, completed! The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com THE ATTIC! PAGE25 More from Sampler Sunday

Linda’s “Attic of Dreams” and “Album Souvenir,” both from Jackie du Plessis’s November 2013 teaching at The Attic

Linda’s “Hippity Hop” from NeedleWorkPress

Rosi’s “Peter & Peep” from With Thy Needle & Thread

Rosi’s ?? .. ?? ~ I’ll try to find out for anyone who wants to know

Rosi’s “Por Luciana” from NeedleWorkPress

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Nita’s “From Every Mountain Side” by Priscilla’s Pocket

NeedleWorkPress’s model for their newest design, “Sweet Land” (See page 15)

Cindy’s “Randje per Week,” an online band-sampler project that, when finished, will be very long

Lynne’s “Hearts Bloomed” by L y n n e ’ s “ S h e e p SamSarah Designs Pincushion” by JABCO

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Brenda’s “Friendship Sheep” from Little House Needleworks Brenda’s “Hunt” from Shepherd’s Bush Brenda’s Prairie Schooler Santa

Brenda’s “Rosamund’s Sewing Necessaries” from Beehive Needleworks Tamami’s “Elizabeth Sheffield” from The Scarlet Letter

Tamami’s “Her Sampler 1796” from Brenda’s “Sew Scattered” from iStitch Blackbird Designs, a blog stitch-along

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Linda’s start on “The Rose Wreath Sampler” from Gigi R

“The Apostle’s Creed” by My Big Toe Designs, a stitch-along with Angelica, Brenda, Deb & Janet

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Sue is a miniaturist, and I hope you can get an appreciation of the scale of these pieces that she’s created. Here’s what she tells us about them: The rug design is based on a small rug on our tour bus in Turkey. It is worked on 56c silk gauze with Tudor Silk’s Vintage Teal for the background. The Erin prototype (with quarter) was knit with Luminescence Summer and Smoke on 7/0 needles. The Erin donation was knit with Painter’s Threads Chagall on 7/0 needles.

I love it when our love of needlework is passed on to the next generation. Here is Felicia’s stepdaughter Jaelyn very proudly displaying her creativity with needle and thread ~ and she just had a birthday, which brought Felicia into the shop to get her something special for her special day!

Jaelyn’s birthday gift

Paola’s beautiful “Ann Bowers Sampler” from Joanne/The Examplarery. This is one Sheri wasn’t able to be with us at Sampler Sunday, of my all-time favorite samplers! Each but she sent a photo of her progress on her one I’ve seen is as beautiful as the last! “Elizabeth Sheffield” from The Scarlet Letter

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A new neighbor in our shopping center that is known for their cakes, wedding cakes especially, and fabulous cupcakes. I hope you’ll visit them when you’re visiting The Attic! Here is their Website.

A fabulous display of The Sweetheart Tree’s Quadrielle designs ~ thank you, Sandy, for giving us the opportunity to display them!

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