Attic Sampler Newsletter 09102010
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Where Samplers Rule Just 15 minutes from the Airport at the NE CORNER OF CENTER & MCKELLIPS 106 E. McKellips Rd, Suite 111 THE ATTIC Issue No. Twenty www.atticneedlework.com Mesa, AZ 85201 10 September 2010 TELEPHONE (480)898-1838 FACSIMILE September’s Sampler of the Month: (480)898-0332 “The Garden Glade” This sampler design was obviously inspired by JANUARY 2011 Hannah Carter’s exquisite canvaswork piece, right, in the A PRIMITIVE collection of the American Folk Art Museum, New York. GATHERING For any of you in the area, Hannah’s piece is part of an SEE PAGE 4 exhibition, “Women Only: Folk Art by Female Hands,” now on view and extended through September 19, 2010 at the museum. Here’s what the museum says about this piece: “Hannah Carter's elegant lady in a pastoral setting belongs to pre-Revolutionary Boston's most famous group of needleworks known collectively as ‘fishing lady’ pictures. It features some of the classic motifs of seventeenth-century English needlework, such as birds, insects, berries, oversize flowers, and verdant hillocks, combined with figures based on English and French prints of the period. It is one of a group of related pastoral embroideries worked by young girls from some of the wealthiest colonial families while attending Boston boarding schools. Today, 17 within a group of 58 related pieces actually depict the fishing lady, but only six makers have been identified, and the schools they attended have defied discovery. The patterns, based on English prototypes, may have been drawn and distributed by a Boston schoolmistress such as Mrs. Susanna Condy, who advertised her patterns as early as 1738. The canvasworks range in size from 10 x 12 inches to monumental chimney pieces 4 feet wide and are worked in crewels and silk threads on finely woven linen.” Inspired by Hannah’s magnificent work and with Molly’s suggestion that it would be lovely on a blue-green linen, we’ve gotten in what I think is the perfect linen from Lakeside Linens and used a combination of five different silks in colors reflective of Hannah’s piece. It’s been a group effort for sure ~ and I am truly enjoying seeing the colors unfold on the linen. The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com THE ATTIC! PAGE2 Left, a close-up of the leaves showing the “modification” using a lighter green on the outer edges, trying to capture the effect in Hannah’s leaves, shown on the right. I especially love all the animals frolicking on the grass, and I was hoping to have them more visible ~ changing the colors of the hills to the shades of blue- green as opposed to the brown-green, I think, accomplishes that. The thread legend for the “modification” includes details with each symbol and its color for the various design elements, i.e., the = symbol varies, depending on its position in the design. The thread legend defines all of those changes. I only wish I had more of it stitched to show you, but stay tuned. Save 15% during September when purchasing at least two parts: chart $14 ~ 40c linen w/2-inch margins $13~ NPI silks as charted $48 ~ Belle Soie silks $82.50 OR the silks combo pack $120. Your “kit” will include a full-sized color print of Hannah’s piece + the revised attribution that I am using at the bottom of my sampler: “Inspired by Hannah Carter’s work.” PAULA’S BEAUTIFUL“GARDEN GLADE” Paula is stitching her “Garden Glade” on 40c V. Sand Dune with Belle Soie. The petite Elizabeth I scissors provide a size perspective for this very engaging design. Paula says, “Overall, I just love the vintage look this combination of linen and silk gives.” Paula has volunteered to provide weekly updates of her progress. The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com THE ATTIC! PAGE3 SALEM HOUSE FROM LIBERTY HILL Just in the door from Liberty Hill, our order for this adorable 2010 limited edition “Salem House” needlework etui, a wooden house-shaped box hand-painted on every side with wonderful detail: windows with lighted candles, pumpkins and trees and gravestones ~ and a tombstone angel on the roof! Lift off the roof to discover the etui inside filled with stitching treats: Inside a fabric bag you will find a decorated box for your pins, a project ring with a charming hand-painted scene, and a tiny house-shaped scissors fob. Only a few remain from our shipment. $70 (ND) We also have a few remaining past treasures from Liberty Hill. Left, “First Colony Tombstone Cupboard” $65 (ND) with its thread board, scissors fob (scissors not included), gray threadwinder set, and “Black Cat” needle envelope ~ middle, “Winter Wishes” $39, paper-maiche box lined with hand-dyed wool, threadboard, and jingled star scissors fob ~ and, right, “Haunting Threads” $48, a set of very scary threadwinders with their own storage box. The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com THE ATTIC! PAGE4 September at The Attic October (continued) If you are a member of our Attic Addicts club, you may save Saturday, October 16, Stitching on Silk Gauze, 2-4 PM Learn the special 15% on your purchase of the following during September: techniques for this very addictive needlework. $30 class fee includes a piece of mounted 40c silk gauze. Select your project from dozens of choices. • All Halloween Charts/Kits • All Overdyed Silk Threads Saturday, October 30, Hawk Run Hollow Stitch Group, 10:30 - 12:30 • In-stock Picture This Plus Linens - Custom Cuts Because of the September St. Charles Market, we will not meet in September. Saturday, September 11, Saturday Stitch-In & Potluck, 10:30 - ?? Join us See you in the Autumn at Hawk Run Hollow. $5/session. tomorrow for a fun Saturday: stitching with a great group of like-minded needlewomen (and men, if Gary comes!). And, if you wish, bring something to November at The Attic share at the lunch table. For planning purposes, please register. And Saturday, November 6, Beading a Miniature remember, if you want dessert (and a special gift) remember to wear red/ Book with Alice, 1-4 PM Your $35 class fee white&blue includes your imported kit + Alice’s expertise in Saturday, September 18, Time Well Spent Stitch Group, 10:30 - 12:30 creating this most charming diminutive book. Join us for this fun journey together through the various specialty stitches and bands that make up this exquisite sampler. Please note the time change. Friday through Sunday, November 12-14, Merry Cox Weekend. Sunday, September 19, Sampler Sunday, 1:00-4:00 It’s the third Details available on our Web site. A few places available in each workshop. Sunday of the month and time once again for this monthly gathering. Saturday, November 20, Our Annual Silent Auction for Breast Cancer We’ll share all that we know that’s new in our sampler world ~ and share Research, 6 - 8 PM, with all proceeds benefitting the Breast Cancer Research our samplers in progress as well! Please register. Fee $10 Foundation. October at 2011 The Attic January 14-16, 2011, (Martin Luther King weekend), A Primitive Saturday, October 2, Market Day! It’s the day that we take off the covers Gathering with Stacy Nash of Stacy Nash Primitives, Linda and show you the treasures this special time of year brings to our needlework Lautenschlager of Chessie & Me, Vickie Jennett of world. Doors open at 9 AM for Attic Addict members and at 10 AM to the NeedleWorkPress and more! Details to follow as they become general public. Be there or be square! available. This class with Linda Danielson of Samplers Remembered Reserve Your Copy(s) Today! is set for both Sunday, October 3 or October 10, 1 - 4 PM. The $35 Class/Teaching Fee includes a kit with everything you will need to learn this technique: 1 yard of trim, 115 antique buttons, 1 ball of ecru crochet thread, a crochet hook, and miscellaneous thread and needles needed to sew the trim to your finished cushion. Your class fee is due on or before October 3. In other words, for logistical purposes, please pay before the day of your class. The supplies you should bring to class: scissors, pins, and the cushion that you have stitched, stuffed, and finished. Saturday, October 9, Spooky Finishing Classes with Christy, both morning and afternoon. Your $25 fee includes Christy’s expert guidance as well as finishing materials (except your backing fabric choices). See details on our Web site. Saturday, October 16, 10:30 - 12:30 Beginning Linen with Linda’s wonderful new Tulip needlebook design as the class Reserve your copy now of our “Recipes for a Cure” project. The $30 fee includes Linda’s Cookbook, available in November, with net proceeds being expert instruction as well as the chart + donated to our favorite charity, Breast Cancer Research materials for this most useful project. Foundation. $14.95 (or more, if you wish). The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com THE ATTIC! PAGE5 SAMPLERS FROM THE PORCUPINE COLLECTION These museum reproductions, charted in the 1980’s, have been out of print and unavailable for 20+ years, but they are now being reprinted so that this generation of samplermakers has access to these fabulous reproductions. Working with these photos was like a trip back in time for me. I collected these in the ‘80s when I first “found” samplers, and I even have one of them stitched! They had become very pricey in the after market, but now you can purchase them without having to bid! Top row from the left: “Hannah Lancaster” ~ “On Diligence” ~ “Jane Ballard” and, below left, “Mary Slatter” are all from the Worcester Art Museum in Worcester, MA and each is $30 (ND).