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 August 14 Issue No. 14-17 www.atticneedlework.com TOLL-FREE: 1.888.94.ATTIC August Sampler of the Month “Elise Schlüter” from Gigi

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

Chart $24 Lakeside Linen ~ Design size 259w x 236h: * 52/60c ~ 8.62w x 9h ~ $21 * 45c ~ 11.5 x 10.5 ~ $23 * 40c ~ 13 x 11.8 ~ $32 * 36c ~ 14.3 x 13 ~ $30 * 32c ~ 16.1 x 14.75 ~ $36 Threads ~ * Gloriana Tudors $204.75 (for 52/60c or 45c) * Overdyed Silk Threadpack $312 * Overdyed Cotton Threadpack $122.10 (Above prices are before the discount.)

Here’s what Gigi says about this sampler in the chart: This attractive (presumably German) woolwork sampler has been stitched by Elise Schlüter in 1866. Since the original was ruthlessly glued to the cardboard plate, we were not able to inspect the back side of the sampler. Therefore it was charted from the front side, reproducing the sampler in its present aged state. Some colors seem to be faded and altered over the years. Our guess is that the sampler used to be much brighter, with vivid greens and purples.

I’m stitching our model on Lakeside’s 52/60 Vintage linen with Gloriana’s Tudor Silks ~ and the linen color, in three different lighting settings just wouldn’t photograph as it really is, much more golden than it looks, more like the antique.

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Gigi says about this sampler: This beautiful Dutch sampler originally was stitched on very fine uneven-weave linen with silk threads. The original is almost square. Stitched on even-weaved linen, the sampler will obtain more rectangular shape. The name of the girl who stitched this sampler probably was Helena Willems. ‘Helena’ is stitched at the end of the first alphabet line, but ‘Willems’ - at the end of the line of numbers. “Helena Willems 1817” $22, 276 x 342

“MTVG 1834-1856” $15, 225 x 190, that Gigi has called the ’20-year “Mary Hunter 1844” $15, 139 x 150 ~ love the reds! sampler’ because it has two dates on it, perhaps the start date and the finish! And it seems a perfect companion to “Mary Hart” The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com THE ATTIC! More of Gigi’s Beautiful Samplers PAGE3

Two of my most favorite: Left, “The Rose Wreath Sampler” $24 and, above, “Little Dutch Sampler” $18, Anka’s beautiful finish of this very charming sampler, with a few changes, she says: black cat & her children’s initials under the crowns! We’ve done silk conversions for both of these!

Close-ups from Bénédicte’s beautiful rendition of this stunning sampler ~ two of my most favorite motifs!

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Left, “Quilted & Ruffled Bag” $8, an Attic exclusive, with directions to make several sizes of this charming bag, first used in last year’s Summer School project, right, which is NOW available to everyone, the sweet sampler shown, “Girl with Flower Baskets” $16, stitched on 40c Weeks Havana with Belle Soie

‘Sew Darling’ by Jackie du Plessis

Kits include Jackie’s several graphs and pages of finishing instructions, along with We have begun shipping your templates, a SQ of 36c Lakeside Pecan Butter (enough to also do the smalls, kits!!! We ship in date order, coming next year, to ensure the same dyelot), 23 yards of Gloriana silks, 9 yards of and we’re still waiting on the Gumnut silks, John’s hand-turned spool, and Jackie’s finishing kit. Kit cost, $145 last of the linen, so the kits for those of you who recently ordered will ship a bit later.

Scrim will ship later

Scrimshaw, $32 (optional)

If you haven’t ordered this Attic exclusive kit yet, don’t delay ~ quantities are very limited! Only 1 Kit Left

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As an Attic Addict save 15% in August on: Linda’s Sampler Stitches 101 was very popular, and the group decided they’d * Gigi R. Charts August like a Sampler Stitches class once a month, so . . . * All Christmas charts/kits And watch for future Sampler Stitches classes: * All ready-made frames * Sampler Stitches 201 ~ Double-Running , Queen/Rococo Stitch & French Knots that don’t pull through your fabric! Or choose to do the Colonial Knot instead! Saturday, August 23, St. Charles Market Day * Sampler Stitches 301 ~ Four-Sided Stitch, Double (one of Linda’s favorite stitches), and (both the typical way of working Saturday, August 23, 1:30-4:00, Cotton Candy them and her favorite way, the Backward Chain Stitch) Fob Bring your Cotton Candy Scissors or select from in- * Sampler Stitches 401 ~ Montenegrin, Detached , Trellis Stitch store stock for this 2-hour class. Linda has selected some stunning beads to coordinate with the sweet scissors colors ~ or make a charm bracelet for your scissors, choosing up Saturday, ???, 10:00-12:00, Peyote Beading - Wrap Up or Down: to 8 charms. Bead/charm kits are $15 each. Class fee $15 This follow-up class (date to be determined when students have completed the fob body; let us know when you’re ready) assists with securing both clasp & fringe attachments, shaping at the top or bottom of your work, plus any concerns you have encountered along the way. Again, diagrams used will be from your Fern Ridge kit. Please bring any needed magnification, highlighter, pen/pencil, scissors, along with the needle, threader and bead mat from the prior class. If you did not take the first class, the supplies needed will be available for purchase. Fee $20

Sherri Jones/Patrick’s Woods Workshops Nov 7 - 9 ~ See pages 12 & 13 These and others are November the “charming” charms Linda has picked out Two weekends for our 2015 Sampler for this fun class! Symposium and Merry Cox’s optional class January 2015 on the following Monday (Monday classes are sold out/waiting list only) ~ See pages 9 - 11

August 2015

2015

Summer School at The Attic Save the Date ... f o r S u m m e r History Lessons School 2015, August 28-30 August 28 - 30 ... for some History Lessons ... with a Sunday, August 24, Sampler Sunday, 1 - 4 ~ This month’s special needlework bent! gathering of samplermakers will necessarily move to the 4th Sunday because of the St. Charles Market. Refreshments served. Please register. Fee $10

Saturday, September 6, 10:30-12:30, Beginning Linen This class We only have a few BCRF cookbooks left! September is appropriate for both beginning stitchers and anyone wishing to refine their skills. The class Support a great cause (all net proceeds go to breast project is Linda/Needlemade Designs’s Tulip cancer research) by buying a copy(s) of the Recipes for needlebook design, and the $30 fee includes her a Cure cookbook for a donation of $14.95 (or more) with fabulous time-tested recipes as well as expert instruction + materials. complimentary designs from 11 designers. The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com Summer School at the Attic 6 PAGE THE ATTIC! Our 2014 Summer School/Soirée . . . fifty X shades of red 6

. . . weekend was great fun! Several of this year’s registrants have already registered for next year’s Summer School. Our talented faculty again included the creative designers in the desert (thus the 6 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. What a great group of needleworkers join us, from as far away as Germany ... Texas ... Georgia ... South Carolina ... Florida ... Pennsylvania ... Missouri ... Indiana ... Colorado ... & Arizona, of course!

with Tanya/The Scarlett House’ her “Little Red Chair Sampler” Our Faculty: Apryl, Linda V., Bunny, Tanya, Vickie, Linda D. & Maegan!!! Linda V./Needlemade Designs

Barbara’s birthday was the perfect excuse for a Lisa’s (Cathy’s daughter) rum

Linda V’s very French “setting” for her very French project! NeedleWorkPress’s displays!

The Scarlett House display, the antique that inspired this year’s project + St. Charles releases, including “Hannah Brownstone”

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The project from NeedleWorkPress on the left was inspired by the antique holder on the right!

Maegan & Vickie Fabulous new release from NeedleWorkPress

“Nothing’s More Pressing” from Samplers Remembered

Cindy & Katie, mother & daughter

Ava (Texas) ~ Sylvia (Germany) ~ Michelle (Texas)

Michelle was thrilled to see her reproduction side by side with the original!

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Lynne’s “L”!

Sabine was thrilled to finish her first 40c piece!!!

Apryl & Bunny, a/ k/a Priscilla’s Pocket

Here’s trouble, aka Carol ~ can’t you just tell by that grin! Milady’s Needle’s St. Charles Market Releases

Priscilla’s Pocket display, showing their newest releases, St. Charles release, and their 2014 Summer School projects

2015

Summer School at The Attic History Lessons -30 August 28

Hope you will plan to join us next year! Ready for the PJ party! The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com THE ATTIC! January 2015 Sampler Symposium . . . PAGE9

Registration and Hotel Information ... Friday night, January 9 thru Sunday, January 11 Registration is Full ~ Waiting List Only OR ... Friday night, January 16 thru Sunday, January 18

Please register for the weekend of your choice by email. 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. 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 your email registration has been received, you will be notified by email and asked to phone our toll-free number with payment information. A nonrefundable deposit of $50 completes your reservation. 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 Stitch, 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) 10

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, , scissors, ruler etc when working on a project. Pincushion to the right lifts out to reveal the perfect place for a thimble 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. 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 you will be notified by email of the status of your registration and asked to phone our toll-free number with payment information. In addition to your kit, the workshop fee includes 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. A nonrefundable deposit of $50 completes your reservation.

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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 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)

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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 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- ctàÜ|Éà ctààç tÇw {xÜ c|Ç cxÜv{ stitching kits are available; fees must be paid in full prior to kit shipment. Scrim order form for The Attic, November, 2014

Stitches include Cross Stitch, Tent Stitch, Chevron, Rice, Tied Oblong Cross 2. Stitch, Oblong Cross Stitch, Stem Stitch and Portuguese Knotted Stem Stitch. 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. 3. 4. Students will need to bring to class basic sewing supplies, plus paper scissors, 1. tape measure, thin sharp sewing needles, with an eye large enough 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. 1. Art Deco style thread winder with patriotic banner. $40each ______

Registration2. Artand Deco Hotel style Information thread winder with plane and flag banner. $44 each ______

Please register by email. We are happy to take your phone calls with questions, but because an email address is needed for each of you to provide additional information along the way,3. to Petite send ruler you thewith scrimshaw pinwheel style ordering flower. forms, etc., we are looking $30 to eachemail ______registration as the best method for the entire process, to ensure that we register you for the proper workshops, most importantly. 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, with4. Cut an hourout star break button/pendant at lunch with monogram of your choice. $44 each ______Saturday evening, reception at the shop from 5 - 8 PM, withPlease dinner specify served ONE at The letter Gathering choice. Place Optional: next doorattach to to the a stickshop pin with a jump ring—these will be Sunday, Nov 9, Patriot Patty, 9 - 4 PM, with an hour break at lunch provided.

Your registration fees for each workshop include dinnerMonogram or lunch as ______well as coffee/tea breaks during the day and a continental breakfast on Saturday and Sunday, as well as Saturday night reception and dinner. Total ______Please email your order list or mail this form to Patrick’s Woods by August 1, 2014. (Sorry, no additional orders will be taken during or after class.) DO NOT SEND ANY MONEY. THESE All classes will be held in Meeting Rooms A+B at HyattPIECES Place WILL Mesa, BE CREATED where they FOR have YOU ANDavailable DELIVERED an Attic TO NeedleworkYOU AT THE WORKSHOP.room block YOUR TOTAL IS DUE AT THE with prices of $104 for King rooms and $114 for Queen/QueenTIME OF DELIVERY. rooms. Here THANK is theirYOU! Website. Free shuttle service to the shop is provided (airport transportation is not), so renting a car is really not necessary.

The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTICNAME:______(1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com______PATRICK’S WOODS

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. . . from Louise/Cherished Stitches

“All In A Night’s Work" $7 is stitched with Weeks threads on Picture This Plus Cauldron. “Winter Garden” ($28) is stitched on Wichelt’s 32c Sand “Halloween Chronicles” ($30 kit) is linen with overdyed threads. The limited-edition kit stitched on Picture This Plus 32c Wren contains all threads, linen, and backing fabric. The with overdyed threads; double-faced cording is made from a bamboo and is also silk satin ribbon and some awesome included. This is the last piece in the Norfolk style series. green Halloween fabric for finishing are included in this limited-edition kit.

“Miniature Reproduction Sampler” $12 was reproduced from one of Louise’s Nashville purchases earlier this year, with some enhancement by Louise. To fill in the “empty” space on the bottom half of the antique, Louise wrote a lovely verse. Her reproduction is stitched on 45c Lakeside Lt. Examplar with Gloriana’s Tudor silks.

“Samantha’s Pillow” $9 is a great alternative to the more traditional birth samplers, a tooth fairy pillow stitched on 36c Lakeside Bisque with Gloriana’s glorious Florimell silks. It would be easy to convert this to a boy’s version with a blue flower!

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. . . Louise/Cherished Stitches’ daughter Robin!

Spanish reproduction, “Antonia de Cruzba” “Thy Needle and Thy Book” $9 is a collaboration piece with Gentle $10 & stitches include Cross-stitch, satin stitch, Art stitched with the new GA wool releases. It measures almost 5” X and some irregularly shaped cross-stitches. 7” when stitched on Lakeside Linens 36 ct. Cedar Plank.

Above, a limited edition kit, “The Above, “Noel 2014” $7 stitched on Shepherd’s Love,” $30 stitched on 32c Weeks linen with Weeks floss. Wichelt linen with overdyed threads, finished with a coordinating brown cotton fabric trimmed with beautiful French lace and a brass button. It may commemorate a wedding, as shown, or personalized to your choosing. “Haunted Hill” $7 on 32c Wren linen from Picture This Plus with Weeks floss.

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“Every Day Sampler” $12 is a St. Charles release, with its border adorned with Smyrna crosses, a favorite specialty stitch for many that’s easy to execute and that adds wonderful “Indigo Star” $12 includes both a dimension to your sampler and a pincushion! I love this! needlework.

Two sneak peeks: left, a 30-day market exclusive for shops attending the market “Pomegranate Pocket & Pin” $9 ~ right, “Wreath House & Home for the Holidays Neighborhood” $8.50 has a connection to the Just Cross-Stitch Ornament Preview Edition & JCS Ornament Edition. Stitch as a single ornament or create a tri-fold Holiday scene!

“Twice Blessed - Thankful & Sneak peek of “Blissfully Unaware” Grateful” $10 will include the wool $8.50 ~ we’ll try to pick up some of felt pennies to make the adorable the perfect purple fabric for this very Halloweeny design!

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Priscilla’s Pocket’s “Stoneware Pillows” inspired by salt-glazed stoneware (all 7 designs are in one chart)

Same great calendar, same great price, $12!!!

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“Harmony” The one you’ve all been asking about for years, featured in The Attic ads in SANQ , “Ellen Harrison 1889” is now available!

New from Queenstown Sampler Designs

“Praise God” $20, 271 x 334, an adaptation of the original sampler. The antique was worked in wools on 22c canvas. We will never know the sampler maker’s name or date it was made. The sampler was cut at the corners and bottom to fit a frame well over 50 years ago. The sampler is charted close to what it is thought the sampler looked like before it was cut, using the vivid colors from the back of the original.

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“Gettysburg 1862 Sampler” inspired by the Civil War with a verse that touches my heart: Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others “Tombstone Mansion” that features a charming Halloween verse: Shadows of a thousand years Left, a little kit called “Ghost Inn” Rise again unseen Voices whisper in the trees Tonight is Halloween

Above, second in the Seasons of Chessie Series, “Harvest Time”

Right, third in the Seasons of Chessie series, “Winter Wonder” Another wonderful stitch book called “Patriotic Stitch Book” ... I LOVE this!

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Counterclockwise from the left: “A n n Pe g g 1877” $14 ~ “Penny Pumpkin” $10 (we photographed the model with the chart photograph, to show you the beautiful Lakeside Woodsmoke isn’t really blue, as someone asked for today) ~ “1871 School House Sampler” $12, Tanya’s project at last year’s Summer School/Soirée

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Coming from La-D-Da, counterclockwise from the left: “Harvest House” ~ “Soul Birds” ~ “Serbian Proverb” (Be humble for you are made of Earth; Be noble for you are made of stars) ~ “Garden Maiden Kit” ~ sorry for the small images, but it’s al that’s available right now.

New from The Traveling Stitcher, “Teachers Love Coming from Heartstring Samplery, “His Eye is on the Teaching” $14, 189 x 100, stitched with overdyed Sparrow” ~ and this is the sneak peek shown on Beth’s blog, cottons (with a DMC conversion) with specialty the reverse side of it, with her toes giving it size perspective. stitches, backstitching and French knots. The model was stitched on Lakeside’s 32c Vintage Lentil.

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“The Ship of Life,” 345 x 421, is an amazing and inspired design from Tracy that she talked about in her email newsletter to shops: I showed some photos on my blog and described some amazing antique weavings that inspired me to create an homage to the Tampan ship cloths of Sumatra. I was happy to see so many stitchers interested in this design.

Rather than being a replica of a particular example, mine is a collection of my favorite bits and pieces and a few things I made up. Although fairly large, it's a very fun stitch because the individual motifs are so diverse.

I LOVE red samplers, and this is certainly a stunning original design that I can’t wait to see stitched!

Also debuting at St. Charles from Tracy/Ink Circles: * “Northwoods,” a market exclusive to those shops attending the market for 30 days, when it will be available to others * “Miracle Grow,” #5 in the Bad Neighborhoods Series

“Diversity in Beer” ~ and the word is that a “Bee’s Knees” is a new monochromatic piece similar wine-themed version is in the works ;-) !!!

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“Motif Musings” 116 x 648

“My Forest” 98 x 142

“Mini Motifs” 98 x

“My Love” 75 x 131

“Thinking Green” 99 x 99 “Noel” 85 x 145

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Left, two new samplers from Samplers Revisited: top, “Ada Haslam” and and, bottom, “Willis/Hedley Sampler c1850.”

New from R e t r o m a n t i c F r i p p e r i e s formerly Images Stitchery Designs

Owl Thread Organizer, $13, made from hardwoods and about 6 inches tall

Raven Thread Organizer, $13, features a favorite quote from Shakespeare ~ about 6 inches

Mr. Moon Thread Organizer Fob $6, about 2.5 inches across

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Limited Edition Kit from Abby Rose Designs available at St. Charles: “To Thine Own Self Be True” $36 ~ kit inludes 30c linen hand-dyed for this project, special aged ribbon, Gentle Art & Weeks Dye Works threads, special aged/ distressed backing fabric, and a handmade pin for this charming pinpillow!

“Darkwing Manor” is Praiseworthy Stitches’ newest haunted house! What a fun design to stitch! There are bats in the belfry ~ and are there bats in the house too?! There are all sorts of surprises in this fun piece. See the blue ghost peeping out at you and the tiny monster in the window? These are just the start of all the many other surprises waiting for those that dare to visit this house for tricks and treats this Halloween!

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Nancy of Threads Through Time would like to go to the printer just once to fill our orders, so at her suggestion, we will take your orders for a few more weeks, at which time I will submit one order to her. After that time, I will not be able to add to it, so please review the next 7 pages of beautiful sampler reproductions and make your list. You may email it or phone it in, whichever is more convenient. Delivery will not be until September. But if you’re like me, you have one or two other projects in your to-do baskets to keep you busy until then!

Adam & Eve— $20 England—cross Mary Ann Bosworth 1820 $18 New stitch only— 9 colors—263 W x 309 H Bedford, Massachusetts, USA—cross stitch only—12 colors—285 W x 223 H

Hannah Alsop 1782 —$12 Middletown, Connecticut, USA — family history: mother studied needlework in Newport, RI, and has work in the collection at Winterthur ~ Ann Carter 1852 —$12 cross, marking cross, eyelet—7 colors— Withy Ditch School, Dunkerton, England 185 W x 108 H—unfinished (hmm, Hannah partial design from a sampler—cross stitch and I have something in common) only—10 colors—243 W x 144 H

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Catharine Louisa Catherine Bard Chamberlain 1844 $12 1824 $12 Williamstown, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA— Pennsylvania, USA family history— —family history— cross stitch only—3 cross, queen, eyelet, colors— 72 W x 106 H rice, stem, marking cross, satin, Algerian plait—7 colors— 135 W x 201 H

A. H. 1808 cross stitch only— 10 colors 133 W x 125 H $14

Sarah Coulthard 1849 $18 cross, eyelet, hemstitched border—8 colors—283 W x 242 H—And with my Needle...!

Rachel Farington 1814 $12 cross stitch only— 5 colors— Elizabeth Lloyd Harper 1812 - $18 104 W x 149 H cross & satin—10 colors—283 W x 233 H

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Hannah J. Kennedy 1824 $10 Hannah Cushing 1810 $16 cross, eyelet, stem, long-arm cross & half cross—12 colors cross—7 colors— 93 W x 125 H —183 W x 177 H - may I Pursue virtue Rachel Hyde 1775 - $24 Norwich, Connecticut, USA— family history - cross, rice, eyelet, half cross—18 colors— 222 W x 269 H—God Save America

Robina D. Jack 1850 $12 Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland— family history— cross, eyelet, rice— 7 colors—101 W x 203 H— Remember thy Creator in the Betty Key 1807 $12 days of thy Arbroath, Angus, youth... S c o t l a n d — f a m i l y Janet Irving 1836 —$18 history— cross & Hillfoot School, Scotland—family eyelet—9 colors— history— cross, crewel outline, back 86 W x 100 H stitch—22 colors—225 W x 233 H

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Ann Nelson 1828 $22 England cross, 4-sided, 6 eyelets, backstitch— 22 colors—221 W x 259 H (strong similarity to Gigi’s “Isabella Fox”)

Left, Virginia Jane Kyle 1834 $20 Raleigh, North Carolina, USA— family history— attended Mrs. Freeman’s school in Philadelphia; adult life in St. Louis, Missouri— cross, 4- sided, eyelet, —11 colors 221 W x 240 H— The Lord’s Prayer

Betsy Cheesman Leach 1845 $12 Bardney, Lincolnshire, England cross stitch—1 color—212 W x 256 H Honour thy Father and thy Mother...

Eliza Ann M a r l e t t 1838!$12 rare Aurora, Illinois, USA— family history cross, eyelet, rice, smyrna cross, 4-sided, long arm cross Jane Pawson 1803 - $18 Utterby, —9 colors— South Lincolnshire, England - cross 220 W x 102 H stitch only—19 colors—215 W x 233 H

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Ann Rayner 1839 —$24 Wakefield, Yorkshire, England cross, 4-sided, stem—27 colors 274 W x 255 H ( S e e S u e ’ s & Tanya’s beautiful models, page 26)

The Graue Mill $18 cross, marking cross, back-stitch—14 colors—194 W x 215 H—no alphabet!

Quaker $16 cross and eyelet —10 colors—123 W x 123 H Trinie Pieters 1706 —$16 Dutch cross, eyelet, satin, Eliza Low Pumroy 1819 —$20 picot top edge— cross, satin, eyelet, rice—17 17 colors—318 W x colors—146 W x 450 H 149 H Eliza Low Pumroy is my name and with my needle I worked the Sally $10 same. Although my age is but cross stitch only— small, twice 4 and that is all. 7 colors— 60 W x 102 H (Love Eliza’s verse!!)

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Mary Rayner 1850! -- $20 cross stitch only—15 colors—340 W x 230

Jane Salusbury c.1835 England —$14 cross stitch only—8 colors—170 W x 163 H

Emily Sewell 1874 —$12 - cross stitch only— 7 colors —106 W x 134 H (I LOVE this sweet sampler!) Eliza Jane Stiles 1824 —$12 Michigan, USA—family history—cross, queen stitch in border, satin, eyelet, Algerian plait— 12 colors—254 W x 208 H Jane Stebbins 1829 —$12 cross, 1 eyelet, hemstitch/backstitch 7 colors— 97 W x 200 H

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Elizabeth Traill 1827 —$20 Scotland—family history— cross, satin, backstitch, 3 eyelets—16 colors—152 W x 355 H

How blessed are they and only they who from God’s precepts never stray. Who know whats right nor only so but always practice what they know.

Ellen Van Winkle 1836 —$18 cross, rice, embroidery—21 colors— 207 W x 236 H

Mary Walker 1803 — $14 On Modesty Poynton School, Cheshire, England cross & eyelet - 1 color—161 W x 229 H

Phebe Jane Turner 1836 $14 Chester, New York, USA—family history —attended Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary— cross & eyelet—10 colors— 207 W x 206 H Thank you, Nancy/Threads Through Time, for this last opportunity to add your amazing reproductions to our collections!

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Elizabeth’s Chatelaine, Sterling Silver, ~$76 (ND)

Roberta’s Chatelaine, We’ll be Kitting This Doll . . . Sterling Silver, ~$105 (ND) ... from Giulia/GPA Designs, “Grethel - A Dutch Maiden Pincushion Doll” (chart $20) ... the gorgeous Please note that the chatelaine shown above blue/ecru-striped fabric arrived from Italy today, and with Grethel has increased in price to $35 (ND) below is a preview of the materials we’ve selected: because the is no longer available in the 36c V. Maritime White, 4 Gloriana silks ~ also shown, silver plate but only in the Sterling silver. the vintage lace that Giula enclosed, some more than 80 years old, from her mother and grandmother ~ she wanted to be a part of your doll in this very generous way ~ we will kit with it as long as it lasts.

Kits will also include the finishing materials, the Skirtex, the ecru felt, the silk ribbon & fusible interfacing. Kit price $69 (excluding the chart & the chatelaine).

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Guess where in the world Luciana is? That’s right..Deutschland, with Rosi!

Sorry we missed a month or so of updates, but with the excitement of World Cup (yes, the BEST team DID in fact win), trips to the cabin and picking up the debris from monsoon storms, Vickie and I didn’t get together to go over progress. The good news is that I’m moving right along, and pretty much on target to be finished before we ring in 2015. I decided to straighten out the top alphabet, and am really pleased with the progress, as you can see here. Will send an update from Germany!

Remember To share your Progress with us!

xoxoxo, Rosi

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Left, the beautiful Soie de Paris silks from Au Ver A’Soie that are kitted in the “TC 1691” kit.

Below, “TC 1691” ($350 kit) is a fabulous sampler from the island of Terschelling off the north coast of the Netherlands. There are at least three other similar samplers. They all feature the wonderful bands with cut work, the five wise and foolish virgins, of which five carry an oil lamp that’s lit and five don’t, along with Christ with a halo above his head. There are other Dutch samplers with the five wise and foolish virgins but only the ones from the island have Christ wearing a halo. This is based on the story from Matthew 25:1. Geometric motifs, sewing cushions, crowned and pierced hearts, and trees of life are other common elements on these samplers. All the bands are worked with colored silk thread. Difficult to tell who the original stitcher was, could have also been II and ID. The original sampler is in the Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe. Stitches used are satin, eyelets, Algerian eye, double running, cross stitch, cut work, dove’s eyes, whipped stitch and pulled work. Kitted with Soie de Paris silk. Our 40c kit will produce a sampler measuring 26.5” x 24” and is suitable for intermediate to advanced stitchers. I apologize for the not-so-good photograph, which was obtained through the plastic bag that encloses the kit.

Above, “Abigail Pinniger 1780” ($153 kit) belongs to the earlier group of samplers made in Newport, Rhode Island. The large floral band is found on a number of other samplers from this time period. Abigail was the daughter of William Pinniger and Abigail Moon. She was born in 1715. Abigail married Joseph Thurston at Trinity Church in Newport on April 8, 1733. They had nine children. She died in 1779. (information from Girlhood Embroidery by Betty Ring). The sampler is worked almost entirely in marking cross with some cross over one thread, double running, and satin stitches. The original is at the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. It was unfinished and there was empty space below the large band, so it was adjusted to finish there. (Hmm, there’s still hope for many of my unfinished samplers, that they will be completed one day!) On 40c linen the size is approximately 10 1/2 x 14 1/2.

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The beautiful silks in this kit

Left, This stunning 17th century English sampler, “Hannah Thornbush,” formerly a teaching piece, is now available to purchase as a kit ($299). The original sampler measures 33.25" x 7 3/8" worked over 3 threads of linen; on 45c it will measure 7" x 36" and on 40c it will be 7.8" x 40.8. Ours is kitted with 40c linen cut to work the sampler over 2 linen threads, when its size will be approximately 5.2 x 27. It is worked with double running, satin, running, detached buttonhole, eyelet, long- armed cross, montenegrin, couching and marking cross. Below, close-up of the sampler’s interesting area below the detached buttonhole center flower. Above, “Elisabeth Ramsay-1815” ($34 chart) is from the Royal Scottish Museum. Generally Scottish samplers feature one of three different styles of buildings and the one featured here, with the wings on the sides, is one of the three. Elisabeth was ten years old when she stitched her sampler, and it is fairly safe to assume the M.J. Burton was her teacher. The initials worked in black are of deceased family members. Three different styles of alphabets were stitched, all having the little curlicues coming from them. The vases with tulips in them are a common element on Scottish samplers, as are the thistle and small rabbits on the lawn. The inscription reads, “ I have done this to let you see what care my parents took of me.” Stitches used are cross, double running, satin, cross over one, rice, stem and some encroaching satin. On 40c 15.25 x 19.

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“Lena Ter Meulen - 1800” ($64 kit) is typical of small red samplers made in one of the orphanages in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Het Diaconie Weeshuis. Upon entering the orphanage the children were given a number ~ Lena's number was 142; she was 13 3/4 years old. She was the daughter of Lena Friesbach and Gerrit Ter Meulen (GTM). She was baptized on April 5, 1786 in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. She entered the orphanage Jan, 29, 1800 at the age of 13. She left the orphanage on October 22, 1807 and received her inheritance. She took a position as a servant girl. At the age of 27, in 1813, she married Casper Speelmeijer. She was married a second time to Isaac Sluiter in 1842. They divorced in 1848 and she married a third time to Benjamin Verbruggen. The initials of SEB or SB appear on these samplers from 1773 to 1801. SEB or Sophia Elizabeth Baerselman was hired to be the linen mother for the large linen shop in the orphanage. Her duties included teaching her charges a set of skills that would allow them to be self-sufficient. Her initials always appear first, followed by numerous other sets of initials. These little samplers are all worked in marking stitch making them reversible, and most were done on a 70c linen. Four-sided stitch and algerian eye were also used on this sampler. Stitch count is 214 x 168, (on 40c linen, 10.7 x 8.4) Beautiful red silk in Lena’s kit!

Left, “Soledad Villalobos” ($21 chart) is a colorful Mexican sampler and an academy piece. Mexican samplers are usually worked in a reversible manner, i.e. the ends were finished on the front, and this sampler is no different. The cross stitch is worked so that all that is visible on the back are short vertical stitches. Long armed cross is used, as are double running, satin, cut work with wrapping, doves eyes, and Aztec stitch. The Aztec stitch can form different patterns depending on how the colors are worked and the direction they are stitched in. (255 x 239)

Right, “GVS 1772” ($29 chart) is a lovely sampler of Dutch origin, most likely from either North or South Holland. The farm building in the lower left corner is typical of old farm houses in the Netherlands. The people lived in the front section and the animals in the back. The storks on the roof were considered a good luck symbol. The city of Den Hague has it in their coat of arms. Numerous Dutch samplers have houses on them with the checkerboard path below it. The arbor at the bottom center on this sampler has a swan in it, but many samplers have a reclining stag in them. The central urn with roses is another motif seen on many Dutch samplers; however, the peacocks on this sampler are a bit more unusual. The sampler is stitched mainly using cross stitch, some tent, and some algerian eye. The initials and date are stitched using metallic thread.

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The patterns are called: * Mourning Tree Sewing Bag * Potions Sewing Bag * Thistles & Spells Pinkeep (smaller pinkeep) * Pumpkin Harvest Pinkeep (below)

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Above and right, framings from Sandy’s Studio of the beautiful work of two sisters, above, Betsy’s beautiful Lone Elm Lane design stitched over-one-on-32c and, right, Terri’s finish of a Lizzie Kate truism, “Let Them Be Small”!

Someone enjoyed a beautiful and delicious cake thanks to others’ thoughtfulness, a reminder that it’s a true privilege Tyler & Hannah’s first day of school ~ denied many to celebrate another birthday ~ and a real blessing both now in high school! Tyler’s a senior! to have such wonderful friends who make it even more of a gift!

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