National Academy of Needlearts 2022 Assembly Class Offerings and Teacher Biographies March 18 – 22, 2022 Somerset Inn, Troy, MI 4 - Day Classes: Saturday, March 19 through Tuesday, March 22 _____________________________ 2 401: Interpreting the Painted Canvas ─ Debbie Stiehler ___________________________________ 2 402: Shay’s Stitch Buffet ─ Shay Pendray ______________________________________________ 2 403: Pyramids at the Oasis ─ Wendy Moore ____________________________________________ 3 2 - Day Classes: Saturday, March 19 through Sunday, March 20______________________________ 3 101: Discovering Value ─ Do Andrew __________________________________________________ 3 102: Starry Night Kimono ─ Toni Gerdes _______________________________________________ 4 103: Pom Pom Shoes ─ Deborah Mitek ________________________________________________ 4 104: Secret Window ─ Kurdy Biggs ___________________________________________________ 5 105: Felted Beech Tree ─ Laura Smith _________________________________________________ 5 106: Crewel Necessities ─ Kim Sanders ________________________________________________ 6 107: Studio time with Dawn Donnelly _________________________________________________ 6 2 - Day Classes: Monday, March 21 through Tuesday, March 22 _____________________________ 7 201: Casting Spells ─ Dawn Donnelly __________________________________________________ 7 202: Pumpkin Patch ─ Jennifer Riefenberg _____________________________________________ 7 203: Poppies in a Copper Bowl – Gail Sirna _____________________________________________ 8 204: Winter Wonderland Stocking ─ Kurdy Biggs ________________________________________ 8 205: Batik to Stitch ─ Laura Smith ____________________________________________________ 9 206: Daisy & Red Clover ─ Kim Sanders ________________________________________________ 9 207: Studio Time with Diane Herrmann ______________________________________________ 10 Half-day classes: Friday, March 18 ____________________________________________________ 10 001: Trellis ─ Vicky Witterschein (Friday Afternoon) ____________________________________ 10 002: Dude, I Come in Peace – Heather Shulick (Friday morning) ___________________________ 11 003: Acorn Hill Needlebook ─ Kathy Andrews (Friday Afternoon) _________________________ 11 Teacher Biographies ________________________________________________________________ 12 National Academy of Needlearts – 2022 Assembly Class Offerings and Teacher Biographies 4 - Day Classes: Saturday, March 19 through Tuesday, March 22 401: Interpreting the Painted Canvas ─ Debbie Stiehler Proficiency Level: Advanced Kit Cost: $70 Ground: Painted canvas Design Size: 12” x 12” or 144 square inches (or smaller) Debbie will interpret your canvas using the principles of focal point, depth perception, and color placement to create a unique stitch guide for each student. The design size is limited to 12” x 12” or 144 square inches. A full-size photocopy of your canvas is due to Debbie by January 10th. Students will receive a list of suggested threads and embellishments prior to class. Class size is limited to 18 students. Student to Bring: Painted canvas mounted on stretcher bars, suggested threads and embellishments, and usual stitching supplies. Pre-work: Select canvas, mail photocopy of canvas, and gather threads and embellishments that Debbie will suggest. 402: Shay’s Stitch Buffet ─ Shay Pendray Proficiency Level: All Kit Cost: None, unless starting a new phase of Japanese Embroidery Ground: n/a What fun we will have in this class, choosing colors, expanding our minds, challenging our stitching and most of all, we will learn great things from the other students. It is always stimulating to study with a diverse level of stitchers. This class is open to anyone in any phase of Japanese Embroidery or any student who has an unfinished Shay project. No doubt you all finish your pieces the minute you go home, but just in case this did not happen, here is the place to get help and move forward. If you want to start a new Japanese Embroidery phase, that’s fine too, but give us time to get the supplies you need. There is not a kit fee unless you are starting a new phase. In that case, please contact Shay at [email protected]. Student to bring: All the things you need to work on your own Shay or Japanese Embroidery project. Pre-work: None 2 National Academy of Needlearts – 2022 Assembly Class Offerings and Teacher Biographies 403: Pyramids at the Oasis ─ Wendy Moore Proficiency Level: Advanced/Intermediate Kit Cost: $170 Ground: Congress Cloth Design Size: 10” x 10” You are on a magic carpet and flying over a sanded plain and viewing down upon pyramids in all sizes, colors, and shapes…surrounded by lush greenery. This design is a study in texture and three-dimensionality. Using simple threads such as Floche and pearl cottons, as well as metallic/silk blends, silk floss and pearl cotton, and metallics of different weights, these shapes will rise up off the canvas and become almost touchable. Stitch these shapes in simple and complex composite stitches such as Jessicas, laid filling stitches, knotted, and tied stitches, as well as easy to manipulate stitches, to create the look of textured surfaces in an explosion of color. Kit to include: Threads, beads and mat, needles, line-drawn canvas, instructions, pictures. Student to bring: 14” stretcher bars (2 pair), laying tool (required), frame stand or frame-weight for hands-free stitching, usual stitching supplies, light and magnification. Pre-work: None 2 - Day Classes: Saturday, March 19 through Sunday, March 20 101: Discovering Value ─ Do Andrew Proficiency Level: Intermediate Kit Cost: $20 Ground: n/a Design Size: n/a Have you walked away, after finishing a long-worked on piece, and returned later, only to see a glaring spot, jumping out at you? Has anyone told you that your wonderful new piece is bland? This has happened to all of us. Value is one of the important, but so easily neglected elements of design. It is often lost in the more “glamorous” world of color and texture. A good dose of value concentration will help to overcome these troublesome conditions. We’ll experiment with subtle values, with strong values, deal with lost and found edges too, and study how values help with form. Exercises will be in collage, colored pencil, and in watercolor. Controlling value will give our work more structure, and us more confidence to keep up with those other exciting Elements. Student to Bring: Two to three works-in-progress, or design in progress (finished or unfinished), watercolor paints (8-10 colors including black and white), colored pencils (18 colors including some light values), yarns (8-10 colors, with at least 3 values of each), usual stitching supplies and small color wheel. Pre-work: None 3 National Academy of Needlearts – 2022 Assembly Class Offerings and Teacher Biographies 102: Starry Night Kimono ─ Toni Gerdes Proficiency Level: Intermediate Kit Cost: $150 Ground: Mono canvas, 18 ct Design Size: 8 ¼” x 11 ½” Inspired by Vincent van Gogh’s painting and Don McLean’s song, the Starry Night Kimono is the fifth in the Artist’s series of kimonos after The Wright Kimono, Mackintosh Rose Kimono, Klimt Kimono, & O’Keeffe kimono. The kimono combines the view from the asylum where van Gogh painted while incarcerated with the artist’s conception of a windy starry night. The serene village is depicted with Cypress trees, stars, moonlight, & the dramatic wind. Using many silks, wools, cottons, Soy Luster, with touches of metallic will bring this scene to life. This intermediate level design will be stitched on 18 ct canvas with a variety of decorative stitches to create the perspective landscape & whimsical night sky. The design can be done as the original, a kimono, or as a rectangle (with explanation & permission). Student to Bring: 12” x 16” stretcher bars & usual stitching supplies. Pre-work: None 103: Pom Pom Shoes ─ Deborah Mitek Proficiency Level: All Kit Cost: $225 Ground: Hand painted canvas by Kate Dickerson, 18 ct Design Size: 8½” x 10” Kick up your heels and have some fun learning canvas embellishment techniques with added silk ribbon embroidery! This colorful canvas from an original painting by artist Maren Devine is further embellished using a variety of silk threads and shaded velvets to create dimension and texture. Openwork canvas stitches are used to highlight the shaded areas of the piece while preserving the integrity of the painter. The bold use of silk ribbons, beads, and sequins makes this canvas pop! Student to Bring: 12” x 14” stretcher bars, tacks or staples, usual stitching supplies including a wooden laying tool and/or trolley needle, floor stand or table clamp for hands- free stitching. Lighting and magnification optional. Pre-work: none 4 National Academy of Needlearts – 2022 Assembly Class Offerings and Teacher Biographies 104: Secret Window ─ Kurdy Biggs Proficiency Level: Intermediate Kit Cost: $195 Ground: Mono canvas, 18 ct Design Size: 11” x 14” Come along with me on a stitching journey to create our own arched window or Secret Window. We will develop our own 3D-stained glass style window using an array of stitches that include Walnetos, Jessicas, Crescents and more. These stitches will be brought to life using a variety of silk and metallic threads. Once the stitching is done, we will add crystal bicones and beads for added depth and translucence. When the piece is finished it will go into the arch frame that is provided in the kit and finishing instructions will be provided. Student to Bring: Two