tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60126472011-10-06T13:16:13.381-07:00Sharing a bit as I learn new techniques, design classes and projects that challenge modern stitchers to learn historic embroidery, and do a variety of projects.Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02218482012954304519noreply@blogger.comBlogger2411100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6012647.post-47135207114351553032011-10-06T11:07:00.000-07:002011-10-06T11:20:24.954-07:00

Mellore -- This tool is used primarily in traditional goldwork. When you need to nudge a thread into place, use the mellore. When you need to make the stiff gold bend into a nice tight turn, use the mellore. When you need to straighten a recalcitrant thread, use the mellore.The sharp point can be used like an awl but mostly the edges of the mellore are used to persuade the stiff metal threads to

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Details on my LJ since most of my costuming friends are there. I have pictures of Will and I and a bit about our activities. Enjoy!http://broider-barones.livejournal.com/

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Running fast these days - but what's new with that :)I am trying to take a fiber break every day - knit, embroider, etc.Had a blast at the Griffin Dyeworks Retreat. We made the right choice to motel even with the 20 minute drive to site. My sinuses, my body, and my general diet health was better by having options not available at site. Even managed to get Will excited about the dyeing :) Drove

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One of the things I don't get asked is what are the right tools. The right tools and the right materials make embroidery fun and a whole lot easier. Makes me wonder when I see people "just making do" or look at a needle curiously when I put it into a kit.The Right Needle for the Job:Not so long ago I would just pick up the needle that felt right or could make do for the job at hand. No longer!

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This weekend I was admitted into the highest Arts order for my medieval hobby in recognition for my embroidery - the Order of the Laurel. Details of the weekend can be found on my Live Journal post . There are pictures linked to my Facebook page as well. I know more will follow. At some point I will do a webpage with all the info and picture summary, but for now...

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Realized that I had not yet posted about my wonderful adventures with Jean Littlejohn and Jan Beaney - aka Double Trouble . I was fortunate to attend one of their rare week long retreats here in the US. On their website they state their philosophy of teaching as "Our aim is to give students the confidence to design and create their own unique work". They sooooooo live up to this.They gave us

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This a a very well wrapped front and partial back of my Elizabethan Pouch Project. Well wrapped due to weather constraints :)About a year ago some friends pushed me to do a historically documentable project. After a number of false starts and several rounds of consultation with my friends this is the result. The inspiration is a purse dated 1600 and shown in a magazine published by Lanto Synge as

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On the Stitching front -- I am working on a BIG project. It is big in that it takes - bloody forever to get the work done. It is a small project in size - the whole thing is 6" x 6". The medium is seed pearls (in the truest form - 1 - 1.5 mm) and bullion on silk with various padded levels. It is quite the learning experience. I will blog more about it and the process of working the piece when it

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It has been an interesting fiber year. Learned lots - good and frustrating, but overall really fun!Fiber should be fun in my opinion. If it isn't then find something else to do with your time and energies. Each technique is not for everyone, but if it adds to your knowledge... At least that is why I try lots of new things. Some come easier to the hands, but each adds to my knowledge base in

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Knowing that August/September would be very busy we decided to schedule a vacation in later September - a cruise. San Francisco to San Francisco - 10 days - the Sea Princess - doing the inside passage of Alaska. Yes we have done this before - but 10 days - no cooking, no laundry, no bed making, no airports, entertainment - or not....and beautiful scenery. Took about 600 pictures which I will

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First - I will not share pics of the class projects. The projects are copyright by the designers so....I took 2 classes. I was careful not to choose classes that would fill during early registration as I didn't feel that it would be fair to other students knowing that I could be pulled out of class at any time and for any amount of time. I also chose classes that I felt my absence would not

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Before I left for Seminar I attended a class at my local chapter on embellishment. The teacher covered how to do some fancy beading, working with Angelina, capturing stuff behind veiling, etc. Lots of ideas of things to do!Then at Seminar we had an ATC Board - bring/make 1 and take 1 on Friday. Some brought several. I brought 4. I traded 2 and put 2 on the board for general trading.These were

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The kittens helped us pack but failed to contribute enough fur to hold me over for the full time away. Sept 1 was pack the MDX full (well at least 2 full hotel carts full) for the move to the San Francisco Marriott Marquis. Sept 2-3-4 were Board meetings - 8 + hours a day.On the evening of the 3rd a group of us went to the Impressionist exhibit at the DeYoung. It was fascinating to see the

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How could I forget how much fun it is to work with ribbon or fabric and do ruching! This flower was from a class with a lady who teaches needlework, embroidery and design a local sewing center. Her bags are works of art and they were all decorated with ruching!This flower is silk charmeuse cut on the bias and done with zigzag ruching. The leaves are 2 types of ribbon. I've done a bit of ribbon

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These kittens - age 8 weeks are now ours. They were strays found by my brother in law at his work. A couple of people have been collecting the strays and getting them fixed. The older kittens went off to become barn cats. These 2 young ones have been socialized for the past couple weeks by my brother in law and his wife. We have been thinking about a kitten to keep the Pickwick

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I know time flies when you are having fun, but life seems to do so also.When last we left our intrepid adventurers...... we were setting out on a nearly 3 week road trip. But before I tell that story - here is the bag from the class I took on knitting and felting.The bag is smallish and designed to teach changing colors, picking up stitches, eye cord, and a couple other bits. This bag is not yet

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Had a blast doing the medieval thing at Maker Faire. Since the EGA booth had enough people working it, I opted to do the medieval booth. Maker Faire is the largest DIY event and stuff from steampunk to teslas happen along with everything fiber or electric or fire or.... Our booth was a mix of demos of arts, fighting, and display. I had my fiber arts and jewelry out. I brought stitching, knitting,

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I started doing embroidery when I was in grade school. Mostly crewel pictures and follow the lines on table cloths. My Mom did needlepoint and that was the next step. I branched into doing some minor embroidery in high school. I also started doing costuming in high school/joined the SCA. Played in the SCA, Dickens and other such through college and did some limited costuming. Returned to SCA, etc

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About a year ago, there was a "challenge" on Live Journal to offer to make a gift for the first 5 who signed up. Your prize was a gift from someone else on whose journal you made a request . It was a "pass it forward" kind of thing. I made 2 of the Viking Chain weaving bracelets and these 3 pouches as my "gifts".I am enjoying the Medieval Islamic Knitting. It is rhythmic and fun. The projects

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For better or worse our buying patterns affect the commodities offered to us. The companies that provide supplies for those of us that enjoy needlework are very strongly effected by even our small decisions. Why is this? Most of the companies that provide supplies to us are VERY small companies. Did you know that Au Ver Soie is 4 people and they are all of retirement age? Benton & Johnson

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Sorry -- this is another catch up post.Doing lots for EGA - region Board meeting, semi annual National Board meeting, visiting chapters, and teaching for my local chapter. We won't talk about the 26 sets of meeting minutes and newsletters to be read monthly or the emails or the rounds of information gathering required for tax time -- even for a not-for-profit. I don't mind it, but it does

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Backstory -- a couple weeks ago I was tooling around the blogs and discovered a needle felting challenge put out by Shannon at Kenleigh's Fiber Studio. I have wanted to try needlefelting and she made it so easy with a kit, simple project, and instructions. Received the kit about a week ago and last night I put needle to felt.Please welcome Sheepsie, the newest addition to my animal collection.

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I am a self professed thread control freak -- a tension-holic when it comes to all forms of fiber work. This does not mean that I am tight with my work, but rather I want the thread to be controlled. I want it to be in its spot and not wobbly. I want it to stay in place and do its job. For some needlework or fiber work this means letting up on the thread and in other applications it means pulling

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When last we left our intrepid embroiderer she was off to Pittsburgh for the EGA National Seminar. It was hard leaving, but it was good to be away and not see Pete in everything.First came 4 days of Board meetings and Finance Committee. We work hard both with pre-meeting materials to digest and at the meetings themselves. There was lots to work through, but I think we have a workable plan to move

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Rest in Peace1994/5-Sept 28, 2009

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Last Saturday I had the opportunity to take a short class on darning samplers. My local Sampler Guild has members do a brief class for some of the programs. This time the lady talked about her time in school, in Germany, and learning needlework as part of her school curriculum. She also talked about pattern darning and referenced my article from the West Kingdom Needleworkers Guild Website - http

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Whew! Spent the last couple weeks putting the final finishing touches on the gollar and developing a section for our website showing all the Pearl Sticken projects with research notes (visit http://www.bayrose.org click on the Pearl Embroidery link). The gollar has been quite the labor of love as you will see.I have known for quite awhile that I can't just recreate something. I can't do someone

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Toward the end of last year, I had the opportunity to take a workshop class on very beginning temari. The ball on the right is the result. And I was hooked! Bought rice hulls and began looking at temarikai.com and several books. Even began making balls for decorating.Then this spring Shining Needle Society announced an online course with Barbara Seuss (www.japanesetemari.com). The instructions

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At the West An Tir War over July 4th weekend I took a class in patterned knitting from Christian . I have knitted a bit as a child and a few years ago picked it back up. I don't do a lot, but have been trying to advance my skills with small steps and classes. Christian agreed that I could do the intermediate patterns so here is the result.It still needs to have the different yarn ends worked in,

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When I was at Makers Faire, Rachel Hobson, of Craftzine, told me about her favorite book: The Stitches of Creative Embroidery by Jacqueline Enthoven, ISBN 0-442-11087-1. After a quick look, I hauled out my Iphone and placed an online order for it (fortunately the Faire had open wifi for easy access). The book arrived a few days later and I've been enjoying the book ever since (just a bit late on

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the last 4 weeks in short or why I was a ghost at A&S -- can be found on my LJ blog - http://broider-barones.livejournal.com/more soon

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Here is the link to the article in Craft-zine last weekendHere is our article for the San Mateo Area Chapter newsletter with link to pictures:San Mateo Area Chapter EGA went to the Bay Area Maker Faire 2009 this past weekend - May 30-31, 2009. Our outreach education project was the 1000 Hands Quilt. Over the weekend we had approximately 100 people stop by the booth and stitch on the quilt

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San Mateo Area Chapter EGA went to the Bay Area Maker Faire 2009 this past weekend - May 30-31, 2009. Our outreach education project was the 1000 Hands Quilt. Over the weekend we had approximately 100 people stop by the booth and stitch on the quilt blocks.My co-booth coordinator, Julie McAuliffe and I developed the idea of the 1000 Hands Quilt as a way to reach out to the public and encourage

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Tomorrow is the set up for the Makers Faire. If you are not familiar the Makers Faire (makerfaire.com)it is one of the largest - if not the largest DIY festival. They promote anything that people make. This year the theme is Remaking America -- as in reuse of stuff. It should be interesting.The local EGA chapter is taking a booth. Another lady and I are the event coordinators = we work the whole

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I have been meaning to post about last weekend's class for a week. Sometimes time runs too fast.The class was a 2 day class with Tricia Wilson Nguyen , sponsored by the Bay Area Sampler Guild, held at Needle in a Haystack. In theory the class was about a 17th C sampler and we spent 2 days learning 17 different goldwork stitches. However, it was soooooo much more.Tricia is a fabulous teacher. Her

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No list of books would be complete without Metal Thread Embroidery: Tools, Materials and Techniques by Jane Lemon. It comes in hardback and soft cover; published by Batsford. As some of you have guessed by now I love goldwork! It is all Linn Skinner's fault :)While most of you know me as a historical embroiderer, I love experimenting with threads and in particular metal threads in modern and

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First apologies. I had planned to do a book a month and here it is nearly the end of 2 months since the last post.When I need to look at a stitch or how a stitch is worked I tend to look in a particular book first -- Mrs. Archibald Christie's Samplers and Stitches. It has been republished many times and is easily available for less than $25. First published in 1920, it has over 240 diagrams and

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It seems that I have done nothing but run fast during the last month. First the EGA Board Meeting. Spun during the meeting since there was lots going on. You can find EGA now on LJ and soon on Facebook. We are looking at doing You Tube and Podcasts too -- we are entering the 21st C. Hurrah!!!!Then 2010 meetings -- EGA's National Seminar is in San Francisco in 2010. The official seminar is Labor

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Here is the pic from the Art Guild newsletter. Guess I need to remake W's and my chains as they look a bit worn :)Last weekend was all about metal. Went to W's Mom's in Paso Robles to teach at her Art Guild. She had seen some of my Viking Chain Weaving and had gotten all excited. Most of the ladies in the group are jewelers to some degree. We had 13 for the workshop. Some got it fast and some

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The Met has a blog about Medieval Gardens. Entries include information on plants, what they were used for or represented, the medieval calendar of planting, etc. http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/Many of the entries have pics of the plants displayed in Books of Hours, tapestries and embroideries, as well as the physical plants themselves. Plan to spend some time browsing.

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Some people, like SharonB, have great bounds of energy and post fabulous stuff. They also do great needlework. I am finding that with so much of my energy going to administration, I stitch a lot less. I still do crafts and some embroidery, but less. Hence I have less to blog about. I have decided that I can still offer items of interest to the needlework world by doing a series of columns on

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While I might want 25 hours in a day, I'm not sure I have the energy for such. We have been trying to get to all the museum happenings before they move on.Asian Art - Treasures of Afghanistan -- one forgets just how much of a cross road it was during Greek and Roman times. The exhibit wasn't large, but it was exquisite. The glittery bits were fascinating. 4 groups were laid out in the way they

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Tue was my EGA chapter meeting. I gave a presentation on the Region seminar experience and my 10 day in Louisville (Headquarters, Board meeting, International Embroidery Conference and National Seminar). This will be my traveling show when I visit other chapters in the Region as Region Director. Then came my first installation where I presided over the installation of new officers. As always it

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Realized that I have not been posting regularly, but did want to update a bit on my projects. With the Region Director position, I find myself spending easily 20 hours a week at the job. As such, I find myself more interested in reading and relaxing in a mindless manner rather than stitching. It was an expected side effect.If I have a "get it done" project, I set aside time in the afternoon to

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I have a loose goal of taking classes from all the major teachers. Thus, when one is teaching in my backyard, I try to attend. Vima de Marchi Micheli is one of the longtime teachers of Italian embroidery. She travels to Italy every year. She works with lacemakers and embroiderers to help them document, revive and save, their various styles of needlework. Vima mostly does lectures now, but she was

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A couple weeks ago the Chihuly exhibit was at the DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park. I've always liked blown glass and his work in particular. It is hard to describe what I find special in his work, but I find all of it to be eye candy.One of the items on sale in the gift shop was a 365 day book of Chihuly. It is filled with pictures of his work and comments from him about creating - what

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The trip to Louisville went by very fast. There was a lot to do and absorb. Sorry I didn't manage to post during the trip.First off - going to Louisville requires changing plans. For me this was in Chicago and included changing concourses and several flights of stairs carrying heavy carry on luggage. I am glad I kept it all with me as there were thefts with "cabin checked luggage" from another

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Been watching the Olympics, prepping for Purgatorio/Pelican celebration, EGA Louisville trip, return to teach at IKINS (Elizabethan Raised Stitches - 4 hours), step up as EGA Region Director, and teach the October program for my local EGA chapter. They wanted an Intro to Goldwork -- hence the butterfly. Sorry for the lousy picture. He is about 3" tall.The basic butterfly is part of the Callaway

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Meme from a friend on LJDo I do art? It has been a long hard road for me to think about what I do as art. When other well recognized artists liked my stuff and I started to be paid for my creations, only then did I begin to see myself as creating something that can be called art. This is a big hurdle most of us face as hobbyists.1) What drives you to create? Also, what inspires you and your work?

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The project is for a 2 hour Introduction to Goldwork Technique class for my chapter. They wanted something to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of EGA. They chose Goldwork and then they looked at me to provide the class (grin). Okay it is now deadline time since I need to publicize the class and set prices.When I give a goldwork class I give each student an Altoids Tin lined with craft felt. This

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How cool is it to spin, dye and knit/weave your own yarn??????? Way cool and lots of fun too!Okay back to West An Tir War. Bjo Griffin of Griffin Dye Works gave a workshop. The idea was to do yellow, red, and blue. The yellow I really don't remember. We started with one light yellow/gold and then redid the pot with a stronger yellow/orange.The first red was a reused pot from the day before which

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Finally recovering from the war. I've posted all the news that is fit to print and then some on my LJ page. There are 2 posts: War and my offer to join the Order of the Pelican. The later for those not in the SCA, it is the highest service award in the organization. Very nice to be asked to join. I'll post pics of the projects soon.

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Back from the Regional Seminar at Asilomar -- Stitchers' Ottersea. Yes we had fun with the name. We also made and sold otter frame weights that are just tooooo cute for words. I designed a tin topper or name tag as well for sale. Apparently they sold well enough so I'm pleased.I also functioned as the "Spotted Otter". In SciFi and Costume Cons you have hall prizes - you are spotted in the halls

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Just a very quick post before I head out to Asilomar - the EGA - Region seminar. I'm taking classes with Lynn Payette and Kay Stanis - Lily and Nocturne respectively.As I've mentioned in the past our yard has frogs. We have been having a lovely frog chorus at night. We have 3 pond frogs - smaller than in past years. We have a few tree frogs although they have been hiding from me. We also have a

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Running like mad trying to catch up before going off to the EGA Regional on Friday. Meanwhile, do drop by and let me know your perceptions on my Johari window.

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Since most of my recent time has been spent on SCA stuff I've been posting mostly on LJ. You can find me there on another Broider Barones.Life has been hectic -- too hectic. No time for stitching. It seems I really need to have relax time in order to stitch. Either that or a deadline. There doesn't seem to have been an in between lately.I have been very bad on the stash enhancement side :)

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Just a quick note to catchup on the happenings at Crown. I participated in the Queen's Artisan's Display. I brought my black velvet german with the beaded sleeve (laid on table with green cloth), the red and gold german with the beaded bodice insert (Cranach style) - on the dress dummy, the pearl and spangle black velvet hat on form with gold caul under, and the couched gold and blackwork bodice

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This notation has been on my calendar for months. W commented that it sounds like one of the mystery books that I read. In actuality it is the notation for me to do the goldwork letters - 2 capital W's for the project of the kneeling pillows for our Barony of Westermark. Aurelia is the name of the lady who was coordinating the project. The concept was to have each of the letters done like letters

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As promised here is the quilt block that is the logo for our Regional Seminar at Asilomar - A Stitchers Ottersea. It will be the center of the 7x5 block quilt.One of the blocks by members was not ready in time to put the quilt together so I did this block too. It gives you a better feel of what the other blocks are like.Hope you like our idea for the quilt.

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Last weekend was Stitches West - the knitting and fiber show. They expected 8000 at the Santa Clara convention center for the weekend. I don't attend the regular classes, but do take advantage of the "market" classes. These are 1 hour classes given on the market place floor. I took a bead knitting class (I could easily get addicted to working with beads) and a class on various ways to

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Sorry for not posting for so long, but I haven't really been stitching. Did the training session for my EGA region officers. It went well even if it was over long. I'm learning more about training and powerpoint than I ever wanted to know. Now to clean it up and post it on the Region website. I was doing a rough calc of the hours -- over 300.....Finishing up the quilt project for our EGA chapter.

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The class was focusing on an early 17th C sweet (swete) bag. A picture can be found here.While the class was not doing an exact reproduction, we were trying for the essence. The petals of the rose were started near the center with a bar. Then from this bar we did detached buttonhole. You could have done trellis stitch or hollie point so long as after the first couple rows the edge was detached

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Took the weekend off from working on my presentation and went south to Paso Robles. My MIL invited me to join her art guild in a workshop on Tablet Weaving with Diana Brenna.I have taken tablet weaving classes in the past, but was frustrated with the lack of tension and real understanding of the process. Yes I know I have perfectionist tendencies, but I really hate it when I can't get the tension

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Happy New Year - may 2008 bring you lots of stitching joy!I've decided that as part of this column I should highlight some fun and interesting websites that deal with historic needlework. This is the first of this series (and yes I will tag them).This Sampler website highlights a collection and tour of Scottish Samplers. There is information on the samplers themselves, on samplers in general,

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Just posted my 12th Night recap over on LJ Whew!

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My nose has been to the grind stone this past couple weeks. I have been trying to clear the desk and do all those last minute year end things. Included in the list was writing the annual holiday letter and getting it posted to our website. The other big thing was reworking my arts and sciences portion of our website. It has been 3 years since it had an overhaul. Since I've taught a lot in that

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I've been wanting to try this format for awhile. Since it is traditional to thank the members of the Board (and a few other special people) at our Guild holiday meeting and officer change over, I decided to make bicornus as thank-yous for some of them. This is my first attempt. Figured I wanted to be comfortable with the sewing up process before embroidering something special.FYI I had purchased

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I have been waiting to blog on this until the package arrived at Sharon B's door. While Linn was here we went to Kooza - the new show from Cirque du Soleil. Talk about Creativity!!! The link by the way is to their intro page about Kooza and talks about the creation of the show. There is also a mini movie on the show!So after the goldwork class, we took ourselves off to Kooza. It was all the

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Much of what I have been doing lately (crazy quilting and ATCs) requires the doer to be creative on demand and the teacher to enable this to happen. From my limited experience as a teacher my hat is off to Sharon Boggon and Linn Skinner. It is hard to create an atmosphere where others not only want to play, but can do more than just the mechanical.For me to be "inspired" I tend to use the volume

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You Are a Pundit Blogger!Your blog is smart, insightful, and always a quality read.Truly appreciated by many, surpassed by only a fewWhat Kind of Blogger Are You?Guess I have something to live up to -- hmmmmm!

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Linn is here! Hurrah! She arrived on Thursday. Saturday was the Artist Trading Card (ATC) workshop. Although it only had 6 participants we had fun and were productive in the way that only small groups can be. We unlocked our creativity and our glue sticks/spray/etc. Linn had brought lots of stuff - fabrics including some wonderful sheers, threads - iron on and others, sequins - all types and some

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First a bit of catching up. A few posts ago I mentioned creating ornaments for our fund raiser. Here is a pic of the ones I did. There were 2 of the "ornament" but one is on the opportunity drawing swag. The pattern is a free on from the Rainbow Gallery website. The button trees were not my idea, but they were quick and fun to make.

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Fun - Frustrating - definitely crazy!It was a "retreat" 3 day weekend for quilters at the local quilt shop - Always Quilting. There were about 30 people. Each person had their own machine and stuff to work on. About 1/3 were there to do their own projects, just share the atmosphere. About 1/3 were there to do crazy patch projects - templated crazy patch without any embroidery. About 1/3 were

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I commented this weekend to friends that I was "running fast"/juggling and they replied "so what's new?". Guess a lot of my life is like that. Just so long as I remember what is important -- friends and family, I guess I'm doing okay.Shortly after my last post, I received a call from my cousin that her husband had died and they were having a memorial. Would I come? So off to Beaverton for the

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Actually for me it will be a fun 2 weeks. My mentor Linn Skinner will be coming to the San Francisco Bay Area. Since she is here we are a taking advantage of her presence and scheduling workshops and classes.First up is a workshop on making Artists Trading Cards (ATCs). Full details of the workshop can be found here . It is play time!!!Then we are off to a medieval feast and then a stitching

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For those who are not aware, today is the eve of Rosh Hashonah - the Jewish New Year. It is said that between Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur, those who will live are written into the book of life. On Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, the book is sealed. For some this is a time for redressing old wrongs and for some this includes ensuring that all bills are paid, jobs are done or plans are set up,

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Some of you know that Sharon Boggins is coming to the US next year. HURRAH! Our SF Bay Area will be one of her stops. To ensure that anyone who wants to take her classes has the necessary prerequisites, the shop Always Quilting and I are putting on a CQ Retreat weekend. The shop wanted something to display so I worked madly and put together the front panel for a hussif (Victorian sewing roll).

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Whew!!! Stopping for a quick break to fulfill the promise made a few posts ago. For June Crown I made lanyards on some awls as thank-yous to the ladies who did the embroidery for the Kneeling Carpets. Each is done on the muradai rather than fingerloop braiding. I could get a more even tension and it gave me practice for kumihimo.As a gift to our current Queen, Kaaren, some of us did bits of

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Whew! Managed to pickup Jane at the airport even with her plane an hour late. I used the time to visit Michaels and pick up 2 of everything she listed for us to bring. Somethings were in the alternative, but I figured there is always someone who can not find the necessary items or who didn't get the supplies list. We ran by the store to get a look at the space and design our set up. Met up with

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Running fast the next few days. I have the pleasure of being Jane Nicholas's hostess while she is on this side of the bay. She is teaching a basic class and an intermediate class for us. I understand stumpwork in theory. I looked at lots of it during the UK trip. Now for some hands on at the feet of an expert. I am so looking forward to this.

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Almost forgot to share.... I entered the narrow wares competition at June Crown and won (grin).I had been doing some fingerloop braiding - nothing complicated before we went to England. Then part of the class was doing some fancier loop manipulation with Jacqui Carey who is one of THE experts. Lots of things went "ding" during that portion of the class. She also introduced us to a new, for me,

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The trouble with having so many projects on my plate, is that even when I am procrastinating about one project, I'm still making headway on another. I really need to do up a batch of artist trading cards. I know the base I'm going to use - the soy silk "paper" I made awhile ago. It is large enough to make a batch of 12. I even think I know what is going to go on the base. The design, however,

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When I was getting ready for the UK trip, I was given a list of items to bring for the class. In addition, as I did the homework, there were other items which made my stitching easier. Then came the issue - how best to carry them. Considering the weight limits, taking my usual stitching box was not an option.I have a couple plastic "organizer" boxes from the office supply store - the 6" x 8" x 2"

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Trying hard not to run in circles (scream and shout). On the life side, I am soooo not a techie but there are lots of techie items to handle. My blog has code issues to be dealt with and I am avoiding them. I need to redo my website - 3 years out of date. That would not be so bad, except we are on basic DSL and can't upgrade at present. When the spouse works from home, he has issues with the

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Is it already Monday??? Saturday was training from Edinburgh to London. Very good thing that we had reserved seats on the train. The prior train was leaving after ours due to delays. Shared the car with a group of Scots off to see a soccer game outside of London. They partied hardy for the 5 hours of the trip. They were a bit loud, but quite friendly. Lovely countryside for most of the trip --

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The typical Scotish weather finally arrived so consider everything to be a bit damp. Drove up to Stirling and its castle. The castle itself is in disrepair but the outbuildings and walls are in good repair. Will had fun running around identifying what was built when and what was changed. It must have been a fabulous place when it was first occupied. The kitchens are very well done and show how

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So much has happened in the recent few days, but I will try and catch everyone up. First what were "the guys" doing while we stitched -- one day they trained to Leeds to visit the Royal Armoury (no pictures permitted anymore), one day they drove to Carlisle and walked all over the Castle, the Roman Fort and a Hadrian's Wall Mile marker, one day they did laundry, one day they took a walk with our

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Firstly, we are doing a modified swetebag -- which is twinging my historic side horribly. It is an amalgam of bags and the tutors styling. It targets a 1630's bag, but does have several accommodations - most notably size. It is larger. The items on the bag have been simplified in some ways and added to in other ways -- it is hard to describe. Suffice to say it is all good for learning, but I

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when last we left our intrepid adventurer.... dinner at the most marvelous Indian place, Khan's. On the way we walked through a market with wonderful sweets - baklava and Turkish Delight leaped into a shopping bag on the way through.Up early -- on Monday to train to Manchester. The B&B was called a conference center....NOT! The beds and baths were clean, but -- sigh they don't understand coffee

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Portobello - met up with Erna on her last day in her shop. Bought a reticella sampler - probably a learning sampler - 16th C. Went to the Thimble Club shop - bought a mother of pearl lucet and a Ladys Companion for embroidery and tambour. They want a column or 3 from me for the English audience -- what do you do with these tools...Went back to the V&A. British Galleries - pre 1760 are closed.

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This will be a short post from your friendly neighborhood internet cafe. Linn you know the one - in the Psychic Mews. Finally getting over the jet lag. The flight was lovely - business class and all, but still long and the time change gets to you no matter what. We are in the basement room of a converted Victorian/hotel. Will bumps his head on the door coming our of the room periodically.Day 1

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It has been quite a week. Last Thursday, I wa already to go out when our youngest cat indicated to me that he was having breathin difficulty. We had thought that he was trying to have his first hairball, but it looked a bit different. Off to the vet! Diagnosis - Pickwick has asthmaHe got a shot and inhalant. Relief was on the way. He stayed overnight and we picked him up on Friday. Meds - 1

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Between stitching engagements, I've been soooo domestic that I am beginning to feel like Martha Stewart - NOT! I have however, been doing lots of cooking and "cleaning up". Yesterday dinner was - cornish game hens with my own special sauce, roasted yukon gold potatoes and roasted asparagus. I also made 10 cups of rhubarb conserve. 10 years ago, on our honeymoon in England, I came across rhubarb

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No I haven't turned to the darkside. I knitted as a kid and then revived it a bit when I dyed my own yarn. Of course that project is still staring at me to finish.Went to Stitches West on Friday last. I had signed up for a class on how to do scarves as I figured that with my limited knowledge I might be able to follow along. I learned buckets about how to do some effects (making holes, angles,

Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02218482012954304519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6012647.post-29119639379572635082007-02-26T13:03:00.000-08:002007-02-26T13:06:56.589-08:00

Thought it was about time for a change of pace. In many ways I am looking at streamlining my life so the simpler format is quite appropriate. Still need to figure out the RSS feed in from my LJ account and vice versa. Will try to add labels as appropriate and have opted to try the comments form for blogger rather than reblogger. More soon - but just a teaser -- went to Stitches West -- knitting

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After all the historically focused stitching and deadline stitching of the last couple months, I am taking a short break. Yes I need to do my column which will be on Interlace, but I've got a couple weeks to get it done.As you know I've been playing with quilting. Crazy quilting in particular. I am coordinating the visit of Sharon Boggins from In a Minute Ago when she comes to the San Francisco

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A couple of people have commented on my comments about choosing a thread for the background of the Elizabethan pincushion - so here goes.My research shows that it was a metal thread used for the background whether it was tent or straight gobelin or encrouching gobelin. The comments from people who have received training at the Royal School suggested 371 (gold) for doing plaited braid stitches and

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Life is finally calming down to the usual speed of fast (versus the recent marathon of autoban speedway) so I'm taking a quick break to catch up with my blogging.12th Night was rushed but went very well. I was able to enjoy and participate in a friends laureling (more on that later), the Arachne's Web display went well thanks to Caiterina who sat table most of the day, the Guild Leader

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German goldwork band - Done!Blackwork band to be combined with German goldwork band - Done!In process the gobelin pincushion - half done.Pics next weekNow back to the needlePS my new 12thNight Cranach is really hot hot hot!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Aside from the holidays and party preparation, I've been spending lots of time with needle in hand. First up was the plackett for the bodice front on my new German. Lots of pearls and coral on gold silk. I opted for slightly larger pearls and coral as the tiny seed size looked too small even at the 3' range. The large gives a better eye catch whether across the room or up close. The downside is

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