Where Samplers Rule Just 15 minutes from the Airport at the NE CORNER OF CENTER & MCKELLIPS 106 E. McKellips Rd, Suite 111 Mesa, AZ 85201 TELEPHONE (480)898-1838 FACSIMILE (480)898-0332 THE ATTIC 17 September 2010 Issue No. Twenty-Two www.atticneedlework.com September s Sampler of the Month: The Garden Glade Far Right, Hannah Carter s original canvaswork piece that is in the textile collection of the American Folk Art Museum in New York and, right, the chart photo of this charming design. Below right, photos of my progress through last night and Paula s Week 2 progress as well. Her lady this week almost has her dress finished ~ and you ve probably noticed her special Cat Snips scissors, coming very soon to all of us as well! Paula is stitching her Garden Glade on Lakeside s 40c V. Sand Dune with Belle Soie colors converted from the charted NPI silks. I m stitching my Garden Glade on Lakeside s V. Bluegrass with 5 different silks (Belle Soie, Dinky Dyes, Gloriana, Thread Gatherer, and Waterlilies) chosen to try to replicate the colors used in Hannah Carter s original piece. To get the blue-green shading needed for the hillock area, it was necessary to use a variety of silks, 6-ply, 7-ply, and 12-ply, and I am very pleased with the result. It s been an interesting experience for me because, even though the various silk diameters differ, they all work beautifully together. I am very disappointed because I wanted to have the hillock area finished (and her beautiful red dress) so you could see the shaded blue-green areas with the animals enjoying the bucolic setting ~ and very soon I must begin one of October s Samplers of the Month. It is calling to me! Save 15% during September when purchasing at least two parts: chart $14 ~ 40c linen w/2-inch margins $13~ NPI silks as charted $48 ~ Belle Soie silks $82.50 OR the silks combo pack $120. Your kit will include a full-sized color print of Hannah s piece + the revised attribution that I am using at the bottom of my sampler: Inspired by Hannah Carter s work.
THE ATTIC! PAGE 2 September at The Attic October (continued) If you are a member of our Attic Addicts club, you may save 15% on your purchase of the following during September: All Halloween Charts/Kits All Overdyed Silk Threads In-stock Picture This Plus Linens - Custom Cuts Saturday, September 18, Time Well Spent Stitch Group, 10:30-12:30 Join us for this fun journey together through the various specialty stitches and bands that make up this exquisite sampler. Please note the time change. $5/session. Sunday, September 19, Sampler Sunday, 1:00-4:00 It s the third Sunday of the month and time once again for this monthly gathering. We ll share all that we know that s new in our sampler world ~ and share our samplers in progress as well! Please register. Fee $10 October at The Attic Saturday, October 2, Market Day! It s the day that we take off the covers and show you the treasures this special time of year brings to our needlework world. Doors open at 9 AM for Attic Addict members and at 10 AM to the general public. Be there or be square! This class with Linda Danielson of Samplers Remembered is set for both Sunday, October 3 or October 10, 1-4 PM. The $35 Class/ Teaching Fee includes a kit with everything you will need to learn this technique: 1 yard of trim, 115 antique buttons, 1 ball of ecru crochet thread, a crochet hook, and miscellaneous thread and needles needed to sew the trim to your finished cushion. Your class fee is due on or before October 3. In other words, for logistical purposes, please pay before the day of your class. The supplies you should bring to class: scissors, pins, and the cushion that you have stitched, stuffed, and finished. Saturday, October 9, Spooky Finishing Classes with Christy, both morning and afternoon. Your $25 fee includes Christy s expert guidance as well as finishing materials (except your backing fabric choices). See details on our Web site. Saturday, October 16, Stitching on Silk Gauze, 2-4 PM Learn the special techniques for this very addictive needlework. $30 class fee includes your mounted 40c silk gauze. Select your project from dozens of choices. Bring magnification! Saturday, October 30, Hawk Run Hollow Stitch Group, 10:30-12:30 Because of the September St. Charles Market, we will not meet in September. See you in the Autumn at Hawk Run Hollow. $5/session. November at The Attic Saturday, November 6, Beading a Miniature Book with Alice, 1-4 PM Your $35 class fee includes your imported kit + Alice s expertise in creating this most charming diminutive book. Saturday, November 20, Our Annual Silent Auction for Breast Cancer Research, 6-8 PM, with all proceeds benefitting the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Friday through Sunday, November 12-14, Merry Cox Weekend. Details available on our Web site. A few places available in each workshop. 2011 January 14-16, 2011, (Martin Luther King weekend), A Primitive Gathering with Stacy Nash of Stacy Nash Primitives, Linda Lautenschlager of Chessie & Me, Vickie Jennett of NeedleWorkPress and more! Details to follow as they become available. Reserve Your Copy(s) Today! Saturday, October 16, 10:30-12:30 Beginning Linen with Linda s wonderful new Tulip needlebook design as the class project. The $30 fee includes Linda s expert instruction as well as the chart + materials for this most useful project. Reserve your copy now of our Recipes for a Cure Cookbook, available in November, with net proceeds being donated to our favorite charity, Breast Cancer Research Foundation. $14.95 (or more, if you wish).
THE ATTIC! PAGE 3 Coming Next Week from Little House Needleworks From the left: Be Merry - Belle Pepper ~ Pumpkin Hollow Farms ~ and Exodus 20:16 each $8 ~ AND Ornament #11, All is Calm $6 Coming Next Week from Homespun Elegance Left, Brooms for Sale $7 + embellishments ~ Lower left, Stitching Witch $7 + embellishments (4 x 4.5 grained frame available also) ~ Below, Holiest of Nights $9 + embellishments ~ and as part of Sandra s 2010 Annual Ornaments, Reindeer A Waiting $8 w/ snowflake charm. All models pictured are stitched on 30c linens.
THE ATTIC! PAGE 4 Below, Reflets de Soie s Douceur et Harmonie (Sweetness and Harmony) $17.50 Below, two new from Stacy Nash Primitives, each $10: Guided by Virtue Sewing Purse ~ don t you just love the ship? ~ and Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pocket Roll with Strawberry Emery
THE ATTIC! PAGE 5 From The Victoria Sampler Santa s Village Sampler ($82 w/accessorythread pack OR chart only $14) and Beautiful Finishing 5 with 3 fabulous tassels $18 From Cathy Jean, A Time for Thanks ($37 w/threadpack OR $10 chart only) ~ stitched on Cathy s favorite fabric, Zweigart s Antique Almond (even though the chart says Toasted Almond ), a wonderful Autumn color that Cathy says she loves ~ and it s perfect for this Thanksgiving design, don t you think?
THE ATTIC! PAGE 6 NEW IN THE SHOP Clockwise from upper left, three from Notforgotten Farm, each $8: Azaiha Nye Black Walnut Tree ~ Peace & Plenty Turquoise Graphics & Designs Yule Tree $9 ~crocheted Wine Tops OR Sprite Tops, whatever you gift at the Holidays $9.50 each ~ Nora Corbett s Christmas Tree 2010 $70 kit with everything you need, Belle Soie, Mill Hill beads & treasures + Kreinik ~ Redwork Winter Twitterings $9.95 ~ Primitivebetty s Wicked Notions $10
THE ATTIC! PAGE 7 MORE NEW IN THE SHOP Clockwise from upper left: The Stitcherhood s Wicked $8 ~ three from Ship s Manor, Lock and Key Sampler $5, Summer in Key Town $8, Halloween Hoopla $7 four from Silver Creek Samplers, each $10, Blessings ~ Live Within Your Harvest ~ Kwitcherbeleache Inn ~ Fleece on Earth
THE ATTIC! PAGE 8 Coming next week, next in Blackbird s Anniversaries of the Heart Series, $9. Not new but a customer inquired about it, and we love it and we thought you might also. It s Homespun Samplar s The Governor s Palace, Williamsburg, Virginia ~ I love anything Williamsburg, and this 1999 design is a real bargain at $8. Charted for DMC + GAST, we would be pleased to convert this to beautiful silk for you. PRICE CORRECTION: Right, Just CrossStitch 2010 Ornaments issue is $7.99 (ND). This was new last year, but we just love this... well, anything really from Marie at Blackberry Lane Designs. He He Hee My Pretty scissors fob $12 was stitched over one on 32c linen. Isn t it charming? Maybe you ll get to see Marie s model in person! We re talking with her about hosting a Trunk Show in November!
THE ATTIC! PAGE 9 FROM OUR CUSTOMERS NEEDLES Below, a few snippets of something very special that s coming at the St. Charles Market, a fabulous reproduction from the collection of Victoria LoPiccolo Jennett/NeedleWorkPress, charted and stitched by Attic customer Tanya. You will see all of it in next week s St. Charles Preview 2... so stay tuned! From the top, several finishing examples from Karen ~ left, Loretta s November stocking from Blackbird ~ below, two of Carolyn s ornaments finished! ~ and right, Amy s beautiful Rose Quaker, where she is choosing colors she likes ~ isn t it fun to watch her progress?
THE ATTIC! PAGE 10 MORE FROM SOME VERY TALENTED LADIES From left above: Connie s VERY clever Boo garland with several Blackbird stockings and space to add more as she completes them ~ Sandy s Mother Maya from Ink Circles stitched on Colorscapes 40c Ancient with Waterlilies Winter Wheat ~ Lynn s stunning framed Namesake Sampler from My Big Toe Designs ~ wish you could see this in person ~AND JUST IN: SONIA in Gingher s Designer Series $39 ~and, left, Angelica s beautiful Antique Tin Tiles $13 from Rosewood Manor Designs.
THE ATTIC! PAGE 11 It s been fun-filled week that began with an adventure with Oscar Meyer s Wienermobile on Monday afternoon, thanks to our crazy friend Vickie, known to all of you as SANQ author/contributor Victoria LoPiccolo Jennett, collector of antique samplers and other needlework and ABC ephemera. She wrote an online 250-word essay about making the world a happier place in the Wienermobile and WON! Here she is being interviewed by a local TV station in front of it before she began her wild 8-hour ride, complete with wienermobile whistles and lots of happy children of all ages! Grandparents Day at Hannah and Tyler s school, with a very moving tribute to us old folks from the fabulous students at Joy Christian School in Glendale. A photo shared by a reader after our September 11th page in a previous issue. This photo was taken by her father, and she thought I would enjoy it, and I thought you would as well. Just makes me want to have been there. REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 11 Another photo from a reader, of her niece. This is what Karen said with her forwarded photo: Allison is 4 and wanted to stitch and demanded that I put her Ott light on just like Aunt Karen. Proof that our wonderful pastime will live on to the next generation.