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 2011 July 21 Issue No. 11-25 www.atticneedlework.com The Scarlet Letter s DOÑA DOROTHEA GAZANO y GARCIA July s Sampler of the Month As our Sampler of the Month, you may save 15% by purchasing 2 of the following during July: chart $26.50 Lakeside Linen, the 40c cut w/2-inch margins is $20 AVAS silk $94.60 or incorporating a bit of Overdyed Silk using Dinky Dyes, Gumnuts & Gloriana s Florimell with some of the AVAS called for, $115.40 Right, I ve finished the checkered stag (except for his eyeball) and was anxious to get some red stitched into this wonderful sampler, so I started on the barn, but started is the operative word.
THE ATTIC! PAGE 2 SPECIAL JULY PROJECT: Needlemade Designs Home of the Free Sewing Set The scissors is on back order but we expect them back in stock in about two weeks. Thanks for your patience. The perfect accompaniment for the new patriotic scissors ($12): The boxtop design, pinkeep with E Pluribis Unum on one side and the federal eagle on the reverse, and scissors fob with the year 1776 on one side and a portion of the flag on the reverse. Designer Linda Vinson says, Home of the free because of the brave reflects my belief that we live in one of the greatest nations that has ever been on the face of the earth. This nation, and the freedoms it affords its people, did not come to be through inaction or apathy. Our freedoms are founded on the willingness of patriots to fight and, if necessary, to die to protect this country. I chose to use the motto E Pluribus Unum in my design because I fear that we have forgotten the importance of being a united people working toward a common goal: a bright future for our children and grandchildren. I chose the year 1776 to honor the sacrifice made by our founding fathers and all who fought for this nation in the years that followed. To do my small part to honor our military for the sacrifices that they have made, a portion of the proceeds from the sale of each chart will be donated to the Wounded Warrior Project. The Home of the Free Sewing Set chart ($15) includes all charts and finishing directions with photos, a complete listing of materials to buy and decorate the box and the paper needed to decoupage the firecracker needlecases (sizes 24, 26, and 28), and a length of twine for the fuses. See Schedule for August 6 afternoon box painting workshop! For those of you who would like to stitch the set but do not feel up to the task of painting your own box, the design fits perfectly into the top of the rectangular treasure box on the right ($17). AND during July save 15% on your purchase of the entire project: including the box of your choice ($3.50 OR $17), chart ($15), 28c linen for this over-one project ($9), silk threads + silk ribbons ($46.50). Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com
THE ATTIC! PAGE 3 Jackie du Plessis s November Workshops This week I am pleased to show you more photos for this special weekend of workshops with Jackie, renowned designer/finisher. We are privileged to host these Jackie workshops the weekend of November 4-6 at the Hyatt Place in Mesa, located just 3 miles from the shop with shuttle service available to and from the shop. Reservations with the hotel can be made by calling 888-492-8847 or 480-969-8200. You must ask for the Attic Needlework group rate (King $94; Double Queen $104) or go online to http://www.hyatt.com/hyatt/reservations/ flow6/place/propcheckavailability.jsp?pid=phxzm&extcorporateid=g-atn2. These rates are available before and after the weekend for any of you who wish to come early or stay longer. The rates include a daily continental breakfast, unlimited high-speed Internet access, 24-hour access to the StayFit@Hyatt fitness room and e-room business center, and use of the swimming pool, 9-hole executive putting green, and shuttle service within a five-mile radius upon availability. The weekend schedule with workshop prices is as follows: Friday, November 4, 2-8 pm (with a break for a light supper at 5): Chocolat $210 (There will be pre-stitching kits available in several weeks. The fee must be paid in full to receive your kit.) If you ve taken this workshop previously with Jackie but haven t finished it yet and would like to join the workshop with your kit for a refresher course, the fee is $50. The workshop model is now on display in our new giant glass display ~ come in and see it! Saturday, November 5, 9-4 pm (with a lunch break at 12:00): Lily of the Valley $160 Saturday night, 5-??, Wine & Food Reception at the shop open to all workshop participants Sunday, November 6, 9-4 pm (with lunch at 12:00) ~ Pinks for Pearls $150 (Pre-stitching kits for this one also available soon.) Jackie is having Marcy scrims designed as extras for these projects, and she is also bringing some special Jackie things for sale at her workshops. Please note: Pre-stitching kits will be available very soon for 2 workshops, Chocolat as well as Pinks for Pearls. From left to right, Chocolat ~ Lily of the Valley ~ Pinks for Pearls Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com
THE ATTIC! PAGE 4 July As a member of our Attic Addicts Club, during July you may save 15% on your purchase of the following items: All Scarlet Letter charts All Au Ver A Soie & Florimell silks All Patriotic Charts Saturday, July 30, 10:30-12:30, Mother-Daughter/ Grandmother-Granddaughter Class. Vickie LoPiccolo Jennett and her daughter-in-law Maegan of our staff are looking forward to providing guidance to you, to teach your daughters/granddaughters to stitch. Charted names of each registrant will be provided, along with a border choice. We hope you can join us for this fun summer project in basic cross-stitch. We must keep this art form alive and pass it on to the next generation! Fee $20 per couple. Semi-Annual Framing Frenzy Saturday, July 23, Our Semi-Annual Framing Frenzy Held each year in February and July, it is time once again for your opportunity to save 20% on your custom framing order, including frame, mat, fillets, and glass when you let Sandy use her expertise in selecting the perfect frame to enhance your needlework. If you re thinking about glass, below is a clear demonstration of the virtues of using museum glass. Peyote Beading Class postponed until postsummer. August Saturday, August 6, 10:30-12:30, Beginning Linen with Linda s Tulip needlebook design as the class project. The $30 fee includes Linda s expert instruction as well as the chart + materials for this very useful learning project. Home of the Free Paint the Box, Saturday, Aug 6, 1:30-4. Join us for a fun afternoon of playing in the paint pots for the box for this new design from Needlemade Designs. Fee $18 includes the box, paints, and all other supplies needed to paint the box. November November 4-6 Three exciting workshops with Jackie du Plessis. Details and photos on pages 2 & 3. Saturday, August 20, Baltimore Market Day A new market venue replacing the St. Charles Market... with LOTS of new things for your to-do baskets. Doors open at 9 for Attic Addicts and at 10 for the general public. Sampler Sunday, August 21, 1-4 PM. Join us for an afternoon of sampler stitching and sharing under the fans in our cool classroom. It will be hot outside, but quietly sitting and stitching is a great way to beat the heat. Please call to register. Refreshments served. $10 We still have some BCRF cookbooks left. Support a great cause (all net proceeds go to breast cancer research) by buying a copy(s) of the Recipes for a Cure cookbook for a donation of $14.95 (or more) with fabulous time-tested recipes as well as complimentary designs from 11 designers. November 19, 6-8 PM, Our 14th Annual BCRF Benefit, with all proceeds benefitting breast cancer research.
THE ATTIC! PAGE 5 An Attic Exclusive, Ann Wheatley s 1829 Sampler from the Private Collection of NeedleWorkPress! Above, Part 2 of the Ann Wheatley 1829 Sampler, being stitched by Margaret, our Stitch-Along leader for this summer project. Here s what she writes about this installment as her stitching notes to all of you: Part 2 of Ann Wheatley is quite straightforward. Be forewarned: It does involve a whole lot of words. As far as those words go, just remember that the s is taller than the other letters, so work them accordingly. Don't do what I did and make the top of the p be at the same height as the s and thus make the rest of your row be one stitch higher than it should be! Otherwise, the words are pretty straightforward. The bottom acorn border is the same as the top one, except for how it ends on the right. So just watch out for that and you'll be good to go. Enjoy! So that's it for July. Margaret P.S. Just wanted to provide an advance heads up that if using NPI, completing Ann s entire sampler requires a complete skein each of greens 156 and 664. So, if you aren t a thrifty thread user, you may want to have two skeins on hand. Above, images of the Surprise included within Part 2: chart and instructions for creating the charming needlecase, front and back, using motifs from the sampler, Eve on the front and the flower motif (modified a bit) on the reverse side, with charts and finishing instructions included. Note the vintage perforated paper needlecase pictured in the upper left. Vickie s Notes for Ann Wheatley - Part 2 suggest that this little needlecase could have been stitched by Ann s daughter about 1850 or so, the peak time for enthusiasm for perforated paper. Remember, if you are participating at the top level, that is, with the purchase of chart, linen, and silk, you will receive the little notebook of your choice as a gift. Please make sure you ve given us your preference. Additionally, you may purchase more notebooks at $5 each. The notebooks will be included with a later installment as we are still gathering your preferences. Choose, from left to right, #1, #2, or #3.
THE ATTIC! PAGE 6 New from Brenda Keyes/The Sampler Company Left, A Sampler Story $19, 295 x 199, a pictorial meandering through sampler imagery, featuring a plethora of motifs. The individual elements of this sampler can be used in so many different ways for those much-loved sampler smalls. Stay tuned for August s Sampler of the Month! Left, Sweet Humility $19, 217 x 217, a charming sampler featuring a striking country house in delicate shades, surrounded by a pretty border
THE ATTIC! PAGE 7 New from The Heart s Content/Maureen Appleton Above left, Splendor XXI - A Woman s Needle Minder $89, in Maureen s stunning Splendor Series, comes her piece d resistance featuring a verse from Nathaniel Hawthorne: It is a token of healthy and gentle characteristics, when women of high thoughts and accomplishments love to sew, especially as they are never more at home with their own hearts, than while so occupied. How perceptive of Nathaniel! I LOVE it! And this kit comes complete with everything that you see pictured with it, including the hare scissors and the lovely wooden ruler and, of course, all of the materials needed to stitch and finish this exquisite accessory piece. Left, Leaping Hare Sewing/Scissors Pocket $59 includes all of the hares seen here, the hare scissors, the hare threadwinder, the hare charm AND, of course the hare design for the pocket. Again, a complete kit with 35c natural linen, DMC floss, and finishing instructions and suggestions.
THE ATTIC! PAGE 8 New from Giulia/GPA Designs Above left, Quaker Bird Sewing Set features Quaker motifs with lovely colors, a very special button as well as beads. The limitededition kit $52 includes 28c Italian ecru linen, hand-dyed European silks, finishing materials (beautiful finishing fabric, batting, dusty rose ribbon, polyfill, ecru and dusty rose sewing thread, horn button and wooden beads), charts for the designs, and finishing instructions. Above right, Quaker Style Necklace $34 limited-edition kit includes the 28c Italian ecru linen, hand-dyed Valdani 3-strand floss, the charming Just Another Button Company Gold Quaker Star button, finishing materials (interfacing, grosgrain ribbon, vinyl magnetic selfadhesive square, seed beads, tassel floss, and the ecru organza ribbon+cord necklace.... Judy s Boo Boo Stick $10 takes the pain out of boo-boos! The Must-Have Tool!... By dragging the clipped floss out the back of the fabric, the fabric threads are not dislodged or frayed. This tool removes stitches faster than pulling with needles, fingers, or scissors. Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com
THE ATTIC! PAGE 9 Also New in the Shop Clockwise from above: 2 new samplers from Willow Hill Samplings, each $8, designed for the designers daughters ~ The Victoria Sampler s Pumpkin Patch Farm $16 (accessory packs are on back order) ~ Cathy Jean s Button Up Birdies 5 $39.50 w/ accessory pack ~ Linda s Mistletoe Stocking $48 w/ accessory pack
THE ATTIC! PAGE 10 New Magazines in This Week From the left: Sampler & Antique Needlework Quarterly #64 $6.99 ~ Embroidery & Cross Stitch $9.95 ~ Ribbon Embroidery $9.95 Both at Sampler Sunday and within the pages of this newsletter we ve had discussions about ways to identify a reproduction sampler as your work. I read Sampler Identification the following on the subject, and I asked Carole for permission to share it with all of you: Some years ago I took a class from Maureen Appleton who commented on identifying your work on a reproduction sampler...her suggestion: below the sampler (but still within "eyeball", I stitch (over one) the following: R.R. anno 2011 Carole Bishop Watkins". R.R. for "Respectfully Reproduced; anno "year of" followed by the year finished and my name. I used to use my middle name of Joan, but as I've aged and immersed myself in genealogy (another passion besides needlework), I've dropped the "Joan" and inserted my maiden name, followed by my married name. Backing paper or whatever can be torn off, replaced and, therefore, identification on the back may be lost. I always think of Maureen when I'm looking at one of my repro's or answering someone's question about how I identify someone's beautiful design. Cheers, Carole Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com
THE ATTIC! PAGE 11 Sunday s Show & Share! A favorite part of Sampler Sundays is the Show & Share, and you will quickly understand why when you see the images from this past Sunday! Clockwise from above: Tamami s Ann Grant ~ Evelyn s Antique Tiles ~ Brenda s Blackbird December stocking ~ Evelyn s Jane Tindall Sampler (I was photoing from across the room, and some, unfortunately, aren t as clear ~ I ll get a better photo next time because this one is beautiful!) ~ Betsy s Ann Wheatley ~ Tanya s Prairie Schooler alphabet over one
THE ATTIC! PAGE 12 More from Sampler Sunday Clockwise from above: Janet s Country Life with the sheep now clothed ~ Brenda s Ann Wheatley ~ Linda S s birth sampler by Little by Little and Linda S s whitework sampler, so beautiful in person but difficult to photograph ~ Jean C s Quakers & Quilts by Rosewood Manor ~ Jean C s A.M. Demarest from a very early issue of SANQ
THE ATTIC! PAGE 13 And Still More Beautiful Work! Clockwise from above: Molly s beautiful Elizabeth Sheffield (I LOVE this sampler) ~ and Sheri s stunning over-oneon-30c Autumn at Hawk Run Hollow (wish you could see this in person) ~ Vickie s alphabet sampler, a design now out of print, and a sneak peek at a sampler she is soon to publish, May the Hinges of Friendship... ~ Cheryl s Jenny Bean Halloween Sampler and her Blue Pennsylvania Dutch Huswife from Dames of the Needle Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com
THE ATTIC! PAGE 14 And Still More Lovelies! Clockwise from above: from Blackbird Designs, Barb s and Barb s America/Oh Beautiful from Shepherd s Bush ~ Barb s birth sampler (can t remember the designer) ~ Linda L s Gilded Cage from Carriage House Samplings ~ Julie s bolder version of her sister Linda s reproduction, The Chili Pepper Sampler (a great example of changing the colors on a reproduction and making it your own ~ isn t it stunning?!)
THE ATTIC! PAGE 15 Tedra s Page Clockwise from far left: The beautiful Count Your Blessings set from The Victoria Sampler ~ Tedra s I Sigh Not for Beauty ~ and the finished pieces, all from one chart from Falling Star Primitives, Independence Day $10
THE ATTIC! PAGE 16 Still More from Sampler Sunday! Above, Linda D s Prairie House Sewing Case, one of the many wonderful designs in Blackbird Designs A Stitcher s Journey ~ and, right, Linda s soon-to-be-released Mexican Schoolgirl s Practice Sampler from Samplers Remembered ~ of course, soon means October? Not sure, but it s worth waiting for for sure! Right, New from Sandy s Framing Studio Two from Andrea s a m a z i n g n e e d l e s : Presidential Portraits from Willow Hill Samplings and her 272 Words from Primrose Needleworks Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com