2015, March 1 enewsletter

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THE ATTIC
2015 March 1
www.atticneedlework.com
Issue No. 15-4
March Samplers of the Month
You may not know this, but The Attic has an amazing number of talented designers right in our backyard, including (in alphabetical order): Milady’s
Needle/Gloria ~ Needlemade Designs/Linda ~ NeedleWorkPress/Vickie & Maegan ~ Priscilla’s Pocket/Bunny & Apryl ~ Samplers
Remembered/Linda ~ The Scarlett House/Tanya, and for March, we have selected a new sampler/design from each of these designers as our March
Sampler of the Month! Their models decorate the walls and display cabinets of The Attic, and I am most grateful to each of them for sharing their
talents with The Attic Their newest designs are featured on the following pages, and there you will find larger images of each of these and SOM details.
Milady’s Needle’s “Mary
Ann Carrington 1834” $22
Needlemade Designs’ “Ellen O’Brien
Purse & Sewing Accessories” $24
NeedleWorkPress’s “Martha
Edes: 1745 Boston Band” $26
Priscilla Pocket’s “Stoneware
Pinpillows II” $12, with 7 designs ~
love them all but especially the bird!
The Scarlett House’s
“Mary Betchell 1810” $22
Samplers Remembered’s “Elizabeth Newman
Heafys 1802” $16, also known as “The Blessing”
During March save 15% on your purchase of
a minimum of 2 of the following “kit parts”
for one or all of these, including chart, linen &
silks ~ due to time constraints, there’s not as
much detail as usual, but call/email for info.
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. . . Milady’s Needle
“The Earth Is A Feast” ~ 40c Picture This Plus
Sand with Gentle Arts, Weeks & Classic Colorworks “Sweetheart Sewing Tin” ~ Kit includes pattern,
tin, 40c linen, floss & flosskeep and needlecase
each with image of stitched piece
“Mary Ann Carrington 1834” ~ 40c
Lakeside Vintage Examplar with Au Ver
A’Soie’s 100/3 and Gloriana Tudor Silks
“Elisabeth Wott 1816” ~ 35c Weeks
Parchment with Needlepoint Inc silk
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Left, “Ellen O’Brien Purse &
Sewing Accessories” $24
may have a ring of
familiarity for you as the
purse was featured on the
cover of the Winter 2010
Sampler & Antique Quarterly
magazine. The purse motif
and all others were taken
from the “Ellen O’Brien
1847” sampler in the
collection of NeedleWork Press.
Charted for Lakeside’s 36c V. Examplar, a
Stitcher’s Quarter will work for all pieces. The
bead at the bottom of the scissors purse is difficult
to find, so it’s included with the pattern. The motif
on the needlebook front is a retired soldier ~ as
Linda says, who better to care for your pins &
needles, right? The spine of the book says, “A
maker and a mender.” Purse frames are from Lacis.
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. . . Needlemade Designs
“A & E and an Apple” $24 is a
very limited-edition kit that
includes 28c Lambswool linen,
the linen backing fabric, Gentle Art
overdyed cotton, and silk ribbon
“Cock O’ the Walk” $15, above, 205 x
72, is stitched on a Sajou towel or, below,
on Weeks Gingham natural/straw linen
“Ann Thomas 1814” $20, 139 x 191, is a
reproduction charted for Crossed Wing
Collection’s 40c Earth linen using Gloriana silks
“Faithful Friends” $12, 45 x 64,
charted for Gentle Art Sampler Threads
on Picture This Plus Brash linen ~
trimmed with Raspberry Pearls Pom
Pom trim from Dames of the Needle
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Martha Edes: 1745 BOSTON BAND
Left, the exquisitely
beautiful "Martha
Edes,” a 1745 Boston
Band sampler, $26,
charted for Au Ver
A’Soie silks on 40c
Weeks Straw
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. . . NeedleWorkPress
Belo w, a new
microfiber cloth that’s
perfect for cleaning
your glasses, computer
screens, or ??
NeedleWorkPress
Right: "Clara
Koschat,” an
Austrian sampler, $16
B:
Belo w, "B: An
Unidentified Spot
Motif Sampler" $14,
An Unidentified Spot
Motif Sampler
Above, projects taken from “A 1799 Mother’s Sampler” $16 shown on the next page
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Above, “A 1799 Mother’s Sampler” $16
~ Far Right, “The White Cottage” $5 has
been recreated for linen to fit in the
Priscilla’s Pocket reproduction of an
antique box from the collection of
NeedleWorkPress ~ Right, “Friendship is a
Sheltering Tree” $6
More from NeedleWork Press at Nashville!
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Friendship
is a
Sheltering Tree
Left, this charming and very
trendy headband can be stitched
from your choice of a variety of
borders on the linen banding
included in the kit, $15
Right, “An AaBbCc Spool” kit
that includes the linen banding,
spool & instructions ~ choose
your favorite color to make this
ready reference of alphabets!
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“Stoneware Pinpillows II” $12, with 7 designs ~ love
them all but especially the bird! Stitched on Weeks 35c
Tin Roof with Gentle Art’s Black Raspberry Jam,
trimmed with pom-pom trim from Dames of the Needle.
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. . . Priscilla’s Pocket
“Let Freedom Ring” $12, companion piece
to “From Every Mountainside,” below
Sneak peek of
limited-edition
S t o n e w a re C at
Pinpillow kit, $16
“Patchwork Threadwinders”
$32 each, beautifully
handcrafted from a variety
of hardwoods to make them
resemble quilt blocks
Adorable on these
threadkeeper hornbooks,
This is one of the most
beautiful boxes I’ve ever seen.
The Hinged Needlework Box is hand-rubbed natural cherry, 7.5” wide, 4
1/8” deep, and 4.75” high. Opening is 5.75” x 1 5/8” ~ $130
Also available in this dark
wax hand-rubbed finish.
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. . . Samplers Remembered
“Amena House 1845” $12, 216 x 151, model stitched on
Lakeside’s 40c V. Butter Cream w/hand-dyed cottons ~ and
Linda loved the pretty colors and motifs so much that she
selected two of them to make into lovely pincushions.
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The antiques of this “Pretty Pair” $12, most likely by the
same needleworker (notice the S’s on each sampler), were
accompanied by very little history, except that they
descended to a spinster aunt, Amy Vreeland of Pattersen, NJ.
While the antiques are on 32c, the reproductions were stitched
on Lakeside’s 45c V. Sand Dune with Gloriana Tudor silks.
“Elizabeth Newman Heafys 1802” $16, 318 x 275, model stitched
on Lakeside’s 40c V. Butter Pecan with Classic Colorworks’ Belle Soie
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. . . The Scarlett House
“Margaret Lillie 1812” $26, 206 x 185, model stitched on Lakeside’s 45c V.
Meadow Rue with hand-dyed silks from Classic Colorworks & Dinky Dyes ~
stunning hand-grained box from Valley House Primitives is available in 3 sizes for
“Henrietta Binns 1837” $14, 180 x 114, model stitched on Lakeside’s 40
Double-Dyed Autumn Gold with hand-dyed silks from Dinky Dyes & Gloriana
“Susan Wasband” $22, 219 x 205, model stitched
on Lakeside’s 40c V. Examplar with hand-dyed
silks from Classic Colorworks, Dinky Dyes & Gloriana
“Harriet Taylor 1842” $24, 249 x 289, model stitched
on Lakeside’s 40c V. Examplar with Needlepoint, Inc. silks
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. . . The Scarlett House
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New from The Traveling Stitcher . . .
. . . “Polly” $16, 188 x 155, charted for overdyed silks (as well as
DMC) ~ the model, below, is being stitched on Lakeside’s 45c Spring
Thyme with Gloriana (Attic Blue, Brick, Fawn, Granny Smith
Green, Hazelnut, Hazelnut Dark, Honey Bronze, Pacific Blue
Dark, Slate Green, Spanish Moss & Summer Gold) and NPI 587
“Mary Betchell 1810” $22, 177 x 262,
model stitched on Weeks 40c Parchment
with hand-dyed silks from Classic Colorworks
A photo of the “Mary Betchell” silks was
supposed to go here, but I ran out of time :-( ...
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Customer Appreciation/Stitch-In, Thursdays, 4 - 8 PM
Every
For as long as I can remember, The Attic has been open on
Thursday Thursday nights and, along with that, provides the setting for
customers to gather to share their needlework with others.
This is an opportunity for me to host a weekly time with our
customers, to show them the newest and greatest, preview new
designs and great needlework stuff, and also see what you’re
stitching! As a valued customer, you are invited to join us!
March
March
As an Attic Addict save 15% in March on:
* one item of your choice from the Nashville Market
Feb 27/28 + March 1 ~ Nashville
Market ~ We will be there to shop for you!
Zoe isn’t yet 3, and
she’s getting so tall. I
guess she takes after her
Grandmother Vickie!
2015 Nashville Market Day, Saturday, March 7 A special day to
shop, shop, shop for all of the latest and greatest in our industry. Doors
open 9 AM for Attic Addict members and 10 AM for the general public.
Saturday, March 14, 10:30-12:30 Beginning
Linen This class is appropriate for both beginning
stitchers and anyone wishing to refine their skills.
The class project is Linda/Needlemade Designs’s
Tulip needlebook design, and the $30 fee includes
her expert instruction + materials. Class fee is due upon registration.
Sunday, March 15, Sampler Sunday, 1 - 4 ~ Yes, the 15th is
March’s third Sunday, time for our monthly gathering for sampler
devotees. Refreshments served ~ please register ~ fee $10
Saturday, March 21, Beginning Hardanger Part 1, 10 12 ~ Learn the basics of this beautiful Norwegian embroidery
technique while creating a lovely sachet from Janice Love's
"Hardanger Bible," Basics and Beyond. The book ($15) will be the
text for this class with its very excellent and comprehensive
instructions, and it includes the class project design as well as five other
lacy sachets. As always, students receive a 10% discount on the book +
supplies purchased for this class, including scissors. Fee $20
Saturday, March 21, Sampler Stitches 401, 1:30-3:30 ~ The class
number tells the story here, an upper-level class because the stitches
covered in this class: Detached Buttonhole & Trellis Stitch. $20 Fee ~
Linda appreciates it if students avoid wearing perfumes to class.
Save the Date ... for Summer School 2015,
August 21 - 23 (please note new date) ... for some
History Lessons ... with a needlework bent!
August
2015
November
6-8 &
possibly 9,
2015
Three workshops with Jackie du Plessis: * Attic of Dreams Part 2
* September Morning (Photos on the following page)
* Something New & Very Special
Full details to follow in a future newsletter.
January
2016
We only have a few 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.
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Jackie’s September Morning
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Coming November 6-8 & possibly 9, 2015
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. . . Cherished Stitches & Threads of Memory
“A Spring Gathering” $28, a
limited-edition kit on 32c Weeks
linen with overdyed cottons,
trimmed with both bamboo
chenille cording and French cotton
lace. Everything is included in the
kit to finish this charming cushion!
“Primrose Hill” $10, 5.5 x 5.5 on 36c linen (fits nicely on
the beautiful Lone Elm Lane Queen medium brown box,
charted for Weeks overdyes for cross stitch over 2, some
over 1, a few half stitches and back stitches.
“For My Friend” $8
“The Time of Flowers” $9 was
inspired by an 18th Century poem
charted for Weeks linen & floss
“Eliza Morehane Sampler”
$18, charted for Lakeside linen
with NPI & Gloriana silks
Swan Notecards
feature the
image of a
beautiful handstitched swan ~
4 cards w/
envelopes,
$5.50
“Dreaming of China” $8 is the
first in a series of pin pillows
inspired by Robin’s travels. This
pillow features an elegant Chinese
bridge and is stitched entirely in a
brilliant Chinese red from Gloriana
and backed with the silk fabric
shown in the background. The
fabric is very limited, and I will
try to bring some back.
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. . . Lizzie Kate
“Hip Hop Kit” $17
includes 30c
creamy linen,
J A B C O fl o w e r
button, super
awesome finishing
fabric and complete
fi n i s h i n g
instructions.
“Buzz” $17 is the marketexclusive kit (so only a partial
photo) with a “bee” theme kitted
with a new Picture This Plus linen,
28c Verdant (a fabulous shade of
yellow green reflecting its name,
green, leafy, luxuriant, lush) and
2 MOP round buttons.
“Farm Fob” $15 kit
makes a 2-sided
fob, includes
assorted 28 or 30c
pale linens and
evenweaves,
antique gold rickrack, and a stash of
rusty beads to
adorn the rick-rack
trim. Complete
fi n i s h i n g
instructions are also
included.
“A Little Gray Hare” $25 is a
limited-edition “egg” kit” on
32c Weeks Seafoam linen,
Weeks floss, petite pink beads,
pale pink rick-rack, lovely
finishing fabric for the back of
t h e e g g, a n d c o m p l e t e
fi n i s h i n g i n s t r u c t i o n s ,
including egg template!
. . . Tree of Life Samplings
Above, “Needle’s Guide” shown in two different counts and finishes ~ Above right, “Tender Father
Sampler” was originally stitched by Sophia Cooper in 1844, and this adaptation includes this
verse: “Love the Lord with all your heart and He will be a tender father unto thee.”
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On the Way to the Shop from Italy
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Claudia/Samplers Forever has completed her next
reproduction, “Sarah Needham” $24, 288 x 253. This beautiful
English sampler is part of Claudia’s private collection and was
stitched around 1860. Claudia surmises that Sarah loved color
(because she used a lot of shades to give more appeal in her
picture) and animals ~ her red brick two-story house is
surrounded by them, birds, deer, a fox, a swan!
I love the colors, the red, the animals for sure, but what I
love most is the beautiful and unusual border, with berries and
carnations and those rounded flowers!
Charted for DMC, we will have the conversion to overdyed
silks ready when the shipment arrives from Italy!
New Color from Gloriana . . .
. . . called Old Red Barn is available in both
the classic 12-ply floss as well as the 12-ply
Tudor.
I didn’t photograph the Tudors
because the plastic bags they come in really
don’t show this beautiful silk to its best, and I
didn’t have time to take them out of their
bags. In both silk weights, this is a beautiful
color in the Gloriana line.
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. . . Little House Needleworks
Here’s a tiny snippet of the design for a Nashville
release, a kit from LHN called "Giving Thanks." The
pack includes a bonus design called “Needles and
Pins.” The pack contains the necessary threads to
complete the design.
. . . Noteworthy Needle . . .
. . . Summer House Stitche Workes
. . . a sampler to wear, a Sampler
Scarf Slide that can be worn
either orientation with a different
design on the front and back!
Right above, “The Gift Keeps Giving” $12,
charted for Lakeside’s 36c V. Strawflower &
Weeks 30c Tin Roof with Dragonfly Lotus
Designs’ Astilbe floss & Weeks Cayenne ~ I
LOVE these, but then they’re red! The box
is a 6” Wooly White from Lone Elm Lane.
Right, the fourth and last installment of the
Baltimore Bride Series, a whimsical and fun
stitch based on Baltimore album quilt
patterns, charted for Picture This Plus 28c
Doubloon with DMC
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. . . MTV Designs
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Clockwise from above: “Lady Maria Teresa Sewing Box & Accessories” $34
charted for 36c linen ~ “My Little Scissor Case” $17 charted for 36c linen
Above: “A Little Primitive
Sewing Set” $17 charted
f o r We e k s l i n e n f o r
overdyed silks & cottons;
set of 3 handmade pins, $8
Above: “A Little Spring Sewing Basket”
charted for 30c Weeks linen with overdyed
cottons; Stitched Tales hand-painted wooden
Threadminder is $9; a set of the pins is ??
Left: “For Giulia Sewing Set” $17 charted
for Weeks 32c linen with Dinky Dyes silks; set
of 3 handmade pins, $8
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Coming at Nashville from . . .
In addition to these two, “Chocolate Harts” and Lesson One in the Serial Bowl Collection of Sampler
Lovers, Paulette will be releasing at Nashville these additional designs, snippets shown below.
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. . . Plum Street Samplers
“Strong in the Lord”
$12, 249 x 110, charted
for Lakeside’s 40c V.
Maple Sugar with both
NPI silks and Gloriana
“Spring Rolls,” 154 x 63, charted for Weeks floss
& fabric, trimmed with chenille, $10 ~ knowing
that it’s the Easter companion to “Halloweenies,”
“Winter Wonderland” & “Turkey Sausage,” we
know that it WILL have weenie dog(s)
“Jack’s Sweet Shoppe-The
Black Cherry Tart” $10,
69 x 65, charted for 36c
Lakeside V. Cedar Plank
with overdyed cottons ~
4.75” tart tins, $5
“Spring Delivery” $12, 172 x 89, charted for 36c Lakeside V.
Sand Dune using Classic Colorworks overdyed cottons, $12
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. . . Black Branch Needlework
Sneak peeks at, clockwise from below left, “Let Virtue be
a Guide to Thee,” a sampler based on an antique
sampler section ~ “Ann Croxen 1833,” a
reproduction of Ann’s sampler that she stitched when
she was 10 on very fine linen with silk threads
Below, a charming design inspired by antique wooden
textile spools, the miniature sampler fits around the
body section of the wooden textile spool and features
an antique button and, for your scissors, a small fob.
The set makes the perfect holder for your vintage
embroidery scissors.
. . . Long Dog Samplers
Left, “The Love of Two Hearts” $20, 153 x
197, and here’s what designer Julia Long
says about the inspiration for this design:
The idea sprang from the inscription on a bird bath
on sale in a local garden centre. It reminded me of
the one my grandparents had in their garden when I
was a child where all the baby starlings used to
gather for a drink in the mornings and to brush
their beaks before they went off to roost at night.
And I think there’s another beauty that I’ve
seen a hint of but it’s wait and see! I left a
space at the right in case I could verify it.
Tune in next issue.
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The Attic’s 2015 Stitch-Along
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For our first month of this SAL, we will begin, of course, at the top.
But first as Joanne recommends, we will baste over 4 threads down
the left side. Then work Bands One through Nine, using Joanne’s
very clear instructions. If you have any questions, please let us know.
The sampler reproduction kit includes 32c linen and 25 hues of DMC floss.
Full directions and illustrations are given for the different embroidery
techniques as found on the original sampler, and those include Cross Stitch
and its many variations, Queen Stitch, Algerian Eye, and accents of Double
Running. If you’ve never embroidered an Examplarery reproduction before,
you will find the pages and pages of stitch diagrams and charting almost as
helpful as having Joanne there instructing you personally. Kit $79
The elegant band format found on the sampler
embroidered by Ann Almy has just been
reproduced and taught at the recent Winterthur
Museum Symposium by Joanne Harvey/The
Examplarer y. From Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation’s textile collection and documented in
Bolton & Coe’s American Samplers, this sampler was
wrought in the “English style” and belongs to the
earliest group of Newport, Rhode Island
samplers worked between the 1720’s through the
late 1760’s. The bold central floral motif,
decorative bands, numerals, dividing bands, and
verses are repeated on other examples found
during this time frame. This important early
design was worked under a still unidentified
instructress.
Ann Almy was the daughter of William
Almy and Elizabeth Cranston born in 1722. She
married Walter Chaloner in Trinity Church on
July 28, 1743. He was commander of Fort
George and then High Sheriff of the British
Colony of Rhode Island. The Chaloners were
loyalists to the English crown and evacuated to
Nova Scotia, Canada as refugees of the American
Revolution. From there they moved to St. Johns,
New Brunswick, where he became Justice of the
Peace. Together they were parents of ten
children. Ann passed away in 1808 in Canada
and is buried in St. Johns.
Joanne is continuing her research on the
Chaloners, so stay tuned for more interesting
historical information! It promises to be very
intriguing!
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Our 2015 Junipine Retreat
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This year’s fantabulous group of retreaters ... from Alabama, Arizona, California, Ohio, Texas & Wisconsin
Creekhouse #11 roommates
Saturday evening get-together for guac(amole)
& wine & other snacks before dinner
A new design from NeedleWorkPress was part
of the “gift package” to retreaters, and Deb
finished hers, below, in record time! The design on
40c fits perfectly into the opening of this beautiful
Priscilla’s Pocket reproduction of an antique box in
the collection of NeedleWorkPress.
Chic flicks are always a
part of this weekend, and
this one was a favorite in
our creekhouse! I highly
recommend it!
Sunday morning breakfast
in the beautifully
remodeled restaurant, a
poignant time when it’s
good-bye for another year!
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. . . being stitched at Junipine this past weekend.
Sandy’s “Snooty Parrots”
by Barbara Ana Designs
Helen’s “Unicorn Wedding Sampler” by The
Samplar Workes/Page Dorsey, an Attic exclusive
design for this stunning multi-stitch sampler worked in
the manner of the 17th Century ~ Helen is stitching
it for she and Mike’s 50th wedding anniversary.
Above, Sandy’s “A Sampler for
My Mother” by Aury TM Designs
Left, Janet’s “Witchy Mouse” by
Just Nan & above, her OOP “Sarah
Seifer” from The Goode Huswife
To commemorate her 10-day bike trip in France,
Melanie stitched this charming ornament for
Sandy, beautifully finished by Beth into a standup with very charming and appropriate charms
extending down on each side.
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Here’s More of What Was . . .
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. . . being stitched at Junipine this past weekend.
Barbara’s “Sarah Hartley 1827” by Historic Stitches ~ I love this
sampler, an Attic shop model that Barbara has said she’s admired
for years, and now she will have it for her sampler wall, too!
Debi’s very beautiful “Ann Bowers
Sampler” from The Examplarery
Renee’s incredible
quilt, she said a
three-year project, is
fi n i s h e d ! I t i s
amazing, Crabapple
Hill Studio’s
“ C a l e n d u l a
Patterdrip’s
Cottage.”
When I’m gone, John cooks
gourmet meals for himself,
like the one pictured at the
left, one of his favorites.
His description:
“medallions of corndog
nestled in a succulent bed
of Easy Mac.”
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Epilogue
At our February Sampler Sunday (photos of the Show & Share
needlework were in our Feb 14 issue) we were pleased to have these
lovely needleworkers visiting from Iowa, clockwise from upper left, Harriet,
Merrilyn, Patty & Marian ~ and Marian is 89 years young and still
stitching, my hero for sure ~ something for each of us to aspire to!
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Right, Janet’s “And They
Sinned” from Examplar
Dames was shared at
Fe b r u a r y ’ s S a m p l e r
Sunday, and I erroneously
reported that it was out of
print. My sincere apologies
for that mistake. It is
indeed still available, and I
have charts on the way! It
is charted for 35c linen
(but choose your own
favorite count) with Gentle
Art Sampler Threads.
Brother Jer and his wife Nancy have officially become snowbirds, renting a home in Gold Canyon for
February, and then back with us in March. They remind us daily of how lucky we are to be living in this
beautiful state! They are enjoying the sunshine, the beauty of the Superstitions and surrounds, and a few night
spots as well! And I am getting thoroughly spoiled having them here. We have wonderfully fun times together!
Sunset in the Superstitions
Enjoying the atmosphere at
San Tan Flats in Queen Creek
Hiking in the Superstitions, with
Weaver’s Needle in the background
Hiking on the Hieroglyphic
Trail in the Superstitions
Participating in the Lost Dutchman
Marathon and associated races
Niece Amy, their daughter,
came for a weekend visit, too!
Enjoying our glorious February!
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