A November Class

Janis of Noteworthy Needle has some very cute and unique projects. On Saturday she taught two of her designs to my guild.  In the morning session we worked on A Stitcher's Chest. A hand painted box that will boast  a stitched top, a needle book, Altoid tin bees wax holder with stitched top, pin mattress, and scissor fob. After reviewing the stitches, we went over the finishing to include making twisted cord, making tassels, finishing from the outside, (whipping back stitched pieces together), and attaching stitched pieces to non-fabric objects.

My Stitcher's Chest waiting to be dressed.

My finished scissor fob

Janis's Stitched Models

The afternoon session, covered the stitching and finishing of My Secret Garden.The Garden is constructed with  two 4-sided biscornu. The outside of the fitted biscornu showcase the garden fence and vines. Open the biscornu and the Garden is revealed. The finishing of this piece will be a challenge.

One half of Janis's Secret Garden 

Let the stitching begin.

Thanks for stopping by,

Gwen

Buttons and Pins

I was fortunate to be able to made my annual trip to Arizona to attend A Stitcher's Gathering.This year's project was A Lovely Garden, A Lovely Life.  The bee skep was the pre-stitching for the class. It is the the lid cover for my mini Shaker Box. The mini box is destined to be a Button box, for now it is holding some charms that I plan to use somewhere on another part of the project. the other pieces of the project are a Shaker Sewing Box, needle book and a Victorian Pin Ball. The pinball was my first attempt at English paper piecing. We used 3/4 inch pentagons to construct the pinball. The templates from Paper Pieces made the piecing easy.

Civil War Needlebook Kit

Threadwork Primitives

I have made some more progress on this, but don't have a current picture. I only have a few more days if I am to have this done before the Fourth. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Gwen

Needlework Weekend

I traveled to Atlanta on Thursday for my class with Ellen. Friday was my class 'Long May She Wave', a small needlebook featuring the American flag as the cover. Each stripe is a different stitch and you have the option of working a 13 star or 50 star flag. Did you know that you can make a perfect 5-pointed star with 1 snip of the scissor? Check out this link 5-pointed star.

By evening my friends had all arrived. After dinner we gathered in one room to talk and have show and tell. Soo.. many projects, soo... little time. After breakfast on Saturday we attended the second class 'A Needleworker's Sampler Huswif'. This sampler gives you the option of finishing it as a sampler to be framed or a Huswif. The colors are wonderful. Ellen is a great teacher and kept us on task, informed and entertained during class.

I enjoyed both classes, seeing my friends again, and making new friends. The weekend was over way to soon.