The EmbroideressSaturday, April 21, 2007
Glad and Sad
A very glad day in that I finally made it to a meeting of our local Shelbyville Satellite group of the Cheekwood Chapter of EGA. What a nice welcoming group of ladies and what a super lunch they fed me. The work they are doing is top notch and they have wonderful projects in hand for the rest of the year. I am really glad to have a local group to stitch with. That was difficult in Los Angeles.
A sad day because I've had to withdraw from the NCCSS2007 show at Rockome in June. I had high hopes for the show when I heard the new owners had decided to go ahead this year. It was always a wonderful experience and had a lovely character of its own. But, as often happens in life, change occurs and the new management folks have a different vision of the show than that to which we were all accustomed. My customers seem not to be ready for these changes and I guess I'm an old stick-in-the-mud as well. I always believe "if it ain't broke, don't smash it just so you can try to fix it." Ah well, I have lovely memories of Rockome past and my friendships from those shows will continue forever.
I will be completing the kits of the reproduction sampler I was going to teach and it will be offered for sale at my online catalog. We had planned a fun evening event, a Teddy Bear Picnic, but believe me - I've not abandoned those ideas. Libby and I will be hosting it somewhere else in the future.
If anyone needs information regarding the show, Butch Phillips will be happy to help.
A sad day because I've had to withdraw from the NCCSS2007 show at Rockome in June. I had high hopes for the show when I heard the new owners had decided to go ahead this year. It was always a wonderful experience and had a lovely character of its own. But, as often happens in life, change occurs and the new management folks have a different vision of the show than that to which we were all accustomed. My customers seem not to be ready for these changes and I guess I'm an old stick-in-the-mud as well. I always believe "if it ain't broke, don't smash it just so you can try to fix it." Ah well, I have lovely memories of Rockome past and my friendships from those shows will continue forever.
I will be completing the kits of the reproduction sampler I was going to teach and it will be offered for sale at my online catalog. We had planned a fun evening event, a Teddy Bear Picnic, but believe me - I've not abandoned those ideas. Libby and I will be hosting it somewhere else in the future.
If anyone needs information regarding the show, Butch Phillips will be happy to help.
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that s**ks - it had soooooo much potential - ah well just have to start your own event. I'm sure it will be so much better.
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Tuesday, March 06, 2007
What Have I Been Doing???
Working jolly hard, thank you very much. I stopped the world and put the National Counted Cross Stitch Show NCCSS 2007 online so folks could read about all the events, classes, etc. and tell their closest 100 friends and guild buddies to get registered and come to Rockome in June.
Labels: National Counted Cross Stitch Show, NCCSS, Rockome
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Friday, March 02, 2007
Rockome - NCCSS 2007
The National Counted Cross Stitch Show is back after a 2 year absence which occurred when Rockome Gardens were sold and the new owners were not interested in sponsoring the show. So save June 15-24 for a visit to Arcola, Illinois.
The show is once more offering a judged competition for stitchers, a marketplace and needlework classes as well as entertaining country evenings.
I'll have a booth in the exhibit hall as well as teaching classes and co-sponsoring a country evening.
On June 15, I'll be teaching a reproduction sampler. I'll have the original in class along with all the family memorabelia I bought with the sampler. The class kit is one of a limited 250 and will include Dublin linen, a silks pack by Dinky Dyes and copies of all of the bits and pieces of ephemera tucked into Sally Watson's Book of Common Prayer.
Rockome Gardens seems not to be dedicating an extensive website presence to the stitching show as the previous owners, the Yoders, used to provide - so I will soon have information about my classes on my website as well as a schedule of the classes and country evenings offered.
On June 18th I will be teaching a full day class Exploring Or Nue. Lots of digital slides about the history of this technique and its place in the aesthetic of its time. We will practice different methods of producing the dimensional appearing designs found in Or Nue by couching gilt passing thread using silk gauze as a ground fabric. Then we will apply those methods to create a small blossom.
On June 19th I will be teaching a full day class Beginning Goldwork. We will explore the basics of embroidering with metal "threads" and the kit includes several types of gilt threads and ground fabric for creating a sampler. Students will leave confident in chipwork, three types of couching, padding up with felt and string and laying purls.
When you are tired of stitching or shopping join us at A Teddy Bear Picnic on the evening of June 23. As well as booking the event, you will need to bring along your favorite doll, teddy or cuddly toy to gain admission. Special contests and prizes, lots of door prizes, and a teddy bear sampler kit to take home -- Dinner is included.
For a showbook or other inquiries: National Counted Cross Stitch Show, c/o Rockome Gardens, 125 N CR 425 E, Arcola, IL 61910
Labels: Goldwork, NCCSS, Rockome, Sampler
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