201 WHIRLYGIG
TERRY DRYDEN
Canvas (Intermediate to Advanced Intermediate)
Design Size: 10” x 10”
Kit Cost: $89

“Whirlygig” is swirling with lots of color and pattern and includes 10 over dyed silk and cotton threads among the 17 threads used in the design. You’ll have fun stitching a variety of “small stitches” in one color combination, then be surprised at the results when you rearrange colors and stitch them again. Each stitching area has compensating stitches and you will be a compensation expert when you’re done. The finished project is adaptable to many uses. The large center button is included in your kit.

Kit includes: 18 count eggshell canvas; Splendor, Gloriana, Waterlilies, Soie Cristale, J.L. Walsh and Gumnut silks; Watercolours; Needle Necessities Over dyed Floss; DMC flosses and perles; large button; instructions, and graphs. Student brings: 2 pairs 15” stretcher bars; tacks or stapler; frame or frame weights; laying tool; Tapestry needles #20 and 22; light if needed, and usual stitching supplies. No prework required.

202 THREE SUMMER THISTLES
KATHY FENCHEL
Stump Work/Needlepoint (Intermediate)
Design Size: 5” x 5”
Kit Cost: $45

Class is closed.

The focal point of “Three Summer Thistles” is the silk stump work thistles. Both flowers and stems are stitched in traditional stump work techniques. The leaves are standard needlepoint stitches. A whimsical three dimensional dragonfly hovers over the flowers. Crawling up the inside of the circle is a tiny inchworm stitched in Casalguidi stitch. The 3-inch circle that surrounds the center motif is simple surface stitching. The background is a laid needlepoint trellis variation. A layered herringbone stitch using four different sized threads has created the border.

Kit includes: Line drawn ecru Congress cloth; over dyed silk; Kreinik metallic; floss; perle cotton; fabric; wire; beads, needles, booklet with color photos, diagram and charts.

Student provides: 9”x 9” stretcher bars; tacks or stapler; frame or frame weights; 3” embroidery hoop, and regular stitching supplies. No prework required.

203 BERLIN THE CAT
DAKOTA ROGERS
Canvas (Intermediate)
Design Size: 5” X 9”
Kit Cost: $55

Named for Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, this intermediate “Pandora Class” is stitched on 24 count white Congress cloth using a variety of cotton, silk and metallic threads and numerous different stitches. Lots of white and silver are used in this design. As the third in a series of Pandora Classes, we will be “lifting the lid from the box” and exploring possibilities. Although the stitches are covered in class, students are encouraged to use creativity when placing them. No two cats will be exactly the same as the one pictured.

Kit includes: Canvas; Watercolours; Elegance; Grandeur; Patina; Tiara; Faux Fur; floss; Kreinik braid, and instructions with color picture and graph.

Student provides: 10” x 14” stretcher bars; tacks or stapler; frame or frame weights; light/magnification if needed, and the usual stitching supplies. Favorite books of stitches would be helpful and are recommended. No prework required.

204 DESERT & MOUNTAIN BOX
CAROLYN SHERMAN
Beading (Basic to Intermediate)
Design Size: 2 1/2” square box
Kit Cost: $45

Class is closed.

Learn the very basics of the Ndebele (herringbone) stitch as a shaded mountain landscape is stitched with Delica beads for the sides of a 2 1/2” box. The landscape is embellished with tiny wildflowers using several techniques. The lid depicts the desert with sand and a flowering yucca plant in peyote stitch. Hummingbird and ladybug beads add a finishing touch. The lid band is a cactus scene worked in brick stitch. A quick and easy box lining will be completed in class. This is an excellent class for the novice to learn some exciting new beading techniques.

Kit includes: paper mache’ box; beads; fabric; felt; needles; threads; instructions, and complete graphs.

Student provides: small embroidery scissors and paper scissors; beeswax; bottle of white correction fluid; pen or pencil; beading dish or velux placemat; light/magnification if needed, and the usual stitching supplies. No prework required.

205 FLIGHT FROM SUZHOU
KAY STANIS
Silk Embroidery on Sheer Fabric (Intermediate)
Design Size: 5” x 7”
Kit Cost: $42 (includes frame)

With the lovely embroideries of China as our guide, we will pursue the art of working gossamer flights of butterflies on silk organza. Travel through slides to the Suzhou Embroidery Research Institute to see the secluded gardens and workshop rooms. Learn from actual samples of fabrics, threads and embroideries produced and collected in Suzhou. Samples of other Chinese embroideries will be available for discussion and students are encouraged to bring their own Chinese embroidery treasures to share with the class. We will explore the world of Chinese symbolism and stitch a flight of butterflies in stranded silk. Shading will be the key to embroidering them and there will be an opportunity to study double sided work.  Students will be encouraged to use their own ideas for some color and stitch interpretations.

Kit includes: silk organza fabric; 30 skeins Eterna silk; stretcher bars; tacks; lacing thread; needles; color copy, and instruction booklet. Student provides: frame or frame weight; laying tool (tekobari recommended); light/magnification, and usual stitching supplies. Small tweezers and set of frame magnets recommended. No prework required.

206 MISS HANNAH’S HOUSE
CAROLYN WEBB
Needlework on Linen (Basic to Intermediate)
Design Size: Varies
Kit Cost: $85

Class is closed.

Miss Hannah Swan was a teacher from Charleston who taught in Massachusetts. None of her students’ samplers have been found. The house and toys use stitches from period samplers including marking, Smyrna, queen, Irish, long arm, blanket, satin, and rice. The roof features two alphabets and a verse. Animals, trees, Miss Hannah, and two of her students are stitched on the house. The alphabet book contains folded paper alphabets and designs. The personalized pin ball includes glass-headed pins. The appleshaped tape measure has a ribbon leaf tape pull and the painted wooden needle case mimics a pencil students would have used.

Kit contains: linen; silks; tape measure; wooden needle case; glass headed pins; thimble charm; needles; all materials to finish the pieces, and instructions with charts and complete directions.

Student provides: stretcher bars; tacks or stapler; light and/or magnification if needed, and the usual stitching supplies. No prework required.