Interwoven Expressions Exhibit & Sale

Alexander brought home a brochure [from school] on this textile exhibit & sale. The photographs in this post were on their web site. More Information, pictures & map HERE


WHEN??? Sat., Oct 20, 9am-3pm
WHERE???Valparaiso, Indiana
Per Web Site: Originally an annual sale of the Duneland Weavers Guild of Northwest Indiana, the exhibit and sale has matured into an independent premier midwest juried forum for creative fiber expression. The weavers of northwest Indiana are now joined by fiber artists from distances of Detroit, Kalamazoo, Indianapolis, and Lafayette. Here you will find original textiles and works in fiber, featuring handcrafted garments, baskets, books, holiday treasures, as well as rugs, pillows and other interior furnishings. For more information contact Lu Terock at terockL at aol dot com, 219.762.7748

WIP

sigh, not much more to share. This cold is one of the worst I've ever had. At the end of the day, I'm without energy to stitch!! Perhaps tomorrow will be a better day.

Because of this for-krap cold, I had my son hand carry my Mom's gift to her. I stayed in the car -- my Mom's birthday is Friday. I gave her the Soweth Sampler which I finished up in June or July. She called & said she liked it. Go me : )

Thx to Melody & Elaine who have a bag of stash for me. I am grateful.

WIP - Sew w/Kindness

Thx for the comments & get well wishes! I'm not 100%, yet.

Stitching with a headcold

Sew With KindnessFreebie, c.1997 - Mary Garry
I'm using over-dye [GAST] and cotton floss [DMC] on 25-count raw linen. Won't she look better with eyes & hair .... LOL. Her skirt has little motifs of hearts, scissors, cabin. More soon -- I just knew I'd come down with this cold. I could feel it coming on ... DH told me once I was over the fever, I'd feel much better. Yeah, right. Everything just hurts. The only thing that sounds good is taking a nap.

Stitching by Alexander

Wee WoolyCecilia Turner, c.1995 Heart in Hand Needleart

Alexander [youngest son] stitched this a couple years ago. He used DMC cotton floss on aida cloth. He selected a Mill Hill crystal heart & braided the lamb's collar. We made cording. Together, we started to complete the finishing -- and, it got 'lost' in Alex's room. Last night, I added the cord + lamb button.

Quilt Show in Crown Point, Indiana

Heritage Quilters will have their show:

Saturday, October 6, 2007 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday, October 7, 2007 11 am - 4 pm

Timothy Ball School
720 West Summit St.
Crown Point, IN. 46307

Mark your calendars now : )

Nick's progress

Clox Sampler

One evening, while flipping thru some SAN-Q magazines, I came accross an article by Eileen Bennett on 'clox' and samplers. on page 30, I saw a photo of the blue clox sampler (courtesy Minnesota Historical Society) ... which looked kinda familiar to me. I pulled out my NeedleArts magazine, sure enough, there was a blue clox sampler for sale from the St Paul Needleworkers chapter of EGA.

Here is a picture from their web site:
Wouldn't you like to stitch it, too?

Near the end of the article, SANQ Spring 2003, the author made mention of clox patterns being available in knitted pattern books (or should I say books of patterns for knitting?). Guess what? I own one. And, now that I've read the article, recognize the clox patterns in the book I have by Carola Forg called Traditional Motifs for Needlework and Knittingc.1985 ISBN: 0-937274-65-8. Is that kewl or what???

Never mind, I'd love to get my hands on the Samplers of the Pennsylvania Germans book by Tandy + Charles Hersh. Anybody have a spare $300-$450 for a used copy??? Yikes.

-------------- also .... I forgot to add a link to my post re. EGA seminar. The class pieces on display for GLR are for a seminar they will be hosting. This is a link to the GLR -- which has an area for you to pop over to the class photos & registration info. Look HERE to find Threads of Friendship, 2008 stuff.