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Where Samplers Rule

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THE ATTIC Issue No. 12-29

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2012 September 14 www.atticneedlework.com

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September Co-Samplers of the Month

As our Co-Sampler of the month, save 15% on your purchase of the kit ($204) for this exquisite sampler reproduction, kitted with the finest of materials: Au Ver A’Soie silk and 35c linen. Stitches used include cross, cross over one, and queen stitch, another favorite!

“Anne Maria Clarke” from The Essamplaire

aka The Richmond Sampler

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As our Co-Sampler of the month, save 15% on your purchase of two of the following during September:1) “Lucy Redd ” chart $202) Lakeside linen (40c w/2-inch margins = $25) 3) overdyed silks $84 OR Au Ver A’Soie $51.60 OR NPI $48

(Please note: These prices reflect 1 skein each as there are no multiple skein requirements listed in the chart.)

Specialty stitches include the Algerian eyelet and my favorite, the rice stitch. If you visit our shop, you will see Lucy’s beautiful sampler as the cornerstone of our front display featuring a Homespun Elegance trunk show!

Above, “Lucy Redd” from Homespun Elegance

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A former teaching piece, I am thrilled that this beautiful reproduction is now available to all. I love the diverse border and the history reflected in this sampler. Currently in the collection of Richmond’s Valentine Museum, the “invitation to Lafayette” obviously intrigued other sampler lovers as well and resulted in a conservator’s report by Susan Adler while a student in the Winterthur/University of Delaware Graduate Program in Art Conservation. I found some fascinating research about Anne Maria and her sampler in Valerie’s blog here including her gravemarker, as well as great insight into Lafayette’s relationship with George Washington.

From the chart: “This beautiful sampler is a stitched history of the Redd-Goulding-Broaddus families. All of these families were located within 50 miles of the Fredericksburg, Virginia area. It was begun by Lucy Redd sometime in the early 1800’s. The year 1797, which is on the sampler, was her birthday. We believe several generations were involved in the stitching. The initials and names on the sampler are of people in the family.”

More About Our Co-Samplers of the Month

Above & below, the verse(s) that span the top of Anne Maria’s sampler



http://samplerstitches.blogspot.com/2011/05/examination-of-anne-maria-clarkes.html

http://samplerstitches.blogspot.com/2011/05/examination-of-anne-maria-clarkes.html

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Merry Cox November 2012As an Attic Addicts Club member, during September save 15% on the following items:

• Essamplaire Charts & Kits + Homespun Elegance Charts

• Overdyed Silk Threads• Lakeside Linens, In-Stock Custom Cuts

September

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.

We still have some BCRF cookbooks left.

Our weekend of workshops with Merry Cox is scheduled for Thursday ~ Sunday, November 8-11. Each workshop runs from 9 - 4 p.m., with lunch included. All workshops will be held at Mesa’s Hyatt Place, where there is a room block being held under “Attic Needlework” with a $99 King or $104 Queen/Queen option. Phone 1.888.HYATT HP. You may go to Merry’s Web site for more information about these projects, and many more of her incredible designs: http://www.frommerrysheart.com/

Saturday, October 6, 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’s Tulip needlebook design, and the $30 fee includes her expert instruction + all project materials

Clockwise from above left: Sweet Little Blossoms Saturday’s workshop from 9 - 4 p.m. includes the lovely Shaker box. Workshop Fee, $200 ~ Le Nouveau Palais Royal, what some consider Merry’s pièce de résistance, will be taught Thursday AND Sunday. Kit includes beautiful box & sweet scissors. Workshop Fee, $275

Above, So Dear to Thy Heart, Merry’s 2011 Williamsburg project, includes the beautiful box shown.

Unicorn Wedding Sampler Stitch-Along ~ Further instructions for this exquisite heirloom will be published in a future newsletter edition.

We’re also planning another event at Hyatt Place Mesa on Martin Luther King Weekend, The Attic’s 2013 Sampler Symposium, Friday, January 18 ~ Sunday, January 20 (with a possible additional separate class on Monday, January 21) Faculty: Lorraine Mootz, Celle, Germany, co-author of Samplers and Designs: Three Centuries of European Samplers, Sherri Jones/Patrick’s Woods, and more; more details to follow in a future newsletter as soon as available.

The Attic’s 2013 Sampler Symposium

Saturday, September 15, Baltimore Market Day! The doors open at 9 AM for our Attic Addict members and at 10 for the general public ~ be there or be square and see all that’s new and exciting in our world!

Saturday night, November 17, 6 - 8 p.m., our 15th annual Silent Auction for Breast Cancer Research! Each year the handmade donations raise thousands of dollars for research. All proceeds are donated to BCRF ~ to read about this A+-rated organization, go to their Website

Sunday, September 16, Sampler Sunday, 1-4:00. If everyone shops BIG at the Market Day, we can have the classroom tables empty for September’s Sampler Sunday! Too optimistic? We’ll see. Call/e-mail to register. Fee $10

Saturday, Sept 22, Welcome Autumn Stitch-In, 10:30 - ?? And a warm welcome to Shannon and her mother, who are coming all the way from Clarksville, TN, to shop at The Attic, and emailed and requested to join any gathering/class we were having on 9/22! So ... what a great reason to hold a stitch-in! Lunch will be served, so please register. Fee $10



http://www.frommerrysheart.com




http://www.bcrfcure.org/

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Beautiful New Kits from The Purple Thread

Below from the left: “Bittersweet Strawberry” $18, second in a series inspired by one of autumn’s beauties, bittersweet berries, this fat strawberry makes a great cupboard hanger; kit: linen, thread, pattern, felt, ribbon, and needle ~ “Winter Violets” $19, a scissor pocket that combines favorite flowers and colors to keep your best scissors; kit: pattern, linen, fabric for the pocket divide, ribbon, floss, needle, and button ~ “I Am Every Woman $26, a pincushion inspired by the great women in all of our lives; kit: pattern, linen, needle, thread, chenille, floss, and 4 charming hand-dyed buttons created exclusively for this project.

Above from the left: “Christmas Treasure Bag” $23. Treasures are special at every Christmas, and this bag is to hold your most precious. This project can be a quick-stitch ornament or a perfect handmade gift bag; kit includes the bag, floss, linen, liner fabric, beads, needle, and buttons ~ “USA Vote” $13. Charted for both “USA” and “Vote,” tis the year of the Olympics and a major election. This little fob is to remind us of our pride and patriotism; kit: linen, floss, penny, button, needle, and ribbon ~ “Gabrielle’s Needlebook $21, a lovely companion piece to the spring release, “Inspiration Scissor Fo,” all a tribute to Coco Chanel! The tiny glass button closure is a special treat; kit: pattern, linen, silk, wool, ribbon, floss, needle, beads, and button.

Left, “September Apples” $22, a beautifulreminder inspired by one of the designer’s favorite memories, making applesauce with her mother and daughter., a perfect quick fall project; kit: linen, thread, fabric, pattern, lace, and needle.Right, “Jingle Bell Box” $46, a very useful box containing all you need to make your holiday needlebook, scissor fob, and pincushion. Enjoy stitching it during the season and displaying each December. This complete kit is packaged in a display box!



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New from JBW Designs

Above and below, “Christmas Doves I” and “II” $5 each, both shown stitched over 2 and over 1

Shown on this page, photographs taken in Judy’s Baltimore booth as well as some chart photos. Top row from above: “Petite French Stockings” $5 (framed models above are stitched over one) ~ “Joy” $5, shown with a ribbon-ruched edge as well as a beaded edge

Right, new earlier this year, but new in Judy’s booth stitched over 1 and, as she suggested, per sonal ized with n a m e a n d d a t e , wouldn’t it be an a d o r a b l e b i r t h a n n o u n c e m e n t /sampler?

Left, “Gingerbread Cookies” $5 (red polka-dot aprons, adult & youth sizes, also available & make wonderful gifts) ~ below, “ABC’s & Christmas Trees” $10



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Special Treats in Baltimore

From Summer House Stitche Workes, the releases available thus far in Beth’s beautiful “Calico Sampler Series,” each row comes as a chart for $6. See page 9 for Carol’s wonderful “Noel” using Beth’s charts in this series.

Left, beautiful, glorious new 12-ply Tudor Silk, Gloriana’s new fine 120/2 silk released at the Baltimore Market in 19 introductory colors (more coming in the future), available in 5-yard skeins, $5.25/skein in the following colors: Antique Black, Autumn Arbor, Bellagio Red, Birch Brown, Cabernet, Candy Apple Red, Cinnamon, Flowers of Italy, French Blue, French Blue Light, Golden Squash, Halloween Green, Hazelnut Dark, Italian Gold, Olivine, Pine Barrens, Soft White, Spanish Moss & Tangerine. Because of some vision problems, I haven’t been able to try this new silk yet. I’m told it’s wonderful over 1 on 40 & 45c and may be plied for over 2 on 36 & 40c, although I personally prefer not to ply silk. That’s why I stitch with silk in the first place, so no plying is necessary! Can’t wait for my new eyes to try it out!

This stunning over-one version of Ink Circles’ “Cirque des Cercles” $16 was on display in Tracy’s suite in Baltimore ~ I’d give credit to the stitcher but wasn’t able to learn whose it was. This is one of many reasons why I enjoy going to a needlework market: there are always wonderful surprises around every corner.



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Above: “Baby, Baby” $10 w/embellishments, a chartpack with both boy & girl verions as well as a “First Christmas” ornament & a Tooth Fairy design!!!

New from Cherrywood Design Studios

Left “Pincushion” $8, perfect to make into a pillow or pincushion or frame it (the JABCO kit is available for the pillow/pincushion for both the Strawberry and Acorn for $ )

“Let us Build” $8, shown in 3 clever finishes!

Above, “Stitch the Flowers” $8 shown with 3 different finishes!

Above, a collaboration between Cherrywood & Ink Circles, 2 charts to complete this Baltimore album quilt style sampler, “Booltimore,” $8 for each half and, left, a limited edition with a JABCO stacked bat button, “Booltimore Bonus” $10, only available in this kit




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Also From Ink Circles

Left, finally, another, the fourth in Tracy’s Cirque Series following Cercles, Triangles & Carreaux, “Cirque des Coeurs (Hearts) $16, 247 x 185, perfect for your favorite overdye ~ and, below, “Litt le Al ien Schoolgirl” $18, a great demonstration of Tracy’s sense of humor and an illustration that she designs and stitches what intrigues her and if you, too, choose to stitch it, that’s wonderful! She describes this as “a reproduction of Roswell time capsule artifact from a future colonial mission,” in case you were wondering “what a schoolgirl sampler might look like made by a young girl on an alien planet at some time in the future.

Left, “Holiday Magick” $4 that Tracy explains was inspired by “an old alchemical treatise that provided a squiggly glyph with the text instructing a person to embroider it in red silk on the garment worn closest to the heart to protect the wearer from evil spirits.”

Right, ornaments made from the 2-part chart, the combined efforts with Cherrywood shown on page 7.



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Above, complimentary design from Summer House

Above, I photographed Beth’s “Calico Sampler” in her booth ~ and Calico Sampler Part 5 is now available, $6

Clockwise from above: Beth’s mixed media that she calls “Sonnet” was inspired by Shakespeare’s famous Sonnet #116; the chartpack includes charts + instructions for 3 projects: the framed sampler, charted in dusty pinks but easy to change to your favorite palette using 4 shades, the pincushion, AND the mixed media piece, with the border stitched on perforated paper & the sonnet is cut from the chart ~ “Soil & Sand” $8, with instructions included for the charming needlebook ~ Carol’s beautiful “Noel” that she stitched from the “Calico Sampler” charts on sparkling opalescent fabric ~ and “Indian Summer” $12 w/the center sun charm included

From Summer House Stitche Workes



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Clockwise from above: “Nostalgia VII” $8, a series celebrating sampler motifs ~ “Arise, My Soul” $12, a lovely verse in a design that demonstrates the lovely use of overdyed colors in both linen and thread ~ “Acorn Forest” $14 features Autumnal colors, deer and acorns and even an Emily Jane Bronte verse about that lovely season: “Fall, leaves, fall; die flowers away; Lengthen night and shorten day; Every leaf speaks bliss to me; Fluttering from the autumn tree” ~ “Weeping Willow Welcome” $14 began with the lovely weeping willow tree motif and grew into a sampler ~ “Holly Berries Stocking” $18, a stunning seasonal decoration ~ “Four Corners” $16 with colors reminiscent of colors the designer imagines are present in the Four Corners region of our great USA where Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah all come together

From Rosewood Manor



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Clockwise from above: 2 from Threadwork Primitives, “Peace Be Upon Us” $10 and “Folksy Ditty Bag” $10 ~ Glitter Gulch Needlework’s “Autumn Harvest” ~ and 2 from Kit & Bixby, “Morning Star Cottage” & “Love Begins at Home,” both $9

And Even More Great Stuff !

Top row from above: 4 from Elizabeth’s Needlework Designs: “Antique Bird Sampler” $9 ~ “Christmas Spirit Sampler” $9 ~ “A Witch & Her Cat” $13, with floss & adorable cat charm ~ and “F is for Forest” $4, 50 x 50, a great ornament size



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And Even More!

Homespun Elegance’s “Scenes of Summer” $8.50 and “Sampler Stitcher” $8

4 new from C a r r i a g e H o u s e Samplings e a c h $ 1 0 : “Ode to the Newspaper” ~ “Lincoln” ~ “Pantaloons” ~ “Cat Eyes”

Left, 2 from Liz Mathews Studio, each $36, vintage-inspired collages printed on fabric that you embellish with your embroidery: “The Caged Bird” comes with the metal key embellishment and has a piece of lovely old ledger paper as its backdrop and “Swan Lake” with its muted pink, gold, and aqua tones that create a sweet and tranquil design



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And Still More New in Our Attic

Clockwise from above left: Beehive Needleworks’ “Fiona Pettiwood Needle Roll-Up” $11 ~ Abby Rose Designs’ “Ann Merchant 1838” $16, a reproduction sampler with a charming verse: “My Father my Mother I know I cannot your kindness repay But I hope that as older I grow, I shall learn your commands to obey” ~ The Trilogy’s “Happy Chirp Chirp Day” $7.50 w/charms ~ 2 from Bent Creek, “Pumpkin + White” $7.50 w/button and “Halloween Arches” $11.50 w/buttons ~ Cross-Point Designs’ “Season of Love” $9



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Evelyn’s “Christmas Quaker” $24 by Stickideen von der Wiehenburg

Clockwise from below left: 3 of Brenda’s, Homespun Elegance’s “Joy,” which we have as a shop model, one of my favorites ~ “Ding Dong Merrily on High” $6, an ornament from Little House Needleworks ~ Shepherd’s Bush’s “Land that I Love” $30 kit, right, on 18c linen also comes with flags for France, Great Britain & Australia

August’s Sampler Sunday

June’s “Joy to Ewe” $20 kit w/32c V. Meadow Rue + Belle Soie from Chessie & Me

Tedra’s “How Great the Blessing,” a beautiful teaching piece from Catherine Theron

Jean C’s ”Forget me Not” $8, a long-time favorite from The Drawn Thread

It was a month ago that these wonderful projects were shared at Sampler Sunday ~ and I am finally getting them in a newsletter!



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Sheri’s almost-done “Autumn at Hawk Run Hollow” $36 from Carriage House ~ one more square to go, as of a month ago. It’s ready for framing now!

More from August’s Sampler Sunday

Left, Deb W’s “Santa’s Workshop” $12, a J i m S h o r e publication. I love the f rame that Sandy chose for this piece, which so perfectly reflects the wooden workbench that Santa is using! It was great that this was finished and framed for Deb to show & share ~ she h a d n ’ t q u i t e c o m p l e t e d t h e “assignment” on the “Katy Horn” stitch-along, shown on the next page.

Left , Angelica’s “Elizabeth J M Mears” $22 from Q u e e n s t o w n S a m p l e r Designs ~ great progress on this l a rg e s a m p l e r, w i t h i t s v e r y imposing building!



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More from August’s Sampler Sunday

Deb W’s “Katy Horn” f r o m C a r r i a g e House Samplings

Tamami’s “Katy Horn” and, below, her “Merry Christmas to Ewe” $10 from With Thy Needle & Thread

Janet’s “Katy Horn” and, below, her “Ravens & Pumpkins & Cats, Oh My!” $9 from Carriage House Samplings

Above, Terri’s “Mary Wigham” after only 38 days of stitching! But that was a month ago ... perhaps we’ll see it finished on Sunday!

No recordation on my “cheat sheet” as to who is stitching this thimble purse.

Barbara’s “Thine is the Trick and the Treat” $14 by Prairie Moon ~ a very popular design, as is its companion piece, “No Mine is The Trick and Treat, $14, shown on the right



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Did you know . . .. . . that if you stitch in hand, an important trick for avoiding soiling your work is to roll your work with the right side in? Peggy came in the shop yesterday with a recently completed piece and asked about how to avoid soiling of the linen while stitching. Rolling it with the right side to the inside avoids direct contact with your work. When you store your work, you should always fold your linen with the right side to the inside as well, for the very same reasons.

Miscellaneous

Just in this week - $9.99

. . . is Rhonda’s “Quaker Virtues” $14 from ByGone Stitches, 400w x 320h, a stunning design in whatever l inen+si lk overdye combination you choose

Fresh from Sandy’s Studio . . .

Updated information: Shipment from the UK is now expected to be the end of this month, so we all have to wait till early October to drool over this one!

A FINAL NOTE ABOUT BACK ORDERSThere is a benefit to having more than one project that you’re working on. Back orders are the bane of our existence, and right now they are seriously interfering with our ability to complete some of your orders for:* the Mary Bunce Sampler * the Anne Lansac Sampler* and even the Essamplaire kits for this

month’s Sampler of the Month ~ they are waiting for silk so they can ship our kits

We truly appreciate your patience and understanding. It is as frustrating for us as it is for you, believe me.



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