Additional Box Designs for Upcoming Finishing classes

These images are additional choices to the "State Pride" artwork series previous posted to my blog. You may choose any of these general patriotic images for your box. If no selection is made, your box will have the United States of America with Washington & Lincoln which is pictured in the center of the bottom row.

Box artwork for Houston and Metropolitan Region

I'm posting the state art designs that are available for the boxes to be lined in my upcoming classes in Houston TX in March and at the Metropolitan Region Seminar in April. Students should view the box designs and make their selections. Each class will notify me in a different way, so just follow instructions in the email. Let me know if you need additional information.

2010 - 2011 Teaching Schedule

I know it's been over a year since I posted on my blog. I have no excuses. Just returned from teaching the final Madeira class in Dallas, Texas. That project will be published for the retail market in February 2010.



I have the following dates on my teaching schedule so far:

March 6 & 7, 2010 "The Finer Points of Finishing Notebook: The Basics" for the Houston Embroiderer's Guild Satellite.

April 9 - 11, 2010 "More Finer Points of Finishing: Primitive Patriotic Sewing Set" for Salty Yarns in Ocean City, MD

March 8-9, 2011 "The Little Sewing Box" for Dallas Textile and Needlearts Guild in Dallas, TX

April 8-10, 2011 "More Finer Points of Finishing: Primitive Patriotic Sewing Set" for Metropolitan Region EGA Seminar in New Jersey



I am reworking the Finer Point of Finishing Notebook to offer the complete technique notebook (formerly Parts I and II) as the first class called "The Basics". The class will continue to feature the basic techniques and materials covered in the original Part I, but will include the text for Part II. All future Finishing Notebook classes will be "More Finer Points of Finishing: ?????" with whichever set project the group chooses (sets will be customized for the booking group).



Please contact me via email for full class descriptions, options and photos. Hope to update the blog with photos soon.

The Martha Sewing Basket Collection

I'm still not sure how to get pictures arranged like I want in this blog, so we'll have to muddle through. The picture in this post is the inside of the huswif. The remaining pictures appear in the 1st post, which is below this one. Email me if you have questions. I do have a limited number of quilt fabric kits in the Old Virginia Calicos line to make the three pieces of the set. There are 3 colorways. Email me for a pdf file of the choices.

Greetings from St. Charles, MO and the Fall Needlework Market. I'm posting pictures of the Martha basket liner and huswif, which coordinate with the Martha pocket that was designed earlier in the year. Your local needlework shops should easily be able to obtain the charts from Norden Crafts (they're going home with a box of them tomorrow). Each piece has a separate chartpack. The basket has two options for the liner, one with a patchwork band and one with a stitched alphabet band.

Shakespeare's Garden Sweet Bag

I have a new teaching piece that will debut at A Stitcher's Gathering in Phoenix next week. Lots of stitches and simple finishing, but with lots of tassels. It's on Bittersweet linen by Lakeside, what a beautiful color! Quotes relating to flowers and gardens from the plays of Shakespeare on the back.

Madeira Tin Sewing Set Teaching Schedule

I have posted photos of the Madeira Tin project previously as I prepared to teach it for the Magnolia Sampler Guild in metro Atlanta. I have had several emails asking if I am teaching this again. My schedule for this class follows:
June 2 at Attic Needlework in the Phoenix, AZ area
October 17 & 18, 2008 at the "Fall Fling" held at Sea Mist Resort in Myrtle Beach, SC (for more details and registration information, go to www.crossstitchpals.com/convention.html) Click on 2008 Class Info.
September 2009 for the Tudor Rose Sampler Guild in the Dallas/Ft Worth/TX area.