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2008

Libby Sturdy

October 16-19, 2008 Libby Sturdy’s Lecture and Workshops Lecture: Thursday, October 16, 2008 - Free to All Santas Lecture    Thursday, October 16, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Libby will be our guest lecturer at the Evening Needlepoint SIG meeting.  The lecture is titled Santas and is open to all our members.  Please sign up if you are attending.  This lecture is free to guild members so plan on attending! 4 Patch Santa Sampler      Friday, October 17 Libby will be teaching 4 Patch Santa Sampler that may be finished as one piece or separate ornaments.  She will concentrate on the face and hair (beards, hair and mustaches).  If time allows, she will spend time on the wonderful colored coats. Kit fee: $135 for the canvas and all threads  Class fee is $45  Total Cost:  $180   Registration deadline is August 1, 2008.  Class size is limited, so please send in your registrations early.  Classes will be held at the Residence Inn by Marriott in Eagan.  We usually get a room rate of approximately $89 per night and the conference/class room for the entire time.  So book a room and plan on stitching the weekend away!   American Gothic Revisited               Saturday & Sunday, October 18 - 19 Libby will be teaching her “teaching only piece,” American Gothic Revisited. Students will learn how to layer multiple stitches to achieve the desired effect for clothing, buildings and scenery that can then be related to future projects.  The piece utilizes over 30 stitches and 14 types of threads.  Students will be given a choice of making their canvas “Seasonal” - holiday with a wreath, decorations and a candy cane; “Spring and Summer” with flowers; the “Original Grant Wood” with a pitchfork, or the original stitched piece. Kit Fee: $90          Class Fee: $110                   Total Cost:  $200 Registration deadline is August 1, 2008.  Class size is limited, so please send in your registrations early.  Classes will be held at the Residence Inn by Marriott in Eagan.  We usually get a room rate of approximately $89 per night and the conference/class room for the entire time.  So book a room and plan on stitching the weekend away!   [ top of page ]

2009

Terry Dryden

March 21 - 22, 2009 Whirlygig is swirling with 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, and be amazed 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.  For the intermediate to advanced intermediate canvas stitcher, the project finishes 10" x 10" on 18 count mono canvas. Cost is $120 for the class fee / $97 for the kit for a total of $217. Deadline for registrations is January 10, 2009 Location is the Residence Inn by Marriott in Eagan.  It's hockey season so please book a room early if you plan to stay. [ top of page ]

Carolyn Standing Webb

April 17-19, 2009 Saturday, April 18, Annual Meeting Lecture – Antique Needlework Tools Friday and Sunday, April 17 and 19 – Workshop, Miss Hannah’s House Miss Hannah’s House was created to remember all of the teachers and students who created samplers in school. Miss Hannah Swan was a teacher from Charleston who taught in Massachusetts.  None of the samplers that her students stitched have been found. The house and the toys have a number of stitches that were used on period samplers from the areas where she studied and taught. The design for the roof of the house features two alphabets and a verse. Animals and trees are stitched on the outside of the house along with Miss Hannah and two of her students. The alphabet book contains folded paper alphabets and a few designs. The personalized pin ball has a row of glass headed pins around it. The apple shaped measuring tape has a ribbon leaf for the tape pull. The painted wooden needle case mimics a wooden pencil that the students would have used in class [ top of page ]

Carolyn Sherman

June 13 - 15, 2009 Details Forthcoming [ top of page ]

Sherri Jones / Patrick's Woods

October 2 - 4, 2009 Details Forthcoming [ top of page ]

2010

Deborah Forney

March 6-7, 2010 Paisley Passion Let your passion show in this one-of-a-kind paisley purse embellished with beads, Dorset buttons, and Swarovski crystal beads on a foundation of appliquéd Ultrasuede, silk threads and metallic braids. Paisley Passion is available in six color schemes: blue/purple, rust/orange, purple/red violet, red/fuchsia, lime green/rust, black/metals. Students may copy the paisley patterns featured in the model or use them for inspiration for optional project shapes.  The paisley purse techniques are taught on a companion piece that is included in the price of the purse kit.  This companion piece is called The Paisley Pocket. It features a flower shape with scalloped edges to match the style of the purse. It can be made up as a small cosmetic bag to be used in the purse or in any other desired embroidery finishing such as a box top, pillow insert, etc. Let your imagination flow as you create the paisley palette that best expresses your stitching passion. [ top of page ]

Wendy Schoen Designs

April 16-18, 2010 Annual Meeting – April 17, 2010 – Lecture on Madeira and Scottish Embroidery Classes:  April 16 – Italian Cutwork Monogram Towel                April 17 – Pleasant Dreams Shashiko Pillow                April 18 – La Belle Epoque Chatelaine   Italian Cutwork Tea Towel:  Make a gorgeous monogrammed linen tea towel while learning the art of Italian Cutwork and Hemstitching.  Pleasant Dreams Shashiko Pillow:  Learn the soothing art of Sashiko quilting by hand while making this baby pillow sham.  Sculptural patterns of this design include scallops, swirls, and diamonds worked on white silk with baby blue silk embroidery floss.  La Belle Epoque Chatelaine in Mountmellick:  Magnificent Mountmellick embroidery, a traditional Irish embroidery technique that is perfect for newcomers.  This lovely, pocket-size chatelaine consists of a bell-shaped casing with a ribbon tie.  The sliding ribbon attachment reins in a needle felt and embroidered strawberry emery with needle lace cap, which serves as the bell’s clacker. [ top of page ]

Carol Pedersen Designs

June 26, 2010 Thanksgiving Table Runner Details Forthcoming

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Last Updated: Friday June 06, 2008

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