CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY
CHAPTER
NEWS
November 2017
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ADDRESS: WWW.CRVC-EGA.ORG
Saturday, December 2nd, 2017
"Crewel Project" by Barbara Jackson
This meeting will be a study in crewel, using kits available from Barbara Jackson. The three
kits below can be chosen on the coupon at the end of this newsletter.

Descriptions are as follows, and a picture of the frame is above:
NAC-5a Blue Flower Design
Design size 2” x 2”. This perky bird wonders how he landed beside such a beautiful blue
flower. Kit contains design on overdyed linen, Heathway crewel wool, silk floss, needle and
complete instructions.
Kit only – $26
Kit, Frame, and Easel – $41.50
NAC-5b Sunflower
Design size 2” x 2”. A ladybug investigates the sunflower. Kit contains design on overdyed
linen, Heathway crewel wool, silk floss, needle and complete instructions.
Kit only – $26
Kit, Frame, and Easel – $41.50
NAC-5c Strawberries
Design size 2” x 2”. The artist sketched out a berry and flower before starting. Kit contains
design on overdyed linen, Heathway crewel wool, silk floss, needle and complete instructions.
Kit only – $26
Kit, Frame, and Easel – $41.50
A coupon is provided for you to register for this meeting.
Saturday, February 3rd, 2018 (Snow date: February
10th)
This meeting will be a Stitch-in at Seabury. We will get together from 10am to 3pm,
enjoying lunch on our own in the Bistro restaurant on site.
Please send in the
coupon below as we need a count for lunch.
Saturday, April 7th, 2018 Annual Meeting
A presentation by Judie Solomon on What’s New in our Stitching World will take place in the
morning along with a large Show and Tell session. After elections, we will go to lunch
in a Wethersfield restaurant to be determined.
Saturday, June 2nd, 2018
"Treasure" - Workshop with Lynn Payette
'Treasure', a pendant or pin, teaches the student unique techniques for working with different
threads, sheer and metallic fabrics, nettings, handmade paper, and beads, as well as a fool-proof
finishing method.
Student makes decisions for stitch and color placement to create their own pendant/pin.
Couching with Japanese gold, metallic threads, and flosses, techniques for the application of sheers
and opaque fabrics backed with Wonder Under (an iron-on fusible web), working with handmade paper in a
stitched piece, as well as a variety of beading techniques, will be demonstrated.
The student will finish 'Treasure' so that it can be used as either a pendant or pin.
Note: Student will furnish their own neck chain, if desired.
Kit fee: $60

Save these April dates!!!
Gay Phillips Workshop
Saturday and Sunday
Marriott Courtyard Hotel
April 28 and 29, 2018
Portsmouth, NH
Please join us for a fun-filled 2-day bead embroidery workshop with Mary Alice Sinton!!
EGA has been the beneficiary of a sizable bequest from the estate of
Gay Phillips, a deceased member. Each Region has received a grant from these monies.
NER is using these funds to pay all the teaching, travel, and classroom rent costs for this two-day
workshop. The student’s only expenses are the kit and lunch fee.
We have chosen Paisley On Parade, a lovely beaded box top, for the class project. The
Paisley On Parade satin oval jewelry box is done in the Japanese bead embroidery method and is
an advanced beginner level piece. Bead Embroidery in the Japanese method incorporates silk
embroidery techniques translated with beads rather than silk threads. Paisley On Parade
will add pizazz to any vanity and serve as a home for a variety of treasures. During this
entry-level course, the student will embroider Paisley On Parade in a two-day workshop.
The beads used are a wide variety of glass seed beads. The foundation fabric is a floral 100% cotton
fabric called Chocolat by Moda.
Complete registration information, including fees and deadlines will be available soon.
Save these September
dates
Gay Phillips Workshop
Saturday and Sunday, September 8th and 9th, 2018
in the Hartford/Springfield area
Please join us for a 2-day counted embroidery workshop with Ellen Chester!!
More information to come............
CRVC Program Registration Form -- Crewel Project
on December 2nd at Duncaster
Mail completed form to: Linda Berry, 343 Seabury Drive,
Bloomfield, CT 06002. Make check payable to CRVC-EGA.
"Crewel Project by Barbara Jackson"
________ Blue Flower Design _______ kit only ($26) _________kit, frame and easel ($41.50)
________ Sunflower Design _______ kit only ($26) _________kit, frame and easel
($41.50)
________ Strawberries Design _______ kit only ($26) _________kit, frame and easel ($41.50)
________ Lunch Saturday ($12)
Name:
______________________________________________________________ Address:
______________________________________________________________ Email
address: _________________________________________________________ Phone#:
______________________________ |
CRVC Program Registration Form -- Stitch-in at Seabury
Mail completed form to: Linda Berry, 343 Seabury Drive,
Bloomfield, CT 06002.
"Stitch-in at Seabury"
________ I will attend the lunch at the Bistro
Name:
______________________________________________________________ Address:
______________________________________________________________ Email
address: _________________________________________________________ Phone#:
______________________________ |
CRVC-EGA Membership
$57. Primary Membership $15. Plural Membership (NER)
$18. Plural Membership (not NER)
For a membership card, please enclose a SASE.
Amt. Pd. ____________
Check # ____________
Date Pd. ____________
(keep as your receipt) |
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CRVC-EGA Membership and Address Change Form
The membership year runs from June 1 to May 31. If you are joining
after September 1, please contact the membership chairman for prorated dues.
Mail your completed form to: Suzanne Newton, CRVC-EGA Membership,
14 Madison Lane, West Simsbury, CT 06092. Make check payable to
CRVC-EGA. Enclose SASE for membership card.
__ Address Change
__ CRVC Primary Membership ($57)
__ Plural Membership, Primary Chapter in New England
Region ($15) __ Plural Membership,
Primary Chapter not in New England Region ($18)
Name:
____________________________________________________
Address:
____________________________________________________
City, ST,ZIP ____________________________________________________
Phone: _________________
Email:______________________________
Primary Chapter:
________________________________________________
Membership No. _______________________ Total Enclosed
$___________ |