Archive of A Previous Program
Saturday, June 2, 2007
 

Our program for this meeting will be a class with Catherine Jordan.  This class will cover tips for using over dyed threads to control color, so you can more confidently select and use color.  Students will select two (2) thread palettes of beautiful, colorfast over dyed cotton floss from Catherine's extensive collection to work with.  We will cover how to decide where to cut in the color changes, color repeats, the right end of the thread, maximizing blending and color separation through the use of stitches selected, and techniques such as sequencing, pooling, striping, and random effects.  Learn what to look for when selecting over dyed threads in terms of monochromatic, analogous, and polychromatic skeins as well as how value influences your work.

Students will have a choice of designs from basic spot motifs (as shown in photo) or may creatively work a free form design.  Counted, pulled and surface embroidery stitches will embellish the design as many of the motifs are worked over 1 thread.  If you wish to finish this piece and mount it in a box, you may bring a box that you have and design your piece to fit it, or the boxes similar to those shown in the photo may be ordered in class.  Class time will cover many needlework finishing options available using commercially available boxes.

This meeting will be in the Duncaster conference room.  On the registration coupon, please check if you wish to order a lunch ($10).  This will be a sandwich, a cookie and a drink from a new source, Indigo Kitchen in Avon (homemade bread, high quality meats, etc.).  You are welcome to bring your own lunch if you prefer.  As always, you are very welcome to attend if you only wish to join us and stitch on your own project.
 

What to bring:

1. Show and tell -- Anything you would like to share 2. Usual stitching supplies

Schedule for the Day:  10 am to 3 pm
            10 AM to 12:30 PM             Morning program
            12:30 PM to 1:15 PM           Lunch, show and tell, and a short meeting
            1:15 PM to 3 PM                 Afternoon program

Here are directions to Duncaster:  (Official address is 40 Loeffler Road, Bloomfield, CT, but we would like you to enter the building on the Mountain Avenue side)

84 Westbound from Manchester:
Take Rt. 291, exit 61.  Follow Rt. 291 to Rt. 218 exit.  Take left onto Rt. 218.  Follow for about 3 miles.  Take right onto Rt. 189 and follow to the center of Bloomfield.  Take a left on Rt. 178.  Continue straight on Rt. 178 for 1.4 miles.  To use the new front entrance, turn right onto Mountain Avenue and continue approx. ½ mile to entrance on the left into Duncaster.  From the Loeffler Road entrance or the Mountain Avenue entrance, once on the campus, visitors should follow the signs to the Aquatics & Fitness Center Entrance.

84 Eastbound from Farmington:
Take exit 41.  Go left on South Main St. [which becomes North Main St. at West Hartford Center] for 4.6 miles to Rt. 185.  Turn left on Rt. 185 for 1.8 miles.  Turn right on Rt. 178.  To use the new front entrance, after about ½ mile turn left onto Mountain Avenue and continue approx. ½ mile to entrance on the left into Duncaster.  From the Loeffler Road entrance or the Mountain Avenue entrance, once on the campus, visitors should follow the signs to the Aquatics & Fitness Center Entrance. 

91 [North or South]:
Take exit 36.  Go west on Rt. 178 for 4.5 miles to the center of Bloomfield.  At the traffic light continue straight on Rt. 178 for 1.4 miles.  To use new front entrance, turn right onto Mountain Avenue and continue approx. ½ mile to entrance on the left into Duncaster.  From the Loeffler Road entrance or the Mountain Avenue entrance, once on the campus, visitors should follow the signs to the Aquatics & Fitness Center Entrance.