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CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY
CHAPTER WEBSITE ADDRESS: WWW.CRVC-EGA.ORG
Just a reminder....Let Lisa Green know at klg7641@comcast.net if you have a new email
account. February Meeting: Saturday, February 11th
Meeting Site: Julia
Appell's home at 2 Deer Run, Farmington (please email (juliaappell@comcast.net)
or phone [860-677-9125] Julia for directions if needed)
Schedule for the Day:
Program: We will continue to work on the "Dragon" and "Etui" under the
direction of Lynn and Julia. Please bring your pieces, even if you haven't
finished them. Lynn will complete her instructions for the piece, and
Julia will demonstrate how the etui is to be put together when completed.
Please bring your current project for show and tell. It may definitely
be a work in progress!
All are welcome at this meeting. If you are not in one of these groups,
bring your own project to work on and listen while we learn.
Fill in the registration coupon at the end of this newsletter if you plan to
join us. We will provide lunch ingredients for those who are interested,
so please mark the coupon accordingly.
Stitching Getaways: The
following is the schedule for the West Side Day group. They will meet in
the months that we do not have a chapter meeting, and a focus for each meeting
is listed below:
The West Side Day group will be
meeting from 10 AM to 1:30 PM at Suzanne Newton's house in West Simsbury.
Bring along your lunch and a project you are working on and/or any project you
would like to share. Please email or phone Suzanne at
Pequot Colony - The New London Library has
been undergoing major renovation starting in October of 2005. Rather
than trying to find another room where they can meet, they have decided to have
their stitch-ins at various members' homes. The schedule for
February and March is as follows:
2/16/06 - Doris Boas' house at 6 Brandon Lane, Mystic 06355 (off Route 1
near Brustolon's) Barb Crum's house will be back up for any month that the hostess named isn't
available. Doris will be a backup for Barb, especially in the winter.
If more information is needed, call Doris Boas at 860-572-8441, or email @
Annual Meeting: Saturday, April 8th
Meeting
Site: Thistle Needleworks,
1005 Hebron Avenue, Glastonbury, CT
06033 Schedule for the Day:
Program: "Choosing
Threads for a Painted Canvas" -- Judie Solomon
Because this is our Annual Meeting, we have planned a special
day. Judie will introduce us to new fibers, explain color choices and have
advice on suggested stitches and patterns. Even if you do not stitch
painted canvases, you can apply what you will learn from this exercise to other
types of embroidery.
Judie and her staff will select threads that they think will enhance each of
several canvases, choosing from a wide variety of threads and colors, solids and
over-dyed or hand-dyed threads, always including lots of textures. Each
attendee will be given a canvas, and all of the threads will be placed in a pile
on the table. Then the fun begins. Each person gets to solve the
puzzle of which threads were intended for her canvas. After trades and
bartering, we will go around the table and review what was chosen versus what
Judie had selected and discuss the pros and cons of each choice. At this
time we can also talk about suggested stitches and finishing ideas for each
canvas.
When our discussion is over, we will share items brought for show and tell,
and hold a very short meeting to elect officers for the 2006-2008 term.
After the meeting, we will go out to lunch at the Buckingham Restaurant, a
short ride from the store. You may have a salad, a choice of four entrees,
dessert, and coffee or tea. Wine may be purchased separately if you
wish. A description of the entrees follows:
Veal Marsala - veal sautéed in butter and swirled
in Marsala wine with fresh sliced mushrooms Please fill in the registration coupon at the end of this newsletter, marking
your choice of entrée.
Proposed Slate of Officers for 2006-2008
The proposed slate is:
June Meeting: Workshops (June 3&4)
Michael Boren, a rising star in the embroidery world, is coming to teach two
one-day canvas workshops on Saturday, June 3rd and Sunday, June
4th. Several of his pieces were on display at Thistle
Needleworks for our meeting last June.
The piece to be taught on Saturday is "Daphne". In the next issue of
the newsletter, we will publish a coupon for registration and information about
kit cost and location. The piece to be taught on Sunday has yet to be
decided. That information will be included in the next issue, also.
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE: The piece to be offered on
Saturday is "Daphne", not "Arabella" as shown in the last newsletter. The
picture and information are listed below
NEWS
January 2006
10 AM to 12:30 PM
Class
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM Lunch,
show and tell and short meeting
1:30 PM
to 3 PM
Class
March 14
Pipkin hands-on demonstration by Lisa Green
May 9
Workshop for Region Group Correspondence Course. Those who are
signed up for the Luan Callery "Stumpwork" GCC (see information and enrollment
form later in this newsletter) will begin work on this project.
September 12
Bead Encased Cabachon explanation by Linda Berry
November 14
TBA
3/16/06 - JoAnne Kobelski's new house in Montville,
address to be provided
Phone: 860-633-8503
10 AM to 12:15
PM Program & Show and
Tell
12:30 PM to 2:30 PM
Lunch at Buckingham Restaurant, 1320 Manchester Road,
Glastonbury, CT 06033 Phone: 659-3131
Citrus
Chicken - chicken sautéed with herbs, orange and lemon
with a touch of honey
Stuffed Filet of Sole -
filet of sole with crabmeat stuffing
Vegetarian
Lasagne - pasta stuffed with ricotta, red peppers,
spinach, mushrooms and broccoli
President/NER
Rep:
Julia Appell
Vice President/Membership:
Suzanne
Newton
Program/Newsletter:
Lisa
Green
Secretary:
Kathryn
Lord
Treasurer:
Linda Berry
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Daphne A Counted Canvas Design Stitched with Gumnut Yarns "Aztecs" stranded silk,
"Jewels" perle silk, |
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As usual, this picture does not do the piece justice as it is much more beautiful in person. Watch for news of the second class, a design that is still in progress. Your cost for the classes will be kit fees only as the chapter will pay travel and teaching expenses. How can you NOT take advantage of this premier educational experience?!
News for October
We are planning to have a workshop on blackwork in October. Our idea is that each of those interested will stitch small samples on a variety of fabrics which will be put in a notebook to be used as a reference for future projects and a directory of wonderful patterns. All you will need to bring is floss and the usual stitching supplies. Stay tuned for more details..............
New England Region
EGA Group
Correspondence Course
Fantasy
Remembered
Teacher: Luan Callery
March, 2006 to October, 2006
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Fantasy Remembered Luan Callery Stumpwork is the art of raised embroidery. In this piece the twisting vine holds many dimensional fruits of fancy. Included are padded and wired leaves, raised fruit and wrapped berries. Some of the fruit is padded and stitched directly onto the linen, while others are worked on another fabric, called a slip, embellished with beads and later appliquéd to the linen using self-fabric for the padding. Beads are wrapped with stranded cotton and a short stem is added before attaching to the vine. A dragonfly with iridescent wings and a beaded tail gracefully hovers above while a little spider carefully spins its web among the fauna. Stitches used are couching and buttonhole, outline, french knots, lazy daisy, split and satin, and long and short shading. If you have had difficulty executing your shading stitches as well as you would like, follow the exercises in this course and learn the technique of blending with long and short stitches. |
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REGISTRATION DEADLINE: February 15, 2006
NAME_____________________________________PHONE______________________
ADDRESS_______________________________________________________________
CHAPTER__________________________________MEMBERSHIP NO.___________
EMAIL ADDRESS___________________________________
Enclose a check for $40 made out to NER/EGA
RETURN TO:
Kathryn
Lord
403 Salmon Brook
Rd
Granby, CT 06035
Elizabeth's Accessories
Designed and
Taught by Tricia Wilson Nguyen
April 1, 2006
Registration 8:30am Class
9am-4pm
Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, Shrewsbury, MA 01545
Hosted by
Celestial Stitchers EGA Chapter
Bring a Brown Bag Lunch, desserts and drinks
provided
Workshop Total Cost $90.00
Stitches include detached silk stitches such as trellis, detached buttonhole and spiral trellis on 34 ct linen. Use of gold thread to stitch the heavy vine will be taught using a handmade Japanese needle. During class, there will be discussion of Elizabethan Gold thread embroidery and sweet bags.
A portion of the class will be dedicated to starting the finishing of the slipper and discussing step-by-step finishing of all the pieces using pictures of the pieces in process. We will discuss history of Elizabethan gold
Registration Deadline is March 25, 2006
Name_______________________________________________________
Address_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
Phone______________________________________________________
CSC Member? Yes No
Please send check or money order made out to CSC EGA for $90.00
to
Lorie Welker, 72 O'Donnell Ave, Shrewsbury, MA 01545
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CRVC-EGA Program Saturday, February 11, 2006 |
CRVC Program Registration Form -- February Meeting Mail completed form to: Lisa Green, 14 North Drive, Simsbury, CT 06070. Make check payable to CRVC-EGA. Please indicate the following: __________________I will bring my lunch. __________________Please provide lunch makings for me (~$10). Name:
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CRVC-EGA
Program April 8, 2006 Check #______________ Date Pd. __________ |
CRVC Program Registration Form -- April Meeting Mail completed form to: Lisa Green, 14 North Drive, Simsbury, CT 06070. Make check payable to CRVC-EGA. Please indicate your choice of entrée for lunch: ______________________Veal Marsala ______________________Citrus Chicken ______________________Stuffed Filet of Sole ______________________Vegetarian Lasagne Name:
___________________________________________________ Total Enclosed $______($20 for lunch at Buckingham
Restaurant) |
Due to the $10 increase voted by National EGA, our primary membership dues is now $47.
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CRVC-EGA Membership $47. Primary
Membership For a membership card, please enclose a SASE. Amt. Pd. ____________ Check # ____________ Date Pd. ____________ |
CRVC-EGA Membership and Address Change Form 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 Name: ____________________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________ City, ST,ZIP ____________________________________________________ Phone: _______________________ Email:________________________ Primary Chapter: ________________________________________________ Membership No. _______________________ Total Enclosed
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