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Saturday
and Sunday, December 5th and 6th, 2009
"Spa
Reading" with Lynn Wilkinson
"Spa Reading" is designed as a cover for a paperback
novel. It allows us to read anything we please in a public forum without
being judged for our reading selection. The title and colors were chosen
with the thought that our reading time is a time to refresh, renew and escape
and should be a relaxing experience. A book cover provides a convenient
way to spot our book among the others in the household, as well as provide
a built-in bookmark that never gets misplaced. This project is an
exploration of color, an exercise in design juxtaposition with lots of freedom
for the adventurous to explore merging design lines, playing with form and
structure, and using diagonal and vertical stitches and patterns. The
not-so-adventurous stitcher has the comfort of the set stitch guide.
Issues of texture and light play will be examined with opportunities to
experiment. Assorted bargello, trellis, ribbon and diagonal patterns
were used. The approximate finished size was calculated to fit the
slightly larger paperbacks currently being published, so there is plenty
of room for the stitcher to scale back the size to fit the smaller, more
traditional paperback.
Schedule for Saturday:
9:30
AM to
12:15 Morning
class
12:15
to 1
PM Lunch,
show and tell, and announcements
1
PM to 3:30
PM Continuation
of class
Schedule for Sunday:
9:30
AM to
12:15 Morning
class
12:15
to 12:45
PM
Lunch
12:45
PM to 3:30
PM
Continuation of class
Location: Duncaster Senior Residence, Bloomfield, CT (see
directions below)
What to bring:
Your current project to share for show and tell
12
x 20 stretcher bars
tacks
(preferably)
basic
stitching supplies to include scissors for metallics
needle
threader if you need one
tekobari
or laying tool ( a must)
frame
holder (lap frame, C clamp, stretcher bar weight)
Floss-away
bags, baggies (at least 12) (something to keep your threads separate
as
many of them will look alike once cut from the skein)
Highlighter
Mechanical
pencil for charting (and a good art eraser-like Magic rub)
Auxiliary
lighting and extension cord (if you need it to be able to see 18M)
Favorite
graph paper if you have one (some will be provided, but we all have
favorite
scales)
Magnification
if you need it. You will be working on 18M canvas.
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 Street [which becomes North Main
Street 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 Ave. entrance, once on the
campus, visitors should follow the signs to the Aquatics & Fitness
Center.
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