November 30, 2011 · PDF file · 2011-12-01AtticÕs famous fruit punch + ornament exchange ... needlecase adorned with a Florentine Stitch pattern, ... the envelope. "Stitches used

Where Samplers Rule

The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com

Because of our newsletter publication schedule over the next two months, affected somewhat by my personal schedule and also the calendar, the December Sampler of the Month will be announced next week (and I can’t wait to show it to you!), and announcement of our January Sampler of the Month is scheduled for the first full week of January, following the New Year’s Holiday. In the meantime, you have a few more days, until our next newsletter is published, to save 15% on our November Sampler of the Month!

November’s Sampler of the Month from Samplers Remembered“Mexican School Girl Practice c1830”

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Left, “Mexican School Girl Practice c1830” ~ and as our Sampler of the Month, save 15% by purchasing 2 of the 3 parts during October:

• chart $15• Lakeside Linen (40c cut w/2” margins is $28)• Silk: Combo of Au Ver A Soie’s Soie d’Alger,

Caron Waterlilies, Dinky Dyes, and NPI $133.75

I’ve been intending all month to show you a close-up of the javelina motif in the lower right corner of this Mexican s a m p l e r, f o u n d i n t h e Southwestern area of North America and throughout Central and South America. They’re much “prettier” on a sampler than they are in person!

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As a member of our Attic Addicts Club, during November you may save 15% on your purchase of the

following: All Samplers Remembered charts AVAS, Waterlilies, Dinky Dyes & NPI Silk Threads All Hand-Dyed Linens, custom cuts

Support a great cause (all net proceeds go to breast cancer research) by buying a copy(s) of the Recipes for a Cure cookbook for a donation of $14.95 (or more) with fabulous time-tested recipes as well as complimentary designs from 11 designers.

We still have some BCRF cookbooks left.

Saturday, December 3, 10:30-12:30, Beginning Linen with Linda’s Tulip needlebook design as the class project. The $30 fee includes Linda’s expert instruction as well as the chart + materials for this very useful learning project.

November

Saturday, December 17, 1-4 PM, Our Annual Kris Kringle Party. Special Holiday sweet treats and the

Attic’s famous fruit punch + ornament exchange for those wishing to participate. Please let us know if you

plan to be with us for our planning purposes.

December

I’m pleased to announce the dates for our Merry Cox Workshop weekend:

Thursday through Sunday, November 8 - 11, we look forward to welcoming you to a special 4-day weekend of workshops with Merry Cox, when she will teach Le Nouveau Palais Royal twice, Sweet Little Blossoms, Souvenir Book, and another project to be announced. No further information is available at this time.

November 2012

Sampler Symposium Celebrating Arizona’s Centennial January 13-15, Friday evening through Sunday noon $440 with optional add-on class with Catherine Theron. I am thrilled to present our faculty: *Vickie Jennett of NeedleWorkPress*Paulette Stewart of Plum Street Samplers*Tracy Riffle of Hands to Work*Darlene Anderson*Catherine Theron of Theron Traditions

January 2012

Sunday, December 18, 1 - 4 PM, Sampler Sunday At our November SS a number of the ladies asked for a Sampler Sunday in December. I was so impressed that so many will have their decorating, shopping, wrapping, baking, etc. all done and can sit and stitch for an afternoon! There are only a few places open. Please call to register. $10

Catherine Theron’s “My Peaceable Kingdom” Optional Class,

Sunday, January 15, 2 - 5 p.m. and Monday, January 16, 9 - 4 p.m. (lunch is included) $260 Worked on 30-count Vanilla linen, this lovely, “peaceable” counted thread sampler will provide hours of pleasurable stitching for the intermediate stitcher. The top section features a lady in her garden complete with dogs, lilacs, & beeskeps. The center has a colonial home reminiscent of the houses in Williamsburg, VA, “alphabet trees,” a family, pets, & plenty of birds. The bottom area has a village scene surrounded by the wild woods & various woodland creatures, tamed by a pair of Bible verses. Finally, the piece is outlined by a flowing strawberry border. Stitches used include Long Arm Cross, Smyrna Cross, Stem, Diagonal Satin, Padded Satin, Petit Point, Colonial Knot, Spiral Trellis, & more. A myriad of colorful silks & cotton threads are used to create this vibrant, textural scene. All threads are included in your kit. Finished size is 17-1/2” x 19-1/2” ~ No pre-work.



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Workshop Projects ~ Our 2012 Sampler

Symposium Celebrating Arizona’s Centennial

Friday night at 5 Vickie Jennett of NeedleWorkPress will present an exclusive project that she’s designed for this event derived from the sampler pictured, which is steeped in Arizona history. Attendees will also receive an autographed copy of the sampler, to be released in late February in Nashville.

Next, you will be inspired to plan your 2012 Christmas ornament stitching by Darlene Anderson’s slideshow of her incredible sampler ornament collection.

Sunday, January 15, 9 - 12 Noon, Catherine Theron’s “A Stitcher’s Envelope” This 5” x 4” envelope is stitched on 32-count linen with silk floss in black & shades of pink, blue, gold, & green. A Florentine Stitch pattern & the stitcher’s initials grace the envelope flap. The back & front feature a strawberry ribbon pattern, a Quaker-style alphabet, & the stitcher’s name. A diminutive needlecase adorned with a Florentine Stitch pattern, a scissors sheath repeating the strawberry ribbon design, & a scissors fob all nestle inside the envelope. Stitches used include Florentine, Petit Point, Smyrna Cross, Backstitch, Cross-Stitch Over One, Stem Stitch, Chain Stitch, & Nun’s Stitch. The kit includes all directions, charts, finishing instructions, linen, practice fabric, needles, silk flosses, lining & wool fabrics, & a color copy.

And then Paulette Stewart of Plum Street Samplers will present her special workshop project, “A Lady’s Trimkeep,” the perfect project for needleworkers of today, a place to store the wonderful trims available to us. Kit includes the linen, thread, and Crescent Colours trims. Attendees will also receive an autographed copy of Paulette’s “Brother’s Keeper,” to be released in Nashville and while you work on your trimkeep she will give you the “back story” behind the design.

Saturday morning Darlene Anderson will begin our day with a PowerPoint presentation of her remarkable Adam & Eve sampler collection ~ this presentation on the breadth and beauty of her sampler collection will have you in awe.

After a morning break, we will get grungy with Tracy Riffle of Hands to Work leading the way while we learn to emulate her primitive “finishes” of a box and pincushion and small sampler.

Saturday night, 5 ~ ??, Open House at the shop with refreshments and food!

Classes will be held at Hyatt Place, Mesa, 888.492.8847 OR 480.969.8200 ~ ask for the Attic Needlework group rate (King $109; no Queens available at this time but rooms have pull-out sofa). Room block is only available until mid-December so don’t delay. Continental breakfast included. Symposium Fee includes lunch each day as well as refreshments at breaks and the Saturday night soiree at the shop. Hotel provides free shuttle service to the shop (anywhere within a 5-mile radius) so a rental car is optional.



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Clockwise from above: 3 from Little House Needleworks, “This is My Joy” $10, a new threadpack with Crescent Colours, a best buy for sure with a full skein of Belle Soie (in 4 colorways, Collard Greens, Cinnamon Stick, Red Fox, or Icing ~ but, of course, we’d be happy to substitute your very favorite Belle Soie color) and the adorable chart (I stitched mine over one on 40c and eliminated the right-hand palm tree to fit in the 1.5” x 1.5” pendant ($10) from Milady’s Needle ~ “New England Winter Sampler” $10 ~ “Winter Forest” $6, in the 2011 Ornament Series, and we have again kitted this with 36c hand-dyed linen + Crescent Colours floss for $12 ~ and from Country Cottage Needleworks, “Vintage Christmas” $8 and the first in the Cottage of the Month Series, “January Cottage” $6, a sweet 77 x 77 design.

New in Our Attic



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Clockwise from above: “Embroidery Box #1” $104, a beautiful embroidery box filled with some of Sajou’s best-selling items, including: a folding album from their Red series, n°908, an embroidery hoop, a floral booklet containing six embroidery needles, 3 cards of embroidery thread, 6 squares of embroidery linen, each 5.5 x 5.5, in scarlet, natural, and ecru, a ribbon from their ribbons collection giving you the perfect way to finish ~ all products inside the box made in France and enabling you to make the small cushion shown in the photograph! 2 charming round metal tins, each $13, that contain, top, 16 safety pins or, bottom, 80 fine No. 12 7/8” classic dressmaker’s pins. Veined Ivory Scissors Set $206, a vintage style sewing set with a pair of veined ivory style scissors, thimble, and thread winder in a beautiful gift box with a small silver-colored slide button closure. Blue Onyx Scissors Set contains three of Sajou’s flagship products: a pair of blue onyx style scissors, thimble, and thread winder in a Sajou gift box with a small silver-colored slide button closure. A Sajou wooden thread box $60 that could also serve as a sewing box or be used to store jewelry, coins, or other collectibles. The box and lid frame are made of alder wood; the lid itself is made from birch plywood (the thread cocoons are not included).

New from Sajou



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Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com

Clockwise from above left: “Passion” $12, 104 x 96 ~ “Made in Paris” $12, 162 x 131 ~ “Secret d’antan” (Secret of the past ... “Plaisir du present” Pleasure of

the present ~ How True!) $13.50, 125 x 239 ~ “Winter” $13.50, 137 x 197 ~ “I love cross stitch” $13.50, 200 x 84 ~ “Magie de Noel” (Magic of Christmas) $16,

256 x 228. These designs are all charted for DMC ~ if you’d like a conversion to another thread, i.e., overdyes or silks, please let us

know.

New from Passion des croix (passion of the cross)



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New from Rovaris ... and Several “Reruns”

Above, a quick-to-stitch gift for you or your BSF(s) - our kit comes with a length of Florimell Cinnabar, enough to stitch the alphabet letter of your choice and wrap your spool $34/kit. Left and below, 2 alphabet rows, one embellished with sewing tools, the other by hearts $12.50/chart. If you’d like us to find charms for you, needlework & heart Sterling Silver charms are available, or antique silver are a less expensive choice. Let us know how we can help.

Above left, a very clever and “charming” way to protect your scissors point ... and at the same time decorate your precious scissors $19/kit ~ above, a bracelet that lets the world know what your passion is! Each charm hangs with a tiny spool and the larger spools are the “links”! $$27/kit



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Above, from Karin/Beardie Designs, “To

Knot or Not to Knot” $14 is a design based on

a 17th century tradition in Friesland that

Karin details in the chart: “When in the past

a man liked a girl he asked people to stitch a

nice cloth with a rhyme on it. When it was

finished, he put money in the cloth and tied

(knotted) it. He went to the girl of his dreams

and asked her if she wanted to take the ‘knot.’

If she took the cloth it meant she wanted to

marry him; if she did not take it, it was clear

she was not interested in him.”

More from European Designers

Above and right, part of a new series of little boxes, “Mini Dutch Sampler Boxes” and “Mini Sampler Animal Boxes” each $14 chart. Below right, the mini box designs have been made with pre-cut cardboard pieces to make the little boxes, and the pre-cut pieces and very clear instructions are included in a packet for $14 (the boxes shown at the right are covered with fabric, if you don’t have time to stitch a cover :<) ...

Left and right, 2 from Couleur d’Etoil: the heart-shaped “Chemin Faisant” (Along the Way) $15 and “Noel enchante´” (Enchanted Christmas) ... and most C h r i s t m a s e s a r e enchant ing, aren’t they? $19



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More from European Designers

Clockwise from above: 2 kits from Un Chat dans l’aiguille, with everything included to make these lovely Christmas decorations, “Pique fleurs - Ange” $36 and “Creche de noel” $55 ~ “Summer Lavender” $15, a lovely pocket/etui from a new German designer, Rosebud ~ Marie Suarez’s “Trousse Elegante” (Elegant Bag) $20 with 4 different projects ~ and 3 from Tom & Lily Creations, “Sapin de Noel Pyramide” $15, “Christmas Bauble: Snowflakes” $15 and “Sapin de Noel Folklore” $15



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Clockwise from above: “Merry Birdies” $8 (and we have the tiny brass hearts (50 cents) that dangle from each bird’s beak) ~ “Rounds ‘A Plenty I - Christmas” $13.50 w/linen banding for 1 + top button (and a close-up of one of them! ~ so sweet!) ~ and a reprinting of a classic design, an oldie but still very much a goodie, “All Hearts Come Home for Christmas” $9

From Homespun Elegance



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From Just Another Button Company

Clockwise from the left: “Peppermint Swirl” $10, a Just Threader that looks good enough to eat! ~ “Jolly Old Elf Pincushion Kit” $48 ~ and “Warm Mittens” and “Q is for Quilt” Just Pins, $14.50 each set

Left, While we wait for all of it, here’s “A Part of Ann Dale” $22 from Shakespeare’s Peddler ~ and in response to customers’ requests, we’re doing a conversion to all overdyed silks for the full sampler of Ann Dale. Below, “Humility Sampler” $10 from Heartstring Samplery

Two New Samplers



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Clockwise from above: 3 from With Thy Needle & Thread: “Word Play - December’s Door Bells” $9 ~ “Boughs of Holly” $10 ~ “Merry Christmas to Ewe” $10 ~ a new Limited Edition thread kit from Cecc/Thread Gatherer, with Christmas Rose, Gargoyle Green, and Night Sky as the 3 colors + 1 Lip Balm made by Cece (choose either Peaches ‘n Cream or Mint Serenity ~ and the newest threadpack from Shakespeare’sPeddler/Crescent Colours in the Maggie Bean Series, this one called “Generosity” $14

Also New in Our Attic



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Clockwise from above: Lee Anna’s “Pelican” from Courtney Collection ~ 2 “freebies” that Sandy was stitching ~ and Tedra’s of that same freebie and then “Joy to the World” from Heartstring Samplery ~ Janet’s “Partridge Sewing Box” from Blackbird’s “Summer,” Part 1 of their latest Loose Feathers Series ~ and 3 from Molly: “Sour Grapes Make Fine Whines” from Primrose Needleworks ~ her very beautiful FINISHED “Elizabeth Sheffield” from The Scarlet Letter ~ and JBW’s “Twas the Night Ornaments” finished as a bellpull! Very cute idea she got from visiting that wonderful Portland shop, Acorns & Threads!!!

Here’s What Was Shared at Sampler Sunday



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More from Sampler Sunday

Clockwise from the left: 3 of Linda S’s, Shepherd’s Bush’s “Winter Moon” ~ and now I can’t remember the designer of the next one ~ and”Marmaid’s Song” from Carriage House Samplings ~ Brenda’s stocking and her beautiful start of “Anna Silvi 1817” from Gigi ~ and five of her finished ornaments from Prairie Schooler, Lizzie Kate, Blackbird Designs, and Country Cottage Needleworks (I hope I didn’t forget any!)



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Left, Andrea’s stunning “Quaker Virtues” from ByGone Stitches over one on 40c ~ the Alphabet Angel Needleminder in the lower right is there for scale. It’s an amazing sampler, and over one on 40c even more so! Right, on a busy Thanksgiving weekend we had the opportunity to help Hannah celebrate her 12th birthday! Where in the world did those 12 years ago?

More from Sampler Sunday

Clockwise from the right: Melanie’s start on Carriage House Samplings’ “The Song They Sang” ~ Deb’s “The Promise” by AMAP that she cleverly is making into a marriage sampler ~ Tamami’s sweet “ort catcher” that 5 lucky SS attendees went home with ~ Cheryl’s “Thanksgiving 1789 Pocket” by The Sampler Girl ~ Linda D’s new A&E reproduction, coming to fine needlework shops very soon :))) ~ and her very beautiful “Berlin Woolwork Sampler” from Darlene/The Needle’s Prayse, inspiring me to make that a priority to finish in 2012!!!



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November 30, 2011 · PDF file · 2011-12-01AtticÕs famous fruit punch + ornament exchange ... needlecase adorned with a Florentine Stitch pattern, ... the envelope. "Stitches used