Where Samplers Rule

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THE ATTIC January 2010

How would you like to stitch The Gettysburg Address? Elizabeth Gorski has given us

that opportunity with her very special design.

January’s Sampler of the Month: “272 Words”

A BICENTENNIAL CHRONICLE OF LINCOLN’S GETTYSBURG

ADDRESS STITCHED ON LINEN

PRIMROSE NEEDLEWORKS’ MASTERPIECEElizabeth designed this sampler “in honor of President Abraham Lincoln’s Bicentennial Year. The full text of the 272-word Gettysburg Address is stitched amid a red/white/blue border of stars and bars. The design includes 50 stars, one for each state of the modern Union, as well as the President’s name and the date of the Gettysburg Address. Delivered by President Lincoln in under three minutes, this Address is one of the most revered writings in United States history.” Go to her blog to readmore:http://howtomakeanamericansampler.blogspot.com/

ASJANUARY’SSAMPLER OF THE MONTH . . . . . . you can save 15% on your purchase of the following:

Chart ($24) ~ linen (40c over 1 with 2-inch margins is $14) ~ Belle Soie ($45.50) ~ Gentle Art Sampler Threads )$24). Some prices will vary depending on the linen count. This SOM discount will continue through February, in honor of President Lincoln.

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Chart model stitched on 32c linen with Sampler Threads

Rhonda’s on 32c linen, a full cross over 1 linen thread

Mine is on 40c over 1 with the Continental stitch.

And here’s a close-up of the wording stitched with the continental stitch over one on 40c linen.

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Special DatesSaturday, February 13 Semi-Annual Framing Frenzy This is your opportunity to save 20% on your custom framing order, including frame, mat, and fillets, when you let Sandy use her expertise in selecting the perfect frame to enhance your needlework. Give her your budget and your likes and dislikes (“I don’t like gilded, but I love primitive”) and she will do the rest. This discount does not apply to the framing labor charge and not to readymades but only to custom frames. All orders will be processed in the order received and orders with framing deadlines are ineligible for the FF discount. Saturday, February 27 Nashville Market Day This is our biggest event of the year, and some of you travel from neighboring states to be with us as we “take off the wraps” on all of the best that’s new in our needlework world. Doors open at 9 AM for our Attic Addict members and 10 AM for the general public. You won’t want to miss it!March 4 - 7 Our Annual Retreat in Sedona at the Junipine Resort. Registration is full, waiting list only.

ClassesWe have several class ideas that we’re excited about:

crocheted button trim finishknotwork box coverfinishing classes, including The Goode Huswife’s

“Book of Spells”We’d love to hear from you, so please let us know what classes you’re interested in.

A New LookLet us know what you think. Forced to make a computer change, I decided to upgrade our format as well. But I really want to hear your suggestions and input. And thanks for your patience while I make this change ~ and develop a new database as well. If you know of a needleworker or fellow guild member who had been receiving our eNewsletters in the past and didn’t get this one, please ask them to e-mail me at jeanlea@cox.net with “Newsletter” in the subject line to add them to the new database.

What’s New

Shell Button Trim $11/yd.

Bags handmade in Viet Nam, this wonky one (square when laying flat) featuring bands of beautiful needlework with zippered closing - $115

Scissors - less than 3.5 inches ~ great to display with smalls and wonderful to use as the blades are sharp and the handles fit perfectly in one’s hand.

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More Bags Above and, on the right, Sharon’s holding several Attic

shopping trips ~ they’re plastic coated to keep them looking new - $26. (Only the green remain, my personal favorite!)

More Wonderful Designs from Elizabeth Gorski of Primrose Needleworks Each is $8. Above, “Luv Letters”

and on the right, her newest, “Out on a Limb” and below, “It is Never Too Late” ~ “Whine Connoisseur” ~ “Mum’s the Word”

Scissors Bag, a special place to store

our favorite tool, zippered top. $5

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Inca Gold is here!!!! WatchYourMailbox

Loose Feathers #39 from Blackbird Designs, “Winter Wonderland” ~ We’ve got our Belle Soie conversion finished but we must wait for the new releases in Nashville ~ one of the colors is essential for this piece.

New from Liberty Hill “Winter Wishes,” a hand-painted 3 1/2” x 4 1/2” x 2 1/8” paper maiche box lined with houndstooth wool, and tucked inside: a sweet angel threadboard and wooden star scissors fob with a jingle bell. $39.

New from A Mon Ami Pierre, a wonderful Valentine design that we’ve converted to Belle Soie “A Heart in Winter” ($16) ~ the heart-shaped frame ($53) is perfect for it when stitched on 40c linen over 2.

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Here’s just a bit of what else is new in the shop “Laurette” ($46) - a limited edition needlebook kit, newest in the French Needle Series

The exquisite materials included in these kits, most especially the 19th century reproduction French documentary cotton fabrics for the linings, as well as the design and complete finishing instructions, all combine to make these kits very collectible. To see the three previous kits in this series, please visit the Access C o m m o d i t i e s b l o g h e r e : h t t p : / / a c c e s s c o m m o d i t i e s . c o m / b l o g 1 / 2 0 0 9 / 1 2 /germainea_new_french_needle_ma.html and here:http://accesscommodities.com/blog1/2009/08/french_needle_maid_needle_book.html

Quality and Elegance Come Together in

Each of These Kits exclusively available at fine needlework shops from Access

Commodities

The previous kits: “Margeaux” ($40 w/finishing booklet) ~ “Nicole”($57) ~ and “Germaine” ($45) ~ the finishing booklet is the same for each kit ($2) and the prices above are without the booklet, except “Margeaux.”

New Designs from Several FavoritesT h r e e f r o m S a n d r a S u l l i v a n / H o m e s p u n E l e g a n c e : “ L o v e A l w a y s ” ( $ 7 ) ~ “ L o v e Simplified” ($6) ~ “Under the Blossom Tree” ($9, including the hand-dyed snippet of vintage lace edging that is the flower! So charming!

This row, left to right: “Cupid’s Heart” ($9) from With thy Needle & Thread ~ “Old Brick House” ($11), first of 3 in a new series from B y t h e B a y N e e d l e a r t ~ “ Q u a k e r Sampler” ($8) from Eileen Bennett/The Sampler House ~ How sweet this would be over 1 thread of linen: 3.4” x 2.7” on 32c.

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From Kathy Barrick/Carriage House Samplings, next in the ever-popular Hawk Run Hollow Series, “Autumn at HRH,” this one 2 blocks by 6 blocks as presented in the chart, perfect on a 40c “longitudinal stitcher’s quarter if you can be comfortable with 2-inch margins, all that is truly needed to frame your needlework. Or stitch it over one on 30c Go to Kathy’s blog to see some of the blocks:http://kathybarrick.blogspot.com/From Barb & Alma/Blackbird Designs, a new book ent i t led “Honeysuckle Manor,” inspired by Louisa Bell’s antique sampler, as well as five more patterns and a wooden pincushion base that’s handpainted to give it a vintage look. Go to their blog to see the cover photo.h t t p : / / b l a c k b i r d -designs.blogspot.com/ From Ellen Chester/With My NeedleThree new designs, including my f a v o r i t e , “ M r s . Wa d d e l o w ’ s Huswif ” ($18) named after Ellen’s great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother.

Read more about her at Ellen’s blog and see photos of all of the new designs, including “inside” photos of the accessories.www.withmyneedle-ellen.blogspot.com  From Paula/Kelmscott Designs:

Coming at the Nashville Market Next WeekYOU MAY PLACE YOUR PRE-ORDERS NOW!

Steweb Scissors ($11.50) and Chocolate Little Gems ($9.50

Needleminders ($9.50)Hearts Afire Hummingbird

Heart Buckle ($7) see it used on the “Snow Queen’s Slipper” in the next column ~ Strawberry Threadkeep ($9.50) Daisy Thread Rings ($9.50 with 7/pkg each has a tiny tole at the top so they can be sewn on

“The Snow Queen’s Slipper with Accessories” from Carolina House Designs. The chartpack ($16) includes two 12” pieces of silk ribbon.

“Pretty Pretty Pleats” from Acorn House Designs ($14) All of the accessories fit inside the stitching stool!

“A Heart for You Thread Palette Prims Kit” from Island Cottage Needlearts ($25) Kit includes w o o d e n t h r e a d palette.

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And from Sandy’s Studio and Our Customers

Left & right, “Time for God” from Lizzie Kate ($8) stitched on 40c over 2 and “Tavern Signs” ($9) from Carriage House Samplings stiched over one on 29c, both in frames available from Priscilla’s Pocket and in the center, “Sunshine & Shadows” from Graphs by Barbara & Cheryl ($10). We have a shop model of this, but the framing treatment selected by Sandy for Betty’s piece is simply stunning!

Below, two from Rhonda’s blazing needle: “Christmasland,” threadpack series from Crescent Colours. and “Zippity Do Da” from La-D-Da. both on 40c linen.

“Holiday Samplings II” pincushion from Homespun Elegance beautifully finished by Bunny of our staff displaying the JABCO pin set.