March 2024

Show and Share from this month's meeting:

Melbury Hill crewelwork kit, "A Rabbit Summer', using Appleton wool, rendered by Jeanette.

Bernie created a pouch using a dish drying mat. 

Woven tea towel by Suzanne, embellished with embroidery and drawn thread.

Sharon's 'Fraktur Flowers' - a La-D-Da design

Marilyn's bunny needlebook finished as a carrot - a Stacy Nash design

Jeanette freestyled a Garden Cottage on 18ct mono canvas. A photograph was the inspiration.

Jeanette's mother created a cutwork tablecloth from a kit in 1954.

February 2024

We welcomed a new member, Heather who heard about us via the EGA website. 

Marilyn gave a talk on wool felt appliqué. She showed us lots of the tools and gave helpful hints. She's an excellent resource for anyone wishing to try this technique.

This pillow showed that appliqué can also be done with good quality flannel.

Meagan kicked off the round robin. The participants met and shared the inspiration for their pieces and passed the fabric, threads. and suggestions on to the first person on the circuit. 

Show and share

Geri showed her Winter Rose Manor; started on January 1, 2023. It was a stitchalong with 5 other guild members - Marilyn, Jennifer, Barb, Poppy, and Sharon. Geri added all their initials

Barbara's inspiration sampler from her California Whitework group was stitched in memory of the designer.

This embroidery kit was turned into Marilyn's first punch needle project.

MaryK finished the Holiday Hoopla projects for January, February, and March. 

Barb brought in her table topper quilt top called 'Heartland' from the Spring 2018 issue of Primitive quilts and Projects". It also features wool felt appliqué.

Our monthly stitching day is this Saturday from 10 - 4. 

January 2024

Mavis Brown was our guest speaker this month. She presented a slide show and talked to us about life in the Arctic from when she lived there for 9 years in the 1970s.  

She brought many samples of clothing made from 'duffle' (felted Hudson's Bay blanket material), furs, and animal hides.

Felted moose hair appliqué

She also had lots of carvings from whale and reindeer bone as well as from the teeth of various animals.

mocassins lined with intricate beadwork and lined with fur

beadwork

Next month with be the first exchange for those participating in the Round Robin organized by Meagan. 

December 2023

We had a great turnout for our December meeting. There was very little business to discuss and it was followed by the ornament exchange.

9 stitchers participated.

Appliqué and gold threads.

On perforated paper

Happy Holidays, everyone!

November 2023

At this month's meeting we finalized plans for our ornament exchange and holiday party for our December meeting. Barbara K asked for volunteers to tech edit her Schwalm project she's preparing for Seminar in May. Many members also started plans for the Round Robin under Meagan's direction.

There were a few items for show and share. 

Nancy is embroidering a set of these for the volunteers where she works.

Jeanette finally framed her whitework heart thistle, from a class she took at the EAC Seminar in Charlottetown PEI, designed by Jenny Adin-Christie.

Barbara K designed and created the whitework biscornu and needlebook.

Geri finished the Holly 'n Hardanger ornament from the Just Cross Stitch 2009 Christmas issue. She replaced the red and clear beads with HotFix 'jewels' 

and a date charm for the back.

Victoria took a full-day finishing class from Nancy Klein at Gitta's. Nancy favours using upholstery foam for the padding on her ornaments.

Geri also showed off her Moonshine Cabin designed by Jacob de Graaf of Modern Folk Embroidery. It was a collaboration with Evertote and Leo & Roxy floss in 2022.

It was finished like a big hanging ornament.

Our next stitch day is Saturday, December 2 and the next meeting will be December 20, 2023.

September 2023

Meagan did a presentation on Round Robins. She showed us several examples that she, her mother, and grandmother participated in over the years. 

The theme and parameters are decided by the originator and the stitchery is passed from one to another member in the mutually defined period of time. When the originator gets the sampler back, it's completed with everyone's contribution.

They can be band samplers like this:

or pictorial samplers like this:

Garden trellis

Acorns

Angels

Groups will be determined in November and the Round Robin will commence in the new year.

There were many beautiful embroidered items for Show and Share:

Jeanette's Hedge Row by Plum Street samplers finished as a flatfold

Meagan and Kim's set of accessories

Meagan's memento of a camping trip.

Sylvia's satin stumpwork flower designed by Pam Cousins

Sylvia's reticella biscornu with corded needle lacing - she translated the Japanese pattern to English

Barbara K's Victorian biscornu

and her tart pan design from the Buffalo guild

Barbara also displayed her project from 2023 Winnipeg Seminar "Trevelyon's Garden" by Kathy Andrew - silk on silk.

Jeanette hemstitched her Louisa Acton sampler using Mary Corbet's tutorial.

Victoria stitched the Entrelac de Bleu pillow from Reflet de Soie.

Marion brought her round robin project done with a rug hooking group.

The program for next month is the Silk Leaf Project where participants will sample 6 types of silk threads on Congress cloth.