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.