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.

June 2023

This evening was our Annual General Meeting which included the treasurer's report, membership report, discussion on the budget, explanation of the fees for 2023 - 2024, election of next year's executive, and an outline of some program ideas for next year.

Show and Share

Geri's Welcome sign designed by Liz Knudsen and Ann Pettit from Brightneedle LLC.

Nancy's Ann Morrison designed by Hands Across the Sea - an exclusive for Traditional Stitches' 20th anniversary.

Jeanette's five-sided etui or exploding box.

Sylvia's Dutch sampler

Victoria's box and pillow.

Jeanette also displayed three of her mother's projects completed for her Home Economics examination in England in 1949/1950. That was one of the subjects she took for the General Certificate of Education.

Geri's embroidery hoop box made from 4" hoops mounted on a 5" base. This project was inspired by Vonna Pfeiffer's blog post on the subject.

Our annual Trillium Annual Themed Award (TATA) competition takes place at our June meeting every year. This year's theme was 'nature'. We had many lovely entries in two categories: adapted chart or original design.

This year's winners were Sylvia for her embroidered ball.

and Poppy's original design inspired by a photograph. It included hand-painting on dupioni silk and embroidery depicting heavy snow on pine boughs.

Well done, everyone!