Exciting News: I Got Published!!!

I'm beyond excited to share this!  Four of my pieces were chosen and published in the newly revised version of Pauline Brown's Encyclopedia of Embroidery Techniques!  I just received my copy today. 

You can find my work on:

Page 39:  Green Canvas Sampler

 Page 128:  All the Buzz: Goldwork Beehive Sampler

Page 148:  Hope: Jacobean Crewelwork

Page 150:  Lily of the Valley Goldwork

Click on the titles above to link to the blog posts I wrote for each piece.

EAC: Inspiring Threads

I just got back last week from teaching in Toronto at the EAC Inspiring Threads Seminar.  It was so much fun!  I taught my Dandelion and Beehive workshops and presented at the Saturday night banquet.  I had two groups of wonderful and enthusiastic students and got to meet many, many interesting stitchers. 

They had a wonderful group of faculty too.  It was such an interesting mix of teachers incorporating very non-traditional techniques and very traditional techniques.  I finally got to meet Alison Cole!  I have followed her work for a number of years and have heard so much (all good!) about her from people that have taken her classes or taught with her at different events.  I would really love to take one of her stumpwork classes and one of the thread painting classes with Margot Kearney (I do not have a website for her but you can see an example of her work on the Canadian Embroiderer's Guild London, Ontario Facebook Page).

It constantly amazes me the generosity of the people that I meet at stitching events, from the students, organizers and teachers.  It has been humbling experiencing it from the "teacher" side in St. Petersburg, FL and in Toronto.  I look forward to teaching and participating at many more seminars to come!

And, a few photos of my student's work in the workshops I taught:
"All the Buzz" Beehive Goldwork Sampler workshop (2 days)

 Jayne finished her piece a few days after Seminar!  Check it out her beautiful final piece on the Ottawa Valley Guild of Stitchery's Facebook Page.

 Natalie finished hers too!  Check it out here on her Facebook Page, "Sew By Hand".    She experimented with variations on the basketweave and the couching colors to darken the beehive up. 

 "Dandelion of a Thousand Wishes" workshop (2 days): 

 My wonderful group of students picked me dandelions while at lunch! 

 I've already sketched up ideas to submit for EAC 2018 Seminar in Prince Edward Island (crossing my fingers I get to go back!).  And, (though this will not surprise anyone here) I've already looked up plane tickets to St. John's just "to check it out" because the seminar next year looks like it is going to be wonderful!

Kits!

Kits are ready for the EGA Sun Region and the EAC Inspiring Threads Seminars!  I'm looking forward to meeting and stitching with new friends!

2016: An Exciting Year to Look Forward To

As my brain catches up to the fact that it is now well into 2016, I thought it would be great to share with you some exciting events that I will be participating throughout this year.

I'll Be Teaching and Lecturing At:

April 28- May 1:  EGA Sun Region "Red Sails in the Sunset" Seminar  
 in St. Petersburg, Florida

Interpreting Moss with Creative Goldwork Embroidery Bowtie (1 day workshop on April 29)
Dandelion of a Thousand Wishes (2 day workshop on April 30- May 1)

May 17- 22:  EAC Inspiring Threads at Humber College, Toronto, Ontario

Beehave Goldwork Sampler (2 day workshop on May 18-19)

Dandelion of a Thousand Wishes (2 dayworkshop on May 21-22)

Historic Foundations for Contemporary Embroidery lecture


August 28- September 3:  Penland School of Crafts in Penland, North Carolina

 Embroidering Impressions of Nature (week long workshop)

 September 20:  SAGA National "Anchored in SAGA" Convention in Hampton, Virginia

Haystacks of Giverny (1 day workshop)
Evolution of Consuelo lecture about my Consuelo: Glitter of a Dollar Duchess gown 

November 2- 6: EGA National "Star Spangled" Seminar in Alexandria, Virginia

Beehive Goldwork Sampler (2 day workshop on Thursday and Friday)

Gregg Floral (2 day workshop on Saturday and Sunday)

Exploring Color Interactions Illuminated in Goldwork Embroidery lecture

Other Exciting Events:

October 19-23, 2016:  Textile Society of America "Crosscurrents: Land, Labor and the Port" Biennial Symposium in Savannah, Georgia
I will be presenting a research poster about my Exploring Color Interactions Illuminated in Goldwork Embroidery project. 

Beehive: it's finished!

Here are a couple photos of the final beehive.  My idea was to keep the actual beehive fairly traditional in technique and only use gold with matching thread.  For the stand and post, I wanted to use more creative techniques with the metal threads and add some color.  

Beehive: More progress

I finished the beehive today.  Now I just need to do the bees and the stand!

Beehive: progress

Some progress on my beehive . . .

Beehive- padding

This is my weekend project.  I completed the padding tonight so I can focus on the metals this weekend!