announcement

Teachers for Camp Quality
need to be at Camp Maintoqua
in Frankfort, IL

at 8 a.m.
on Friday, August 12.

Marjorie will have maps at the August meeting.

Learn-To-Stitch tables

During the Needle Art Exhibit
there will be a
Learn to embroider...
area set up.

At each of three tables at the back of the display room,
no more than two members will be sitting—leaving two chairs empty at each.
They will be stitching on their own projects
and inviting passers-by to stop
and learn to embroider.

On each table will be an invitation sign
with models of the two projects.

The two projects will be 3” square needlebooks.
One will have a cover of aida cloth, the other felt.
Both will have a felt page,
with a needle in it,
already threaded with two strands of floss.
The remaining length of floss will be curled up in the needlebook.

For the cross stitch needlebooks,
we will have a page of small one-color designs charted to stitch.
The felt books will have a design printed on them
to be stitched in out line or chain stitches.

Each table will have a bag or basket of needlebooks
but they will not be on the table.
We do not want this to be a grab-n-go
or a useless treat for someone who knows how to stitch
but just can’t resist a freebie.

We will encourage people to sit
and at least begin stitching with us
in order to get their needlebook to take.

Once they sit down,
the members at the table can show them the models
and possible designs.
We especially want to encourage children
or children with their parents to sit and stitch.

Volunteer sign up sheets will be available
at the June Chapter meeting

NANI Outreach

We have a variety of outreach projects ongoing or coming up. So many it's hard to keep track of them all. Here's an overview:

Stitching:
Hospice of the Calumet Area: We need 2" square stitched designs for their cards* and hand-stitched holiday ornaments, any design or style.*

Hammond Reads: Bookmarks, primarily aimed at children. Standard bookmark sizes are between 2" and 3" wide and 6" and 8" long but other sizes and styles are welcome.* Any designs or materials that you wish. Some designs and more information are available at Stitching for Literacy. This is an EGA outreach project. [We are also collecting new and lightly-used books of all types, for all ages, for Hammond Reads to distribute.]

*Marjorie Holme will have precut pieces of Hardanger fabric, donated to the outreach projects by Karen Uebler, for the Hospice cards, ornaments and Hammond Reads bookmarks at the June meeting. These are all nicely portable projects ideal for summer stitching.

Threads That Bind: We are collecting hand-stitched ornaments for our show boutique. The deadline is the September meeting. All profits go to the chapter. (more details in an upcoming post)

Your finished embroideries! Please don't forget to submit one or more (or many) pieces for display in the show.

Members' Boutique: more details on this opportunity to support the guild and also make a little money for yourself will be in an upcoming post.

Volunteering:
There will be a number of volunteer opportunities for our show. We hope everyone will participate before and during the show. Watch this blog for more details on volunteer sign up for the show.

Camp Quality Illinois: We will be teaching at the Camp on Friday August 6. We will need volunteers one night to help kit the project (date to be determined) and as many volunteers as possible to come and stitch with the kids on the morning of August 6. Camp Quality Illinois is in Frankfort, IL.

Beginning Stitching at the YMCA: We plan to expand our experimental program at the YMCA and make it more organized and formal. It was slow at first but we ended up with nicely sized classes of children and adults. We plan to teach this fall on Thursdays at 6:30pm from September to Thanksgiving. September's project will be a beginning cross stitch sampler, designed by Jamee Jecmen. October will be "tattoo your jeans": how to decorate your clothing with embroidery, something popular with teens right now. November will be simple holiday ornaments. We would like volunteers to commit to coming for one month to work with the beginning students.

Class is Full

The Crewel Chateliane class
is full
and registration closed


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Expand your embroidery skills and make a
lovely crewel tool holder & nametag

You will stitch two small 3" square
crewel designs that will form
a pocket & a pincushion on the chatelaine

If you wish, add your name
and a small floral design
on the wide strap

Loops on the underside of the strap
hold your working threads and
the looped strap ends will keep scissors
+ other tools handy

the kit will include all materials
and instructions needed
for stitching + finishing

Students need to bring
a 4" or 5" embroidery hoop
and scissors

The July class
will be limited to
12 students

The cost for the kit is $18.00

Questions &/or Comments
can be directed to
Needle Artisans

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Japanese Embroidery

Traditional Japanese Embroidery
Chicago, IL
In the Historic
Hyde Park Community

Class Instructor: Karen L. Plater

August 17 - 20, 2009
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.


Classes include students of all skill/phase levels. Each phase follows a format that builds from one phase level to another, culminating in a sound comprehension of all 46 techniques

Questions? Comments? Fees? Contact instructor,
Karen L. Plater
e-mail: KLPlater (at) cfl (dot) rr (dot) com

Register by contacting
Ruth Bloom
e-mail: Isbrwb (at) yahoo (dot) com


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(NeedleArtisans@gmail.com)

Thank you from Marjorie H

Last night we met to make the kits for the Camp Quality project --
There will be 78 campers this year at Camp Quality.
Thanks go to JanetC and her wonderful clubhouse

and to all the members that came:
CarolL, NormaA, SusanP, JameeJ, BettiP, ReneeS, CarolP, SueH,
BethV, KarenP, ClaudiaC and BarbP
What a great group!

We got it all done!

I had loads of fun and I think everyone else did, too. We stenciled and silk screened the designs onto felt and kitted thread and needles to embellish the painted designs.

While a couple tables messed with paints, one table patiently cut freezer paper stencils and another made up 80 baggies with colorful strands of perle cotton and needles and trimmed the painted designs to size.

It was hard for the stencilers and screeners to stop once the design ideas began to flow!

Photos from the evening are on my Flickr page, link here.

Our class at Camp Quality will be

Friday, August 7 from 9am-noon
We have room for more teachers if you'd like to join us.

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Questions or Comments .... Contact Marjorie

July 21st: Camp Quality Kit Assembly

Note from MarjorieH:

There will be a meeting to prepare kits for Camp Quality (CQ)
Tuesday, July 21st
7:00pm
at Janet's Clubhouse*
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO COME
We would like your thoughts & ideas for organizing and presenting the kits, plus teaching the project

I will demonstrate and give you a chance to try two techniques for putting designs on fabric:
freezer paper stencils and silk screen
We will use these techniques to print designs onto felt for the CQ project

FOR THE MEETING:

Please bring yourself in old clothes (acrylic paint doesn't wash out)
(If you don't have any of the items listed below, don't worry--come anywayWe'll have plenty of materials for everyone)
We could use fabric scissors, exacto knives (or small paper scissors), cheap acrylic paints in flower colors, browns or greens, old irons, ironing pads or boards, and cheap foam paintbrushes

DONATIONS NEEDED:

We can always use felt pieces (larger than 4" x 6")

We need size 18-20 needles (chenille or tapestry) for the kits
I think we have a good quantity of perle cotton now

*Location:
Janet's Clubhouse aka The Gerogetown Homes Clubhouse
3800 Georgetown Court
Hammond, IN
MAP here

Comments or Questions, contact Marjorie or
E-mail Needle Artisans

Giveaway!

Check out this July Giveaway on Marjorie's Blog

When I clicked on the photo to enlarge, I could see all the detail in the patterns. This would be fun to own & stitch!

Don't miss this opportunity. Details HERE

Change to October Class:

Note from MarjorieH

OCTOBER BEADED BRACLET CLASSmaterials update:

Please bring size 6 beads for the class. Size 6 beads were used for the models.
I'd originally planned on size 8 beads but found they were too hard to locate so I redid the models in size 6 but then forgot to change the materials list. I apologize.

Also, don't worry about bringing beading thread. I've learned that's also too hard to find and I'll bring Nymo in a selection of colors. It doesn't take much and we can share.

Thanks! Marjorie

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Comments? Questions?
E-mail Marjorie or NeedleArtisans (at) gmail (dot) com
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Hardanger by MarjorieH

Marjorie H finished her hardanger project:
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Project before assembly
This is the Indiana State Day Project

Giveaway!

Please visit THIS POST on Marjorie H's Blog for a chance to win gold & silver metallic threads from S J Designs
Marjorie provides a description of the metallics. To have a chance for these added to your stitching stash, leave a comment on her blog post with contact information

Marjorie's Giveaway

Would you like to own this?
It can be yours -- read more on Marjorie's Blog
LINK HERE to post about giveaway.

Camp Quality

EDITED!!!

Note from Marjorie about Camp Quality:

Our morning to teach at Camp Quality isFriday, August 7th
We will meet in the parking lot at 9am. The class ends at noon. Then we will have lunch with the campers. As of May 1 they had 66 campers registered.
We are going to stitch on felt for the tin lid designs. . The theme for our day (Friday) is Hawaiian Luau. What fun! The week's theme this year is 15 Years of Memories. We don't yet know the day's theme.The theme for our day (Friday) is Hawaiian Luau. What fun!

We have felt in the storage closet. Donations of odds and ends of perle cotton for embroidery will be welcome.(prefer perle coton sizes 5, 8, 12; however, will also accept size 3)
No meetings are planned for now.

Illinois Camp Quality is held at:
Camp Manitoqua
8122 W. Sauk Trail
Frankfort, IL
Questions? Comments? Contact Marjorie