It was a very good baseball game.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
May 27th
Tomorrow is regularly scheduled May meeting.
Phyllis is teaching us Swedish weaving. Toweling and needles provided. Look in your stash for some suitable threads to use - 6-12 strands of floss, #3 or #5 perle cotton or multiple strands of #8.
The project is a dish towel and if you intend to use it your threads should be colorfast. You
will need about 3 skeins of floss using all 6 strands for the towel.
Some interesting websites with information on this technique:
The Swedish Weave Connection
Avery Hill Designs
All Fiber Arts
Nettie's Needleworks
and of course, Nordic Needle
Phyllis is teaching us Swedish weaving. Toweling and needles provided. Look in your stash for some suitable threads to use - 6-12 strands of floss, #3 or #5 perle cotton or multiple strands of #8.
The project is a dish towel and if you intend to use it your threads should be colorfast. You
will need about 3 skeins of floss using all 6 strands for the towel.
Some interesting websites with information on this technique:
The Swedish Weave Connection
Avery Hill Designs
All Fiber Arts
Nettie's Needleworks
and of course, Nordic Needle
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Stitch N Pitch
I'm all set for the game tonight at Nationals Park. My stitching buddy had another commitment come up so I'll be bringing my son who will not be stitching. His job will be to give me a heads up if a foul ball is coming our way!
Dan Steinberg, of the Washington Post, interviewed us for his online sports blog the first year we attended Stitch N Pitch. You can read about it here: A Near No Knitter.
Hope to see some of you there!
Dan Steinberg, of the Washington Post, interviewed us for his online sports blog the first year we attended Stitch N Pitch. You can read about it here: A Near No Knitter.
Hope to see some of you there!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Discussion Groups
Did you know that EGA National has discussion groups on Yahoo! Groups?
One is a general EGA group. To find it, go to the EGA website. In the members only area, click on discussion group. You do have to join Yahoo! Groups to join this list. Recent topics have included discussions about graphing software, new courses being offered, news about National Seminar.
The second Yahoo! Group is for Correspondence Courses. You can find the link for this group under the Correspondence Courses page. Here you'll find topics such as suggestions for future Correspondence Courses and discussion of current courses.
One is a general EGA group. To find it, go to the EGA website. In the members only area, click on discussion group. You do have to join Yahoo! Groups to join this list. Recent topics have included discussions about graphing software, new courses being offered, news about National Seminar.
The second Yahoo! Group is for Correspondence Courses. You can find the link for this group under the Correspondence Courses page. Here you'll find topics such as suggestions for future Correspondence Courses and discussion of current courses.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Stitch N Pitch
May 23rd is Stitch N Pitch night at Nationals Park.
What is Stitch N Pitch? It is: a combining of two wonderful traditions — Baseball and the NeedleArts. Come to a ball game and knit, crochet, embroider, cross-stitch and needlepoint. Sit among friends, family and colleagues and cheer on your favorite Baseball Team. Beginners, intermediate and experts are all welcome.
Tickets may be purchased at our local needlework and yarn shops. Or buy online at the Stitch N Pitch website.
I've attended the past two years and had a marvelous time. There are demos and goody bags and lots of wonderful people performing their own needlearts magic. And, yes. There is baseball, too. Last year's game went into extra innings!
What is Stitch N Pitch? It is: a combining of two wonderful traditions — Baseball and the NeedleArts. Come to a ball game and knit, crochet, embroider, cross-stitch and needlepoint. Sit among friends, family and colleagues and cheer on your favorite Baseball Team. Beginners, intermediate and experts are all welcome.
Tickets may be purchased at our local needlework and yarn shops. Or buy online at the Stitch N Pitch website.
I've attended the past two years and had a marvelous time. There are demos and goody bags and lots of wonderful people performing their own needlearts magic. And, yes. There is baseball, too. Last year's game went into extra innings!
Arabella Class
If anyone from the Michael Boren class has a photo of a finished project, send it to me and we'll post it here.
Mine is stuck at the half-way point as other stitching has taken precedence.
Mine is stuck at the half-way point as other stitching has taken precedence.
Apologies
Apparently the comment function was turned off.
Comments are now enabled for anonymous users which means you do not have to have any type of Gmail or Blogger account to comment.
Some one give this a try and we'll make sure it works.
Comments are now enabled for anonymous users which means you do not have to have any type of Gmail or Blogger account to comment.
Some one give this a try and we'll make sure it works.
Kissing Pillows
As part of our outreach projects we are going to continue to make kissing pillows. If anyone needs the pattern, please send me a request here either by e-mailing me:
oatlandsega@gmail.com
or by posting a comment and I will e-mail a PDF of the chart.
Directions for finishing the pillows
INSTRUCTIONS FOR STITCHING SOLDIER KISSING PILLOWS:
1. Measure and mark 9 squares from each side of the heart and 9 squares from the top and bottom of the heart. Use the heart as your guide, not the center of the fabric or the edges of the fabric.
2. Cut backing 5” square. Place backing (patriotic) fabric, right side to right side of stitched piece. SQUARE IT UP using the aida lines. Even if the backing fabric is straighter than the aida, it will look crooked, you HAVE to line it up along the aida lines.
3. Pin and trim aida to fit.
4. Stitch around all 4 edges, using a 1/2 inch (7 squares) seam allowance (you will want to stitch in the ditch of the aida), and leaving an open space of 1 1/2 to 2 inches in which to put stuffing. You will want the finished pillow to be close to 4” square.
5. Trim edges, cutting across corners so turning is easier. Iron. Turn right side out. You may need to iron again.
6. Lightly stuff; pillow should be fluffy and squishy, not hard and bouncy.
7. Close open space using blind stitching.
PACKAGING INSTRUCTIONS:
Place pillow in a clear plastic sandwich bag. Seal.
oatlandsega@gmail.com
or by posting a comment and I will e-mail a PDF of the chart.
Directions for finishing the pillows
INSTRUCTIONS FOR STITCHING SOLDIER KISSING PILLOWS:
1. Measure and mark 9 squares from each side of the heart and 9 squares from the top and bottom of the heart. Use the heart as your guide, not the center of the fabric or the edges of the fabric.
2. Cut backing 5” square. Place backing (patriotic) fabric, right side to right side of stitched piece. SQUARE IT UP using the aida lines. Even if the backing fabric is straighter than the aida, it will look crooked, you HAVE to line it up along the aida lines.
3. Pin and trim aida to fit.
4. Stitch around all 4 edges, using a 1/2 inch (7 squares) seam allowance (you will want to stitch in the ditch of the aida), and leaving an open space of 1 1/2 to 2 inches in which to put stuffing. You will want the finished pillow to be close to 4” square.
5. Trim edges, cutting across corners so turning is easier. Iron. Turn right side out. You may need to iron again.
6. Lightly stuff; pillow should be fluffy and squishy, not hard and bouncy.
7. Close open space using blind stitching.
PACKAGING INSTRUCTIONS:
Place pillow in a clear plastic sandwich bag. Seal.
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