Hello everyone! I hope that you are getting plenty of stitching time in and enjoying the change of seasons, wherever you are. I have posted the latest newsletter up on the website, so take a look!
You'll find it at http://www.swansamplerguild.org/pdf/2ndQtr2013newsletter.pdf .
If you have trouble downloading it, just let me know at stitchinmaniac at msn dot com .
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
January's Stitch-In
Several local Swans met at Sandra's home on the 5th of January to stitch and enjoy each other's company. There were several who brought items that were completed in 2012. Some were part of their UFO challenge, but some were not! Here are the photos... part 1!
The two Cathy's!
Brenda's ornament - a beautiful ornament stitched over one. This is "The Three Wisemen" from Blackberry Lane Designs, one design in a series of 6.
I didn't write down whose wonderful work this was... ladies, let me and I'll edit this post!
Linda's Liberty Hill box and needlecase, and two additional pieces she brought. One is our biscornu project!
The rest of the pictures for today are close-ups of the beautiful piece by Diane Clements stitched by Carolyn...
I'll say it yet again, the photographer just couldn't capture the beauty of all of these pieces. Stay tuned for more!
Monday, January 14, 2013
Past and Present Update & Assignment
Linda sent out the assignment for January on the 5th, and I'm a bit slow getting it on the blog. But, here are some pics of Linda's progress!
I think I need to get a mini tri-pod! I'm sorry for the bit of blur, but we thought you really needed to see some close-ups of this beautiful sampler. Linda's assignment for us this month is as follows:
"For the month of January we want to get the broken line directly below the darning patterns in as well as the medallion on the left hand side. Also get the flowers and vine that are directly above the hardanger stitched. I did not run into any problems with the charts except that the medallion is on several different pages. To make it easier, I made copies of all the pages and then taped them together. This month should not be hard to get the assignment finished."
Watch for pictures from our Jan 5th Stitch-in and Show and Tell! I'll be posting them in a day or so.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Stitching Adventures - 1st Quarter Newsletter Bonus Pictures
The first quarter newsletter is hot off of the press... well, my little editing, cutting, pasting, and inserting fingers. Not really the "press". Our new feature "Stitching Adventures" was submitted by Lynn Jones. You really need to read Lynn's story. Okay, you need to read the entire newsletter, but for now, here is some eye candy:
Sandra Ball told us about her stolen Toy Chest Etui and happy endings last newsletter, when the feature began. It's been fun! Please share your story with us! If you have one you'd like to submit, send it to the editor at stitchinmaniac @ msn . com (no spaces).
We thought you may want to see some detail of Lynn's "DH's Sampler" and look at this wonderful work in higher quality images than we can post in the newsletter. You can read all about it in our 1st Quarter Newsletter, found at www.swansamplerguild.org/pdf/1stQtr2013newsletter.pdf .
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
4th Quarter Newsletter Now Available
Hello everyone! I thought I'd make a quick post here to mention that a new edition of the Swan Sampler Guild Gazette is hot off the press and available on our website at http://www.swansamplerguild.org/pdf/4thQtr2012newsletter.pdf.
I'm a newbie at preparing this, so of course I had to make one really big mistake. And, I'm here to confess. I neglected to thank a very important person, so I'll do it here. Brenda Miles has prepared and edited our newsletter for many quarters now, and we are so grateful for her service. She spent many hours with the board, keeping everyone on their toes as to when their articles were due, and fighting the formatting. She will be missed in this role, and we really appreciate her!
Now, here's the back story on our new format. Brenda sent me the files for the newsletter, and when I started to use them, I found that I couldn't open them. I don't know the reason, but I didn't want to ask her to send them again, because I was pretty sure I'd have the same trouble...I assumed it was something on my end. Because I'm a different person with different computer programs. Sometimes the transfer of these things doesn't go as smoothly as we'd like. So, I found a template, tweaked it a bit, and now we have a new format. I hope you like it.
Now, go read the newsletter. Then stitch!
Happy thoughts to you all!
I'm a newbie at preparing this, so of course I had to make one really big mistake. And, I'm here to confess. I neglected to thank a very important person, so I'll do it here. Brenda Miles has prepared and edited our newsletter for many quarters now, and we are so grateful for her service. She spent many hours with the board, keeping everyone on their toes as to when their articles were due, and fighting the formatting. She will be missed in this role, and we really appreciate her!
Now, here's the back story on our new format. Brenda sent me the files for the newsletter, and when I started to use them, I found that I couldn't open them. I don't know the reason, but I didn't want to ask her to send them again, because I was pretty sure I'd have the same trouble...I assumed it was something on my end. Because I'm a different person with different computer programs. Sometimes the transfer of these things doesn't go as smoothly as we'd like. So, I found a template, tweaked it a bit, and now we have a new format. I hope you like it.
Now, go read the newsletter. Then stitch!
Happy thoughts to you all!
Monday, July 9, 2012
Catherine Theron
The guild is pleased to announce that Catherine Theron will be teaching three of her pieces in September 2013. For pictures, please see http://swansampler.blogspot.com . For more information on the class, please see the third quarter 2012 newsletter on the Swan Sampler Guild website.
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