Sunday, December 9, 2012

Quail Run Newsletter Fun

Quail Run's fun newsletter is online for December.  It talks about their year end sale, shows off fabulous finishing, and of course talks classes.  This time there is a great tip about how to keep your threads from twisting as you stitch and some new designs that celebrate Arizona's one hundred years as a state.  As a special bonus, Susan discusses trapunto, the special technique I used to give my Day of the Dead lady's necklace a special "lift."  There are a lot of photos of this special technique which is amazingly easy so you can easily try it at home.
http://siterepository.s3.amazonaws.com/510/081079_qrn_12newsletter2012.pdf

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

The Casket Class Redeux

Tricia Nguyen has announced a repeat of her fabulous 17th Century reproduction casket class called "Cabinet of Curiosities."  All the details are here.
http://thistle-threads.com.mytempweb.com/blog/index.php/2012/11/finally-the-big-box-reveal/

If you find this intriguing, click on the header to see more recent postings that show the bare bones of the casket, secret drawers and all.  You can also visit Elga's blog where she is making miniatures of these type of caskets.
http://elgakoster.blogspot.com/2012/11/casket-progress.html

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com