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Posted by anne on September 7, 2005, 11:54 am
As a stitching seminar virgin, I was a bit apprehensive but extremely excited
to be going to my first one in Atlanta.
After a leisurely slightly more than 3 hour drive, we arrived at the hotel.
After checking in, encumbered with all my stuff, I toddled over to the seminar
registration desk ... in addition to seminar packet and name tag, I got a goody
bag chock full of the things.
Went up to my room, quickly scanned the seminar information and headed back
down to the 'boutique' and bookstore to shop. I also went through the traveling
exhibit and was thoroughly awed by the work. Trundled back up to my room to
dump my newly acquired items and because I was so antsy, went back downstairs.
Ran into many members of my chapter and we chatted until time to go in to
dinner. I wouldn't have minded eating with strangers but it was nice to eat
with them and get to know them better. Food was plentiful but standard hotel
banquet food, except for the dessert -- best as I remember, it was creme brule
(sp??) with fresh fruit in an almond-based pastry cup.
Thank goodness for wake up call service, otherwise I could've missed my class
as I didn't set the hi-tech radio/clock gizmo right.
I took Kathy Fenchel's 2 day contemporary stumpwork, Spring in a Paper Bag (or
a reasonable facsimile of that title). There were just 8 people in the class so
it was held in a suite. Thank goodness the woman I sat next to had a portable
light that she placed between us as the lighting was more than a bit dim.
Kathy is an excellent teacher and my classmates were terrific!!! The design,
worked on congress cloth, was wonderful too. I've got a few areas to frog and
need to practise the new to me and oh so very neat way to do turkey work before
completing the piece. I wish I had had another pair of hands then I could've
written down the many tips while continuing to stitch.
I attended the Tennessee Valley Region's birthday bash held to celebrate 25
years of Share A Stitch seminars and won a very beautiful reproduction of small
sewing kit (there's a fancy schmanzy name for that thing but I've forgotten it)
as a door price. Another member of my group won Jane Nichols' first stumpwork
book. She was pleased to win something but said that stumpwork wasn't her thing
so I persuaded her to swap ;-)
Merchandise night was mind boggling!!!!!!!!!!! Unlike CATS where cross stitch
predominated, there was a tremendous variety of needlework designs, unusual
threads/fibers, accessories, and other good stuff. I couldn't resist really
cheap ($1-$2) bags of not so small pieces of fabric from a decorating store. I
have no idea what I'll use it for or where to put it, but I'm very happy with
that purchase.
My travelling companion and I were exhausted after just a little more than an
hour of shopping so after a potty stop, we hopped in her car and headed north
to Knoxville. I've got two laundry baskets to empty, one has dirty clothes and
the other is full of new stash.
--
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Posted by Dianne Lewandowski on September 7, 2005, 1:17 pm
Ooooh, can't wait to hear more!
Great report. Thank you. Fun to read. I was right there along side you!
Dianne
anne wrote:
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> As a stitching seminar virgin, I was a bit apprehensive but extremely excited
> to be going to my first one in Atlanta.
>
> After a leisurely slightly more than 3 hour drive, we arrived at the hotel.
> After checking in, encumbered with all my stuff, I toddled over to the seminar
> registration desk ... in addition to seminar packet and name tag, I got a
goody
show/hide quoted text
> bag chock full of the things.
>
> Went up to my room, quickly scanned the seminar information and headed back
> down to the 'boutique' and bookstore to shop. I also went through the
traveling
show/hide quoted text
> exhibit and was thoroughly awed by the work. Trundled back up to my room to
> dump my newly acquired items and because I was so antsy, went back downstairs.
> Ran into many members of my chapter and we chatted until time to go in to
> dinner. I wouldn't have minded eating with strangers but it was nice to eat
> with them and get to know them better. Food was plentiful but standard hotel
> banquet food, except for the dessert -- best as I remember, it was creme brule
> (sp??) with fresh fruit in an almond-based pastry cup.
>
> Thank goodness for wake up call service, otherwise I could've missed my class
> as I didn't set the hi-tech radio/clock gizmo right.
>
> I took Kathy Fenchel's 2 day contemporary stumpwork, Spring in a Paper Bag (or
> a reasonable facsimile of that title). There were just 8 people in the class
so
show/hide quoted text
> it was held in a suite. Thank goodness the woman I sat next to had a portable
> light that she placed between us as the lighting was more than a bit dim.
>
> Kathy is an excellent teacher and my classmates were terrific!!! The design,
> worked on congress cloth, was wonderful too. I've got a few areas to frog and
> need to practise the new to me and oh so very neat way to do turkey work
before
show/hide quoted text
> completing the piece. I wish I had had another pair of hands then I could've
> written down the many tips while continuing to stitch.
>
> I attended the Tennessee Valley Region's birthday bash held to celebrate 25
> years of Share A Stitch seminars and won a very beautiful reproduction of
small
show/hide quoted text
> sewing kit (there's a fancy schmanzy name for that thing but I've forgotten
it)
show/hide quoted text
> as a door price. Another member of my group won Jane Nichols' first stumpwork
> book. She was pleased to win something but said that stumpwork wasn't her
thing
show/hide quoted text
> so I persuaded her to swap ;-)
>
> Merchandise night was mind boggling!!!!!!!!!!! Unlike CATS where cross stitch
> predominated, there was a tremendous variety of needlework designs, unusual
> threads/fibers, accessories, and other good stuff. I couldn't resist really
> cheap ($1-$2) bags of not so small pieces of fabric from a decorating store. I
> have no idea what I'll use it for or where to put it, but I'm very happy with
> that purchase.
>
> My travelling companion and I were exhausted after just a little more than an
> hour of shopping so after a potty stop, we hopped in her car and headed north
> to Knoxville. I've got two laundry baskets to empty, one has dirty clothes and
> the other is full of new stash.
>
--
"The Journal of Needlework" - The E-zine for All Needleworkers
http://journal.heritageshoppe.com
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Posted by shirley-broderiebooks on September 7, 2005, 5:17 pm
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> Ooooh, can't wait to hear more!
> Great report. Thank you. Fun to read. I was right there along side you!
> Dianne
> anne wrote:
> > As a stitching seminar virgin, I was a bit apprehensive but extremely
excited
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> > to be going to my first one in Atlanta.
How I would love to be a EGA stitching seminar virgin, living in New Zealand
this is a long held dream.
I got a goody
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> > bag chock full of the things.
Other than threads what sort of things were in the goody bag?
. I've got a few areas to frog
A new expression for me, what is 'to frog'
won a very beautiful reproduction of small
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> > sewing kit (there's a fancy schmanzy name for that thing but I've
forgotten it)
Maybe at 'etui'?
Like Dianne I long to hear more, even from others who attended, please help
us unable to attend ones visualise your experience.
Shirley
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Posted by NL on September 7, 2005, 5:39 pm
shirley-broderiebooks wrote:
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>> I've got a few areas to frog
>
> A new expression for me, what is 'to frog'
I know it I know it *jumps up excitedly* it means to rip-it rip-it
rip-it out (You need to say it out loud, you'll sound a bit like a
certain animal *cough*)
cu
nicole - who knows because she's doing that a _lot_
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Posted by anne on September 8, 2005, 10:18 pm
shirley-broderiebooks said
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> Other than threads what sort of things were in the goody bag?
As best as I can remember, there was a tiny heart-shaped Whitman Sampler's tin
with 3, maybe 4 pieces of chocolate, fabric, and chart for a top and a little
needle case.
Small packet of really nice beads from a local shop
pad of paper
threads and fabric to do a design that was in the seminar book
lots of info about the area
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> Like Dianne I long to hear more, even from others who attended, please help
> us unable to attend ones visualise your experience.
It was reinforced that although there might be a 'right' way to do something,
that it's perfectly acceptable to do and use what works for me. I also had some
great conversations around the outside ashtray ;-)
Really neat tip (1): crumble and then straighten a piece of tin foil or get a
foil scrapbooking paper and put it behind congress cloth before attaching to
backing board for a little extra glitz
Really neat tip (2): don't worry how the back of a piece turns out.
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> to be going to my first one in Atlanta.
>
> After a leisurely slightly more than 3 hour drive, we arrived at the hotel.
> After checking in, encumbered with all my stuff, I toddled over to the seminar
> registration desk ... in addition to seminar packet and name tag, I got a