Saturday, 30 June 2018

Blog #70 - Christmas is Coming

Wednesday,  20 December 2017
 
In addition to the Sampler exhibition,
also set up a "mini" Christmas display
in one of the rooms in what will one day be my new Needlework Gallery.
When setting up the Christmas display
I realised that I had only stitched two new Christmas designs
during the past year:

 
Both  -  JBW Designs
 
Design Title:  Tidings of Joy
Design Code:  JBW 311
Price:  $21.50

Design Title:  French Country  -  Santa
Design Code:  JBW 310
Price:  $17.50

 
In addition to being able to purchase the lovely little design above,
the little hornbooks are also available -
 
Description:  JBW Hornbook
Design Code:  KELM:HORN
Price:  $27.50
 
Pictured below are the finished pieces -
Tidings of Joy
French Country - Santa
 
(Note:  This design stitched over one fabric thread)

 
This revelation inspired me to stitch some new designs for Christmas 2018
and so began stitching some tiny stockings - also designed by JBW Designs.
Design Title:  Petite French Stockings
Design Code:  JBW 270
Price:  $15.00
 
But - as per usual - I opted for different fabric and thread colourings
to those of the original design.
Another task I have been doing this month is advising of our new email address,
due to Vodafone deciding to no longer provide an email service.

 
What a headache!  And such a mammoth task!!
 
I wish I could charge Vodafone for the hours it has taken to do this.
 
Plus - the change has meant all our current letterheads,
thank you notes, gift vouchers, business cards, brochures, etc.
now have an incorrect email address on them.
And too, all my printed needlework designs.
 
A very costly exercise to replace everything.
Once again I wish I could charge these expenses to Vodafone!
 
Another disruption caused with the change of email address
is that EVERY page of my website had the incorrect email address on it.
 
Hundreds of pages.
 
Thus, I enlisted the help of my granddaughter once college had finished for the year
to create a single page with all our current contact details on it,
delete the old address/contact details from every page
and then link every page to the new contact page.
 
A great help - and she was happy with the pocket money.
 
Another impact of the email change
is that I have to change all the "masters" of EVERY needlework design
& create a new pdf file for each one for printing.
 
As yet done any of this work.
 
Here are new email addresses:
 
 
Enough of my woes.
 
On a happier note, this is a very special time of year  -  Christmas.
 
Sincerely wishing you a wonderful Christmas with family and friends.
 
May this time be filled with happy memories and blessed with all good things.
 

Thursday, 21 June 2018

Blog #69 - More Exhbition Photos ....

Tuesday,  5 December 2017

As advised in my last blog, here are photos of other pieces of needlework
that were displayed during the 'Letters of the Alphabet' exhibition
held over three weekends in the month of November.
 
Below are some of Gigi's designs - Les Bells Lettres de Gigi.
 
In this series, in the centre of each design is a letter
and dotted all around this letter are the same letter
in various sizes and styles of script, plus motifs
that have been used in needlework piece throughout the centuries
dotted around and amongst the different sized and styled letters.
 
Really gorgeous!
 
All designs for the letters (excepting: Q,  U,  W,  X,  Y  and  Z)
are available from the Needlework Gallery.
 
$36.50  each
Joy Hurford  -  Havelock North
Mary Dixon  -  Hastings
Andrea Darroch  -  Taradale
Note:  Both of these pieces have been stitched over one fabric thread!
 

Margo McLennon  -  Hastings
&
Sharon Gordon  -  Napier
 
Sharon is also stitching her letter design over one fabric thread
 
The other series of needlework pieces on display were our 2016 Mystery Sampler project -
Family Quaker Sampler.
 
It was amazing to see the difference in each of the samplers
due to the choices made by the needleworker -
 
fabric colour, thread colour, choice of motifs
and choice as to whether to stitch just initials of family members or their full names.
The original design  (stitched over one fabric thread)

Lesley Johnston  -  Waipukurau
and
Robyn Phillips  -  Hastings
Dorothy Bell  -  Havelock North
                                  Joy Hurford  -  Havelock North
Maryann Kingston  -  Waipawa


Janet Jones - Hastings
 
The Family Quaker Sampler design is available for purchase -
 
Design Title :  Family Quaker Sampler
Design Code:  BARB::WL004
Design Price:  $50.00

 
I sincerely hope you have enjoyed looking at all these beautiful pieces of needlework.
 
If you would like to see more pieces that were on display during the exhibition
these can be seen at  -  www.barberryrow.com/blog/blog.home.html
 

 
 

Friday, 8 June 2018

Blog #68 - Holiday Stitching & Letters of the Alphabet Exhibition

Friday,  2 December 2018

Summary of content:

Recently finished some alphabet letters.
 
Design charts & instructions as yet have not been written:
 
E   =  Excellence
B  =  Blessed
S  =  Sincerity
J  =  Joyful
F  =  Faithful
R  =  Respectful
 
 
Other letters almost finished:
G  =  Gentleness
H  =  Honesty
 
Keith had a 'smashing' experience
as he was lining the underside of the verandah.
 
A piece of timber slipped off the scaffolding
and crashed through the window pane of the door into the Needlework Gallery.


 
On Saturday, the 11th of November
opened the
 
Letters of the Alphabet
Sampler Exhibition
 
 
Proceeds were donated to the
 
Hamlin Fistulas Hospitals Trust
 
located in Ethiopia.
 
This amazing hospital performs reconstructive surgery for women
with fistula problems caused by prolonged childbirth labour
or an obstructed labour.
 
Reginald Hamlin - a Napier man - and his Australian wife
pioneered this surgery and established the hospital many years ago.
 
To follow are just a few of the samplers that were on display.
 
Linda Graham  -  Christchurch
 
"Around The World"
Designer  -  Rosewood Manor 
 
Joy Hurford  -  Havelock North
 
Simple Gifts  -  JOY
Designer  -  Praiseworthy Stitches
 
&
 
Marann Kingston  -  Waipawa
 
Simple Gifts  -  LOVE
Designer  -  Praiseworthy Stitches
 
 
Sharon Gordon  -  Napier
 
Sweet Adeline  1873
Designer  -  GigiR



Robyn Holt  -  Napier
 
English Cottage
Designer  -  Teresa Wentzler

Annette Webb  -  Hastings
 
The Orford Sampler
Designer  -  Barberry Row
 
More exhibition photos in my next blog 
 
To read the complete blog, choose Blog #68