Archive for the 'embroidery' Category

EAC Seminar 2009 Kingston, ON

10 July 09

It’s been a while since my last post…life interrupts.  Getting over a sinus headache, busy at work, muscle spasm in my neck and a mother in the hospital for a week.  Well I’m all better, it’s the weekend and my mom got home a couple of days ago and is feeling better. 

I had a good [...]

What’s in a name…

20 February 09

In our guild (and I think this is common to most guilds) we are supposed to have a stitched name tag.  I’ve been with my guild for three years now and haven’t gotten around to stitching one.  I am tagless no longer, I finally stitched my name and am in the process of finishing the [...]

Town Clock Stitchers Guild on the internet!!

13 October 08

 

Our guild recognizes that the internet is playing a larger role in our stitching lives and as such has been planning a website.  We are still in the process of adding the content, but it’s a great start for us.
We’ll be featuring a free pattern every month, and this month’s pattern is a counted canvas [...]

Scott Manor House exhibit

5 August 08

The guild I belong to, Town Clock Stitchers of Halifax, put on an exhibit at the Scott Manor House in Bedford this past week.  Since I work during the week I volunteered my time on Saturday and Sunday afternoon.  I was very impressed by the exhibit this year, so many of the pieces that members [...]

Town Clock Stitchers Exhibit @ Scott Manor House

12 July 08

For the past two summers TCS has done an exhibit at Scott Manor House (15 Fort Sackville Rd. ) in Bedford, Nova Scotia.  The exhibit runs from Monday July 28th to Sunday August 3rd 10:00 am – 4:00 pm.  There is a tea room that serves tea, lemonade, oat cakes, & ice cream wih berries.  Very refreshing [...]

Rose by any other name….or something like that

3 July 08

I’m going to a wedding in a couple of weeks and the bride’s name is Rose.  So, I pulled out my trusty Lavender and Lace Tea Garden pattern and stitched the Rose.  I stitched their names underneath in a font based on Curlz. 

Rose & Derek

I typed up the names in Word, printed it and then [...]