12 Days of Christmas - Day 12 - CHRISTMAS

 

Merry Christmas!  

The giveaway on this day is an amazing calendar from the V&A showing fabulous composite x-ray images of fashion from their collection.  This shows some incredible images of metal thread embroidery.  

if you are interested in taking a look inside period garments - send me an email at tricia@alum.mit.edu

I have more than one of these to give away

In the message:

• Put XRAY in the subject line
• Give me your mailing address in the body of the message 

Send the message by midnight EST on December 27th to be entered.

While you are waiting to see if you have won - check out my new online course starting on January 1st:  Martha's Silk Satin Pincushion.  

Martha Edlin used a waste canvas technique to embroider counted techniques on glorious silk satin, using it on a pincushion and both her embroidered casket and mirror frame.  Learn to do this yourself while making your own pincushion with motifs similar in look to Martha's piece.  Backed with a piece of exquisite coral pink silk velvet, the 3"x5"cushion will become a beloved piece in your collection.  Worked in soie paris threads from Au Ver a Soie in the Historic Color Collection.  

Find out about Martha's Silk Satin Pincushion Online Course

12 Days of Christmas Giveaway - Day 11

 

The giveaway for day 11 is a set of threads that are more fall colored from The Gentle Arts.  If you are interested in these hand dyed cotton threads, email me at tricia@alum.mit.edu.

In the email message:

• Put FALL THREADS in the subject line
• Put your mailing address in the body of the message

Get the message to me by midnight EST on December 26th to be entered.

12 Days of Christmas Giveaway - Day 10

 

The giveaway for Day 10 is the small book on the samplers from the collection of Alexandra Peters which have been exhibited at the Litchfield Historical Society.  It is a lovely book which contains the research that Alexandra did on her wonderful pieces - many of which have quite astounding stories.

If you are interested in the giveaway - send me an email at tricia@alum.mit.edu.  In the email:

• Put Alexandra in the subject message
• In the body of the message, put your mailing address.

Get the message to me by midnight EST on December 25th.  

If you have loved whitework samplers, my 17th century Whitework Samplers course is starting again on February 1st.  This is a course that mixes learning techniques, making two sampler projects and a lace border, as well as teaching you how to design samplers of this type on your own.  Interspersed is some history and lots about the pattern books of the period where many of the patterns were found.  It is the type of class that you can use to do the projects but come back to time and time again as a reference for other projects you may be doing or to design your own.  Become a master of whitework! 

Read more about the 17th century Whitework Sampler Course

12-Days of Christmas - Day 9

 

Day 9 is a group of winter themed issues of Just Cross Stitch magazine including the 2024 Special Holiday Issue wth all the Christmas Ornaments.  

If you want these issues, send me an email at tricia@alum.mit.edu.  In the email:

• Put JCS in the subject line so I can sort through the entries
• In the body of the message, I need your mailing address so I can ship it to you without chasing your down to give it to me.  Please don't put it in the comments.  My giveaways don't work that way.

Send the message by midnight EST on December 24th to be entered.

12-Days of Christmas - Day 8

 

On Day 8 we have a set of postcards with beautiful 17th-18th century embroidery on them.  

If you are interested in them - send me an email at tricia@alum.mit.edu

In the email:

• Casket in the subject line 
• Mailing address in the body of the email

Send the email before midnight EST of December 23rd to get entered into the random draw.

Do you look at caskets like this and think of how 'someday' you want to make something like this?  Don't let that thought of someday keep you from making it today.  There are only 22 spots available in my Harmony with Nature course, which has a similar look to the top of this casket.  I had threads manufacturers as well as the other materials for finishing and the boxes.  Several of the artisans I worked with have retired and so I am working down the materials and boxes that I had put together.  Don't miss out.  I have waiting lists of people who are sad that they missed out on the larger boxes when they had the chance after taking the original classes.  

The Harmony Casket was designed by me to be something that could be worked like I had designed it OR

have areas that you could redesign easily without having to know how to 'design'.  Each side has a small oval with an animal in it.  These designs can be switched out for something you prefer like pets, pictures of flowers you love, text that is cross stitched in place, a tent stitched design, your house, family, etc.  The possibilities are endless.  The same with the top image in the circle.  I worked the allegory Harmony on mine but also gave a second design for a woman embroidering.  And many students have changed this design to be themselves playing a musical instrument, doing a stitching piece that they had on silk gauze, and other cool ideas.  An appliqué of something else could be done in the circle.  So you can make it your own.  Another student switched the heads of the large flowers to be those indigenous to their country for a twist.  I LOVE, LOVE these types of changes and adore when students in the class go back and forth with me on their ideas for changes.  

Take a look at the description for the Harmony Casket - the next running is January 1st, 2025 and is work at your own pace.

12-Days of Christmas - Day 7

 

On the 7th day of Christmas the giveaway is another yummy batch of threads from The Gentle Art.  Most of the colors are from the Simply Shaker line of the threads.

If you are interested in this group of threads - send me an email at tricia@alum.mit.edu

• In the subject put SIMPLY SHAKER
• Put your mailing address in the body of the message.

Send the email by midnight EST of December 22nd to enter.

If you are looking for an interesting class for the new year, think about making flowers from small silk braids.  It is one of the most bang-for-your-buck type classes that I offer.  The lacet braids are folded and whip stitched together to make petals and leaves and then joined to make flowers.  So many cool little flowers can be made.  

These were done as small projects in the 17th century with braids that were made by the girls themselves but you don't have to make the braid as I have already had them done.  So you can make a beautiful pansy or rose in an evening.  I hope at some point someone sends me a picture of a headband for a veil in cream flowers!  There are so many uses for them.  

Read more and see more pictures of the Silk Lacet Flower Bouquets

12-Days of Christmas - Day 6

 

The sixth day of Christmas has a few fall themed Just Cross Stitch magazines to add to your collection, including the much loved Halloween Issue with all the spooky themed items. 

If you are interested in this giveaway - send me an email at tricia@alum.mit.edu

In the email:

• Put Halloween in the subject line
• In the body of the message give me your mailing address

Send it before midnight EST on December 21st