To enter, send me an email at tricia@alum.mit.edu and put JCS YEAR in the subject line. Send the email before midnight on Dec 27th EST to be entered.
I hope the holidays were good for you all!
Tricia
Then add your name and mailing address to the body of the message. Send the email before midnight EST on Dec 26th to be entered.
Tricia
If you are interested in a copy, send me an email at tricia@alum.mit.edu with WAISTCOAT in the subject line. Put your name and mailing address in the body of the message and send it to me before midnight EST on Dec 25th.
Tricia
There is a mix of fashion, textiles and embroideries in this book and they are all backed up by stories of the families and the textile's place in that family.
If you are interested in today's book, send me an email to tricia@alum.mit.edu with FASHIONING in the subject line.
Send your name and mailing address and send it by midnight EST on Dec 24th.
Tricia
If you are interested in a notecard, send me an email at tricia@alum.mit.edu and put WHITEWORK in the subject line. Then you name and mailing address in the bulk of the message.
Send it to me before midnight EST on Dec 23rd!
Tricia
If you are interested, send me an email to tricia@alum.mit.edu and put in the subject line: JCS Christmas
Send me your name and mailing address in the body of the message and send it before midnight EST on December 22nd.
Good Luck!
Tricia
I am giving away a copy of this book this season to someone! To get in on this giveaway, send me an email at tricia@alum.mit.edu
Put in the subject line: WYREDRAWERS
Then in the bulk of the message add your name and mailing address so I can ship it right away if your email is picked randomly. You can enter until midnight EST on December 21st.
Good Luck!
Tricia
If you want to enter the giveaway, send me an email at tricia@alum.mit.edu
Subject line: Witney Sampler
Body of email: Your name and mailing address
Send me that note before midnight EST of Dec 20th.
A big thank you to Rebecca Scott from Witney Antiques for giving me these notecards for the giveaway. Visit the interview I did with her this fall about her 2023 exhibit of the Elizabeth Hall suite of 17th century embroidery.
If you are interested in this giveaway, send me an email at tricia@alum.mit.edu
Put in the subject: Butterfly
In the body of the message: Add your name and mailing address so if I pick your email I can send it right out.
Send your email before Midnight EST on December 19th to be entered!
Subject Line: A Schoolgirl's Work
Body of Message: Your name and mailing address
Entries are accepted until Midnight EST on December 18th.
Most of the samplers in this volume are American and for the Spencer Museum of Art. It was written by Barb Adams and Alma Allen who are well known textile designers working mainly in quilt art and primitives, including embroidery. They (and I) love the folk art feel of early American samplers like the one on the cover with the naive rendering of a basket of flowers.
Tricia
So I have quite a few of these to giveaway and there will be lots of winners in January who find a little something in the mail. These are a close up of a 17th century band sampler.
There are several samplers with this band on them known and so they likely have some relationship of a teacher between them.
If you want to be entered into the drawing:
Send me an email at tricia@alum.mit.edu and include:
Subject Line: Three Ladies Sampler
Body of Message: Your name and address
Entries are accepted until Midnight EST on December 17th.
If you haven't downloaded the pattern yet - it is here on my Thinkific Site. There are a few kits left as well
Today's giveaway is a set of six 2023 Just Cross Stitch issues! If you are interested in this group, there are a few rules to make it easy for me to pick you:
Send me an email at tricia@alum.mit.edu. Include:
Subject Line: Just Cross Stitch 2023
Body of Message: Your name and mailing address
Entries are accepted until Midnight EST on December 16th.
Tricia
This is the cover art for the Winter 2023 issue - I think it can be found at Barns and Noble and I am going out for my copy today. You can also read the story at this link.
They came to Janet's studio months ago and did really amazing bright photography of her earlier work as well as the four original embroidered caskets that Janet has completed. It is a really nice story to read and she was so wonderful to mention me and my classes that got her started.
Tricia
I have finally done it and joined the world of FlossTube. It wasn't that I didn't want to - that was just the time dedicated to my kids and robot team. And truthfully there wasn't a space in my house to film anything without some chaos walking by and disrupting me. Who wants to watch me talk about embroidery and hear "MOM!" in the background. And my husband looses me in the house all the time and either texts me to come down from my office while I am out at some appointment (didn't you know I wasn't home?!) or stands at the top or bottom of staircases yelling "Trish??" when he needs something. Not conducive to recording without frustration.
Finally in the Fall it has been quiet as all the kids graduated so no team anymore. We cleared out and sold the parts and suddenly I realized that the area we would film robot videos was perfect for me to film things that have been on my mind. So I asked for a 'youtube studio' for my birthday. That meant a dedicated set up where the equipment was decent and not used for anything else and I could do overthead tutorials with out the camera hitting me in the face or show things, etc. My oldest son is a total camera nerd and so he jumped at the chance. We mom's know how to get what we want done. He spent weeks doing it and teaching me how to run stuff/testing.
Now there was a little ulterior motive. The wall now is blank as the robot banners have been removed and my husband was making a lot of noise about it being returned to the dude pad he was envisioning. And all I saw was a huge wall for samplers. It needs painting from robot damage so there is a quilt hanging on our former booth stand right now. But I think he is loosing the war. He replaced the TV across from my studio last week in a move of defiance. But he needs small victories. So you all have to watch these so I have the justification to permanently hang samplers.
Well, I added in the idea of a good outdoor microphone that would allow me to record while on the move. I am always traveling to a museum or seeing a collection or something related to manufacturing for embroidery and I thought many of you would like to come on my trips. Years ago I ran three special subject tours to see 17th century embroidery related to the jackets and caskets. They were absolutely amazing but the seats were limited. After covid, it has been harder to get into collections with groups of people as museums seem to still be on the conservative end of gatherings. And the recent EGA conference in Boston was plagued by covid passed in the classrooms. So maybe right now - being a little bird on my shoulder might be fun for some!
So I am announcing my first "Travel with Tricia" Flosstube on my newly redesigned YouTube Channel. There are some dozen in the pipeline right now filmed on location and today I am on the train to another location.
The first one has some introduction on my stitching journey and goals of my video series before I launch into a virtual visit for everyone to the 400th Anniversary of the Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers Exhibition at GuildHall. It was a mind-blowing array of gold thread embroidery and not only did I film - the Master of the company encouraged me to do so. So if you can't make it to London before the recently extended exhibition closes on December 31st, get a cup of tea and watch! And subscribe as more is coming...
