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w w w . A N P T m a g . c o m www.TheNeed leworkPages .comA NEEDLE PULLING THREAD
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Explore & Learn New Design Techniques
Make thiscoffee club quilt
Knit this reversible cushion
Stitch thiscolourful Santa
Sew this summer dress
8 Christine Baker quilting Coffee Club Quilt
12 The Limestone Quilters Guild quiltingSummer in a Square Table Topper
18 Elaine’s Tech Tips quilting with Elaine TheriaultBorders
30 Heike Blohmfibre artArtist Profile: Follow the ThreadWhere the Music Moves You
38 Coats & ClarksewingPoolside Pillows
40 Fiona EllisknittingInukshuk Reversible Cushion
44 Anne BlayneyknittingSand Dunes Empire-Waist Tunic
48 Cynthia MacDougallknit togetherColourwork
52 Laura GebhardtcrochetCoral Reef Cover UpSummer Sky Top
58 Joanne Gatenby cross stitch Lilac Lovely Table Topper
62 Maria E. Gollek cross stitch Costa Rican Santa
65 Iryna Varabei cross stitch Special Delivery
68 Iris Simpson rug hooking Hook a Mola!
72 Erla Wilson smocking & sewing I Wish, I Wish, I Catch a Fish Sun Dress
78 Kim Beamish hardanger Hardanger Heart
80 Judith Marquis shadow work Wedding Bells Hankie
82 Maria Rypan beading Millefiori Mosaic Collar & Earrings
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22 Elaine Theriault Living in Linen
26 Nicole Brewster quiltingTraditional vs. Modern Quilting
88 Leslie Samson, Wool Artist by Alice Guthrie
3 Editor’s Letter 6 Mark Your Calendars! 6 Advertiser Index 7 The Heart of the Art
Letters to the editor
16 In the Shop with Jaret GrimbleQ & A on sewing machine care
36 FabricadabraLuigina BarattoHello Doily! Is that you again?
50 KnittingStandard Abbreviations and Terms
17 Designer Showcase90 The Fibre Report
Joe LewisEmbroidery Makes its Mark at the 8th
Kaunas Biennal Textile 2011
92 The Guilded EdgeBrant Broderers: Inspired to Stitch around the WorldCrazy Quilters International: 4th Annual September
Stitch Shenanigans
95 Hooked on BooksThe latest in needlework books
96 Business Directory 98 Sneak Peek!
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April 18-19, 2015 2015 Quilt Show, Tiny Township Community Centre,91 Concession Road 8 East, Tiny, Ontario L0L 2J0The Georgian Bay Quilters’ Guild presents Re-flections of Georgian Bay, Roots and Wings. Roots and Wings Challenge: “Good parents give their children roots and wings. Roots to know where home is, wings to fly away and ex-ercise what’s being taught them.” – Jonas SalkAdmission is $5 and men are our guests. Plenty of free parking, handicap access and a tearoom. The location will be well signed. For more information email us at [email protected] or online at www.gbqg.ca or on Facebook.April 19, 2015 Ontario Hooking Craft Guild49th Annual Conference and Show(Traditional and primitive rug-hooking)Best Western Lamplighter Inn591 Wellington Rd, London, Ontario N6C 4R3Try traditional rug hooking, find teachers in your area, view hundreds of hand crafted rugs, purchase wools, patterns, dyes, books, kits. Open to the public. Admission $10.For more information visit www.ohcg.orgApril 24-25, 2015 Creativ FestivalInternational Centre6900 Airport Rd, Mississauga, ON L4V 1E8.Two-day interactive experience, where shopping, inspiration & creativity flourish! Get in-the-know and stay on top of what's hot, new and next in the world of sewing, knitting, quilting, beading, needlework, paper crafts, embellishing and other creative art forms. Design it! Create it! Embellish it! Make it YOU! ALL seminars, demos, make 'n takes & activities are free with admission. Friday 10am-8pm, Saturday 10am-6pm. For more info: www.creativfestival.ca or call 1.800.291.2030.May 28 - June 7, 2015 Saskatchewan Stitches Conference St. Peter’s Abbey, Muenster, Saskatchewan Join internationally renowned instructors for classes in Bra making, Quilting, Fabric Art, Sewing, Knitting and Rug Hooking for a week of learning, sharing and fun. Forms and details at www.saskstitches.ca or call 1.800.344.6024.June 20-27, 2015 Green Mountain Rug School The Capital Plaza Hotel100 State St Montpelier, Vermont, USA 05602 Two four-day sessions (6 classes each session) offered June 20-23 and 24-27, 2015 at our new location at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Montpelier, Vermont. Traditional and contemporary rug hooking classes for all levels, plus a hooking retreat each session. Details at: www.GreenMountainHookedRugs.com
To list your event in this space please call 1.866.969.2678.MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
August 19-23, 2015The Rug Hooking Guild of Newfoundland and
Labrador (RHGNL) Rug SchoolLavrock Camp/Conference Centre, Trans Canada Highway, Exit 35 (45 min. drive from St. John’s)Registrar: Diane Warren , 709-753-8836,
[email protected] RHGNL is hosting its Annual Rug School. Classses range from beginner to advanced hooking. Our Guild also hosts various hook-in gatherings throughout the province during the year. This year we celebrate our 20th Anniversary. For further information visit our website at www.rhgnl.ca.September 12-13, 2015 Settlers’ Village Quilters’ Guild presents Harvest of Quilts Show & SaleKawartha Settler’s Village,85 Dunn St, Bobcaygeon, Ontario K0M 1A0Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 10am-4pm Admission $5.00. All heritage buildings on site will be used to showcase over 200 new quilted items and heritage quilts. The theme of this show is “Recipe for a Quilt”. Also featured will be a merchants’ mall, members boutique, quilt appraiser Rosalie I. Tennison, quilt raffle, door prizes, toonie draw, scissor sharpener, demonstrations and an inter guild challenge. Refreshments in two locations. Buses welcome. Wheelchair accessible. For more information visit our web site at: www.settlersvillagequilters.ca
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EDITORIALDesigners and other contributors who would like to be considered for future issues please email Carla with a brief description of your work and your proposed project for the magazine.
SPECIAL THANKS TOAll the contributors, Steve and Anna Foglia, the Miles family, Alessia and Adriano, mom and dad.
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Correction: In the Winter 2014/15 issue of A Needle Pulling Thread, on page 60, the technical editor for the Jack Frost Scarf is Ellie Gallo-Hendrikx.
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Advertiser Index 73 Amberlane & Amberpetites 51 BF Designs 93 Brother 90 Business Directory 41 Canadian Guild of Knitters 23 Country Concessions 42 Craft & Hobby Association 69 CreativFestival 51 Crochet Designs by NanaRuth 51 Focus on Fibre Arts
23 Ruby Pearl Quilts 73 Rypan Designs 73 Sew Fancy Inc. 51 Sandpiper Creations (Quilt Magic) 73 The Bead Gauge 91 the needlework pages 23 The Quilt Store 57 The Yarn Store 35 UNIQUE Sewing & Quilting Notions 63 X's & Oh's
63 Gitta’s 43 Gütermann Creativ 51 Harebrained Happenings 57 Haus of Stitches 2 Husqvarna Viking 73 Lowery Workstands 61 MarNic Designs 55 Mary Maxim 94 PFAFF 13 QUILTsocial
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enougH spaCe to Do It allEnjoy ample room to easily complete any size quilting project with 16” of throat space and 8” of vertical spaceFast anD poWerFulLet your creativity flow at your own speed with the Platinum™ 16 machine’s powerful motor, capable of up to 1,500 stitches per minuteIllumInate your CreatIons the entire work area is lit with bright lEDs for maximum visibility of your project proFessIonal sIZe WorKspaCeYou’ll have complete support for any size project with the included 36” x 30” tabletotal Control Set your preferred speed on the colour touch screen, with quick access to the stitch counter, calculator, and diagnostics program
Ensure even and accurate stitches with the optional TruStitch™ Stitch Regulation Module. TruStitch™ uses patent-pending technology to track your sewing motion and regulate the stitch length as you move the fabric around the table.
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Ensure even and accurate stitches with the optional TruStitch™ Stitch Regulation Module. TruStitch™ uses patent-pending technology to track your sewing motion and regulate the stitch length as you move the fabric around the table.
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Summer in a Square table topper was designed and made by Mary Waugh of the Limestone Quilters’ Guild for the Quilters’ Boutique at
Quilts Kingston 2012. This quilt show is held every four years and jointly organized by the Limestone Quilters’ Guild and the Kingston Heirloom Quilters.
Quilts Kingston 2012 showcased the work of guild members including several group handmade quilts including The Millennium quilt, The Doors of Kingston, and Fashion through the Decade. Kathy
Wylie was the featured quilter and Pamela Allen and Nancy Garrard were guests of Simkins Sewing. A Rug Hooking and Embroidery display as well as the ‘1812 Challenge’ provided a great variety of art.
The centre of the table topper is a Husqvarna Diamond embroidery design using twenty-five differ-ent coloured threads and 10 hours of stitching. Many thanks to Quilt & Stitch, Kingston for kindly donat-ing the use of the Husqvarna Diamond. z
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Visit our lovely and unique quilt shop in the quaint village of
Cookstown. We have over 7000 bolts of the finest quilting
cottons plus a wide selection of patterns, books & notions. Join
one of our exciting classes for every skill level. We are a
Pfaff and Brother sewing machine dealer and service centre.
Ideally located only 3 km west of Hwy 400, just off of Hwy 89.
You can shop online at www.countryconcessions.com
We invite you to come and enjoy one of Ontario’s largest quilt shops—
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Just because school is out for summer doesn’t mean that you can’t learn
something new. I designed this project for you to be able to try your hand at two different colour-work techniques giving a two-sided pillow when you are finished. Not only that, while you are learning, or perfecting, both the stranded and Intarsia techniques you are making a lovely new home décor piece for your cottage or to give your town home a cottage-like feel.
I love reversible pillows and once learned that Louisa May Alcott (au-thor of Little Women) had a pillow that, depending on her mood, she would flip to one side or the other. Then if she was in an ill temper her sisters knew to stay out of her way.I’m sure nobody is ever going to be in a bad mood during those long lazy days of summer at the cottage, but you might want to use the fin-ished pillow to show which times you want to be left alone to knit and which times you would love to play with others. z
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Reversible PillowInukshuk
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A fine, strong, high quality sewing thread for hand or machine sewing, no matter the stitch type or fabric.
Gütermann 50 wt. Cotton Quilting thread is made of long staple 100% Egyptian mercerized cotton; it’s versatile and gives seams a natural character.
• Suitable for hand or machine sewing; the perfect thread for your quilting projects
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• Available in 100m, 250m, 400m, 800m, 3000m and 5000m spool lengths
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This beach cover-up is designed to take simple shapes and
techniques and turn them into a drapey, versatile tunic. The easy-care linen gives a lovely bounce and flow to the knitted fabric. Don't be intimidated by the crunchy yarn, as a quick spin in the washing machine once knit will soften it dramatically.The cover-up itself invites improvisation. Change it up with a leather cord or a satin ribbon instead of the i-cord belt. Leave slits up the side when seaming for a flirty effect. Seam the neckline as high or as low as you want – or leave a deep V in the front and a higher V in the back… until you turn it around to show off the plunging neckline in the back! Embellish the simple fabric with beading or embroidery.
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This is the third in a set of 4 seasonal table toppers by Jo Gatenby. Lilacs and apple blossoms are two of Jo's favourite signs of spring –
so what better combination to bring the spring indoors?
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Hook A Mola!
If you love bright colours and want to have fun, why not hook a “mola”? Molas are colourful panels that include various types of appliqué and often have added embroidery,
traditionally made by the Kuna Indians.
The Kuna Indians live in palm-thatched wooden huts with sand floors. The men work in their fields on the mainland or tend coconut plantations or go fishing. The women perform their daily chores, fetching water bucket by bucket, feeding the family pig and sewing molas.
The history of the mola and the process of creating a mola are explained in detail in the adjacent article, but if you wanted to hook a mola, you need not bother with the order of the intri-cate process. Just use very bright, vibrant hues, especially the primary and secondary colours, and aim for strong contrast. Some molas have almost an “op-art” effect! Nowadays, some pastel colours are used so the sky’s the limit! Solid colours are mostly used and there is absolutely no shading!
To see pictures on the internet I googled “molas” and was rewarded with hundreds of sites. I have now assembled a small library of books.
Molas, as we know them, are colourful panels that include various types of appliqué and often have added embroidery. The word “mola” means “clothing” in the Kuna language. They are traditionally made by the Kuna (sometimes spelled “Cuna”) Indians of the San Blas islands and mainland coast of Panama. Each panel adorns the front and back of a woman’s blouse.
It is difficult to ascertain exactly when the first molas were made. In the seventeenth century Kuna women are known to have been raising their own cotton, spinning, weaving and dyeing cot-ton fabrics. Explorers described the women’s dress as “embroid-ered cotton mantles” (skirts). It has been suggested that molas evolved from earlier body painting. Kuna men with bright body painting have been described, but women with similar body paintings are not mentioned. Not surprising, as after early en-counters with Spanish explorers, the women were evacuated! By the late 1880s Kuna women wore hand painted loincloths and underskirts under knee-length shifts decorated with simple ap-pliqués. When women adopted wrap-around skirts, the appliqué was used only on blouses and gradually became more intricate.
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hen our daughter announced she was getting married, I wanted to make her something as a keep-sake that would be special gift from her mother. To my surprise she was thrilled when I suggested a monogrammed hankie. In fact, she wrote a couple of days later asking if I would make one for each
bridesmaid! I did my research on monograms and chose a font that I could embroider using shadow em-broidery techniques which would be easier and faster than the traditional raised satin stitching. The girls all carried their hankies wrapped around their bouquets. On second thought, I could have made monogrammed hankies for the men as well. In this disposable world, not many young people these days have ever even owned a cloth hankie but this could start a new trend for special occasions!
These monograms are fun to do and can be used in so many places other than hankies – bed linens, table linens, even clothing. You can enlarge them and embroider them using any technique you choose. You could even recreate them with your sewing machine. But do practise before you tackle your good fabric. Each initial takes only a short time to complete – a great project for an evening of stitching. You can stitch in traditional white on white or in one of the colours from the wedding. z
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Millefiori Mosaic Collar & Earrings
The challenge: Take ANPT’s Summer 2012 palette and design beadwork to reflect the season.
I created netted X’s & O’s as a contemporary version of a Ukrainian-style ‘gerdan’. A keyhole opening was incor-porated into the netted collar in place of every other traditional ‘X’. It is an easy variation on the open dia-mond of the large Triple ‘V’ Jewel because we are using larger size 8 seed beads for instant gratification.
The diamond drop earrings developed naturally as I was figuring a clever way to finish the netted collar. They fol-low the same principle, but are tapered to attach to an earring wire. The “diamond” is the keyhole opening; the “drop” is the chevron bead.
The beauty of this piece is not just in the colour place-ment of the seed beads, but in the choice of the novel focus beads. Everything revolves around them.
Millefiori Mosaic X’s & O’sOnce the Summer 2012 colour inspiration was given, the search was on for the perfect beads which embody the entire colour palette. A road trip to T&T Trading in Lansing, MI yielded the perfect ones.
All the colours were incorporated in a millefiori mo-saic bead. The beauty of the “thousand flowers” (‘mille fiori’ in Italian) is readily visible because of the way the cane was sliced. Since these millefiori disks were limited, I looked for a bead which would compliment it if alternated along the keyhole edge. Several strings of drawn chevron beads materialized in the same palette. These too were made by hand, so slight variations in each bead are normal. Because the chevrons were more
beading Maria Rypan
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Artist ProfileLeslie Samson, Wool Artist
by Alice Guthrie
Photos by Alice Guthrie.88
Near the tiny hamlet of Onondaga, in Ontario lives an artist with a difference. No paints and brushes
here; this artist works with natural fibre. Nature is her inspiration; having been taught by her parents at an early age to see and appreciate its detail and variety, she is careful to marry her art to the science of nature. Leslie Samson holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Illinois State University, and sees potential in things most of us ignore and pass by. Fibre is her means of expression, and from it she crafts the most awesome items.
Following discovery of Angora rabbits, “an amazing fantasy animal,” she became entranced by the character and versatility of wool. The more Samson learned, the more excited she became. She stated, “I wonder at the marvel that is sheep wool, that soil produces grass, that becomes keratin fibre in a rainbow of textures and colours.”
She conducted a comparative analysis of the structure of sheep fleeces and other fibres, measuring various fibres and types, with a goal to understanding everything about wool. She wanted to know about the structure, the size, the function on the animal as well as its historical develop-ment. She used micrography (microscopic photography) to aid in her understand-ing, studying wool and other fibres to discern similarities and differences. She learned that all follicle grown fibres have cuticle scales varying in the number and type. These scales are what makes fibres lock together when felted. She learned the enjoyable and romantic art of spinning, but realized she didn't enjoy knitting. Still enamoured with wool, Samson looked at other means of working with it. Upon discovering the ancient art of felting, she knew she had found her niche.
Made from natural fibres that are agitated until they mesh together, forming a single fabric, felt is lightweight, yet very warm. While sheep wool is the most commonly available animal fibre used, felt can be made from many other natural fibres. Samson says, “I am awed ... take this nearly indestructible material ... keep it dry and free from insect attack, and it will last for thou-sands of years.” She referred to the grave goods at Urumchi (China) where mum-mies were found still dressed in felted boots, hats, and woven wool garments.
“Three thousand years later, you can still see the hand of the craftsman through this spec-tacular material.”
Samson has crafted many pieces of art from her felt, including large tapestry-like wall hangings, articles of clothing, and accessories like handbags and jewelry. A significant number of her pieces are three
Samson, an avid gardener, expressed her love of flowers in a life sized forest nymph named Flora. Flora features a variety of flowers - rose, lily, Virginia bluebells, poppy, orchid, pansy and morning glories entwined in her hair. She is made completely of felt, and is an example of Samson's three dimensional artwork.
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POWERFUL AND PRECISE Made to meet your expectations of speed and precision with up to 1,500 stitches per minute
SEE EVERY DETAIL The entire work area is lit with bright LEDs for maximum visibility of your project
PROFESSIONAL SIZE WORKSPACE
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THE SPACE TO MAKE IT PERFECTComplete any size quilting project with 16” of throat space and 8” of vertical space
POWERFUL AND PRECISE Made to meet your expectations of speed and precision with up to 1,500 stitches per minute
SEE EVERY DETAIL The entire work area is lit with bright LEDs for maximum visibility of your project
PROFESSIONAL SIZE WORKSPACE
You’ll have ample support for any size project with the included 36” x 30” table
TOTAL CONTROL Set your preferred speed on the color touch screen, with quick access to the stitch counter, calculator, and diagnostics program
Maximum Control.Complete Quilting Independence.
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