Can someone tell me - is the Evangeline showing on MLIs site supposed to be 'our' Evangeline as romanticized by Longfellow ? I hope not as Evangeline lived a very peasant life, did not wear flowing gowns and was said to be pretty.
The statue at Grand Pre more truly represents the grit of Evangeline, handsome face with great fortitude in it.
MLI's designs sure aren't as nice as they used to be, IMO. Her Christmas freebie this year was a repeat of 1997's too - just changed the colours and the direction she was facing. Has she lost her knack, her interest?? Just wondering.
Sharon
Her last "Marilyn Says" on her website is from April of 2002. That kinda sounds like she's lost her interest to me. I didn't much like this statment:
"If the designs of needlework have progressed to the realm of fine art, then we should have a palette of colors that represent fine art, not dingy dusty threads from bygone years that don't even have a number system to identify them as color groups!"
My favorite floss happens to be "dingy dusty threads from bygone years that don't have a number system". Bleh, well I've never had much interest in her saccharine designs, and I certainly won't be doing any of them now.
MLI's version of Evangeline certainly doesn't look like my idea of Evangeline and the bottom of the skirt of the dress looks suspiciously like part of the dress on the Angel of the Morning piece.
I think it looks kind of chopped up, using bits and pieces of other projects.
Her stuff has never been my taste anyway so why do I care?
Lucille
Whew - that is quite an uppity statement to make, isn't it Chris? I really liked her earlier designs but nothing for a few years now. There are so many wonderful designers out there, one doesn't have to deal with people who think they're a step above everyone else. Blech I don't know what type of stitching you're into, but some of my favourite patterns these days come from Kustom Krafts, Mystic Stitch and Mirabilia - gorgeous stuff.
Sharon
Well, several of us have thought that that has been her modus operandii for years! Personally, I much preferred her Amish designs.
Pat P
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Angel of the Morning - is that the one that is to be the Firehouse Angel ? Are there any updates on that ?
Shame, Shame--I just knew you would do it. Bad girl !!!!
Now let's see if anyone picks up on that or it's just going to be ignored like last winter's snow !!!
I thought it, but didn't say it!!LOL
Gillian
Lucille wrote:
Before any bickering starts:
BUT, that was 3 1/2 months ago!!
Gillian
Carey N. wrote:
According MLI, this is her version of Evangeline. The face is based on an actual photograph of a friend's daughter I think she said. This is supposed to be the Acadian Evangeline, Sheena. HTH.
Anita in snowy, cold Alaska
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Well I certainly can't see this lass out working on the dikes, knee deep in mud. I get the impression her robes would drag her down and drown her arggghhhh!
To see her representation in statue form you can try here
Actually, I like the new design, but the skirts are way too fru fru for someone, anyone, who just came through a hurricane. I like the design on the apron and her face, but the skirt would have been better if it were more like Feathers and Friends in the Butternut collection. I think the blue flowers behind her are not appropriate and don't fit with the rest of the design, unless they are the blossoms like a lotus our of the mud. If her skirts were not as scalloped, I might stitch this one. My favorites are still Celtic Christmas, Celtic Banner, Feathers and Friends, Spiritdancer and Earthdancer.
And no, I'm not defending that woman.
The time it`s taking, it will soon have lost it`s point!
Pat P
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Sheesh, you sound like BillyBoy lol
Actually it was going through my mind, can she just take something like that and declare her's is Evangeline ? What about copyright, to us here and also to the Longfellow estate ? I thought she was the one so hot on copyright she didn't even want people buying her charts, doing the work, then selling it ??
Personally, that figure does not represent, in the least, anything to do with Evangeline. Doesn't fit one little bit and is demeaning, IMO, to Evangeline.
? "Evangeline" and all of Longfellow's other works have been in the public domain for a good 50 years. Copyright does not endure forever.
Best wishes, Ericka
LOL, Sheena, you managed to get me to hunt down the tale of Evangeline and read it. Very nice. I really enjoyed it.
And I agree...it's such a poor representation. Awful, in fact. Besides...independant of any assocation with a person or story...it's an UGLY piece. Yuck!
The color of the ground fabric is best described with a term I got from my grandfather: Sh*t Brindle.
Ah...Pa-Pa, I miss you... Becky
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