On Topic: Online SRE class

Anne, I thought of you!

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That is fun!

Cheryl

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Cheryl Isaak

Thanks :-)

I was hoping one of the fairies would be a lesson; fowls ain't my thing, unless cooked.

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anne

Speaking of on-line classes. I think Catherine was interested in possibly some canvas work. There is a group on Yahoo called "Shining Needle Society" (SNS). They're kind of an off-shoot from the Needlepoint group and ANG list. Anyhow, their purpose is facilitating on-line classes, and they offer all kinds - depending on which designer/teacher has something they want to offer. For anyone interested in on-line classes - it's worth a look - a lot of canvas, beading, etc. And very talented, nationally known teachers/designers doing the classes. Without the expense of going to a seminar. No profit to me - but I think it's a good resource to check.

Ellice

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ellice

Her stuff is gorgeous, she has a few books out. She also sells that like this, the fabric has a picture on it, and then you get to figure out how to do the embroidery. At the shop, our RE instructor put together a kind of advanced piece - a large garden of flowers with a trellis work - that also included some stumpwork.

Her books are very nice, some instructions better than others. Very talented lady, for sure - the pieces are stunning for the most part, IMOSHO.

Ellice

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ellice

Can't remember where I picked up my first Di van Niekerk book but I was totally captivated by the combination of ribbon and dimensionality. I scanned and printed the design onto several sheets of printable fabric and then pieced them together. The second time, I ordered the print from SA. It and the rest of my order went AWOL for a little while; the tracking number never showed it leaving SA. Rene and I exchanged several email and when just about to send out another package when the postal person rang my bell.

That's soooooooooooooo true ... in one book, each little panel is accompanied by step by step stitching diagrams ; in another, all the how to's are in the back and some aren't as detailed as the ones in the other book.

If using "SA" instead of spelling out the name offends anyone, I'm sorry. If there's a better abbreviation, let us all know.

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anne

When I was still at the shop, the owner decided to order a bunch of her patterns along with the supplies for the class. The patterns came, beautiful picture printed on paper, beautiful color transfer on fabric, no clues whatsoever as to what to do. And looking at them - it's very hard to see them as SRE - unless you're a very experience stitcher with SRE. Even the instructor who does a ton of SRE was kind of stumped. She & I are friendly, and we opened up 1 of each of the patterns - just shook our heads. What do you do with these - a couple of them looked really like something to do with "standard" surface embroidery. Long time to sell those. IMHO, it would seem that at least supplying a very basic stitch guide (such as I'd do with painted canvas) of Area A - covers well with Stitch A, an2 mm ribbon would have helped.

But they are gorgeous, and she's truly gotten some fine method for having the transfers doen. It's worth it to buy her transferred design - if you can.

Good question - do we have more than Catherine here from South Africa?

Ellice

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ellice

lol I went to look at the site, and it's a south african one. I could attend in person, if I was near enough!

My Dad was rushed off to hospital on Thursday, with pneumonia (though we didn't know what it was at the time) and so I've spent a lot of time travelling (2 hours each way) to see him, with my Mom. Can't see much crafting time available for a while, as I'm not one to knit in waiting rooms, and I can't drive and knit at the same time! Or embroider.

Catherine

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pecan

SA doesn't offend us at all. I don't usually use it as I don't know if other people understand the abbreviation. I think the international accronym is ZA - it used to be Zuid Afrika.

Catherine

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pecan

The country code 'za' is used on web sites but I didn't know what it stood for. Thanks for the information.

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anne

I totally agree! I purchased a fabric panel imprinted with several little pictures. The accompanying picture showed how the models were stitched with ribbon which I ignored for the most part on the few that I did. I've still got a few designs that haven't said 'stitch me'.

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anne

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Bruce Fletcher (remove denture

Well, you can probably get supplies from her without the big shipping cost for us ;^)

Sorry to hear about your dad, hope he's doing well. And that you don't go stir crazy in the waiting room.

ellice

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ellice

Glad you agree - it makes me feel better about expressing my findings - like maybe I'm not being too critical. The pieces that the LNS owner got in are beautiful - but to stitch them, it's just a puzzle. 2 of the 3 I couldn't even really figure what to do - though I could see doing them in something like silk painting. They're tempting, but I'm not stash expanding right now.

Ellice

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ellice

I'll be happy to help in any way i can.

He's a lot better, thanks. We don't have to wait much, I must admit. It's the 6 hour round trip (including visit) which is killing, and then as I'm driving I can't stitch anyway!

Catherine

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pecan

I have been to her shop, but am not attracted to do her type of embroidery,. I have a friend who has done some, and it appeared to me that one uses any type of stitch to "enhance" any part of the picture. My friend was embroidering a mouse, trees, flowers, etc. which were parts of the picture. Mostly it's very fine work, as the stitches have to be tiny.

Is her p&p very expensive? I would think most purchases for USA and UK would be excellent with our terrible exchange rates!

Joyce in RSA.

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Joyce

What does p&p mean?

The printed patterns are reasonable; the cost of the threads and ribbons aren't out of line but buying them all at once to complete a project takes a big chunk of change. I bought bits and pieces locally and on line and probably spent as much as I might have if I had bought everything at once. Since I purchased small amounts at a time, it didn't feel like I was spending a lot of my kids' inheritance.

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anne

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anne

Postage and packing. That would be the only part of the cost which could be improved by having someone buy it and send privately, and postage can be very expensive. Catherine and I are both too far from Johannesburg to be able to go to the shop, so internal p&p would apply, and overseas postage just increase the cost. I'd be happy to help if there were a way.

Joyce in RSA.

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Joyce

I can hear you there.

Cheryl

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Cheryl Isaak

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