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Monday & Tuesday - October 15-16, 2018 Featuring
This breathtaking sparkling Christmas Tree can be yours this October! Learn and design your own 'Bling' Tree in Thea's fabulous October class at Sturbridge! "O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree Your boughs so green in summertime This inspired Christmas Tree proudly displays its old fashioned decorations. The plethora of different colors, shapes and textures of decorations are a delight to the eye! There are garlands of gold, cute tiny gingerbread cookies, buttons and baubles and beads, and sparkle galore. You will have such fun decorating your tree the way you'd like it to look! The tree itself is designed to show off your decorations to maximum effect. It is worked entirely in cross stitches using three different colours of green silk flosses which give it dimension and depth. Your kit includes beautiful overdyed silk floss, solid silk flosses, buttons, charms and beads. On the first day of class we will focus on the interesting basic specialty stitches throughout the background area, as well as the first verse of the song. On the second day of class, Decoration Day, you can finish cross stitching your tree, or if you're all ready, you can indulge your Christmas decorating spirit and begin to stitch and sew on all the ornaments and garlands you wish. You may not want to do exactly what Thea has done, but you can use hers as inspiration. Have fun planning and stitching YOUR tree! There are lots of other decorations that could appear on your tree.. including silver tinsel (bring silver metallic thread) or even red 'paper' chains (use #8 red perle cotton?)...using your own stash. Thea will show you how to use the chain stitch to create “paper” chains. Your Tree is going to be as beautiful as you can make it... so enjoy bringing in what you can from home. A personal palette of beads, sequins, buttons, threads makes the final result more personal! However, Thea and Lisa have included all the decorations that Thea used in the Student Kit. You can frame your piece without glass, or you can follow the excellent finishing instructions and photos which are included at the end of the leaflet to create a flat fold. Look for more samplers and classes at: www.victoriasampler.com The Prework: You will receive your Prework Kit in the Mail with instructions . You can then... 1. Sort AND label the various threads in plastic baggies or on a thread organizer. 2. Prepare (edge and attach to a frame) and baste your linen so you're all ready to stitch when you come to class. We recommend gridding (over and under 4 fabric threads) your linen to match your pattern's darker grid lines. If you don't want to do that much work, please do baste the middle horizontal and vertical, as well as the outside edge of the stitching, so that counting is easier in our distracting classroom! :) 3. You can Back Stitch the lettering, and Cross Stitch the entire Tree! We heartily recommend that you finish your tree completely, so you can have fun decorating it in class! It takes a bit of time, so start early if you want to be done before class time! What to Bring: Please bring 3 1/2" embroidery scissors with sharp blades, as well as a pair of small scissors to cut paper or metallic threads. Also, bring extra 22, 24 or 26 tapestry needles, pencil and note paper, and extra stick pins (sewing pins with little heads on them) to help you place items on your tree as you plan where to attach them on Decoration Day! You are also welcome to bring your own buttons or bling to decorate your tree, the more the merrier! There is lighting in the classroom, but we recommend that you bring some additional task lighting, and magnification if desired. Pre-work Kits will be mailed as soon as they are available and after your final payment has been received.
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