may 2017 - chicago chapter of the american needlepoint guild · 2020-01-26 · may 2017 yet another...

Yet another chapter year is flying by, but the June meeting with all its special events is just

around the corner. Kim will kick off the festivities at that meeting by giving us a preview of the

program schedule for next year. It’s always fun and exciting to see the new pieces that we

get to choose from!

After the business meeting, Kim will be wrapping up our ongoing project for the year, Kathy

Rees’ “Summer Logs” (the fourth and final piece of this series) and then Nancy Hartman will be

giving us tips for completing “Holiday Delights Independence Day, “ another Needle Delights

Originals piece. This is a perfect project to lead us into summer and put us in the mood for

fireworks!

After the project portion of the meeting is the annual UFO Challenge. The winners in this year’s

challenge will receive a “STITCH” magnet , an Accoutrement Designs product that has

recently been offered for sale by ANG. The “others” (there are no losers – let’s just call them

people with other stitching priorities) will be required to pay $10 to the Chapter. I’m still hoping

that I’ll be in the winner’s circle this year, but it’s by no means a slam-dunk at this point.

We’ll then move into next year’s Challenge. The general guidelines are consistent with prior

years: 1) Please bring in three project as candidates; 2) ANG/CANG projects are encouraged

but not required; 3) Any CANG workshop piece automatically qualifies; and, 4) There are no

strict size requirements but, if you bring in an ornament, rest assured that it will not be selected.

Chapter members at the meeting that day will select your Challenge piece by a show of

hands.

Please feel free to participate in the Challenge even if you will not be able to attend the June

meeting. To participate, simply email pictures and any pertinent information about each of

your three Challenge-piece candidates (name, designer, etc.) to Pat Warren

([email protected]). Pat will then bring those photos to the meeting, we’ll take our

vote, and then Pat will let you know after the meeting which piece was selected. In June of

the following year, you can also let us know via email and a photograph if you completed

your Challenge piece or not.

Afterwards, we will have our annual luncheon, which will once again be hosted by the

Chapter. We will enjoy catered sandwiches along with assorted salads, sides and dessert.

Please note that, due to both the Challenge and the luncheon, the June meeting will likely run

longer than normal. I would expect the luncheon portion of the meeting to start somewhere

between 12 and 12:30.

For planning purposes, we would like to know approximately how many members expect to

attend the luncheon, so we will have a sign-up sheet available at the May meeting. If you

won’t be at the May meeting, but would like to attend the luncheon, please RSVP to me via

email and, at the same time, let me know whether you have any special dietary requirements.

Also, please feel free to bring your Challenge pieces to the May meeting, especially if they are

not yet completed. It would be fun to see how everyone is doing, and to gauge our collective

progress towards earning those fun “STITCH” magnets! Perhaps a little moral support is all you

need to get you over the finish line.

Finally, as a reminder, our newsletter is now available by email. If you would like to be on the

email distribution (in lieu of receiving a snail mail copy), please contact Cindy Underwood at

[email protected], or, alternatively, let her know if you see her at a meeting.

I’m looking forward to seeing all of you at our last two meetings of the year. Until then, I will be

madly working on “Dreaming of Geometry”!

Happy stitching to all, Julie—President

President’s Greeting

May 2017

Special points of

interest:

Visit us on Facebook

Deadline for the June

project is May 20

Deadline for the Ongoing

and September project is

August 12

Deadline for the “Fire &

Ice” workshop is August

11, 2017

Officers and

Committee Chairs

2

Membership 2

Programs 2-4

Rainbow Gallery Threads 5

Correspondence Course 5

Workshops 6-7

Pictures 8-11

Membership Renewal ,

2017 Programs Coupons

#1, 2017 Workshop Cou-

pon #1

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Inside this issue:

Chicago ANG News

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CHI CAGO ANG NEWS

Chicago ANG News is published three times during

the year: August, January and May. Anyone who

wishes to contribute to the newsletter should send

their information to the Editor by July 15th for the

August edition, by December 15th for the January

newsletter and by April 15th for the May edition.

If you would like to receive your newsletter by E-

mail instead of regular mail, please let the Editor

know and we can change you to E-mail.

Chicago ANG Officers and

Committee Chairs

Officers

President Julie Donatelli 847-698-1941

1st Vice President—Programs Kim Propst 630-858-1534

2nd Vice Pres—Workshops Joanne McGowan 847-404-6972

Pat Warren 708-409-1610

Treasurer Nancy Hartman 708-361-2241

Secretary Pam Douda 630-790-1660

Committee Chairs

Hospitality Pat Chromy 773-816-4388

Membership Adele Miesfeldt 630-469-3935

Newsletter Cynthia Underwood 219-629-0082

Coordinator for Correspondence Courses

Jan Girolamo 630-887-1929

Webmaster/Social Media Kristi Herbrand 847-782-0801

Membership

Chicago ANG Chapter Dues are due on June 1 of

each year. If Chicago ANG Chapter dues are not

paid by July 1 our by-laws provide that those who

have not paid are no longer members.

New E-mail address

Mary Vogt [email protected]

Pat Warren [email protected]

New address

Sue Reed

135 Village Post Road

Danvers, MA 01923-2680

978-774-1497

Adele Miesfeldt—Membership

UFO Challenge

Below is a listing of the projects that are part of the

UFO Challenge that was started last June at the

Luncheon. The Challenge will conclude at the June

2017 meeting. At that time, all of us who have chosen

to participate will bring our projects back to the

meeting for the day of reckoning. Those who have

successfully completed their Challenge project will win

a CANG canvas tote bag; those who have not

completed their Challenge project will make a $10

“donation” to the Chapter.

Jamie Reft – Prelude to Peace

Julie Donatelli – Dreaming of Geometry

Sandy Smeitana – Mystery of Life

Jo Merena – Mr. and Mrs. Santa

Jackie Alton – Mystery of Life

Suzanne Rous – Witch (painted canvas)

Pat Warren – Wright Kimono

Gail Patrick – Birdhouses (painted canvas)

Joyce Pugh – Turtle (painted canvas)

Denise Charts – Chicago Skyline (painted canvas)

Cathe MeEnerny – Patterns of the Orient

Joanne McGowna – Empire of the Sun

Barb Boughamer – Fleur de lis Santa

Carol Johns – Safari Teapot

Pat Bellinger – Copper Illumination

Gail Dodero – Sedona Soleil

Cindy Underwood – The Fan Bearer

Nancy Johnson – Slava

Kim Propst – Ripple Rotation

Pam Douda – Wright Friends

Jan Girolamo – The Neighborhood

Becky Maraszkiewicz – Windy City Santa

Kristi Herbrand – Sedona Soleil

Programs

Greetings!

It seems like it’s a long way off, but September will be

here before we know it! I hope you get lots of

unfinished projects completed so you are ready for

another full year of fun and challenging projects!

Listed below is the ongoing project for 2017-2018 and

September’s program. Feel free to send in your

coupon any time over the summer. Please be

aware of deadlines, as they are firm.

As always, if you cannot attend the meetings, please

make arrangements for a friend to pick up your chart

for you. Please feel free to call or email me with any

questions you might have at 630-858-1534 or

[email protected]. Have a splendid summer and

stitch lots!

Kim—1st Vice President—Programs

CHI CAGO ANG NEWS

Programs—continued

May 20, 2017 –Pretty on Pink—Freda’s

Fancy Stitching

The deadline for this is past. The supply list is included

for your reference.

Supplies:

Design size is 6.6 x 9---decide your canvas size

accordingly…

18 mono canvas: your choice, depending on color…

hers is on Vintage Rose Blush

Pictured pink colors:

Caron Collection Watercolours Seashell 161

Anchor pearl cotton #8 968

Rainbow Gallery Grandeur G800

Rainbow Gallery Frosty Rays Y005

Kreinik #8 braid 3237

DMC floss 224

Mill Hill Antique Beads 3051

June 24, 2017 –Independence Day—Needle

Delights

How’s this for confusion! Two pieces with the same

name but totally different looks! Kathy Rees is starting

a new series of 6” designs aptly named Holiday

Delights, and this is the first one. You can have this

one done by the 4th if you apply yourself!

Cost: $13.00

Deadline: May 20, 2017

Supplies:

Design size is 6 x 6---decide your canvas size

accordingly…

18 mono canvas: white

Caron Collection Watercolours:

045 Flame

154 Firecracker

219 Cardinal

Kreinik #12 braid: 051HL

DMC pearl cotton #5: Blanc

816

825

Ongoing Project –Tapestry Treasures—

DebBee’s Designs

Now that we’ve finished the seasonal logs from Kathy

Rees, I’ve tried to find a design that may also now

entice those of you who just didn’t buy into the

popular Logs series. Tapestry Treasures was

intended to be a teaching piece, but didn’t get into

her portfolio as she designed this before she really got

started teaching.

Tapestry Treasures is filled with all sorts of fun stitches

and patterns, many of them invented by Jean Hilton.

Eight distinct motif areas provide plenty of challenge

for experienced stitchers, while the thorough

instructions and diagrams guide novice stitchers

through step by step. There are 4 colorways, one for

each season. The cover pattern shows the Summer

colorway. All four colorways will be listed here, in the

newsletter. (See Page 4)

Cost: $39.00

Deadline: August 12

Design Size: 252 x 252; 14 x 14 inches ---design size ---

add your own margins for stitching

September 23, 2017 –Sunny Skies—Nancy’s

Needle

This is a new design that came out in April. While

called “Sunny Skies” it definitely has an autumnal look

to it! These quilt blocks are fun to do and aren’t taxing

on the brain, so they always are popular with the

Guild!

Cost: $15.25

Deadline: August 12

Design Size 182H x 182W; 10.11H x 10.11 W inches

(design size---add margins of your choice)

Supplies: 18 mono canvas: Sandstone

Caron Watercolours: 223 Rye --- 1 skein

229 Oasis --- 1 skein

255 Cornflower Blue --- 2 skeins

306 Old Brick --- 2 skeins

DMC Perle Cotton #5: 920 Medium Copper --- 2 skeins

Kreinik Ombre: 1700 Misty Gold --- 3 spools

(Note: The stitched model in the color photo used only the

orange sections of Ombre 1700, but you may use all color

portions of the thread if you wish.

Rainbow Gallery Silk Lame’ Braid #18 SL11 Yellow --- 2

cards

CHI CAGO ANG NEWS

Programs—continued

CHI CAGO ANG NEWS

Discontinued Threads

Below is a listing of the discontinued threads from

Rainbow Gallery that Libby brought back with her from

the San Jose TNNA Show. All colors of the following

threads are being discontinued:

Designer’s Dream

Encore

Fyre Werks Hologram Colors

Gold Rush 12

Hi-Lights

Pebbly Perle

Plastic Canvas 7

Plastic Canvas 10

Precious Metals

Razzle Dazzle 6

Ribbon Rays

Zoo Eyes

Ribbon Rays

Silk & Cream

Sublety

Treasure Braid

Treasure Chest

Ultra-Suede

24 karats

They have also created some new threads and/or

colors:

Glisten is a new thread. It is 65% Merino Wool and

35% Metallized Polyester in 26 colors including

Black, White, Vanilla Ice, Silvery Moon,

Mystic Iris, Crystal Rose, Paris Pink,

Sparkling Grape, Glisten Greenery,

Blazing Yellow, Orange Popsicle, High Rise

Red, Bermuda Grass, Frosty Spruce, Forest

Nigh, Moonshine Chocolate Pudding,

Glacier, Grecian Isle

12 new colors in Silk Lame’ Braid 13 & 18 including:

Picante, Burnt Brick, Gun metal, Wild

Plum, Magenta Purple Green Olive,

Gargoyle, Nostalgia Rose, Prairie Dust,

Antique Bronze, Ginger Bread,

Cappuccino

12 new colors in Silk Lame’ Braid Petite—same

colors as the Silk Lame’ Braid

12 new colors Persian 100% Wool Single Strand

include:

Carbon, Blue Heaven, Forever Blue, Lily

Pad, Porcelain Rose, Lavender Fields,

Angel Blue, Saffron Pink Lady, Very Berry

4 new colors in both Capri 18 and 13 include:

Neon Pink, Neon Orange, Neon Yellow,

Neon Green

7 new colors in Entice include:

Sandstorm, Indian Ink, Azure Tide,

Greeney, Pink Champagne Mauvelous,

Wild Plum

1 new color in Neon Rays + - Antique Rose

1 new color in Fyre Wyerks Soft Sheen—Cashmere

Rose

2 new colors in Rainbow Linen—Greenery, Gray

Marble

Correspondence Courses

The critiques for the Spirit of Jean Correspondence

Course have been returned and will be delivered to

the submitters.

Plans are underway to start the Pat Mazu course, “I

Can Do It, A Simple Approach to Design Theory and

Creativity. My thanks to the 5 registrants participating

in this course.

It is time to look ahead to the fall and the next

Correspondence Course offering. The seven classes

that have not been offered at Chicago ANG are:

Zapotec Rug by Toni Gerdes

Geometric Square by Pat Mazu

Waterlilies by Jennifer Riefenberg

Florentine Fleur De Lys by Michele Roberts

Blackwork Circles by Carol Algie Higginbotham

Rose Swirls by Carol Algie Higginbotham

Apricot Delight by Marnie Ritter

Please weigh in with your vote for the next course. The

course with the greatest interest will be published in the

late summer newsletter. Pictures and descriptions for

the courses are available on the American

Needlepoint Guild website and will be available at the

upcoming Guild Chapter meetings. As always, please

feel free to contact me with any questions or votes!

Jan—Coordinator for Correspondence Courses

CHI CAGO ANG NEWS

Workshops

Spring is here!! We have two great workshops to make

your spring fun. Tony Minieri will be with us at the end of

May teaching Austin Patch. And Jennifer Riefenberg is

joining us in early May for our last vegetable piece,

Beets. We always work hard to make sure our mix of

workshops includes a range of kit costs and a mix of

new and existing teachers. As always please let us

know if you would like to see a certain piece or

teacher for one of our workshops, we are always

looking for new ideas. Deb Forney was fabulous this

fall.

A quick reminder about workshop policies: if you sign

up for a workshop, you must attend at least one full

day of the workshop. On occasion, the designer may

specify that attendance both days is required. If the

workshop is a pilot class you must attend both days.

Please be sure to check your schedule before signing

up for a workshop to ensure you will be able to attend.

Once you have been included in a workshop’s final

count, the $25.00 workshop deposit is non-refundable

unless your spot is filled from a workshop waiting list.

All sign-ups must be by mail, sent to Pat Warren 10817

Martindale Drive Westchester, IL 60154-5020 and be

accompanied by a $25.00 deposit. A date, on or

before which the workshop coupon may be mailed

and considered as a first day registration is indicated

on every coupon and published in this newsletter.

Every coupon (with deposit) post-marked on or before

the designated first day date will be considered a first

day member registration. The deadline date to register

will also be shown on the coupon and published in the

newsletter. Workshops that have not filled will be open

to non-members after this deadline date. Non-

members will be asked to pay a $30.00 non-member

fee in addition to the workshop cost.

The cost of our workshops includes many things. First

there is the kit fee for the class that is really determined

by the size of the piece and the number and type of

threads. There is a large range in these costs from

$90.00 all the way up to $220.00. We try to offer

workshops with a variety of kit fees each year. Other

costs include the instructor’s teaching fee for two days,

the instructor’s travel costs which generally includes

airfare and ground transportation to their home airport,

the instructor’s room and board for the weekend, if

applicable and the Park District room rental fee. We

know that workshop prices have increased over the

years and we do our best to minimize all costs so

workshops remain affordable for the guild.

Keep in mind that you can sign up for any open

workshop shown below as soon as your receive this

newsletter. If you are going to wait and sign up later

make sure you keep in mind the deadline date.

ime for relaxing winter stitching. We need a great

snowfall that keeps us inside for a few days! Our winter

Pat and Joanne—2nd Vice Presidents-Workshops

May 6 & 7, 2017: Beets by Jennifer

Riefenberg

Jennifer Riefenberg is a Certified Teacher from the

National Academy of Needlearts (NAN). She has

taught many programs for ANG and EGA and teaches

classes at TACtile, the Textile Arts Center. Chicago

ANG is excited to welcome Jennifer back to teach this

wonderful piece that is also being taught at Seminar in

New Orleans.

Beets charm and glow with the warm violet red against

the vibrant earth. Beets is the third, and final, in a series

of root vegetables emerging in bright, warm colors

from the summer earth; following Carrots and

Radishes. Beets adds another dimensional feature to

the series with needlelace techniques for the beet

tops. Continue lessons in working with color started

in Carrots and moving around the color wheel as your

garden grows. Another vegetable emerges from your

garden - this time, it is Beets.

Proficiency Level: Intermediate

Design Size: 5" x 7", working size of the project is ~10” x

12”

Kit Cost/Contents: ~$90, line drawn canvas, all threads

and beads for the project

Registration Deadline Date: March 26, 2017

Reminder: Students will need to bring stretcher bars,

tacks or staples, usual stitching supplies including

scissors for silks/cottons and metallics, laying tool,

pencil, tape, strand or frame weight and light and

magnification as needed.

We have the following people registered:

Pat May Carol Haerr

Rozelle Hirschfelt Nancy Johnson

Cathe McEnerney Marian Bak

Joanne McGowan Cynthia Underwood

Libby Sturdy Cindy Vanderwoude

Pat Weed Donna Rogers

Julie Donatelli Pam Douda

Jan Girolamo Sherri Hawley

Kristi Herbrand Leslie Onesto

Gail Patrick Kim Propst

Michelle Sayre Jane Tracy

CHI CAGO ANG NEWS

Workshops-continued

May 20& 21, 2017 Austin Patch by Tony

Minieri Tony is a long standing favorite of Chicago ANG with

amazing pieces and teaching credentials. As an

internationally-known needlepoint teacher with Level I

Certification from The National Academy of

NeedleArts, Tony instructs for the American

Needlepoint Guild, Inc., The Embroiders' Guild of

America, The National NeedleArts Association,

needlepoint shops, guilds, and private groups. His body

of work encompasses teaching and designing, and he

is in much demand for creating stitch and thread

guides and for teaching his project classes.

Austin Patch is a 12 x 12 design on 18 count. Four color

options are available: Brushfire on Black (pictured),

Field of Bluebonnets on French Blue, Winterbrook on

Santa Fe Sage and Fall Foliage on Sandstone. It is a

beautiful piece. Please see our web site to really view

the piece. Pre-work is being mailed or handed out

effective April 15. .

Proficiency Level: Advanced Intermediate

Registration Deadline Date: April 3, 2017






We have the following people registered:

Brushfire Field of Blue Bonnets

Pat Bellinger Marian Bak

Kristi Herbrand Pam Douda

Nancy Johnson Cynthia Underwood

Kim Propst Carol Haerr

Jane Jung

Fall Foliage Pat May

Jane Hitz Donna Rogers

Jo Merena Jenny Ross

Joanne McGowan Pat Warren

Winterbrook

Jan Girolamo

September 30 and October 1, 2017 Fire & Ice

by Toni Gerdes

We are so happy to welcome Toni back to Chicago

ANG. She has taught at ANG national seminars

multiple times and is a prolific designer which is so

wonderful. We are fortunate enough to be able to

offer one of those designs, Fire & Ice, as a workshop

next fall. It is a amazing piece. Toni holds Teachers’

Certification from the National Academy of Needlearts

(NAN) and is currently serving on their board as NAN

coordinator

This dramatic depiction of Fire & Ice flames the

imagination with an inferno of hot combustion & ice

crystals. You will explore many different shades &

textures of red threads as you create the towering red

polygons that burst into flames; these include Gloriana

silk, cotton, Planet Earth silk, Thread Gatherers cotton,

Empress Silk, Treasure Braid & Petite Silk Lame Braid. On

the beautiful smoke gray Congress cloth the ice

crystals form above the flames in vertical

parallelogram shapes using purple, green and metallic

white threads including Petite Silk Lame Braid, Sparkle!

Braid, & Gloriana silk. This intermediate level design is

approximately 5 ½ x 10”.

Proficiency Level: Intermediate

Design Size: 5 1/2" x 10", working size of the project is

~12” x 15”

Kit Cost: $135.00

First Member Day Registration Date: July 1, 2017

Member Deadline Date: August 11, 2017






Ongoing Project

Tapestry Treasures

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September 23, 2017 Program

Sunny Skies


CHI CAGO ANG NEWS

May 20 & 21, 2017 Workshop

Austin Patch

May 6 & 7, 2017 Workshop

Beets


September 30 & October 1, 2017 Workshop

Fire & Ice

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CHICAGO ANG MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL FORM

Name: __________________________________________________________________

Address: __________________________________________________________________ Home Phone: ______________________

__________________________________________________________________ E-Mail Address: _________________________

ANG #: _______________ Change of Address? Yes No Chicago ANG Yearly Dues ($30.00): ________________

If we need to contact you, your preferred method of contact is:

Phone Number ________________________OR E-Mail ______________________________________________

Please make checks payable to Chicago ANG

Send coupon and check to: Adele Miesfeldt, 60 Kenilworth, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137

Chicago ANG Chapter Dues are due on June 1 of each year.

Please Note: If Chicago ANG Chapter dues are not paid by July 1 our by-laws provide that those who have not paid

are no longer members.

2017—2018 WORKSHOP COUPON—#1

Toni Gerdes “Fire & Ice” September 30 & October 1, 2017 Mail on or before July 1, 2017 for first day registration

I agree to adhere to the Chicago ANG workshop cancellation policies.

Name:____________________________________ Signature:_________________________________

Address: _______________________________________________________ Home Phone: _______________________________

_______________________________________________________ Work Phone: ________________________________

E-Mail: _____________________________________________________________________

Member only registration closes July 1, 2017 Check # : ____________________________

Registration deadline is August 11, 2017

Please make checks payable to Chicago ANG. A $25.00 deposit is required for each workshop.

Send coupon and check to: Pat Warren, 10817 Martindale Drive, Westchester, IL 60154-5020

Please note member’s total cost for the workshop that includes kit fee, teaching cost, teacher travel cost and facilities

cost is determined after all members have registered and teacher travel cost is approximately known

PROGRAM COUPON—#1 Deadline August 12, 2017

Name:____________________________________E-Mail:_________________________________

Address: ___________________________________________________ Home Phone: ______________________________

___________________________________________________ Work Phone: _______________________________

Ongoing Project—”Tapestry Treasures” Chart Only: $39.00 _____________________

September Project—”Sunny Skies” Chart Only: 15.25 _____________________

Check Number_______________)

Please make checks payable to Chicago ANG.

Send coupon and check to: Kim Propst, 595 Wilson, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137

Chicago ANG News

Chicago ANG Meetings

Monthly meetings are held on the fourth

Saturday of the month from September

through June, with no meetings held in

December.

Meetings are held at the West Lawn Park

District field house, located at 4232 W.

65th Street, Chicago, IL 60629.

Telephone: 773-284-2803

Meetings begin at 9:30 a.m. and end at

3:00 p.m. Call a Guild officer If you have

questions.

Underwood

2725 Wicker Avenue

Highland, IN 46322

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