We are forging ahead in our Boston plans at breakneck speed. I first wanted to share with you information on some specific things we will be doing as we will be traveling - sort of a blow-by-blow itinerary. So here is the first infomercial.
Our first night will be busy as we will have a class immediately after dinner! It's a secret and is in your goody bag! Just a little warmer upper! We will start the trip on a lighter note first - visiting a needlepoint shop!
As stated earlier, we will be visiting three (3) needlepoint shops during our Have a Ball in Boston Tour June 8-13, 2017! And we will have something different in store for us at each.
First up will be Wellesley Needlepoint Shop. We will have 3 hours to visit, shop and stitch in this wonderful place. Wellesley is sharing with us a very unique design that we can preorder! This piece is so indicative of the area that it just screams Boston and the coastline.
You can feel the ocean breeze coming in from the water when you view this design. Can't you envision the sound of the waves and hear the sea gulls noisily waiting for you to share some of your catch with them? Such a happy and colorful design to document your visit to this area. It can be a picture hung on the wall in your sunny place or beach house - or a cute pillow tucked on the wicker chair in your sunroom. Fun stitches will keep you occupied for a bit so be sure to get your preorder in right away if you plan to come on the tour. And. . . . tour participants will be given a special surprise by Wellesley so be sure to watch on the secret Facebook page - Have A Ball in Boston for full details!
This exclusive design - Cape Cod Fish Market - will be the topic of discussion when we play at Wellesley. You will pick up your preordered full kit when we arrive at the shop. Once we are there, we can look over our kits and discuss any questions we may have while in the shop. Maybe do some stitch refreshers, etc. However, we may also shop through their wondrous threads, canvases and stitching accessories. What a way to start a road trip!
AND the shop has advised me that our tour participants will get a special surprise when they preorder this kit! Details will be available on the secret Facebook Page which is only available to paid registered participants. So don't miss out!
Wellesley will also have several ornaments that they will happily kit for us for our adventure. This one is particularly meaningful to me because it has the Boston skyline, the Charles River and the remembrance of the Marathon Event - it speaks volumes - all in one little ornament.
I have lots more to share with you so be sure too check back next week to see what we will be doing in the afternoon on our 'shop hop'.
Won't this be a great way to get our play things ordered and paid for before we even leave? That way we will have more purchasing power when we get there! LOL. (Well, that's how I choose to think about it.)
So once you have registered for the Tour be sure to check out the special kit surprise on our Secret FB Page and get your preorders in right away so there is no delay in having them painted in time!
If you do not subscribe to our secret Facebook Page and would like to just email me at duodesignsinc@yahoo.com with your email address and say please add me. All who are interested are welcome. There we discuss upcoming tours/trips/cruises. Once you register and book a trip then you are moved over to a secret Facebook Page specific to that tour. Right now we have Party on the Po with 50x+ and Have a Ball in Boston with half our goal which is 20. Remember that space is limited on these events. A deposit will hold your place. Boston is June 2017 and Italy is October 2017 - come join the fun! Also visit our sister blog www.needlesnfins.blogspot.com
ONLINE MYSTERY CLASSES
Invoices have been mailed and payments are being processed on our last class for 2016 Santa's Rewards by Devon Nicolson.
If you have not received your invoice please email me right away. The first lesson was just posted and we are on our way! email: duodesignsinc@yahoo.com
As promised earlier, here is the agenda for our Online Mystery Classes for 2017!
Check out the ad in the recent Needlepoint Now Magazine - back cover - listing agenda.
REGISTRATION IS IN FULL SWING!
All classes (unless specified otherwise or a specialty class) are 6 months in length. One lesson a month is posted through a secret Facebook Page. Lessons are posted mid-month. The class fee for the 6-lesson packet is $150. Invoices are forwarded through PayPal. For questions, or to register for any of the upcoming classes (you may register at any time and you will be placed on a notification list and notified one month before invoicing and beginning of class - however, invoices are not processed until one month before the scheduled class) just email me at duodesignsinc@yahoo.com
Mid-January 2017 - Larger Easter Rabbit
Brenda Stoff will start us off with her delightful Large Easter Rabbit.
BRENDA STOFFT –
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10” x 14” on 18 ct
In case you have no caught on, most pieces I teach offer a plethora of opportunities for embellishing, adding dimension, creating a different approach and experimenting with luscious threads, beads and ribbons! This guy is full of such opportunities.
Mid-February - Steampunk Fox
Yep, another Brenda Stofft design. This guy was not supposed to be on the slate of 6 classes for the year. However the outcry was such that we just had to squeeze him in.
10” x 14” on 18 ct
Mid-March MENORAH
Tapestry Fair Designs joins us again on our Mystery Classes.
MENORAH
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The design area for this piece is approximately 15.5" x 10" on 18 ct mono canvas. What a beauty! I love blues and this piece does not disappoint. Lots of bling going on here I bet! And, this design is available in individual canvases featuring one candle each! So if you want something smaller to work on here ya go! They are exactly the same as those represented on the larger canvas. The only difference I have noticed is that the illumination light is not present on the individual canvases.
Mid- May SONGBIRDS
Danji is joining our party this year with a beautiful Laurel Burch design.
LB-117
As always, Laurel Burch designs offers up lots of beautiful colors with which to play. The design area is approximately 10” x 16”
on 18 ct mono canvas. Whatever will we do? Ooooooo.
Mid-July CUPCAKES
Another newbie for us is BB Needlepoint. Who doesn't love cupcakes?
BB-91
The designer specially painted this canvas for us in a larger size so we would have more room to play. The original was much smaller but she gave each cupcake a little more room and made them a little larger for us to savor every bite - I mean stitch! This will be a lot of fun. I bet there will be a ton of embellishments! Design area is approximately 10" x 12" and canvas size is approximately 14.5"x 16" on 18 ct. mono canvas.
Mid-November GINGERBREAD HOUSE
Rebecca Wood Designs has this fantastic piece that called to a lot of you.
This is another piece that was not on the original agenda but some of you ganged up on me and recruited others to join you and here we are. And I am so happy that we are. What speaks to holiday fun any more than Gingerbread Houses? We will deck ours out with lots of candy in various shapes and forms! You don't want to miss this one. When completed it finishes up to be a 3-D building about 9" in size.
MID-DECEMBER SANTA WREATH ORNAMENTS
Raymond Crawford Designs has this colorful and happy piece.
I believe there are approximately 25 ornaments on this wreath and that does not include Santa! I think we are going to have a busy 6 months with this one. Design area is approximately 9" x 10" on 18ct canvas.
(My bad! I listed the current Santa - Santa's Rewards - as the December class for 2017 in the Needlepoint Now ad on the back cover. Don't know how I missed that one).
So currently we are featuring 7 classes for 2017. We may need to push the December class back a little but we'll see as we get closer to the time. Normally it should start mid-January but it just seems that he should start in December so that is what I have listed him as and hopefully can manage that.
There you have it! 2017 in a nutshell! Email us to join in the fun - we'd love to have you. duodesignsinc@yahoo.com
Looking forward to hearing from you and having you join the fun!
In the meanwhile have a great weekend and remember to Stitch with a Smile!
Sandy
2 comments:
Your fingers will be sore! How will you pace yourself? Lol
I don't know what that 4-letter word 'PACE' means - lol. I guess if you are having fun you don't notice as much.
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