Sunday, October 12, 2008

Cody


Cody and Chad went to the Exotic Car Show in Sunriver prior to picking me up at the airport on my way home from seminar in Indian Wells.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Opportunity Baskets, ANG Seminar Indian Wells

Boy, have I been neglecting my blog - last posting was January 2008.

I wanted to share the results of the Opportunity Baskets at Seminar in Indian Wells. We sold 8,164 tickets which means we raised $8,164.00 for the Educational Programs of ANG.

I really enjoyed Seminar and my first year as the Chairperson for the Opportunity Baskets. I have learned so much in the last year and I promise that Milwaukee will be just as spectacular.

Meeting people in person that I had been emailing with for a year was great - it was like seeing an old friend.

I will attempt to keep the blog more updated with everything going on.

Gina

Friday, January 25, 2008

Wine Country Chapter, ANG

Presidents Challenge 2008
List of UFO's to complete

Furth Sampler
Pepper – Candy Corn Family - finished Jan. 2008
Summertime – Margaret Bendig
Mystery Sampler – Gay Ann Rogers
Cobblefield Road – Cyber Class – Ro Pace
Unveiling by Stitch Elegance
Airplane – painted canvas
Christmas Mitten – Gay Ann Rogers
Beaded Halloween – Gay Ann Rogers
Raspberry Sorbet – Gay Ann Rogers
Hawaiian Beach – Lois Kershner
Dog Days – In Good Company – painted canvas

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Southwest Sampler by Margaret Bending in Needlepoint Now


I was so excited when I received the January issue of Needlepoint Now yesterday. On the cover was Margaret Bendig's "Southwest Sampler", Margaret taught this to the Wine Country ANG Chapter in July of 2006.
I really enjoyed this piece and my first class from Margaret. I only made two adjustments - I was unable to get the technique down for the Ceylon stitch used on the Cactus so I used the Double Cross Stitch which was the same stitch used on the Cactus for the Name Tags at Seminar in Tucson. Then for the outer border I used Turquoise Beads, in the center.
The picture has gone back to the framers though because the Mat is not right.

I am now working on Margaret's "Summertime" in the Geranium color way.

Don't miss out on taking a class from Margaret she is a wonderful person.

Gina