Saga Retreat - Snow in Boston

It snowed during our retreat which I loved!

(Having fun with a real old fashioned Hot Fudge Sunday!)

Susie Gay and I came in early for a  day of fun.

We found a cute Country Store. 

 Several of the store fixtures were antique.  And they had a museum of antique tools too.

This however was the public bathroom.

HA! Ha!

Our main focus was Keepsake Quilting, a large fabric store.  

We'll visit that shop next post.

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Saga Classes

One class I taught was Hand Embellished Baby Gertrude.

We spent all day learning about stitching lace to fabric and pinstitching it in place.  There were many other embellishments as well.

All the fancy stitches we learned can be used for different garments. 

The second class  was French Handsewing for Baby.

This sweet little garment is a copy from a gown in my collection.

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Saga Retreat Fun!

Sitting with friends at the Banquet.

I won a basket.

It was donated by the Yankee Chapter.

They made a lovely Chatelaine. You can see there was much work and special stitching  that went into this basket. 

And I am very happy to have it!

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Saga Chicago Retreat - Friday Embroidery

Friday we will doing some serious stitching!

On the finest Linen fabric using Coton a Broder and stranded cotton threads.

Granitos, Padded Satin, Seed, Chain, French Stem stitch and the Outline/Stem Stitch.

Pure Pleasure

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A (small) Glimpse of Saga National and a Daygown

Me and two friends after lunch at one of the many great restaurants in the hotel.

A fun thing about Saga Convention is not cooking meals.  

Every bite of food I had at this hotel was fantastic.

Martha (Southern Matriarch) brought "Show and Share" which I love, love, love!!

This pattern is Embroidered Raglan Daygowns.

I love white with a touch of color.

Look how cute the neck is with binding and piping combined.

The same fabric/piping was used at the hem.

The overall look of the Daygown was too cute!

She was on her way to wait for her Grandbaby to be born so this Daygown will be put into serious use quickly.

Beautiful Florida Flowers.

This one of the "beaches" created for Hotel guests. 

I have a few more I Phone photos to show you but I didn't bring my camera so I am short of good pictures.  But someone is going to send me some pics  that she took so you can see what fun we had during Convention.

You need to come to one of the Saga Retreats in 2015!!

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A Small Class at SAGA?

Playing With Lace on an Heirloom Pillow.

This is my only class at Saga that is not full or nearly full at the upcoming Saga National Convention.

What does that mean for the students taking this class?

It means "Let The Good Times Roll"!

It is a really great class and the small class size means there will be more time for me to personally help each of you. And you will learn a lot.

There will be more time to show you how I love to stitch Featherstitching

And stitching Lace to Lace.  And working with Applique Cord and the Pin Stitch.

And no one will feel hurried.

Looking forward to seeing you in Orlando!

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Saga Convention Fun Ends!

This was the Lucky Table.

(do you see all the baskets this table won?)

Saga Convention Banquet - 2013

One of their group won the basket I donated.

And Robin won a OFB gift certificate donated by the Ozark Foothills Saga Chapter.

We had a really great Texas style dessert.

And on my way home I was able to visit three sweet Grandchildren.

And make Cookies!

Hows that for a great end to a wonderful time?

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Saga Convention - Classes

This is a group picture of the students in Miss Bufords Bonnet Class.

They are each holding up a Stitchers Carry Bag that my Mother In Law made for me to give them.

She used many different fabrics so they are all unique.

More on the Bag in the next post!

Pretty eyelets completed in Miss Bufords Bonnet Class.

I loved teaching this class…it was like teaching and living history at the same time as we re-created this Vintage Bonnet that Miss Buford wore as an Infant.

To see more pictures and hear about this wonderful Bonnet…go Here.

Another fun Bonnet class was the St. Louis Fancy Snail Shirring Bonnet.

This was the class project with the Snail Shirring used for the Ruffle. 

Each class features different techniques so there is much to learn.

A student brought a show and share.  

She used my Snail Shirring technique to attach the crown to a Baby Bonnet.

I love this application.

There are so many things to do with this technique and I loved seeing  the creative way it was used on the Bonnet crown.  

I am so thankful when people bring things to show me!!

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Saga Convention - More Market Fun

Lynn Weeks, a Saga teacher from Australia is showing me her latest book.

"Couture Details -  Tantalizing Tucks"

Saga teacher Susie Gay is taking care of her booth at market.

She had some cute kits available to stitch.

There were so many other cute booths at Market and I regret that I didn't get pictures of more. 

Next year you should come see for yourself!!

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Smocking Arts Guild Convention Fun

This is the only photo I have of my own booth.  We are setting up shop.

Marlene and Robin - friends and booth helpers extraordinaire!!

This was not the first day of Saga Convention …

 but who can argue that the Friday Market wasn't  alot of FUN??

Barbara, (a Saga teacher)  and Lisa in front of Barbara's booth.

This is the "watch" Barbara is wearing.  It is so cute!

It was one of my favorite items in her booth.

Judith Adams, a teacher from Australia, with her beautiful lace and dresses.

Martha, Chris and Jan at the Bessie Mary booth.

And the Lace Booth.

As you can imagine, people made a bee line for the lace straight away!

Stay tuned for more market fun to come.

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