Showing posts with label Announcements. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Announcements. Show all posts

Friday, December 2, 2011

Holiday Sale at the Folk Art Center

The Holiday Sale at the Folk Art Center takes place this Saturday, December 3 from 10 - 4.  Members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild will have wonderful items at great prices for holiday shoppers. Most items are overstocks, seconds and discounted items, wonderful bargains to be had.  The sale is in the auditorium of the Folk Art Center. I've been getting ready - dyeing lots of silk scarves in chiffon, China and crepe de Chine silk.  My helper - Molly is supervising by sitting in my box of silk scraps from other projects. 
 So here is a small sampling of what I'll have. I managed to make 150 scarves !
Please join us if you're in the area - it's one of the best sales of the season!

Monday, February 7, 2011

Sailing and Stitching

By now, you're probably tired of winter, looking forward to warmer weather, green trees, being outdoors and perhaps looking for some new and exciting things to do in 2011. If you like to cruise, eat great food, meet new people, create something new using many interesting techniques, visit lighthouses, see beautiful scenery and have the time of your life, mark your calendars for September 1-10 of this year.
My buddy Mary Stori is leading a cruise to Canada and New England aboard the Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas. This is a beautiful time of year to be visiting Canada and New England - the leaves are gorgeous and the weather perfect. When we're not out sightseeing, we'll be having fun stitching on 2 very different and wonderful projects. There will be a dedicated classroom with 3 full days of instruction - kits included - all you'll need to bring is a small pair of scissors. I'm thrilled to be a guest instructor; everyone will create a small wall hanging utilizing hand embroidery, surface design embellishment and a leaf transfer technique I developed for capturing beautiful fall foliage.
Mary is doing a "Leef Peeper" case for glasses or scissors and teaching many of the beautiful beading techniques she is known for. Everyone will get to do BOTH projects, have plenty of stitching time and go home with a beautifully stitched memory of their time aboard.
This is just a small part of all the fun we'll be having - hope to see you there.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Hi and welcome to my blog. This is my first post and I'm looking forward to visiting with you often.
I live in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina in a subdivision which used to be a dairy farm; we live on one of the higher hills. It's very windy which led to the name Windy Hill Studio.
I have always loved creating and have tried it all but fabric is my first love. I especially love surface design and creating my own fabric, so please stay tuned for more happenings from the studio on the hill.