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Happy Valentine's Day!
I had a married friend who told me a secret. Even if you're married, you need to be your best valentine for yourself. Who knew? I just thought I'd met the guys who didn't know where to buy flowers. Mostly we make our own joy. So with that in mind, here's some fun things that are new at the studio!
Lectures at IQF
I'll be giving two lectures on Friday April 16th at International.
I'll be offering "The Visual Path" from 11 - Noon, and The Enchanted World of Ellen Anne Eddy at 5:30-6:30. It will be just about when you're ready to sit and rest for a moment. So please come join me!
Quilt Festival/Chicago
April 16-18, 2010
Rosemont, Illinois
Donald E. Stephens Center
Read Ellen's Articles!
Ellen has magazine articles in "Quilters Magazine" January 2010 issue. Ellen will also have a quilt featured in the "500 Art Quilts"!
New Ellen Anne Eddy’s full line of Hand-dyed Thread Kits is ready for you:
We now have the full line of Ellen's Hand-dyed Embroidery Threads. There's four luscious colors each and a project all set up for you. And for a limited time, if you join the Hand-dyed Thread Club at Cotton Club, you'll get a free copy of Dragonfly Sky, a step-by-step book that will show you all about how to do bobbin work.
The projects are:
Lime Green Luna Moth
Golden Koi
Rosey Reds
Green Pond Frog
Russet Leaves
Blue Butterflies
Teal Dragonflies
Orange Black Eyed Susans
Purple and Yellow Pansies.
These thread kits will have 4 threads, perfectly selected to shade a 4”-6” project, a pattern and shading instructions. You can see a slide show of these great projects and threads on my January 28th posting on http: //threadmagicevents.blogspot.com/2010/01/thread-club.html
The Cotton Club is going to offer them as one of their fabulous clubs, or you can order them separately. $32 each, or Special Club price at http://www.cottonclub.com/cgi- bin/Store/store.cgi?&lastmenu=submenu-2800.html&product=TC_ThreadMa gic
New Quilts!
Come check out the New quilts that Ellen has in the gallery!
Thread Magic Studio's Line up of Books!
Last year Ellen produced 5 great little books.
Little but mighty! She wanted tightly focused beautiful books you could take home with instructions, patterns, step by step photos, inspirations and sources all there for you in a pattern book format.
****Better together! Order Dragonfly Sky and Ladybug's Garden together to build your project library for $25 and save!
Story Books! Everyone loves a good story
*******Special Guild price available for group orders.
Buy a quilt in one of Ellen’s New books and get the book free for your coffee table.
Wholesale accounts welcomed. Set up your store account by emailing ellen at ellenanneeddy@gmail.com
Ellen's been writing to you!
I've got three blogs started, to tell you stories, teach you new skills and to keep you up to date. It's some thoughts, stories and insites about living, working and being an artist in fiber.
Practical Thread Magic is the nuts and bolts information about the kind of art I do. It includes regular articles about threads, materials, tools and techniques It's at http:// practicalthreadmagic-ellenanneeddy.blogspot.com
Thread Magic Events is to tell you about places and things happening in the studio and outside. You'll find it at http://threadmagicevents. blogspot.com
I'm so enjoying this new way to connect with you. Please let me know what you think of it!
Watch Ellen on Youtube.
Finnie the greyhound has made his first video debue.It also involves Ellen singing wild thing her her pjs. You can see Finnie the Wonder Dog at http://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=MV5-eI5MCKQ
Ellen also has her first video, Making Angelina Moons, on Youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkBq0cxux-Q. Watch for more videos from Ellen.
New Classes!
Ellen is offering new classes with small project booklets. A 12" square project that gives you the time and space to focus on learning technique and finishing what you've started. These will be one day classes, strictly project oriented, for beginning and medium skilled students who want to focus on production.
Ellen will continue to offer Thread Magic classes, but as master classes, that assume certain skill levels. Those will be freewheeling design and technique classes set to open doors and possibilities rather than to accomplish a set project. Here are a couple of the new workshops:
“ Dragonfly Sky"
This workshop uses the book and step by step directions for a dragonfly in moonlight and focus on skills in Angelina fiber, bobbin work, soft edge appliqué thick and thin threads, thread magic appliqué, direct, shagged and cut away appliqué machine beading, globbing, and couching. This 6 hour class should be an easy to finish project for beginners. $15 Booklet and stabilizer kit fee. $25 Fabric Kit: Optional.
“A Quick and Easy Ladybug’s Garden”
We will explore using oriental brocade, cut away and direct appliqué techniques, soft and hard edge stitchery to make this lovely ladybug perched on her leaf.
This 6 hour class should be an easy to finish project for basic beginners.
$15 Booklet and stabilizer kit fee $25 Fabric kit: Optional
New Lecture!
“The Visual Path!”
We’ll explore the elements of design to make nature quilts that move and that move you. The lecture focuses on taking geometric forms and translating them to organic shape to create nature quilts that live, move and breath.
September 03, 2010