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Sturbridge, MA - July 5-6, 2012
Fruit of the Vine
Designed by Ellen Chester
of With My Needle
“Arise, and come away, for behold, the winter is past; The flowers appear on earth, the time of singing has come; The vines in bloom give forth their fragrance; Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
This verse, from the Song of Solomon, signifies the beginning of a new season. The promise of the spring flowers is the bounty and celebration of the harvest.
 This gorgeous Fruit of the Vine project can be made as a sampler and framed, or it can be made into a huswif.
On the inside of the huswif is a mattress-style pincushion and pockets for storing your needlework tools. An embellished dupioni silk band wraps around the folded huswif to keep it closed. The embroidery is the same for both the sampler and the huswif. The project also includes a coordinating needleroll and scissors weight.
A "huswif" or "hussif" is a folded or rolled case for keeping needlework supplies. Women often carried a huswif in one of the large tie-on pockets worn under their skirts.
Stitches Used: algerian eye, alternating double backstitch, backstitch, barrier, Belgian cross, closed herringbone, cross stitch, cross stitch over one linen thread, four-sided, herringbone, horizontally elongated cross, long-armed cross, montenegrin, mosaic, nun’s stitch, plaited cross, queen, ray stitch, Rhodes, Rhodes heart, Rhodes octagon, satin, small plait, smyrna cross, star, tent, vertically elongated cross, and zigzag stitch. We will also be working a closed herringbone box on the sampler/huswif and the scissors weight.
Kit Contents: The kit includes 36-count linen, silk threads, cotton perle, hand-dyed silk ribbon, skirtex, dupioni silk, beads for the needleroll closure and decoration, mother of pearl heart-shaped thread rings, a grape charm, pearlized pins, and complete and detailed stitching and assembly directions.
Outside of closed Fruit of the Vine Huswife and Needleroll
 Class Information: During class we will use the needleroll as a teaching piece since it contains nearly all the specialty stitches used on the sampler. Students not wanting to work on the needleroll in class should bring a doodle cloth and threads.
Project Sizes: The Sampler/huswife stitch count is 116 wide x 295 wide, with the stitched area measuring 6-3/8 inches wide x 16-3/8 inches high
The Needleroll stitch count is 38 wide x 159 high, with the stitched area measuring 2 inches wide x 8-3/4 inches high
Special Order Scrimshaw Items: These can be preordered and will be delivered to you in the class.
Bird with grapes ruler: $30
Joshua and Caleb threadwinder: $38
Birds and grape arbor threadwinder: $38
Note for Students: Students should have previous experience working on linen or linen-like fabrics and should be comfortable working from basic stitching diagrams and cross stitch charts. Students will need their favorite stitching tools or basic sewing kit (sharp sewing scissors, ruler or tape measurer, writing utensil, extra needles, a hoop or Q-Snaps, etc.). If needed, students will need to provide their own additional lighting or magnification (remember, if bringing "plug-ins", please bring an extension cord).
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