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The theme of landscapes could very well be completely off the sphere of creative possibilities for some, not knowing how to begin such a quilting or stitching experience. Here’s where I hope we can help with moving you to explore the topic. The content in this issue explores landscapes in an exciting variety of interpretations, methods, skill levels, and needlework categories. Right off the bat, I’ll tell you that the freest form of all the categories in my opinion is rug hooking and punchneedle, they are like colouring a blank page. You create the landscape outline and then fill it in with colourful wool or yarn. The art in this case is getting to create movement in your ‘sky’ and texture in your landscape elements!
She’s right when she explains that the exploring never ends! In quilting, where fabric is manipulated to create landscape elements, we have several methods from which to learn, the question is, with which will you start? Start small and find out if these will be like potato chips for you. In this issue, you’ll find awesome teachers who created their own version of landscape fibre art to give you a good start, only you can imagine how far you’ll take it. Before you know it, you’ll be in the zone, running across the plentiful fields of creativity with fabric and
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medallions where she used the same landscape outline, but changed the stitches and colours to depict different weather patterns, seasons, and light for each piece. Gosh!
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When I imagine what landscape I were to interpret in some form of needlework, I would have a hard time choosing just one, the world is filled with ideas! And are landscape themes in needlework like potato chips, where I couldn’t stop at making just one? I’d have to try it to find out. One possibility is to make a wall quilt depicting three or more landscapes, as Annette Janca and Betty Biberdorf have done with their wall quilt, Canada the Majestic, sort of like getting the indecision out of your system.
thread in hand. As always, stay safe, and stay calm. Cheerfully,
Then there's embroidery where a myriad of stitches on a blank fabric can create the idyllic scene. Judith Marquis reproduced a painting she created decades ago into a smocked piece of landscape art! I’m also fascinated with Marie-Renée Otis’ take on creating landscapes on tiny
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fibre art and machine embroidery Canada the Majestic Wall Quilt
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appliqué Simple Spring Landscape Quilt quilting Abstract Quilted Landscape
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quilting Simple Landscapes with Stitch and Paint
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Editor's Letter Mark Your Calendars! Advertiser Index Heather McArthur
The Quilter's Connection Cabin Fever! 10 tips for perfect Log Cabin Blocks
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More Joy Less Overwhelm The Kilvert Lake Sunset Quilt
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Knit Together Edgy Knitting
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tutorial A Brief History of Landscape Art and Tutorial
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cross stitch Elemental Fractal Series Part 4 of 4
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smocking & embroidery Mountain Meadow Smocked Landscape
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Highway 99, best known as the Sea to Sky Highway, begins just outside Vancouver, British Colombia and winds its way to the world-famous Whistler Blackcomb ski resort and beyond. It begins at sea level, and gradually twists and curves its way upwards through breathtaking scenery, as the ocean makes way to the spectacular mountain peaks that seem to reach endlessly to the sky. This quilt, an ode to this beautiful stretch of road, may look difficult to piece due to the on-point setting of the Quarter Log Cabin blocks, but is actually quite easy to make. The trick is in how you sew the rows together - rather than vertical or horizontal rows, you sew them together diagonally, making for a spectacular quilt that looks more complicated than it really is! – Heather
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Canada the Majestic Wall Quilt
My inspiration for “Canada the Majestic” came from the
formations. Each of these landscapes are part of what makes
wonderful land formations in Canada, there are many that are
Canada so majestic.
truly unique and recognizable. From west to east, you can find
I was so excited about creating this landscape wall quilt that I
many inspirational landmarks to make a landscape quilt. The west coast has magnificent mountains and breathtaking scenery. The autumn season in Canada has exquisite and vibrant red, orange, and yellow leaves on the trees. A very well-known landmark in Canada is Niagara Falls; people come from all over the world to view the spectacular falls. The east coast has the Bay of Fundy, known for its extremely high tides and the eroded “flowerpot”
couldn’t decide what technique I wanted to use to create it. So, I decided to create one with dimensional appliqué and I asked my friend Betty to help me create one using the Photostitch Wizard in the mySewnet™ embroidery software. Each technique interprets the photographs in a different way resulting in two very different wall quilts.
– Annette
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I love using the mySewnet Embroidery Software where I can take a picture and quickly turn it into an embroidery using the PhotoStitch Wizard. PhotoStitch is found in the GOLD and PLATINUM levels of mySewnet Embroidery Software. – Betty
Canada the Majestic Wall Quilt
Fall Foliage Wall Quilt A LESSON IN LETTING GO AND IMPROVISING Fall is my favourite season of all! I realize how fortunate I am to be living in an area where fall allows for the trees to showcase the most beautiful fall foliage colours: from yellow and gold to red, orange, and brown while still having some green. I’m always surprised on how beautiful the country gets in the fall. When I noticed that I had a lot of batik scraps in the fall foliage colours, I thought it was time to make a quilt to remind me all year round the beauty of that season. I had already created many projects piecing strips of fabrics together at a 60-degree angle and wanted to create a new quilt with this design idea as the starting block. As I was creating the quilt, I decided to get out of my comfort zone and try some improv piecing. I was curious and ready to take my quilting experience up a notch. I am thrilled with the results achieved. Making this quilt was a steppingstone for me to begin trusting myself and allowing to let go and improvise more. And I was also happy that my quilt was a semi-finalist at the 2019 AQS QuiltWeek in Fall Paducah and Grand-Rapids. It’s a pleasure to share my quilt making experience in this issue of A Needle Pulling Thread. Keep in mind that the instructions are intended for you to understand my experience in improvising and is meant to inspire you in your very own landscape project experience. – Claire
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While I don’t consider myself an artist in creating a true-to-life landscape, I can create the illusion of a landscape in the form of abstract art. I’ve made several abstract landscapes, each different from the other. In Summer’s Over quilt featured here with the black border reminds me of an aerial view of grain fields on the prairies. The blue and yellow quilt is a typical view of the prairies with endless blue skies, golden wheat fields, and a grain elevator. The one in my step-out pictures is a snowy winter landscape but the process is the same. They are easy to create, no pattern required, and even better – there’s no right or wrong. Landscapes are fluid, and the abstract method makes them easy to assemble. Anything goes – I hope you enjoy my process of creating abstract landscapes. – Elaine
Simple Landscapes with Stitch and Paint A few years ago, I started to dye my own fabrics. Another adventure in surface design: so many colours, so may possibilities. Dyeing fabric using Procion dyes is a lengthy process: preparing the dyes in different colours and the soda ash solution, scour the fabric, the buckets. And then waiting for a few days before washing the fabric to discover the wonderful different colours that the low-water immersion process created. So once I decided that it’s dyeing day, I end up working with 15-20 yards of fabric at once. And that gives me lots of fabric to admire! But … what to do with them afterwards? I started making these simple pieced landscapes: no rulers, no pins. – Ana
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I may be stretching the idea of landscape, but I did have fun planning my socks for this issue. Landscaping is defined as improving a plot of ground. I decided to improve the landscape of my knitting by trying techniques new to me. My favourite landscape would always be floral and now that I do not have my own flower beds to tend, I take great pleasure in walking around my neighbourhood and viewing the work of others. My socks have rows of cables and flowers. The cables are to represent the pathways between the flowers. For the first time I cabled without a cable needle, embroidered symbols, and used duplicate stitch for the words. I worked outside my comfort zone and at a much slower pace, but I am pleased to say I like the result. – Lorraine 68
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Turner’s Sunsets Blanket JMW Turner’s paintings of sunsets are beautiful, and their stunning colours might very well reflect the effects of volcanic activity, according to Smithsonian Magazine. While the background colours differ from one painting to another, as the sun sets over land or water, rosy apricots, yellows, and creamy whites feature in almost all his sunset landscapes.
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In this design, simple slipped stitches create interesting texture and colourwork effects. The four-stitch, four-row repeat means that the size can be altered easily, and the design can be personalized with more–or fewer– colours. Here, it is knit with three shades of Universal Yarn Adore, a round, bouncy, easycare, wool and acrylic blend yarn with great stitch definition. – Nancy
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This piece was a total experiment, stitched freehand as a challenge to break free of the normal boundaries of graphed smocking pieces/designs. - Judith
The cottage and the lake are where I get most of my inspiration. My husband and I have been coming up to the Kawartha Lakes area for 16 years. Our cottage is our escape from the everyday hustle of living in the suburbs of Toronto. It has also been a wonderful way to raise our daughter and be together as a family. I love to watch the big pine trees sway and the light dance across the water. Being immersed in nature, season after season is simply amazing. The lake has given me so much inspiration and my creative process has been greatly influenced by my time there. The lakes and the beautiful Kawartha landscape inspire many of my mini rugs. - Lynn
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Our Last Hike Rug
I discovered punchneedle on a vacation. After years as a maker of quilts, folk art painting, constructing willow interior and exterior home decor pieces, it was the craft of punching that sparked a passion inside me. My desire to share this craft with others has grown. I have always felt that we are all creative beings and only limited by our imaginations. So much of our creative confidence seems to fade as we grow older. I like to draw that creative being out of the students I teach. The jump from beginner to advanced punch artist is only a few projects away! Our Last Hike Rug is a punchneedle rug inspired by one family hike. I wanted to change the background around the three subjects in the rug to represent more of what we saw during the hike. There is always interesting plant life to share with the kids when we go on our hikes. It was a beautiful sunny day and that needed to be represented in the rug, and what better place to display that then off in the distance of a never-ending trail ahead! The Trans Canada Trail has so many colours along the trail, so I needed to include that with different greens and specks of shades of reds, oranges, and yellows. I love to experiment with hand dying so I always have a stash of colours and various values and variegation of those colours. - Carol
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CANADA Brampton Sew & Serge 289 Rutherford Rd S, Unit 7, Brampton, ON L6W 3R9 905.874.1564 bramptonsewnserge.com monique@bramptonsewnserge.com Welcome to Your One Stop Sewing Centre! We are authorized dealers of Baby Lock, Husqvarna Viking, and Singer sewing machines and sergers. We also offer a full schedule of sewing classes for everyone. Brandon Sewing Centre 821 Princess Ave, Brandon MB R7A 0P5, 204.727.2752 Bytowne Threads - Ottawa, ON 1.888.831.4095 bytownethreads.com mlj@bytownethreads.com Featuring Aurifil thread from Italy. Long staple Egyptian cotton threads - 270 colours in 12, 28, 40 and 50 wt; 88 colours in 80 wt. Polyester Aurilux - 240 high sheen colours. Wool threads 192 colours. Many kits available. Check our website! Canadian National Fabric - Brampton, ON https://canadiannationalfabric.com/ info@canadiannationalfabric.com We are an online fabric shoppe offering a wide variety of fabrics, patterns, books and notions for all your sewing needs. Flat rate Canada wide shipping of $5. Shop in person available by appointment! Carellan Sewing Centre 1685 Corydon Ave, Winnipeg MB R3N 0J8 204.488.2272, facebook.com/CarellanSewingCentre Country Concessions 35 King Street N, Cookstown, ON L0L 1L0 (new address) 705.458.4546, countryconcessions.com Gitta's 271 Lakeshore Rd E, Mississauga, ON L5G 1G8 905.274.7198 gittas.com questions@gittas.com Nestled in the east village of Port Credit, Gitta's is the place where stitchers meet with their stitching friends, shop for stitching supplies and see the new stitching designs from Europe and the United States. Hardanger House, designs by Betty Stokoe Oldham PO Box 1623, Penhold, AB T0M 1R0 403.573.2003 bettyoldham53@gmail.com tnplisting.com/hardanger-house Hardanger embroidery charts and kits. Designs feature contemporary adaptations of this traditional cutwork embroidery from Norway. Shop online at etsy.com/shop/ HardangerHouse. Some digital downloads available. Haus of Stitches 626 Main Street, Humboldt, SK S0K 2A0 306.682.0772 or toll-free 1.800.344.6024 hausofstitches.ca Our one of a kind store offers everything you need for sewing, quilting, knitting, rug hooking and needlework. Authorized dealers for Janome and Elna. K & A Quilt Studio 90 Samnah Cres, Ingersoll ON N5C 3J7 (New Location!) 519.425.4141 kaquiltstudio.com Where friends and creativity meet! Authorized distributor of Husqvarna VIKING sewing machines, and a Kimberbell Certified Shop. We stock full collections of quilting fabrics, featuring Northcott and Moda, plus lots of patterns, books, and samples to inspire you! Kelly's Creative Sewing 804 Main St, Dartmouth, NS B2W 3V1 902.435.7380 kellyscreativesewing.ca kellyscreativesewing@gmail.com We offer sales and on-site service of high-end domestic embroidery, sewing machines and sergers, as well as a variety of educational programs. Ottawa Sewing Centre 1390 Clyde Ave, #107, Ottawa, ON K2G 3H9 613.695.1386 ottawasewing.com ottawasewing@gmail.com Authorized Dealers for Brother, BabyLock, Elna, Q'nique & Grace quilting frames. Specialize in sales, parts & servicing for all makes & models of quilting/embroidery/sewing/serger/ overlock machines & cabinets by Sylvia Design.
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Sew Inspired 375 Daniel St S, Arnprior, ON K7S 3K6 613.623.0500 sewinspired.ca info@sewinspired.ca Your Ottawa Valley PFAFF® Authorized Dealer. We have a large supply of quilting & sewing supplies, knitting supplies, as well as in stock PFAFF® sewing machines. We also have a listing of sewing and quilting classes. Sew With Vision 480 Parkland Dr, Halifax, NS B3S 1P9 902.479.2227, sewwithvision.net Stitch By Stitch 550 Days Rd Unit 1, Kingston ON K7M 3R7 613.389.2223, stitchbystitchkingston.com That Sewing Place 16610 Bayview Ave #10, Newmarket, ON L3X 1X3 905.715.7725, thatsewingplace.ca The Quilt Store / Evelyn's Sewing Centre 17817 Leslie St, Unit 40, Newmarket, ON L3Y 8C6 905.853.7001 or toll-free 1.888.853.7001 The Quilt Store West 695 Plains Rd E, Unit 6, Burlington, ON L7T 2E8 905.631.0894 or toll-free 1.877.367.7070 thequiltstore.ca Now with 2 locations to serve you, we are your Quilt Store Destination! The staff here at The Quilt Store is always on hand to provide Quilt Wisdom, Quilt Inspiration and most of all we pride ourselves as the place to make... All Your Quilt Dreams Come True! The Stitcher's Muse Needleart #101 - 890 Crace St, Nanaimo, BC V9R 2T3 250.591.6873 thestitchersmuse.com info@thestitchersmuse.com A divine little shop with supplies for all your hand stitching needs! Friendly, knowledgeable, helpful staff. Cross stitch, canvaswork, needlepoint, embroidery, counted thread, lace making & more. Books, patterns, fabric, threads, tools. The Yarn Guy 15 Gower St, Toronto, ON M4B 1E3 416.752.1828 or toll-free 1.800.836.6536 theyarnguy.com info@sewknit.ca See us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter! Knitting machines, sewing machines, repairs, parts for Passap, Studio, Singer, Silver Reed, Superba, White. Sewing notions and supplies, books, ball yarns, coned yarns, TAMM yarns, Paton's yarns, Bernat yarns, Phentex yarns, Bernat kits & crafts. Upper Canada Quiltworks – Quiltworks Studio PO Box 64, Brockville, ON K6V 5T7 613.865.7299 uppercanadaquiltworks.com uppercanadaquiltworksstudio@gmail.com Quilt patterns and books, fabric and notions, felted wool, wool kits, punchneedle patterns and supplies and Valdani embroidery floss. Workshops in quilting, punchneedle, wool applique, rug-hooking, sewing, sign painting & more! UNITED STATES A Quilter's Folly 8213 Brodie Ln #100, Austin, TX 78745 512.899.3233, aquiltersfolly.com A-1 Singer Sewing Center 1012 S Oliver St, Wichita KS 67218 316.685.0226, a-1singer.com American Folk Art and Craft Supply 1415 Hanover St, West Hanover, MA 02339 781.871.7277, americanfolkartonline.com Charlotte Sewing Studio 1109 Tamiami Trl Unit 2, Port Charlotte FL 33953 941.235.3555, charlottesewingstudio.com Close to Home Sewing Center 277 Hebron Ave, Glastonbury CT 06033 860.633.0721, closetohomestores.com Cottage Quilts * Sew Creative Studio 1310 Center Dr Unit A, Medford OR 97501 541.500.8071, cottage-quilts.com Discount Fabric Warehouse 933 Kanoelehua Ave, Hilo HI 96720 808.935.1234, discountfabricwarehouse.com
Business Directory El Cajon Sew & Vac 1077 Broadway, El Cajon CA 92021 619.442.2585, sewezr.com Hursh's Country Store 2425 W Main St, Ephrata PA 17522 717.721.2575, hurshscountrystore.com Jessamine Quilt Shop LLC 1301 Old Cherokee Rd, Lexington SC 29072-9047 803.490.1031, jessaminequiltshop.com JS Linen and Curtain Outlet 1250 Northside Dr, Statesville NC 28625 704.871.1939, jslinenoutlet.com/js-quilt-shop Just Sew Studio 51 Third St NE, Waite Park MN 56387 320.654.1580, justsewstudiomn.com Keeping You Sewing 226 4th Ave S, Clinton IA 52732 563.242.6135, keepingyousewing.com Lone Star Quiltworks 4301 S Texas Ave, Bryan TX 77802-4360 979.595.1072, lonestarquiltworks.com Maryland Vacuum and Sewing Center 26845 Point Lookout Rd (Rt 5), Leonardtown MD 20650 240.309.4019, mdvacsew.com New England Sewing 501 Hartford Rd, Manchester CT 06040 860.647.8119, nesewing.com Options Quilt Shop 102 E Commerce St, Jacksonville TX 75766 903.586.9546, optionsquiltshop.com Paramount Sewing & Vacuum 3960 Rickey St SE, Salem OR 97317 503.990.8186, paramount-sew-vac.com Pick Your Stitch 6701 Manlius Center Rd, East Syracuse NY 13057 315.437.0962, pickyourstitch.com Quality Vac and Sew 1213 Gilmore Ave Ste E2B, Winona MN 55987-2632 507.452.2203, qualityvacandsew.com Quilter's Attic Sewing Center 118 Maple Ave, Pine Bush NY 12566 845.744.5888, quiltersattic.com Quilters' Corner @ Middlebury Sew-N-Vac 260 Court St Ste 4, Middlebury VT 05753 802.388.3559, middleburysewnvac.com Quintessential Quilts 940 East Main St, Reedsburg WI 53959 608.524.8435, qquilts.com Select Sewing 2415 East 65th St, Indianapolis IN 46220 317.255.6332, selectsewingservice.com Sew Special 688 W Main St, Uniontown PA 15401 724.438.1765, sew-special.biz Sew What? Fabric Shoppe 7 W Front St, Addison NY 14801 607.359.4308, sewwhatfabricshoppe.com Sewing Solutions 1505 S Glenburine Rd, Ste G, New Bern SC 28562-2689 252.633.1799, sewingsolutionsnc.com Sierra Sewing, Quilting, and Vacuums 8056 S Virginia St Ste 6, Reno NV 89511 775.823.9700, sierrasewing.com Singer Factory Distributor 4914 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago IL 60641 773.545.6834, singerfactorydistributor.com Suddenly Sewing 5850 Kroger Dr Ste 110, Fort Worth TX 76244 817.741.5400, suddenlysewing.com Thimbelina's Quilt Shop 118 North B St Ste B, Livingston MT 59047-2662 406.222.5904, thimbelinasquiltshop.com Wise Monkey Quilting 501 Hwy 39 N, Denison IA 51442 712.393.7979, wisemonkeyquilting.com
Light Years Beyond
Presenting the Luminaire 2 Innov-ís XP2. Brilliant new quilting innovations and app-based features available from your mobile devices let you find perfection in every stitch.
13.1"
Enjoy StitchVision technnology and see your designs projected on fabric before you begin to embroider.
Experience the comfort of sewing on 65 square inches of workspace, the largest of any Brother machine.
The Luminaire 2 has the magic of 192 built-in Disney embroidery designs and 10 decorative Disney stitches.
Stop your stitch in the perfect place just by placing the Snowball End Point Sticker on your project.
Large 10.1” HD LCD touchscreen display with capacitive technnology.
Enjoy 2-colour quilting sash designs, built-in hexagon shapes for auto split sash, single or triple stitching, and more.
Visit an authorized Brother dealer today to find out more! brother.ca/en/XP2 Photos are for illustration purposes only. Brother and its logo are trademarks of Brother Industries, Ltd., Japan. All specifications are subject to change without notice. All registered trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective companies. ©2022 Brother International Corporation (Canada) Ltd. 1, rue Hôtel de Ville, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Québec, H9B 3H6. 01/2022-MS308
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