A few updates from your store

Amanda Lawford will be stopping by this Saturday
around 1:00PM to sign canvases. 
So if you missed her last time please stop by.  
Amanda is moving out of the area at the end of the month.

New Dates for Tony Minieri's Embellishment Class
April 4th - 6th, 2014

More photos from the Maggie Trunk Show in the next email.
(one week left for 20% off)

 

Halloween coming soon

Just Lovely

Traveling Rounds - available for any country

The exhibition is made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Diane W. and James E. Burke Fund, The Coby Foundation, Ltd., The Favrot Fund, the Gail and Parker Gilbert Fund, and the Quinque Foundation.

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Interwoven Globe

The Worldwide Textile Trade,
1500–1800

September 16, 2013–January 5, 2014

Accompanied by a catalogue and an Audio Guide

Gallery 899

Textiles had been traded between Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe for hundreds of years, primarily along lengthy overland routes. In the mid-fifteenth century, the fragmentation of the Mongol Empire triggered heightened instability along the vast Silk Road. European trade with Asia also suffered after 1453, when the Ottoman Turks captured Constantinople. In the face of these disruptions, Europeans set sail in search of an ocean route to the Spice Islands of Southeast Asia and found valuable exotic textiles along the way. The newly discovered sea routes directly connecting Europe to the rest of the world enabled the creation of the first truly global trading community. As Europeans found that textiles were welcome currency for other goods (including human cargo in appalling numbers), the scope of the textile trade expanded significantly.
Trade textiles, which, by definition, were produced by one culture to be sold to another, often reveal a conglomeration of design and technical features. New and exotic designs were imitated by craftsmen in the East and the West, stimulating markets and production. Trade textiles functioned as the primary objects that engendered widespread ideas of what was desirable and fashionable in dress and household decoration across cultures. They served as status symbols for their owners, advertising the wearer's sophistication and knowledge of the wider world. Highly accessible, these popular cloths influenced the material culture of the locations where they were marketed and produced, resulting in a common visual language of design recognizable around the world.

Exhibition Programs (PDF)

Related Events

Gallery Talk: Exhibition Tour—European Textiles in Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500–1800

September 25, 2013 | Free with Museum admission, though tickets are required

K–12 Educator Program: Art and the Emergence of the First Global Age

September 28, 2013 | Fee: $25

Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities: Discoveries—Fanciful Fabrics (Ages 18 and above)

September 29, 2013 | Free, but reservations are required

Tea for Two

Some sweet bird canvases for Spring

Adrienne's mini socks with wonderful stitches 

and over dyed threads

Home Sweet Home

Some fun and colorful hearts that are just waiting to be stitched

Linda's wonderfully stitched ornaments

Remember to think about what makes our world so special

A beautifully painted canvas that would be fun to stitch

We are NOW carrying the entire line of Neon Rays
and Neon Rays Plus as well as the entire line
of Silk Lame Braid in size 13, 18 and Petite.



Sorry for the MONDAY MORNING TYPO.

As promised here are a few pictures of some things
going on at the shop

New Scissors recommended by Tony Minieri

The ringlock scissors come with a straight tip
as well as a curved tip.

New threads for composite stitches
We are not carrying the entire line of
Neon Rays and Neon Rays Plus
As well as all three Silk Lame Braid sizes (13, 18 & Petite)


Threads for a Glow in the Dark Effect


Bijoux - a wonderful filament for a little extra


Wonderful new tweed threads used for
clothing and home furnishings


New and Different Canvases



MacKenzieChilds






Other postcards available








Tooth Fairy Pillow






















That is all for today.  Have a good one!

Stand Ups stitched by Holly who is ready for the Holidays