This afternoon has been as wonderful as this morning. We received a shipment from another supplier, Kelsea Sales; they included an absolutely spectacular prize pack that will be used as one of the grand prizes at the banquet dinner.
I'm anxious to see what tomorrow will bring.
Mar 28, 2011
It's not too late!!!
What a wonderful Monday morning it has been.
Another sign up for the Getaway, bringing our number to 37. It's not too late to join in on the excitement.
As our kids would say "Only 4 more sleeps".
We also had a wonderful surprise in the post this morning. Stoney Creek has sent enough copies of a New Release for each attendee. As last year our suppliers have once again been very generous.
See you Friday.
Another sign up for the Getaway, bringing our number to 37. It's not too late to join in on the excitement.
As our kids would say "Only 4 more sleeps".
We also had a wonderful surprise in the post this morning. Stoney Creek has sent enough copies of a New Release for each attendee. As last year our suppliers have once again been very generous.
See you Friday.
Mar 27, 2011
Sponsors List
As promised here is the complete list of sponsors, as it stands today. I know Kathrin has requested goodies from a few more distributors. She is anxiously awaiting their shipments. If they make it in time, I'll adjust the list on Gitta's website, Events page.
A Needle Pulling Thread
Christine's Swedish Weaving
BeadAddict
Brenda Franklin
Caron Collection
Crescent Colors
Daylight Lamps
Embroidery Canada
Enchanting Lair
Fleur de Paris
Gentle Art
Gitta's Charted Petit Point
H. A. Kidd and Company Limited
Hoffman Distributing Company Inc.
Jack Pizioli Enterprises (Royal Paris/Margot distributor)
JBW Designs
Jeannette Douglass
Kelmscott Designs
Rainbow Gallery
Rosewood Manor
The Printing Mill
Threadworx, Inc.
Victoria Sampler
Weeks Dye Works
Wichelt Imports
X's and Oh's
Zweigart
Wow, what a list, and wow, what a weekend it will be.
A Needle Pulling Thread
Christine's Swedish Weaving
BeadAddict
Brenda Franklin
Caron Collection
Crescent Colors
Daylight Lamps
Embroidery Canada
Enchanting Lair
Fleur de Paris
Gentle Art
Gitta's Charted Petit Point
H. A. Kidd and Company Limited
Hoffman Distributing Company Inc.
Jack Pizioli Enterprises (Royal Paris/Margot distributor)
JBW Designs
Jeannette Douglass
Kelmscott Designs
Rainbow Gallery
Rosewood Manor
The Printing Mill
Threadworx, Inc.
Victoria Sampler
Weeks Dye Works
Wichelt Imports
X's and Oh's
Zweigart
Wow, what a list, and wow, what a weekend it will be.
Mar 24, 2011
Getaway Goodies
I was at Gitta's yesterday, and the retreat "Treats" from Kelmscott arrived. For those of you not familiar with Kelmscott designs, they make the gorgeous NeedleMinders. Kathrin and I were both blown away. Not only did Kelmscott choose a beautiful motif for the Getaway, they were generous enough to include 1 for each of us.
Just like last year, Kathrin managed to arrange a tremendous stash for the welcome packages, banquet packages and prizes.
Goodies have already arrived from:
Zweigart, Victoria Sampler, Jeannette Douglas, Rainbow Gallery, The Beadaddict, JBW designs, X's & Oh's, Christines' Swedish Weaving, Daylight, Kreinik, Caron Collection, Kelmscott, Hoffman Distributing, A Needle Pulling Thread, and H.A. Kidd (DMC). I feel like I'm forgetting someone; I'll get the complete list from Kathrin and post the complete list of sponsors later.
Kathrin had also finished the 15-sided Biscornu for the Needleworkers Marketplace. Each designer at the market has designed a pattern 20 x 20 stitches, and you can collect all by visiting each designer. This is their "Thank you" to you for coming to the Market.
Here is a sneak peek at the Biscornu, The designer squares shown here are Jeannette Douglas, The Bead Addict, Kathrin's and Christine's Swedish Weaving
On the other side you can see the ones by Brenda Franklin, Carolyn Mitchell, Joanne Gatenby, Laura Dickson, and Britstitch.
Remember all Getaway attendees get to enter the Market for free. So don't forget to collect all the wonderful designs.
What a wonderful take home gift for everyone.
Just like last year, Kathrin managed to arrange a tremendous stash for the welcome packages, banquet packages and prizes.
Goodies have already arrived from:
Zweigart, Victoria Sampler, Jeannette Douglas, Rainbow Gallery, The Beadaddict, JBW designs, X's & Oh's, Christines' Swedish Weaving, Daylight, Kreinik, Caron Collection, Kelmscott, Hoffman Distributing, A Needle Pulling Thread, and H.A. Kidd (DMC). I feel like I'm forgetting someone; I'll get the complete list from Kathrin and post the complete list of sponsors later.
Kathrin had also finished the 15-sided Biscornu for the Needleworkers Marketplace. Each designer at the market has designed a pattern 20 x 20 stitches, and you can collect all by visiting each designer. This is their "Thank you" to you for coming to the Market.
Here is a sneak peek at the Biscornu, The designer squares shown here are Jeannette Douglas, The Bead Addict, Kathrin's and Christine's Swedish Weaving
On the other side you can see the ones by Brenda Franklin, Carolyn Mitchell, Joanne Gatenby, Laura Dickson, and Britstitch.
Remember all Getaway attendees get to enter the Market for free. So don't forget to collect all the wonderful designs.
What a wonderful take home gift for everyone.
Mar 19, 2011
Round Robin Survey
To post or not to post? That is the question!!
This is a constant dilemma among Barbara, Darlene and me. Barbara feels that little teasers raise everyone's anticipation; whereas I feel that seeing the entire finished project will raise the excitement to an all time high. Having dropped by the shop today, Connie caught sight of the completed Round Robin bell pull, and immediately signed up for the weekend!!
So, I am leaving it up to all of you. Send us a comment with your vote, whether you would like to see the complete project now, or do I concede and you'll see 2 more little snippets before it is revealed Friday night at the Pajama Party.
Kathrin
This is a constant dilemma among Barbara, Darlene and me. Barbara feels that little teasers raise everyone's anticipation; whereas I feel that seeing the entire finished project will raise the excitement to an all time high. Having dropped by the shop today, Connie caught sight of the completed Round Robin bell pull, and immediately signed up for the weekend!!
So, I am leaving it up to all of you. Send us a comment with your vote, whether you would like to see the complete project now, or do I concede and you'll see 2 more little snippets before it is revealed Friday night at the Pajama Party.
Kathrin
Exclusive workshop Hint #2
As we promised last week we would give you another hint as to what the exclusive workshop is going to look like once it's finished.
This is another part of the exclusive workshop piece and it shows some of the flosses that we are going to be using on it.
By this time in two weeks if you are attending the Getaway you will have seen the finished piece and stitching away on yours. If you want to register for any of the Needleworker Martetplace Workshops it's a good time to do so to ensure that you get into the ones that you want.
This is another part of the exclusive workshop piece and it shows some of the flosses that we are going to be using on it.
By this time in two weeks if you are attending the Getaway you will have seen the finished piece and stitching away on yours. If you want to register for any of the Needleworker Martetplace Workshops it's a good time to do so to ensure that you get into the ones that you want.
Mar 14, 2011
Getaway news
For those of you that want to hear a bit more about the Getaway from last year there is a wonderful article in the Spring 2011, A Needle Pulling Thread Magazine. You can also look at the archives of this blog (May 2010) to see some of the pictures from last year.
Here is a link to one of the pages: http://gittasgetaway.blogspot.com/2010/05/saturday-shenanigans-part-2.html
Registration form
We have also included a link to the registration form on the left hand side of this blog so that you can register for the 2011 event.
We are looking forward to seeing everyone there.
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