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The Pioneer History of
By Arad Thomas
Online Edition by Holice & Deb
Moses Bacon was born April 5, 1787, in Burlington, Hartford Count,
Conn. He was a farmer. About the year 1809, he came to Gaffes, and took an article from the
Holland company of two hundred acres of land on the south part of lot
thirty-seven, township fifteen, range one. He worked for the Land
company opening the Oak Orchard Road the summer of that year, to apply
towards paying for his land, and returned to Connecticut in the fall.
The next spring he came back and commenced work upon his land as
permanent settler. In December, 1813, he went in Captain McCarty's company to the
defence of the frontier, and in his charge upon the British and Indians
at Molyneaux tavern, in Cambria, on that occasion Mr. Bacon was present
and did good execution. In January, 1814, he married Miss Sarah Downer. In September of that
year he was called out with the
Moses Bacon was born April 5, 1787, in Burlington, Hartford Count, Conn. He was a farmer.
About the year 1809, he came to Gaffes, and took an article from the Holland company of two hundred acres of land on the south part of lot thirty-seven, township fifteen, range one. He worked for the Land company opening the Oak Orchard Road the summer of that year, to apply towards paying for his land, and returned to Connecticut in the fall. The next spring he came back and commenced work upon his land as permanent settler.
In December, 1813, he went in Captain McCarty's company to the defence of the frontier, and in his charge upon the British and Indians at Molyneaux tavern, in Cambria, on that occasion Mr. Bacon was present and did good execution.
In January, 1814, he married Miss Sarah Downer. In September of that year he was called out with themen on this frontier generally, to aid in repelling the British and Indians in the war with Great Britain. He was in the battle of Fort Erie, in which he was shot through the neck and taken prisoner by the British, who carried him to Halifax, where he suffered greatly under the cruel treatment of the officers who had the American prisoners under their charge. The next year he was discharged, the war having closed, and returned home broken in constitution from the hardships of his wound and imprisonment, and with a cough contracted in Halifax from which he never recovered, and for which he drew a pension from the United states ever afterwards.
Mr. Bacon sold the east part of his farm to his brother Hosea, and the north part to his brother Elias, reserving one hundred acres for himself. Upon this place he lived until his death, which occurred June 28th, 1848.
Samuel Bidelman was born in Manheim, Herkimer County, N. Y., June 29th, 1806. His grandparents both came to America from German, before the revolutionary war, and settled on the Mohawk river. In that war his grandfather's buildings were burned by the Indians, and his family narrowly escaped massacre by flying to the blockhouse fort for protection.
His father, Henry Bidelman, came to Shelby in 1816, and bought an article for one hundred acres of land of John Timmerman. In February, 1817, he came to Shelby with a part of his children, leaving his wife and other children in Herkimer county until he could prepare a place for them. He was eleven days on the journey.
In July, 1817, John Garlock, brother-in-law of Henry Bidelman, brought on Mrs. bidelman and the remainder of her children, and with their other loading, he brought three bags of flour. This was the next year after the cold season, and the neighborhood was destitute of flour; some of the inhabitants had not even seen wheat bread for weeks, having lived in that time, as far as bread was concerned, on bran bread and some sea biscuits--"hard tack," which they procured from the Arsenal at Batavia, which had been stored there to feed the soldiers in the war of 1812.
It was a custom then when a new family arrived, for all the settlers for miles around to come together and give them a greeting. Such a surprise party waited on the Bidelmans, and after they had broken up and gone home, Mr. Bidelman found he had only a part of one bag of his flour left out of the three brought on by Garlock, as each family of the visitors must of course take home a little. Part of one bag of flour only for a family of twelve hungry persons to live on under the circumstances, looked as if the end was near.
These sea biscuit furnished material fro much talk, as well as some good for the people. Mr. Joseph Snell, who was something of a wag, reported, that a Mr. Simons, who resided a little south from Mr. Bidelman, got some of the biscuit and ate too freely of them; that they had swelled in his stomach and had burst him. He said his attendants tied handkerchiefs and straps around him, and did the best they could to make him contain himself, but without success; he burst and died, and was to be buried at a time specified. Several persons went to attend the funeral before they understood the hoax.
The first year after he came to Shelby, Mr. H. Bidelman took some land of D. Timmerman which lay about a mile from his house,, to plant with corn on shares. In hoeing time, in the long days in June, he would get his boys together, Samuel being then about twelve years old, get them a breakfast of bran bread and milk and say to them, "now, boys, you can go and hoe corn, and when you get so tired and hungry you can't stand it any longer, come home and we will try and get you something to eat again" This was the way they fared before Uncle Garlock came with flour.
The cold season of 1816 cut off the crops, and there was but little to be had to eat. Flour was worth fifteen dollars a barrel in Rochester, wheat three dollars a bushel here, and no money to buy it with. But crops were good in 1817, and as soon as the farmers began to raise wheat, and about 1820 and 1821, as there was no way to get wheat to market, the price fell to twenty-five cents a bushel. Articles of wearing apparel were enormously dear. Cotton cloth was worth fifty cents a yard.
In 1818, Mr. bidelman chopped and cleared off six acres of land for A. A. Ellicott, for which he obtained flour for his family for that season. He cleared five acres for elijah Bent, a little south of Medina village, for which he received in payment one-third of the port of a hog that weighed three hundred pounds in all; that is, about one hundred pounds of port cost twenty dollars, paid for in such hard work. So they managed to live along until they could raise something of their own to live on.
About this time young Samuel, being then twelve of thirteen years old, and his brother William two years older, got disgusted with Western New York and agreed to run away back to the Mohawk Country, fearing they would starve to death if they remained here. They did not go however.
In the year 1820, May 20th, barefoot, with an old straw hat, a pair of tow cloth pantaloons and a second hand coat on, Samuel Bidelman started on foot and along for Ridgeway Corners, to learn the trade of tanning and currying baskets, and shoemaking, of Isaac A. Bullard, who carried on that business there.
Before that time he had lived in Dutch settlements, and could but imperfectly speak, or understand the English language.
Mr. Bullard's tanning then amounted to about fifty hides a year, but gradually increased to about one hundred hides a year while Samuel lived with him. When he had been about three and a half years with Mr. Bullard, they had some difficulty and Samuel left him and went to his fathers. The difficulty was settled and Samuel was bound as apprentice to stay with Mr. Bullard until he was of age, and he went back and remained.
Bullard was addicted to strong drink, which made him rather a hard master to his apprentice. He died April 9th, 1827.
After Mr. Bullard's death, his wife carried on the business he had left and Mr. Bidelman worked for her by the month six months, and then bought out the tanyard and dwelling house and carried on the business on his own account.
May 17th, 1829, he married Eliza Prussia. She was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, of German parentage.
At Ridgeway, Mr. Bidelman tanned about seventy-five hides a year. He kept two journeymen, made leather and carried on shoemaking. Stoga boots were worth four dollars a pair, coarse shoes two dollars. Boots were not so generally work as now. Tanner's bark, hemlock, was worth one dollar and fifty cents a cord.
In the spring of 1835, Mr. Bidelman sold his place in Ridgeway, retaining possession until the next October, intending to move to Michigan. He was now worth about fifteen hundred dollars, and was twenty-nine years old.
He finally bought a tanyard at Gaines village of James Mather, and moved there Oct. second, eighteen hundred and thirty-five. Gaines was then quite a place of business. It had in active operation one academy, five dry goods stores, three groceries, one steam grist mill and furnace, three taverns, two churches, two tannerys, one cabinet shop, one large wagon factory, three law offices, three blacksmith shops, one millinery shop, one ashery, besides harness, show, and tailor shops, &c.
At Gaines, Mr. Bidelman employed four or five men in his tannery, and five or six men in his shoe shop generally.
In 1838, the Patriot War, as it was called, in Canada closed. This part of the country had been in a high state of excitement for two years, the people desiring to furnish aid to the Canadian rebels. Hunter's lodges, as they were called, were formed along the frontier for this purpose. Such a lodge used to meet in the upper room in Mr. Bidelman's Tannery, which was formerly occupied by the Free Mason's. Mr. Bidelman took great interest in this movement and gave an old cast iron bark mill to be cast into cannon balls. He gave the last gun he ever owned and a pair of boots, to fit out a soldier who went to Canada to join the insurgents.
A cannon, which had belonged to an artillery company in Yates, in which Mr. Bidelman had held a commission as Lieutenant, was sent to the Patriots. General Winfield Scott passed through on the Ridge Road with some United States troops to maintain peace on our borders, and in a short time order was again restored.
The Ridge road was then a great traveled thoroughfare, six to eight stage coaches passed through Gaines each way daily.
In eighteen hundred and forty-one Mr. Robert Ranney went in company with Mr. Bidelman in business as tanners, in Gaines, for a term of five years. They put in a large stock and worked it, but the business was not profitable for the partners. They had difficulty in settling their partnership matters, and on the whole, these five years were the most unpleasant and unprosperous in business to Mr. bidelman of any like time in his life. Since closing with Mr. Ranney, he has been connected with his sons in business. He was Supervisor of Gaines in the years 1842, 1845, 1846, 1853, 1854, and 1857.
The following extracts were taken from a memoir by Dr. John H. Beech, of Coldwater, Michigan, of himself and his father, Dr. Jesse Beech, who was the pioneer physician of the town of Gaines:
"Dr. Jesse Beech was born march 20th, 1787, at Ames, Montgomery County, New York. He studied medicine with Dr. Lathrop, of Charleston, and with Dr. Sheldon, of Florida, N. Y. In those days medical colleges were not accessible to students of ordinary means. There was public prejudice against dissections, and the students of the two doctors named occupied a room in a steeple on a church in Charleston, where they dissected bodies. One of the class would stay in the steeple all day Sundays with their cadavers to keep the hatch fastened down, to exclude intruding boys.
Dr. Jesse Beech commenced practice at Esperance, N. Y., in the year 1813, and in February of that year married Susannah, a daughter of John Brown, of that place.
In the fall of 1815 he came to Gaines, where he met James Mather, with whom he was acquainted, and was persuaded to stop there, accepting a theory then believed in by settlers in that region, which was this: 'Batavia must be the Gotham of the Holland Purchase Oak orchard harbor must be the commercial port. The great commercial highway of the country would be from the head of navigation on Oak Orchard Creek to Batavia. The country north of the Ridge was too flat and poor to be of any account, and the town second to Batavia must be on the ridge where the road from Batavia to the lake crossed it. A kind of half shire town for Genesee County was then at Oak Orchard Creek on the Ridge. Genesee County would be divided at Tonawanda Swamp, and the new county seat would be Gaines' Philetus Bumpus was then hunting bears where Albion now is, and the future greatness of Gaines was not dimmed by prospects of Clinton's Erie Canal.
Such as the theory. The canal made dough of the whole of that cake, and caused the whole country about here to change front.
James Mather, and Oliver booth, the tavern keeper, were active men in Gaines, when my father came in, both being very attentive to new comes, and Esq. Arba Chubb came in soon after. He was the best wit and story teller of the times, full of talk and repartee, a most social and agreeable man.
My father bought some land near the 'Corners,' and brought my mother there the next spring. She found the 'house' only half floored and, not all 'chinked.' The fire was built against the logs on the side which had no floor, over which the roof was open for the escape of smoke.
She was told that the rule of the settlement was that new comers must burn out three logs in the house walls before they could be allowed to build a stone back for a chimney; and they must have had at least three 'shakes' of ague before they could be admitted to citizenship.
The records are silent as to when she burned out her three logs; but it is said that she soon attained to the rank of full citizenship, having her first shake of ague on the fourth day after arriving in town. My father must have found the people much in need of a doctor, for I find on page seventy-one of his day book, previous pages being lost, a large amount of business charged for so small a population. The prices charged would now be deemed quite moderate, to wit: Leonard Frisbie is charged 'To visit and setting leg for self $2.50.' subsequent visits and dressings from thirty-seven, and a half to seventy-five cents each, and so in other cases.
In 1817, 1818, and 1819, it took him three or four days to make a circular visit to his patients. They resided in Murray, east of Sandy Creek, at Farwell's Mills, in Clarendon, indifferent parts of Ridgeway, Barre, &c.
On these circuits the kind people treated him to their best, which was often corn cake and whiskey, or Evans' root coffee, with sorrel pie for dessert,. for the doctor and basswood browse for his horse.
I find a bill rendered in pounds, shillings and pence to my father by George Kuck, for general merchandise had at his store in West Carlton, in 1818. Ira Webb was at the same time in trade at Oak Orchard Creek, on the Ridge, but the principal merchants were located at Gaines.
In the spring of 1816, my father had about half an acre of corn 'dug in' among the logs near his house. When it was a few inches high a frost blighted the tops so that every leaf was held in a tight dead envelope. My mother cut off the tops wit her scissors and a fair crop was harvested.
In order to save the pig fro the bears, its pen was made close to the house, and apiece of chinking left out to halloo 'shoo' through.
One day mother's attention was attracted by an unusual hackling of the pig. Looking through the crevice she saw a large rattlesnake coiled up in the hog-trough, with head erect, bussing like a nest of bees. Fearing to attack the old fellow, she ran to the neighbors for help and when she returned the snake was gone.
In 1816 they had a patch of oats near the house from which the deer had to be driven frequently.
Their first child, and only daughter, Elizabeth, was born June 22d, 1817. She married Ezbon G. Fuller, and settled at Coldwater, Michigan, where she died in 1853. Their only son, your humble servant, was born September 24th, 1819. I think I must have been one of the early draymen in the county, as I remember when a very small boy seizing the reins and backing my father's horse and cart loaded with merchandise, part of which was a demijohn of aquafortis, down a cellar gangway. Some smoke and some hurrying were among the consequences.
A few years later a young clerk and myself sent a hogshead of molasses from a wagon down the same gangway at one 'pop.' The 'pop' carried away the heads of the cask and poured the sweet out to the rats.
At the age of fourteen I tried clerking in a dry good store for Fanning & Orton, in Albion. After six months probation I felt no further inspiration or aspiration in that line and resigned, I presume with the hearty consent of my employers, though they flattered me by expressing their regret, which I thought was proof of their politeness, rather than my ability. I then attended Gaines Academy until I was eighteen years old, when I commenced studying medicine with Drs. Nichoson & Paine, in Albion; afterwards with Dr. Pinkney, at Esperance, and graduating at the Albany medical college in 1841.
I practiced my profession from the old homestead until 1850, then removed to Coldwater, Michigan, where I have been engaged in the same business since, except during the rebellion, in the greater part of Battery D, First Michigan Artillery; afterwards of Twenty Fourth Michigan volunteers, in the Army of the Potomac. The greater part of the time, besides performing my regimental duties, acting as Surgeon-in-Chief of the First Brigade, First Division, First Army Corps.
In January, 1842, I married Mary Jane Perry, of Clarkson, N. Y.
We have mentioned the anticipations of the people of securing the location of the county buildings at Gaines. The brick building standing on the hill south of the village, was built by contributions started with the intent to donate it to the county for a court house. It was originally three stories high, about forty by seventy feet on the ground. These anticipations of the contributors being blasted, they converted their building into an academy.
At the organization of Orleans County, the village of Gaines contained three stores, three asheries, three tanneries, two taverns, one chair factory, one carriage factory, one cabinet shop, three blacksmith shops, one distillery, one cloth-dressing and wool-carding establishment, two brick yards, one printing office where a newspaper was published, one hat factory, and one saddle and harness shop. Works requiring motive power were driven by horses.
The first chapter of royal arch masons in the county No. 82, was organized in Gaines. Dr. Jesse Beech was H. P. in 1826.
Previous to 1825, Col. Broadman's Cavalry was at marvel in the eyes of uys youngster. Dr. Jesse Beech was its surgeon.
I find by an old receipt among my father's papers, that Gaines Basin, in the canal, was excavated by a subscription fund, subscribed mainly by Guersney, Bushnell & Co., E. & E. D. Nichols, and James Mather.
Dr. Jesse Beech was a temperance man even to total abstinence, enforcing his principles by banishing decanters and wine glasses from his sideboard--a proceeding rather unusual in those times.
He was a fine horseman and occasionally officiated as marshal on public occasions. he was always exceedingly particular in his dress and personal appearance, and always wore an elaborate ruffle shirt. His dress never was allowed to interfere with business requiring his attention, and sometimes, when off professional duty, he would go into his field where his men were clearing land, and though he was small in stature, he would show by his agility and energy in working with his men that he was a match for their stoutest.
A few of the last years of my father's life, he kept a store of drugs and medicines on sale in connexion wit his practice as a physician and surgeon.
In February or March, 1826, he was hurt by a vicious horse from which he suffered greatly as long as he lived. He died March 4th, 1829. His widow afterwards married Captain Elihu Mather, and removed to Coldwater, Michigan, where she died March 16th, 1869.
Oliver booth was a well-known tavern keeper on the Ridge Road in Gaines. He came here from Wayne County in the spring of 1811, and settled on the farm north of the Ridge and east of the Oak Orchard Road in the village of Gaines. He cleared his farm and built a double log house, with a huge chimney in the middle. Here he kept tavern a number of years.
His house was always full of company. Travelers on the Ridge road stopped here because it was a tavern and there was no other. Here he dispensed a vast amount of whiskey,--for everybody was thirsty in those day,--and some victuals to such strangers as were not acquainted with the proverbial filthiness of the kitchen.
After Gaines had become a village, and land claims to the county seat, and people had come in who wanted more style, and whose stomachs could not stand such fare as booth's Tavern supplied, another tavern was opened and Booth sold out and moved away. He finally settled in Michigan where he died.
No description of Booth or his tavern would be completed without including Sam. Wooster. Sam's father lived in the neighborhood, and he (Sam) than a great lazy boy, strayed up to booth's tavern, where by hanging about he occasionally got a taste of Booth's whiskey in consideration of bringing in wood for the fire and doing a few other chores. For these services and the pleasure of his company, Booth gave him what he ate and drank, with a place to sleep on the bar-room floor. His clothes id not cost much. He never wore a hat of any sort, seldom had on stockings or shoes. Nobody can remember that he wore a shirt, and his coats and pants were such as came to him, nobody could tell how or from whence. Sam. Never washed his face and hands, or combed his head, and his general appearance, shirtless and shoeless, with his great black, frowsy head bare, his pants ragged and town, and his coat, if he had any, minus one sleeve, or half the skirt, to one who did know him might befit a crazy prisoner just escaped from Bedlam. Yet Sam. Was not a fool or crazy. His wit was keen and ready, and his jokes timely and sharp. He would not work, or do anything which required much effort any way. He was a good fisher however, and wit his old friend, Booth, his would sit patiently by the hour and angle in the Oak Orchard, or any other stream that had fish, perfectly content, if he had occasional nibble at his hook.
One year while he lived in Gaines, some wag for the fun of the thing nominated him for overseer of highways in the Gaines village district, and he was elected. He told the people they had elected him and thinking he was too lazy to attend to the business, and would let them satisfy their assessments by mere nominal labor on the road; but they would find themselves much mistaken, and they did. Sam. warned them to work as the law directed. He superintended everything vigorously, and every man and team and tool on the highway with his beat had to do its while duty promptly that year at least.
Although Sam. loved whiskey and drank it whenever it was given to him, for he never had money to buy anything, he never got drunk. He never quarreled or stole or did any other mischief. Bad as he looked, and lazy and dirty as he was, he was harmless. When Mr. booth sold out and moved to Michigan, Sam. Went with him and lived with his family afterwards.
A few months after landlord booth got his double log tavern going, a man rode up to the west from door, each half of the house had a front door, and asked Mrs. booth if he could get dinner, and feed his horse there. She sent her daughter, then ten years old, to show the man where he could get feed for his horse in the stable, and she went to work getting his dinner.
Having taken care of his horse, the stranger came and took a seat by the front door of the room where Mrs. booth was getting dinner and commenced talk by saying:
"Well, Mrs. Booth, how do you like the Holland Purchase?'
Just then Mr. James Mather passed by, and seeing the stranger sitting in the door, when he recognized as Mr. Joseph Ellicott, the agent of the Holland Land company, he turn to speak to him. As he came up, Ellicott motioned him to be silent, fearing he would pronounce his name in hearing of Mrs. Booth and end the fun. After a salutation to Mr. Mather, Mr. Ellicott said to Mrs. Booth:
"Has old Joe Ellicott then really reserved the land round the
mouth of the Creek?"
Ellicott walked into the road and talked with Mr. Mather a few minutes till being called to his dinner he said to Mather: "Don't tell Mrs. Booth who I am until I am out of sight."
After Ellicott was gone, Mr. Mather went over and Mrs. Booth asked him who that old fellow was who got dinner there?
He replied: "It was Mr. Joseph Ellicott, from Batavia."
Mr. Booth was unable to read or write, and he was accustomed to keep his tavern accounts in chalk marks on the wall. Thus, for an account of six pence, he made a mark of a certain length; for a shilling, a mark longer; two shillings, longer still, and so on. he distinguished drinks, dinners, horse feed, &c., by peculiar hieroglyphics of his own invention.
Booth, the tavern keeper, must not be confounded with Oliver Booth, 2d, better known to the old pioneers as "Esq. Booth," who owned and resided on the next farm west, which lay on the west side of Oak Orchard Road, and north side of the Ridge. Esquire Booth was among the very first settlers of Gaines village. He was not related to the tavern keeper. He was born in Granby, Connecticut, in 1779, and settled in Gaines, in 1810. He removed to Michigan in 1833 and died there.
Esq. Booth was the first Supervisor elected north of Tonawanda Swamp to represent the town of Ridgeway, then the whole of Orleans County, in 1813. He served several years as Justice of the Peace. He was an old man in appearance and manners, but upright and honest.
The Pioneer History of Orleans County, NY, By Arad Thomas
Transcribed by Holice B. Young
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"My Fair Lady," with several other productions, will continue at the Erin Eccles Theatre in Logan through Aug. 11.
The musical is an adaptation from the George Bernard Shaw play "Pygmalion." It follows the story of Eliza Doolitte, played by Vanessa Ballam, a Cockney flower girl who one fateful day meets dialectician and expert grammarian Professor Henry Higgins, played by Kyle Pfortmiller. When Professor Higgins' friend, Col. Pickering, played by Lee Daily, bets him that he can't pass this common girl off as a well-born lady, they begin a journey that neither could have ever anticipated.
Utah Festival Opera's production did everything to bring audience members what they expect from this beloved classic. The company skimped on nothing from costumes to set design to the size of the orchestra to the quality of the performers, and the result was a satisfying and entertaining show.
Vanessa Ballam was excellent as Eliza Doolitte. Though she and many of the other performers are trained opera singers, they transferred their skills to the musical theater style flawlessly.
Michael Ballam, founder of the Utah Festival Opera, was an outrageously funny Alfred P. Doolittle, Eliza's father, who had the audience roaring with laughter, especially in his scene with Higgins. As Alfred tries to get Higgins to pay him for housing his daughter, his complete lack of any social grace becomes increasingly apparent. Everything from scratching his rear end, to stealing liquor, to picking a flea off the inside of his shirt, flicking it to the floor and stomping on it. It was these details that Michael Ballam brought to the role that made his performance so exceptional that the audience couldn't help but applaud when he exited the stage.
Pfortmiller's performance of Higgins brought a soul to a character that can come off as excessively rude, unfeeling and harsh. When he and Eliza fought after the Embassy Ball, she gives her ring back to him, one that had been his gift to her that she says she doesn't want anymore. Higgins pulls his hand back to throw the ring and Eliza panics that he will hit her. Pfortmiller's Higgins is near tears as he exclaims that he would never hit her, but it's she who had struck him to the heart. The reaction of Pfortmiller's Higgins is so strong and heartfelt that it's heartbreaking to anyone in the audience.
A similar moment comes when Eliza tells Higgins she is leaving him for good, and afterwards Higgins tells his mother, "She's gone," in so heartrending a tone as to leave any onlooker feeling the pain of his loss as deeply as he does. Pfortmiller's Higgins is a sympathetic character who leaves the audience rooting for him despite — and maybe even a little bit because of — his flaws. We feel his pain that he has fallen for a woman and doesn't know how to keep her.
Daily shines as Pickering, bringing out the hilarity of the character. He performed stunts, like spilling his drink all over himself several times as he reacted to Higgins' eccentric behaviors. He then finally gives up, puts his drink down and pulls out his pipe — only to end up smacking himself in the face with the pipe when Higgins does something surprising yet again. Details such as these bring out a performer's comic ability.
The play as a whole was visually beautiful — the costumes were vibrant, especially Eliza's dresses, as only to be expected, and possibly each chorus member had at least five different extravagant outfits. The dancing was top-notch and there was much of it.
Any "My Fair Lady" lover has no need to be disappointed by this production. It brought out everything that can be enjoyed about this classic musical and more.
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2018-201 Fe, the Box Turtle CANCELLED
Price: $102.84 (includes sales tax)
Teacher: Jane Ellen BalzuweitClass days: February 17-18, 2018 (Saturday-Sunday)Style: Pulled ThreadSkill level: Basic-IntermediateFinished Design Size: 6" x 5" x1 1⁄2" high. Ground: 32 Belfast linenPrework: NONE required.Color Choice: None
Fe, the "Boxed" turtle, has a pulled thread shell, tail, legs and side. Students will learn 13 di erent pulled stitches and 2 flat stitches for the head and shell border. Students will learn how to make the box, which is perfect for stitching supplies or jewelry. Fe is sure to be a conversation piece.
Kit Contents: 32 Belfast linen, Moiré lining (inside box) Muslin underlining Padding, Pearl cotton size 12 Sewing thread, Button eyes Mat and foam core boards cut to size Needles Instructions with photos.
Student Supplies: normal tools, etc.
2018-202 The Love Shack
Price: $270.63 (includes Sale Tax)
Teacher: Janet CaseyClass days: February 17-18, 2018 (Saturday-Sunday)Style: Canvas EmbellishmentSkill level: IntermediateFinished Design Size: 7" wide x 8" deep x 9-1/2" tall. Ground: 18ct. White Mono CanvasPrework: NONE required.Color Choice: None
The Love Shack is an adorable 3 dimensional "house" stitched to depict a candy like version of a decorated box. The roof opens to hold cards, letters, candy, or any special remembrances that you might have. Stitched in Silks, Sparkle Rays, Kreinik Metallics, Ribbon Floss, and a variety of fun threads and textures, this holiday decoration is almost good enough to eat.
Kit Contents: All four sides and roof drawn on four pieces canvas, a complete instruction booklet, color photo and all threads and attachments to complete the project.
Student Supplies: Stretcher bars ( 2 sets of 13" x 11" & 2 sets of 10" x 15") and (one set of 16" x 12"), tacks or stapler, frame and/or frame weight, laying tool of choice and the usual stitching supplies. Light, magnifier and extension cord with grounded plug, if needed.
2018-203 Hops, Barley & Rye CANCELLED
Price: $102.84 (include Sale Tax)
Teacher: Celeste ChalasaniClass days: February 17-18, 2018 (Saturday-Sunday)Style: StumpworkSkill level: Intermediate-advanced IntermediateFinished Design Size: 5" x 7"Ground: Silk ShantungPrework: NONE required.Color Choice: None
Hops, Barley & Rye is inspired by my son's love for craft beer. He was also instrumental in helping me design this piece.
In this class, embroiderers will stitch a small design that incorporates the key ingredients of one of humanity's oldest beverages: beer. This class will teach contemporary Stumpwork techniques of dimensional stitches, couching, padding, wrapping wire, wired slips and needle weaving.
Kit Contents: Instructions; silk shantung; cotton fabric; stranded silk and cotton thread; horse hair; felt; 33 gauge wrapped wire; needles.
Student Supplies: 12" x 12" Evertite frame, 12" x 12" stretcher bars, OR 8-1/2" embroidery hoop; 4" embroidery hoop; scissors for cutting paper and felt; usual stitching supplies. Magnification is highly recommended.
2018-204 Mackintosh Rose
Price: $146.14 (includes Sales Tax)
Teacher: Toni GerdesClass days: February 17-18, 2018 (Saturday-Sunday)Style: NeedlepointSkill level: IntermediateFinished Design Size: 8 1⁄4" x 11 1⁄2"Ground: White 18ct Mono CanvasPrework: NONE required.Color Choice: None
Charles Rennie Mackintosh's famous Rose design has been depicted many ways. Come join this class to create a beautiful Mackintosh Rose Kimono. The stained glass window motif will be fashioned by exploring several different techniques to create transparency including stretching and couching Wire Lace, stitching on top of the first layer with a beautiful green/black shimmer metallic Sparkle Rays and Bijoux, and using specific stitches. Using Planet Earth silks, Dinky-Dyes Hand dyed silks, Flair, Bijoux, Sparkle Rays, & more, this intermediate level design will come to life on an 18ct. white mono canvas. Design size is 8 1⁄4" x 11 1⁄2".
Kit Contents: Canvas, threads, fabric and needles with instruction booklet.
Student Supplies: 12" x 16" Stretcher Bars; Pencil for notes & drawing outlines on paper & fabric #4 Pencil for drawing on canvas; Tacks or Staples; Tape to bind edges of canvas if desired; Scissors for thread cutting, paper cutting & for fabric cutting; Lighting, extension cord, magnification as desired Floor or table stand or frame weight to stabilize your piece while working; Laying Tool; Normal stitching supplies.
2018-205 Dragonfly & Cattails CANCELLED
Price: $75.78 (includes Sales Tax)
Teacher: Margaret KinseyClass days: February 17-18, 2018 (Saturday-Sunday)Style: Silk and Metal EmbroiderySkill level: All levelsFinished Design Size: 5.5" X8.5" X 1"Ground: Silk ShantungPrework: NONE required.Color Choice: None
When one is near a marshy area in late summer/early autumn in our state, one sees the elegant dragonflies in abundance. They love these marshy places for breeding and survival. Dragonflies have fascinated artists since early times. We find them in carvings, textiles, jewelry, decorating furniture, paintings, and subjects of poetry. Myths and legends about dragonflies abound. Come join us and create this beautiful golden dragonfly using 3 sizes purls, metal wire thread, metallic organza, and Japan metallic threads. Brick pattern couching technique, diagonal satin stitch, and French Filling stitch, colored wire purls using chipping technique over padding. The background fabric is silk shantung. Student will learn to assemble the frame and transfer the design to the fabric, and dress the frame in the traditional western culture style. This is a beginning silk and metal thread exercise.
Kit Contents: Everything necessary to complete the project.
Student Supplies: 10" by 12" Stretcher Bars | a clamp, a sand bag or your preference |Scissors for cutting silk | Scissors for cutting metal Scissors for cutting felt, ribbon, paper and cord | Fine Pointed Tweezers | Needle threaders 1. A fine wire one for fine needles' eyes 2. A regular tapestry needle threader | Beeswax – not Thread Heaven – good quality beeswax can be found in bead shops, and fine needlework stores | Thumb tacks or a staple gun and staples | Ruler 6" see-through clear plastic | Notebook and pencil for note taking | 2H Pencils for pattern making
2018-206 Annette's Spring Bouquet CANCELLED
Price: $70.36 (includes Sales Tax)
Teacher: Deborah MitekClass days: February 17-18, 2018 (Saturday-Sunday)Style: Silk Ribbon EmbroiderySkill level: All LevelsFinished Design Size: 7" x 8" Ground: Silk Dupioni or Congress ClothPrework: NONE requiredColor Choice: None
Stitch this charming bouquet of Spring flowers while learning the basics of silk ribbon embroidery and other surface stitching techniques. Dimension and texture are created by using a variety of threads in varying weights and thicknesses. The design will use both 4mm & 7mm silk ribbons, most overdyed, DMC pearl cottons, Needlepoint Inc. silk flosses, Silk Road Straw Silk, Trebizond silk pearl, Appleton crewel wool and Painter's Thread soie perlee on a 12" x 12" hand-painted and drawn, congress cloth background. The outline stitch, stem stitch, wrapped stem stitch, detached chain stitch, straight stitch, split stitch, satin stitch, loop stitch, fly stitch, pistil stitch, French knots, colonial knots, the ribbon stitch and couching are used to complete the design.
Kit Contents: Complete thread kit with needles, hand-painted congress cloth with a line drawing, 8x8 Congress Doodle Cloth, complete instructions including a picture of the design, a stitch guide, diagrams, and Tips on Handling Silk Ribbon..
Student Supplies: 12" x 12" Stretcher Bars for piece, 8" x 8" stretcher bars for doodle cloth / tacks or staples Usual stitching supplies / Trolley needle and / or wooden laying tool / Stand / Frameweight / or Clamp for hands-free stitching / Light and Magnifier (optional)
2018-207 Spring in the Woodland CANCELLED
Price $106.09 (includes Sales Tax)
Teacher: Lynn PayetteClass days: February 17-18, 2018 (Saturday-Sunday)Style: Mixed media multi fiberSkill level: Basic IntermediateFinished Design Size: 9 ½" x 6" Ground: White Congress ClothPrework: NONE required.Color Choice: None
"Spring in the Woodland" is a (non-charted) piece depicting the awakenings of flowers, fungi, and leaves after a long winter sleep. Emphasis is on creating depth, perspective, cast shadows, using student's choices of color, techniques, and stitches.
Leaves are over-embellished bonded layers of sheer fabrics, while flowers, buds, fungi and mushrooms are worked in couching (with metallic threads, flosses, and pearl cottons), silk ribbon stitches, beading, overstitching and padding of sheer and novelty fabrics, French knots, open and closed fly, whipped straight stitches, and surrounds of twisted cords in a variety of different thread and metallic combinations.
Kit Contents: Pre-printed Congress cloth; Rachel; metallic braids; metallic and rayon machine embroidery threads; floss; pearl cotton; silk ribbon – 7 and 4 mm.; sheer, opaque and metallic fabrics; novelty threads; beads – seed and bugles; picture of piece; all instructions necessary to finish piece.
Student Supplies: Stretcher bars – (2) 10" and (2) 12"; tacks to mount piece; small sharp scissors (a must); paper scissors – not too large or dull; needles - #7, or #8 crewel, #22 and #18 chenille, #22 tapestry, beading needle (note – bring several of each type needle); scotch tape; glue stick (not the blue type); invisible thread and beeswax; pencil; laying tool or knitting needle – size 5 or smaller; extra lighting and magnification, if desired; bag to transport piece.
2018-208 Boot Scootin Lariat (Necklace) CANCELLED
Price: $102.84 (includes Sales Tax)
Teacher: Barbara EllisClass days: February 17-18, 2018 (Saturday-Sunday)Style: Bead WeavingSkill level: Intermediate to Advanced IntermediateFinished Design Size: 5/8" X 42" . Ground: Not applicablePrework: Some (contact teacher for details)Color Choice: None
This necklace was created especially for your event focusing on the theme of Bonnets and Boots. Students will create this lariat style necklace using 15/0, 11/0 and 8/0 seed beads. The tassels are created over a hollow metal tube using peyote stitch, and garnished with 3mm Swarovski bicone crystals. The fringe has a combination of seed beads, crystals, drops, and "Boot & Bonnet" Charms. Since this is a two day class we will complete one of the tassels with fringe and get a good start on the twisted herringbone part on the necklace. Students will leave with enough information to complete the necklace at home.
Kit Contents: 15/0 11/0, Delicas, 8/0 seed Beads,3mm crystals Drops, Daisy Spacers Boots and Bonnet Charms , barrel base, needles, thread, wax, instructions and diagrams.
Student Supplies: scissors, lights, magnification if needed, extra needles, prefered thread preference, and bead mats or boards
2018-301 A Petite Purse CANCELLED
Price: $92.01 (includes Sales Tax)
Teacher: Jane Ellen BalzuweitClass days: February 19-20, 2018 (Monday-Tuesday)Style: Pulled thread and CasalquidiSkill level: Intermediate to AdvancedFinished Design Size: 7"x 5 1⁄2"Ground: 32 COUNT BELFAST LINENPrework: NoneColor Choice: In class
This small special occasion purse is fun to make and to carry. Students will learn 4 different pulled thread stitches, a blackwork stitch and basic Casalquidi, an Italian whitework technique. When the stitching is completed students will appliqué the pieces to a finished purse and add a Hedebo ring and a needle lace bead for a fastener.
Kit Contents: fabric, pearl cotton size 8 & 12, overdyed cotton, Waterflowers, Rainbow Gallery Subtlety silk pearl size 12, sewing thread, finished purse, bead, needles; variety of tapestry, crewel and straw, stretcher bars, instructions with photo.
Student Supplies: TBD
2018-302 Coy Koi CANCELLED
Price: $216.50 (includes Sale Tax)
Teacher: Janet CaseyClass days: February 19-20, 2018 (Monday-Tuesday)Style: Canvas workSkill level: IntermediateFinished Design Size: 7" x 4" Ground: Black Congress ClothPrework: NONEColor Choice: Two
Coy Koi is an elegant hard shelled minaudiére stitched on 24ct. Black Congress Cloth. The front of the purse depicts a beautiful Koi fish swimming amongst the cherry blossoms floating on the water. The back of the purse depicts a Sashiko (Japanese quilting) inspired design stitched in delicate metallic threads. This design is stitched in a combination of Silks, Kreinik Metallics, Sequins, Beads and Ribbon Floss. Instruction will also include creating a beaded handle that can be attached to the purse.
Kit Contents: two canvases, the hard shell purse form, instructions for self-finishing, Silk and metallic threads, sequins, seed beads, complete instructions, and photos.
Student Supplies: 2 sets of 12" x 9" stretcher bars as well as light, magnification, and the usual stitching tools.
2018-303 Summer Serenade CANCELLED
Price: $32.48 (include Sales Tax)
Teacher: Celeste ChalasaniClass days: February 19-20, 2018 (Monday-Tuesday)Style: StumpworkSkill level: Basic to Basic-IntermediateFinished Design Size: 5" x 6". Ground: Silk ShantungPrework: NONE needed.Flower Choice: None
Sweet living in the summer time! Imagine a warm summer morning, with juicy blackberries glistening in the sun. Bees buzz on their search for nectar while a caterpillar lazily crawls along a stem. This Stumpwork class brings this vision to life as students learn and practice a variety of dimensional stitches and padding techniques.
Kit Contents: Instructions, silk shantung, cotton fabric, stranded cotton thread, pearl cotton, beads, felt, needles.
Student Supplies: 12" x 12" Evertite frame or stretcher bars, OR 8- 1/2" embroidery hoop; cream colored sewing thread; masking tape; needle threader; scissors for cutting paper and felt; usual stitching supplies. Magnification is highly recommended.
2018-304 Under a Copper Moon
Price: $140.73 (includes Sales Tax)
Teacher: Toni GerdesClass days: February 19-20, 2018 (Monday-Tuesday)Style: NeedlepointSkill level: IntermediateFinished Design Size: 11" x 6".Ground: 18 Sandstone CanvasPrework: NONE requiredColor Choice: None
During a total lunar eclipse the moon can turn a deep red, sometimes called a "blood moon" or a "copper moon". For most of human history the moon was a huge mystery and when a copper moon occurs it still casts a spooky spell over the land. This design creates a band sampler of the varying colors of the landscape in the mountains during a lunar eclipse. Starting with the fabric mountain appliqué, and the hot foil technique to create the first layer of the copper moon with real metallic copper foil applied to a small piece of congress cloth which is then appliqued to the canvas, and finishing with the woven cross stitch border you will learn many stitches to form bands of color in the night sky. Over stitching on the copper metallic lends an eerie feel to the copper moon in this intermediate level design on 18ct mono sandstone canvas. Design size is approximately 11"x 6".Kit Contents: #18 sandstone canvas, second small piece of Congress cloth for moon, silk, cotton and metallic threads, needles, instruction booklet, beads and fabric
Student Supplies: 15" x 10" Stretcher Bars & 6" x 6" Stretcher Bars, ASSEMBLED; Pencil for notes & drawing outlines on paper & fabric #4 Pencil for drawing on canvas; Tacks or Staples Tape to bind edges of canvas if desired; Scissors for thread cutting, paper cutting & for fabric cutting; Lighting, extension cord, magnification as desired Floor or table stand or frame weight to stabilize your piece while working; Laying Tool; Normal stitching supplies.
2018-305 Hearts & Circles CANCELLED
Teacher: Margaret KinseyClass days: February 19-20, 2018 (Monday-Tuesday)Style: Metal Thread EmbroiderySkill level: Basic IntermediateFinished Design Size: 5" x 3.5". Ground: Congress clothPrework: NONE required.Color Choice: None
Hearts and Circle is a study in applying metals to canvas. Some are padded, and some are worked directly onto the Congress cloth. Threads include wire check purl #5, gold braid, #1 Japan gold, passing thread, pearl purl #2, pearl purl size super, 2003, and gold twist. Stitches include the burden stitch, couching, alternating continental and diagonal mo- saic and applying padding.
Kit Contents: all materials necessary to finish the project.
Student Supplies: 8" X 10" stretcher bars (Evertite are best), thumb tacks, frame holder, beeswax, scissors for silk, metal and felt, tweezers, needle threaders, 6" transparent ruler, thimble, Velvet Board or shipping box, quilting pencil, magnification and light.
2018-306 The Queen's Garden CANCELLED
Teacher: Deborah MitekClass days: February 19-20, 2018 (Monday-Tuesday)Style: Silk Ribbon EmbroiderySkill level: IntermediateFinished Design Size: 8" X 8" Ground: Painted Congress Cloth_or Painted Silk DupioniPrework: NONE required.Color Choice: None
THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS: picture is a painted drawing of the design.
Come into the Garden and enjoy the smell of the flowers and the soft buzzing of the bees! Using silk ribbon stitches and surface embroidery techniques, we will create an old-fashioned bee skep in a garden of bee-loving flowers. The design will use both 4mm & 7mm silk ribbons, including overdyes, DMC pearl cottons and floche, Needlepoint Inc. silk flosses, Caron Wildflowers and Waterlilies, Rainbow Gallery Capri and Mandarin floss, Straw Silk and Appleton crewel wool on a 13" x 13" hand-painted and drawn, congress cloth background. The outline stitch, stem stitch, wrapped stem, detached chain stitch, straight stitch, twisted straight stitch, loop stitch, fly stitch, grab stitch, woven rose, French knots, colonial knots, and the ribbon stitch are used to complete the design.
Kit Contents: Complete thread kit with needles, hand-painted congress cloth with a line drawing, 8x8 Congress Doodle Cloth, complete instructions including a picture of the design, a stitch guide, diagrams, and Tips on Handling Silk Ribbon.
Student Supplies:
13" x 13" Stretcher Bars for piece, 8" x 8" stretcher bars for doodle cloth / tacks or staples Usual stitching supplies / Trolley needle and / or wooden laying tool / Stand / Frameweight / or Clamp for hands-free stitching / Light and Magnifier (optional)
2018-307 Cricket CANCELLED
Teacher: Lynn PayetteClass days: February 19-20, 2018 (Monday-Tuesday)Style: Mixed Media, Multi FiberSkill level: Basic to IntermediateFinished Design Size: 4 ¼" x 8 ½". Ground: White Congress clothPrework: NONE required.Color Choice: None
"Cricket" is a piece that mixes fabrics, fibers, stitches, beading, and stumpwork techniques. The leaves in Cricket" are created using layers of sheer fabrics that are over-embellished with rayon and metallic threads, flosses and pearl cottons. These fabrics are manipulated so that creases are formed in them as they are applied to the ground fabric, to give the 'feeling' of the linear veins in the leaves. Wonder Under (a fusible interfacing) is also used to apply the sheers. Emphasis will be on creating cast shadows by using several different shades of the green fabrics, fibers, and threads for the leaves.
"Cricket" is first padded using several layers and shapes of felt that are stitched on and stuffed. "Cricket" is then beaded over the felt with a variety of different colors and types of beads, as well as several different stitches and techniques. These will include: couching, single stitch, stacked single stitch, back stitch, buttonhole stitch, chain stitch, lazy stitch, layering of beads, and edgings. "Cricket" will be very dimensional. The student will make his or her own decisions as to where the beads (both colors and types) will be placed, and what stitch will be used for the application.
"Cricket's" legs will formed using a wire armature, and a wrapping technique. They will be applied after the leaves have been completed.
The background of 'Cricket' is stitched in random pattern darning using pearl cottons and metallic threads.
Emphasis will be on creating 'cast shadows' and dimension with stitches, techniques, color placement, and padding. Emphasis will also be on the stitches and techniques used in the application and over-embellishment of sheers, and on a variety of beading techniques.
Kit Contents: Complete instructions and a color copy of the piece, all fibers, threads, beads, and fabrics necessary to complete the piece, wire, felt, cotton for stuffing, Congress cloth – with motif pre-drawn, Wonder Under.
Student Supplies: Stretcher bars – (2) 9" and (2) 13"; tacks to mount Congress cloth; small sharp scissors; old scissors or wire cutters (for snipping wire); needles - #7 and/or #8 crewel, #22 and #18 Chenille, #22 Tapestry; beading needles (note - bring several of each type needle); pencil; beeswax; invisible thread; glue stick (not the blue type).
Diva Pendant Necklace CANCELLED
Price: $135.31 (includes Sales Tax)
Teacher: Barbara EllisClass days: February 19-20, 2018 (Monday-Tuesday)Style: BeadingSkill level: Basic to IntermediateFinished Design Size: 1 3/4" X 6" hanging on a 15" necklace. Ground: Not applicablePrework: Prework required (contact teacher).Color Choice: None.
This was a really fun necklace to make and create. Its like having paper dolls to dress, but it is done with beads. The 3 Diva Mannequins are like silhouettes in beads, dressed and embellished in more beads. . This pendant has a beaded bail that slides on a choker necklace,made with a tubular herringbone caterpillar tube, accent beads and Bali horns. A real beaded treasure. The pendant measures 1 3/4" X 6" hanging on a 15" necklace.
Kit Contents: all materials necessary to complete the project.
Student Supplies: scissors,lights, magnification if needed, extra needles, prefered thread preference, and bead mats or boards
2018-401 Baroque Goldwork (Rose or Initial)
Prices: 297.69 to 351.81 (includes sale tax)
Teacher: Cristina BadilloClass days: February 17-20, 2018 (Saturday-Tuesday)Style: Baroque GoldworkSkill level: Intermediate-AdvancedFinished Design Size: 4" x 6" (multiple pieces). Ground: Cotton VelveteenPrework: NONE required.Color Choice: None
Slate Frame: Both pieces require a slate frame. We are please to offer the frame for $30.00 plus tax (total of $32.47). It is made of German Beech to exact specification given to us by Cristina Badillo.
2018-402 For the Love of Chocolate
Price: $101.76 (includes sales tax)
Teacher: Nancy CucciClass days: February 17-20, 2018 (Saturday-Tuesday)Style: Needlepoint and Beading on canvasSkill level: IntermediateFinished Design Size: 10" x 8". Ground: 14" x 12" white congress clothPrework: NONE requiredColor Choice: None
Calling all chocolate lovers! Stitched on a white congress cloth ground, "For the Love of Chocolate" is your opportunity to stitch more of your favorite killer chocolate "delicacies" than you ever thought possible in one project. The colors are fun; the threads and stitches are varied. Your chocolate masterpiece will include #4 Kreinik, cotton floss, over-dyed floss, and a sprinkling of #15 seed & delica beads for good measure. The format leaves plenty of room for personalization so you can create your own chocolate heaven in stitches and the stitch guide is enhanced with bits of chocolate wisdom to ponder.
Kit Contents: all material necessary to complete the project.
Student Supplies: 14" x 12" stretcher bars (Evertites recommended), light or magnification necessary to stitch and bead on white congress cloth; normal stitching supplies.
2018-403 Carousel or Janet's Spooky Ride
Price: $243.56-303.10 (includes Sales Tax)
Teacher: Cindy HambrickClass days: February 17-20, 2018 (Saturday-Tueday)Style: BeadingSkill level: Intermediate to AdvancedFinished Design Size: 6 inches tall, 3 inches diameter. Ground: Not ApplicablePrework: about 2 hours.Color Choice: Choice of one kit or both kits.
The Carousel is a 3 dimensional shaped beadwork project. Carousel is studded with Swarovskis, gold filled adornments, sterling silver horses and lots of gaudy decorations that make it look like an old fashioned carousel. Carousel utilizes tubular peyote and includes decreasing and increasing as well as other beading techniques. The instructions walk you through the whole process of making each separate piece and putting together your carousel.
Janet's Spooky Ride is an adaptation of Carousel. This playful design uses witches on broomsticks instead of horses and a spooky nighttime scene.
Both carousels are delightful to make. Choose which version you want to make in class. You can choose to purchase both kits if you want.
2018-404 Japanese Embroidery (3 choices)
Price $0.00-$433.00 (includes Sales Tax)
Teacher: Midori MatsushimaClass days: February 17-20, 2018 (Saturday-Tuesday)Style: Japanese EmbroiderySkill level: All (Ebb and Flow is Advanced.)Finished Design Size: Depends on student project. Ground: silkPrework: purchased kits require 2-4 hoursColor Choice: None
The student can either bring any project designed by Midori Matsushima to class, or purchase one of two new kits: Ebb and Flow ($433.00); Nouveau Bee ($378.88). Midori will provide personalized guidance on how to complete the student's project. As this class is Studio Time there is no specific kit being sold.
Kit Contents: The new kits contain silk fabric with mounting fabric stitched on each end; all threads necessary to complete the project. If Studio Time is selected the student should bring materials contained in the kit they purchased during a previous class.
Student Supplies: A standard size (29 1/4") Japanese embroidery frame; and normal items used in Japanese Embroidery.
2018-405 Desert Blooms (CANCELLED)
Price: $156.96 (includes Sales Tax)
Teacher: Jeanette ReesClass days: February 17-20, 2018 (Saturday-Tuesday)Style: Multi Media, Dimensional EmbroiderySkill level: IntermediateFinished Design Size: each of three pieces is ~ 5" X 6 ". Ground: 24 count Congress ClothPrework: NONE requiredColor Choice: None
Alive, vibrant and pulsating with energy are the Desert Blooms! The triptych of Desert Honey, Desert Visitor, and Desert Landing are cactus pieces that can stand alone or all together! They create color, texture and depth. Your cactus trunks are padded; then covered with selected batik fabrics. Pads are enhanced with light stitching to construct the spiny thorns. The dragonfly of Desert Landing has wrapped wire wings filled with organza netting. The Desert Blooms are stitched on 24-count Congress Cloth to help produce the depth and scope. Finished pieces are 5 x 6 inches each.
Kit Contents: all three project kits contain Instructions with color photo, 24 count Congress Cloth (light blue), silk ribbons, organza, netting, batik fabrics, silk threads, beads, and padding material.
Student Supplies: three sets of 9" X 10" stretcher bars; tacks frame weight or holder laying tool magnification/light and extension cord (if desired) personal stitching supplies.
2018-406 Angles CANCELLED
Teacher: Debbie RowleyClass days: February 17-20, 2018 (Saturday-Tuesday)Style: Counted canvas needlepointSkill level: IntermediateFinished Design Size: 10" x 10". Ground: 18 ct. pewter mono canvasPrework: NONE requiredColor Choice: None
Angles employs a variety of textures and fibers (pearl cotton, cotton floss, rayon floss, metal- lics, rayon ribbons and silk/metallic braids) in a grayscale color scheme with a single accent color. Students will be encouraged to change the accent color if desired (not supplied in the kit, but will advise in the student letter). Students will also be encouraged to learn the me- chanics of the stitches so that they can achieve a more natural stitching rhythm, less prone to errors and therefore more enjoyable.
Stitches used: Sprat's head, rice, Amadeus, hungarian, laid stitches, scotch, crescents, Milan- ese, layered upright cross, Rhodes, upright point de tresse, long armed cross, diagonal fern, Bargello, herringbone square, double fan doubled, eyelet, tear drop crescents, Amadeus, lay- ered herringbone, upright waffle, Milanese pinwheel, double fan, several satin stitch patterns, 8 pointed star, double herringbone, Greek.
Kit contents: DMC pearl cottons, cotton flosses and rayon flosses, Kreinik #4, #8, and #12 Braids, Rainbow Gallery Silk Lame' Braids and Neon Rays.
Student Supplies: stretcher bars 16" (2 sets); tacks; scissors, lights, magnification; Laying tool; Floss-Away bags; normal stitching supplies.
2018-407 Beatrice Bunny (one left!)
Price $270.63 (includes Sales Tax)
Teacher: Jo Ippolito ChristensenClass days: February 17-20, 2018 (Saturday-Tuesday)Style: Needlepoint with canvas applique and stumpworkSkill level: IntermediateFinished Design Size: 6" x 9". Ground: 18 mesh needlepoint canvas and cold-water soluble fabricPrework: Some (check with teacher).Color Choice: None
Come have tea with Beatrice and stitch this fetching 6" x 9" critter on mono 18 canvas. Learn easy versions of the following techniques: stumpwork, canvas applique, creation of perspective, felt padding with needle painting, and ribbon work flowers using water-soluble fabric from Jo Ippolito Christensen, author of The Needlepoint Book. This is a four-day class packed with stitching, fun, and learning!
Kit Contents: Beatrice Bunny canvas by Brenda Stofft; Cloth covered wire, 32 gauge, 20"; Cold-water soluble fabricFelt; Lining fabric for cup; Stitch Guide; threads; needles; Embellishments.
Student Supplies: Stretcher bars 11" x 13" and 5" x 5"; Embroidery hoop, no larger than 4"; Fray Check; Scissors for cutting wire; Scissors for cutting paper; Sharpie, any color, fine point; Straight pins.
2018-501 Studio Time with Patricia Sone (Sat/Sun)
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If you're celebrating Christmas, I wish you a happy one. I don't want to take too much time away from your family celebrations, so I'll just share this short video with you one more time. I think Pierre Ferrari puts it well: "The holidays are a special time; but for the honest, hard-working people we help around the world, every day is a struggle for survival."
Why Heifer on Christmas?
If you've given to Heifer or toward another important cause this holiday season, Thank You. But remember, the poor and hungry need a hand up out of poverty every day of the year.


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Many of the students completing the joint JD/MS degree will choose to join the Patent Bar. The technical education provided by the MS part of the program will help to qualify them for the patent bar exam. However, in today's society, members of the Patent Bar are not the only attorneys who need technological expertise for successful legal practice. Many patent litigators are not members of the patent bar, yet must become intimately familiar with the technological bases for their clients' litigation positions. Trademark attorneys face infringement and prosecution issues related to domain names and Internet websites. Copyright attorneys are frequently exposed to issues of protection for computer software and Internet website content. Even lawyers who do not specialize in intellectual property law frequently face computer-related issues, as such questions arise more and more frequently in "bread-and-butter" disputes between companies immersed in high technology.
Characteristics of the program include:
Students in this program will acquire a broad range of skills including:
Learn more about admission to this program.
Students with a GPA of 3.9 or higher will graduate with distinction.
For DePaul's policy on repeat graduate courses and a complete list of academic policies see the DePaul Graduate Handbook in the Course Catalog.
This schedule allows for completion of the JD as well as completion of 14 CDM courses (the MS program plus four prerequisite courses). It is possible that, because of prerequisite coursework, the program may take some students more than four years. Since each student will require a different number of CDM prerequisites and each student will select courses based on semester/quarter availability, any particular curriculum might be different from the sample curriculum shown. Students are encouraged to select courses with the assistance of the program advisors at both the Law School and CDM.


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I am really trying to use my Stampin' Up! designer papers instead of just stroking them! I am so guilty of buying these lovely papers and only looking at them but with the buy 3 get a 4th for free it couldn't be a better time to stock up!!!
BUT use them Peg!!!
During the Stampin' Up! convention in the US recently, Pam Morgan demonstrated making this envelope with the feathered look for tags and I just knew I would have to make at least one
I used Eastern Elegance designer paper, the envelope could easily hold a note card or gift card, the finished envelope measures 3.3/4" by 5.1/4" and I started out with a piece of paper that measured 7.1/2 square, so it's not using up loads of paper
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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adj. Having the quality of champerty, being an instance of champerty.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
However, in cases where the financier took some minimal care in ensuring that the agreement wasn't solely based on litigation alone, the courts have found the agreements non-champertous.
If the instigation of litigation is not the sole purpose of the agreement i.e., litigation coupled with "licensing development" pursuant to an assignment, it should not be champertous.
New York is one of the very few jurisdictions that has found specific IP agreements champertous in the recent past:
It is unnecessary to inquire here whether such a contract is void as champertous, and contrary to public policy.
26 S.D.N.Y. 1971 - the assignment of certain IP that was expressly conditioned on the assignee bringing suit was champertous, and therefore void.
56 S.D.N.Y. 1990 - found assignment champertous where a five-percent interest in the patent was contracted in exchange for Refac's obligation to sue at least two alleged infringers within one month.
Such contracts are not champertous and are upheld by the courts, but will be set aside if an unconscionable bargain be made with the client (_Deering_ v. _Scheyer_
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"
See champerty.
Righthaven "... was formed by an attorney who, instead of simply representing copyright plaintiffs in justifiable cases, chose to create an entirely champertous enterprise out of unsound copyright claims." from Media Bloggers Association's amicus brief against Righthaven


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I have been teaching science in Tustin, California since 2000.
Science should be fun and engaging. With the rigor of learning science should come application and a reference back to prior experience. It is through this process that students are motivated to learn and connect what happens in the classroom to everyday experiences.
Finalist for Orange County Teacher of the Year in 2005. I also have won several awards for coaching our Science Olympiad Team.
I graduated from Colorado State University in 1997 with a BS in Biology and Zoology (with a history minor). I have earned my credential and Masters in Education from National University.
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Cowboys chasing Indians with fast cars & machine guns,,,,???
The same usual "heroes", chasing the same usual "criminals & suspects".
Just as in "Righteous Kill", a strong cast is wasted in this violent, droning, shoot-'em-up based on an unnecessarily complicated story about police corruption. The only thing I liked about it was the evocative name of Forest Whitaker's character, Captain Wander.
Good - Street Kings (2008) *** 109 min. starring Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker and Laurie Hughe (from House M.D). This is a violent cop drama about a "bad cop" trying to go straight. Keanu plays Tom Ludlow, a brooding brave cop, who'll enter any dangerous situation to get his man. The story is a little confusing at first as events occur without any backdrop to why things are happening but things begin to become clear half-way through the film. The film itself is loaded with action and will hold your interest as everything becomes clearer. Keanu Reeves' performance is solid but expected – the guy is Nero from "The Matrix" in everything I see him in; the only thing that changes are the situations. One reservation I had with the picture was that I kept asking myself "how does the police force do their job with so much corruption?" "How do they seem to get away with everything they do or don't do?" All in all, I hope that this is all stylized fiction and that our brave men and women on the force do not have to work under such conditions.
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There's a few songs I'm absolutely incapable of turning off. And it's because they tell a story. That story pulls you in. And you carry it with you after the song ends.
The first is a Warren Zevon song about an enforcer who just wants that one moment where he pots a goal to remind him of his childhood. It tells a deeper story about how somehow life takes us down a different path than we envisioned, and how we need to make the best of it. listen to the crowd get into this.
The next is about comeuppance. It's a cautionary tale. You don't go around hustling people strange to you, as you don't know who you're messing with.
Third on the list, a song about one who is needed and how when that's called upon, nothing shall get in the way. Joe Cocker is as powerful as they come in this performance. Utterly riveting cover.
Speaking of covers, the incomparable duo of BB King and Eric Clapton speak to that needed lover, assuring that help is on the way. It dovetails seamlessly with the previous song, and they are invariably linked in my mind.
Lastly, amongst the older stuff for your listening pleasure: Conway Twitty's "That's My Job". For all the shit I give my Dad and vice versa, every time I hear this song I think of everything he's done for me, and I break down. Not ashamed to admit it.
Not that all story telling is dead. Hardly. Here, Adelle sings to trying to fruitlessly rekindle love lost. And it's utterly heartbreaking. She's got such passion in her voice, completely moving.
On a different note, one of my beloved bands, that I frankly enjoyed before they were cool, Our Lady Peace tells a story of friendship and sticking by one another and I, yeah, I feel it still resonates today.
One of my all time favorite songs, by one of my alltime favorite bands… yeah. The picture there is just laying on the beach, watching everything drift away in the arms of someone you care about… So why dont you slide?
One of the more contemporary music styles, Rap is just as capable of telling a story. This is the story of a comeback, undaunted, dusting ones self off and getting back after it. Eminem absolutely lights it up.
Lastly, depending on how long you've known me, you've heard me belt these two out. Both are about gettin' while the gettings good. One tells a story of sage old advice from a streetsmart gambler, the other of a bar shutting down for the night and folks shuffling off to their beds.
and the latter, Semisonics one hit:
You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here. With that, I bid you adieu. Hope you've enjoyed the music.


text: My AK2 broke. My R4 still works. Unlikely I can ship it back for a refund due to stupid local posting costs. So what do I do? I had an R4 and wanted an AK2 for the sake of SDHC support. Now I have a SDHC cart that is broken and a working cart with no SDHC support. See where this is going? It's quite an eccentric idea, but if technical details would be known, would it be possible to fit the one chip on the AK2 that has, among other things, SDHC support in place of the R4's chip? I'm not that worried about the firmware part cause there's lots of hybrid firmware out there. Anyone here knows a bit of technical detail about the R4 and/or AK2 to tell me if it'd be possible?


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|Ruptured mucinous cystic neoplasm with an associated invasive carcinoma of pancreatic head in a pregnant woman: report of a case and review of literature.
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|PMID: 21166940 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process
|Mucinous cystic neoplasm (MCN) of the pancreas is characterized by mucin-producing columnar epithelium and an ovarian-type stroma. It occurs almost exclusively in women and is almost always located in the pancreatic body or tail. Here, we report a case of large MCN located in the pancreatic head but not in the body nor tail in a 32-year-old pregnant woman, which was thought to have grown rapidly during pregnancy. It was ruptured at 34 weeks of gestation and the patient was admitted to the emergency department of the University of Fukui Hospital with an acute abdomen. Emergency cesarean section followed by pancreaticoduodenectomy was performed. The tumor consisted of many small cysts lined by a single-layer of mucinous epithelium with papillary growth and partial solid parts showing invasive growth and sarcomatoid changes, indicating mucinous cystic neoplasm with an associated invasive carcinoma (previously referred as mucinous cystadenocarcinoma). Thickened septa revealed ovarian-type stroma strongly positive for α-inhibin and partly positive for progesterone receptor immunohistochemically. We also review and discuss previous reports of MCNs including those with an associated invasive carcinoma in pregnant patients.
|Seiji Naganuma; Kei Honda; Sakon Noriki; Sotai Kimura; Makoto Murakami; Kenji Koneri; Kanji Katayama; Akio Yamaguchi; Hiroshi Itoh
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|Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-11-03
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|Title: Pathology international Volume: 61 ISSN: 1440-1827 ISO Abbreviation: Pathol. Int. Publication Date: 2011 Jan
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|Created Date: 2010-12-20 Completed Date: - Revised Date: -
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|Nlm Unique ID: 9431380 Medline TA: Pathol Int Country: Australia
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|Languages: eng Pagination: 28-33 Citation Subset: IM
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|© 2010 The Authors. Pathology International © 2010 Japanese Society of Pathology and Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.
|Division of Tumor Pathology, Department of Pathological Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan.
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Best Action/Adventure Game of 2012 Award
Winner: Assassin's Creed III
For a game that requires stealth and patience a plenty, Assassin's Creed III is both full of action, and one hell of an adventure. Built upon the roots of American history, Assassin's Creed III tells a tale that is believable, but extraordinary. The acts of humanity at that time displayed true heroism, and Connor's character and role fits in perfectly.
His Native American roots put him in the middle of the playing field while a territorial war wages on between the Colonists and the Redcoats—territory that truly belongs to the Iroquois tribesmen. Behind the scenes, the eternal struggle between the Templars and Assassins is ever present. It all helps blend the lines of what can be seen as "right" and "wrong". Along with the memorable, plot-driven gameplay, a stockpile of content fuels the experience beyond the 20-hours of story, and it all comes together in one explosive package that can only be defined as the epitome of action/adventure.
Runners Up:
- Sleeping Dogs
- Dishonored
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Friday, 1 August 2014
I'm in love!!!!
Soooooo without hesitation, I started on with this weeks new Stampotique Designers Challenge which is "black and white with a pop of color".
I totally enjoyed making the background for this card, I started off by brayering some black and white splodges on some white card, then adding splats of black and white, then partly drying them with a heat tool, and just before they are completely dry, brayering over them, then added some chevron and dot fade stencilling with the Tim Holtz stencils, I finished off with some sewing, computer generated words, and the girl with the heart purse stamp. such fun, and I love the result.
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This is gorgeous. It's a slippery slope into a lovely addiction with Stampotique. Thanks for joining us this week.ReplyDelete
Jane this is really awesome! This background - fantastic!!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining us at Stampotique Design Challenge
xx Arwen
Oh, Jane, I remember finding my first Stampotique stamp--it was "Mary"--and I was, like you, hooked! My collection now numbers over 100! I am so pleased that you used one of your first stamps for my black'n'white w/a pop of color challenge. What you have created is absolutely gorgeous! This, though, is not just about the color, but the design! Well done! Thanks so much for joining in on the Stampotique Designers' Challenge this week!ReplyDelete
This is amazing Jane, what a wonderful background, and of course I love Girl With Heart Purse - she was my first Stampotique stamp! I really don't want to count how many I have now lol. Thank you so much for joining in with our challenge at Stampotique, and hope to see you next time. Sue xxReplyDelete
Love your background, lots of interest and dimension. Girl With Heart Purse is on my every growing list of 'need' Stampotique characters!ReplyDelete
I only have 30 Stampotique stamps but i use them all the time and never tire of them, i hope you find more soon.
Stunning card, love the sentiment it goes with Girl With Heart Purse so well :-) xxx
- Anonymous6 August 2014 at 16:56
Really awesome look - and a very fun image! Your backgrounds just amaze me!ReplyDelete