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t here on our website as with the other projects you can order the full kit or just the pattern and print which provides the print and full instructions in the booklet the materials pack has all the threads beads and needles if you order the full kit you get everything you need for the project and of course if you feel you need video instruction add the online stitch dictionary to your cart we ll add the access document to that private domain so that you get into it on an ongoing basis block no 5 which will be in the middle of the quilt is late summer sometimes i work up a design that goes smoothly from start to finish no unpicking no changing my mind on the colours i am using it just flows late summer was one of those designs i so enjoyed working on it worked with dmc stranded and perle 12 cotton there are many traditional surface embroidery stitches but there is also some bead embroidery along with needle weaving variations and needle lace fillers the most interesting thing to do is the random freestyle flowers it s so satisfying to see that come together as with the two projects above you can also get the full online stitch and techniques dictionary this dictionary provides high resolution video clips of every single stitch bead embroidery needle lace or needle weaving technique as well as an instructional video for the random freestyle flowers you ll find the kit at here on our website as with the other projects you can order the full kit or just the pattern and print which provides the print and full instructions in the booklet the materials pack has all the threads beads and needles if you order the full kit you get everything you need for the project and of course if you feel you need video instruction add the online stitch dictionary to your cart we ll add the access document to that private domain so that you get into it on an ongoing basis as i complete each block of the quilt it will be turned into a kit and will be made available on our website as mentioned block 8 is in progress or was in progress it has been put on pause while i complete a project for inspirations magazine and i will get back to it in a week or so when that project is finished in the meantime whether you want to make a quilt or not these three projects are up there just waiting for you have a close look at them they are varied and interesting should be fun to do and of course you don t need to battle with the techniques because the online dictionaries are available posted by hazel blomkamp at 02 44 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday 10 january 2025 2025 another busy year the last five years have meant change for all of us not least me and this business with the addition of the online classes and their accompanying videos the number of folders on my hard drive has at least doubled if not more than doubled and i am often to be found looking at all those folders with a confused look on my face not knowing where i have saved something i ve got good at using the search function i have to say finally though things seem to be settling down in between general admin and trips overseas with andrea and zandile taking care of kit packing and orders i have now got myself into a good routine dividing myself between the various aspects of what i call product development that is designing and stitching new projects writing up the instructions or books and then working up online classes and making the video clips i call it product development but when i speak to my adult children they refer to it as content creation oh well just semantics and maybe a little of the old generation gap getting into the new routine involves communication and what you might call some marketing although my children might have another name for that too whatever it might be doesn t matter as soon as the kits are ready within the next fortnight i will be telling you about 3 new designs and in the not too distant future i will be able to tell you about the next book a collaboration with phillipa turnbull and really quite exciting in the meantime though l et s tell you what workshops are lined up for 2025 in april may i will be travelling up to harare zimbabwe to judge their annual guild competition and to do workshops this is all under the auspices of the needlecraft guild of zimbabwe and if my last trip up there is anything to go by i know that i will be inspired by what those ladies create under really often difficult circumstances if you re in that part of the world and would like to know more please email me address at the bottom of this newsletter i will give you julie s contact details for the rest of the year i am doing a whole lot of online workshops for guilds in the us and as part of seminars in the us and canada jacobean design no 18 before i leave for zimbabwe the 1 st day of february has me starting the live sessions for a 4 session workshop for jacobean design no 18 an oldie but a goodie and chosen because all the stitches and techniques in that design are fairly straightforward i m doing that for the constellation chapter in maryland and at this stage i can tell you that the class is full so no places on that one also before i leave for zim and on the 26 th april i will be starting the live sessions for a 4 session workshop for the corning chapter in new york state at this stage they are still voting to choose what project they will be doing it s a choice between jacobean design no 18 and reflection the live sessions for that workshop will continue when i return from zimbabwe i imagine that being in the early stages of planning there will be places available in that workshop and if you would like to know who to contact drop me an email and i ll get back to you clive the chameleon on the 26 th may we will start a 4 session live online workshop for the neapolitan guild in florida usa the project for this workshop is clive the chameleon so lots to get into there because it involves learning the 3 dimensional beadwork flowers amongst other things i m not sure of the booking status for that workshop but if this appeals to you and you would like to know who to contact drop me an email and i ll get back to you summer jewels every saturday and sunday in june will see me doing live online workshops for stitching under the arch the 2025 canadian embroidery guilds seminar in these workshops i will be teaching summer jewels and reflection reflection if you are interested in taking part you should click here scroll down to the section outlined in green and this will give you the details of these workshops click on the workshop title to get the details and then go here to register you will need to be a member of the embroiderer s association of canada to take part in these online workshops and you will be able to arrange that here during july i will be continuing with workshops started earlier in the year clive the chameleon and whatever project we are doing to the corning chapter then in august i ll be doing the daisy pincushion for the ega dayton chapter daisy pincushion that s a great little project originally designed for the new york seminar so this will be something of an encore and if you think you d like to participate would like to know who to contact drop me an email and i ll get back to you claude the phoenix from mid september until the end of october i will be busy with the ega needlework faire 2025 being held in dallas but of course i will be teaching my workshops online crazy patchwork embellishment if you want the details of those classes you will find them here and you can register here as with the canadian seminar you will need to be a member of the ega and you can join here most of these online events happen on saturdays and sundays all done in the time zone of those participating in the workshops usually their morning and my late afternoon evening so that s me out of mischief for many of the weekends this year there is however still space to add more workshops particularly if they are during the week and also in other time zones an australian afternoon for example is my morning and of course the uk and europe at on a very similar time to me so shout if you d like to organize anything and we ll talk if you want to see what s available at the moment bearing in mind that i add to it regularly click here read through to the bottom and then click on the two links that take you to the 4 and 6 session workshops when you get to those pages there is a link below each photo that gives you the full details of the workshop so that s it for today i hope that the new designs will be ready in the next fortnight and you will hear from me as soon as they are uploaded on the website till then hazel email blomkamp hazel gmail com or info hazelblomkamp com posted by hazel blomkamp at 03 28 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday 10 june 2023 our mid year sale for the last eight or nine months i have been working on stitch videos and also video dictionaries for all of the designs in our current range these dictionaries comprise videos of varying lengths that cover all of the stitches or techniques in any particular design along with each video clip is a comprehensive downloadable step by step guide for that particular stitch or technique so this is what it all looks like using the barry the tiger dictionary for these examples when you order any particular dictionary our website will send you an access document to the private domain where that dictionary is located on our tuition website you block and then copy the password by pressing cntrl c on your keyboard this copies the password then you click on the link that is provided on the access document when the page opens up in your browser it will look like the image above you click in the password box and press cntrl v on your keyboard this copies the password into that box it will show up as a line of dots and then you click enter the page should then open and will look like the the image below if it doesn t open you ve done something wrong you can email us and we ll guide you through it but with time zones and what have you you might not get an immediate reply so quicker and easier will be to find a teenage boy to help you they can do this kind of thing in their sleep once you re into the private domain scroll down and you will find general information that describes what is on the page all of the stitch videos are worked on small samples and a little way down you will find the link to a templates document when you click on that a page will open in another window the red arrow in the image above shows you where you need to click to either download or more likely to print the document so that you will be able to trace the templates onto your doodle cloth scrolling further you will find the video clips below each clip there is a link if you click on that link another page will open once again this page is downloadable and printable as indicated by the red arrow in the image below this is the pdf document that gives you step by step instructions along with tips variations and clear illustrations each video clip has an additional downloadable pdf with instructions in much the same format with some running to quite a few pages each video clip is embedded on the page and to watch it you click the red play button as shown by the green arrow in the image above each video has been filmed in high resolution edited with additional zooming in and given a voice over which along with the pdf instructions should give you everything you need to know about each stitch if you are familiar with watching videos online you will know that you can click on the icon in the bottom right corner if you want the clip to show in full screen you may choose to work the stitches directly onto your project or if you are uncertain especially where some of the more complicated stitches are concerned you can experiment work them onto a doodle cloth using the templates provided that s up to you as i said to you at the start of this newsletter it is a huge project and is taking a long long time but for now there is light at the end of the tunnel and i have got about 12 dictionaries up and available on this page on our website they are divided up into categories that seemed logical to me i e which book each design belongs to and then the non book or studio designs you can order these dictionaries directly from that page or if you need the kit as well a link is provided on the dictionary page that will take you to the page from which you can order the kit and if you choose you can order both kit and dictionary on that second page when you purchase one of our stitch dictionaries your name and email address will be added to our q and a list starting in august you will be sent an invitation to join a monthly q and a session these will typically last an hour or two and will give you the opportunity to clear up any confusion you might have with regard to any of the projects or to just join us anyway to show us how you are doing this dictionary project is by no means over i will be adding to it all the time i m not going to say every day because depending on how many videos i have available or whether i have to make additional video clips a single dictionary can take me anything up to a fortnight coming next is norman the tortoise probably followed by maureen the owl both from the crewel creatures book as each one becomes available i will announce it on our facebook page i will also be adding dictionaries for designs that have featured in inspirations magazine and also the inspirations passion for needlework books frank the zebra won t be available yet because i am doing that as an exclusive online workshop for the ega bookings for that one open on the 5th of july on this page so if you d like to do that full workshop it s not just the dictionary but a full workshop and you are a member of the ega diarise that date and book for it like frank colin the rooster and creative crewel are also not yet available because i will be doing those as exclusive online workshops attached to the boston stitch party information about those virtual workshops are on this page like frank the zebra above these will be full workshops with live sessions not just the dictionaries i have also been asked to do gladness the giraffe as a virtual workshop for the canadian guilds we re still working on the details of that one and i will post those when i have them like the ega workshops that will only be available to members of the canadian guilds and now you might not need a whole dictionary to work up a particular project for example you are no stranger to backstitch fly stitch chain stitch etc but you re flummoxed when it comes to a needle lace stitch or a needle weaving pattern to accommodate you you can get hold of those stitches individually and you ll find those on this page you will find th...