Stitched by Margaret Kinsey
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GROUP CORRESPONDENCE COURSES CANVAS
PLUM BLOSSOMS: A STUDY IN ROZASHI
Teacher: Margaret Kinsey
Rozashi is an ancient Japanese needlepoint, worked on a fine silk
canvas (ro). All stitches are upright. The threads are silk, metallic,
and a mixture of silk and metal. The design and colors are tradi-
tional.
Because Rozashi supplies are scarce in this country and because
the job of pasting the ro to the frame is tedious, teacher will offer
the complete kit needed for this course. The kit includes silk
threads, design on ro mounted in the frame, needle, and
finishing paste.
Project: Students choice with guidance
Size: 5" x 5" design
Fabric: Silk (ro) canvas
Threads: Silks, metallic, and mixture of silk and metal
Colors: Traditional (as shown)
Skill level: Beginner and beyond
Prerequisites: None
Time: Six months with three meetings
Fee: $150.00 per group
Text and Kit: $90.00 per student
MEADOWSWEET
Teacher: Sandy Rodgers
A single flower is the focal point for a wonderful design to learn
easy methods of shading. Small areas are devoted to realistic,
counted, scatter, and shaded blackwork techniques, all well within
the intermediate skill level. In addition to project instructions, the
text is a reference for the silk or cotton and metallic threads used.
Project: Framed piece
Size: 6" x 8"
Fabric: Either 18-ct canvas or 23/24-ct congress cloth
Threads: Stranded silk such as Soie dAlger®, Silk Mori® or
Needlepoint, Inc.® silk OR stranded cotton; Soie Perlee® or pearl
cotton, twisted cord, pearl purl, Japanese metal #1, 4mm bead
Colors: Students choice
Skill level: Intermediate
Prerequisites: Able to compensate and work stitches
from a diagram
Time: Either three or four meetings a month apart, plus preliminary
and wrap-up meetings
Fee: $150.00 per group
Text: $31.00 per student, 80 pages, three color photocopies,
Supplies (approximate): $21.00 for silk; $17.00
for stranded cotton
Stitched by Sandy Rodgers