OPTIONS…IN HARDANGER Teacher: Dale Sokolow For those who love Hardanger, there are never enough filler stitches. This class will show the student how to work 17 of them using diagonals, divided bars, blanket stitch, spider webs, dove’s eyes, square filets and picots. A drawn thread border is also included. Three layouts will be offered, but the student will be encouraged to design one using the elements supplied. Project: Wall hanging, pillow insert, or doily Size: Layout #1: 13" x 5G", Layout #2: 7G" x 5", Layout #3: 12" x 6G" Fabric and Threads: Layout #1: Jobelan® 28-ct in charcoal – 17" x 9", Watercolours®, DMC® #5 and #12 pearl cotton Layout #2: Lugana® 25-ct in ash rose—11" x 9", Watercolours®, Waterflowers® Layout #3: Lugana® 25-ct in mushroom—10" x 16", DMC® #5 and #8 pearl cotton Colors: Greys, roses, beiges, or student’s choice Skill level: Intermediate Prerequisites: Ability to read a chart and some Hardanger experience Time: Six lessons in approximately four months Fee: $150.00  per group Text: $26.00 per student, 58 pages, three color copies plus three layouts Supplies (approximate): $10.00 each layout if stitched per sample TOP:  Layout # 1, BOTTOM:  Layout #2 — Both stitched by Dale Sokolow Page 41 — 2007–2008 Education Catalog GROUP CORRESPONDENCE COURSES — COUNTED THREAD OKSANA’S SAMPLER Teacher: Judith D. Gulick Oksana’s Sampler students tour eastern Europe while learning “painless designing” with step-by-step instructions, including changing colors while maintaining design continuity. Choosing just required elements, students work traditional folk heart, Hardanger accents, plus four bands chosen from 12 diagramed, or students create these samplers with either finished edge. Oksana’s Sampler text covers almost every stitching level. Project: Sampler: finished as bell-pull-type or framed wall hanging, tray insert, etc. Size: Student’s choice: Required elements are 6" x 9" on 26-ct fabric. Two set patterns, as photographed, are 10" x 16" on 26-ct fabric Fabric: 26-ct linen or student’s choice Threads: Stranded cottons plus silks Colors: Traditional colors charted; student’s choice encouraged Skill level: Advanced beginner — required elements only; intermediate — required elements plus optional procedures Prerequisites: Reading a stitch chart Time: Five working meetings Fee: $150.00  per group Text: $27.50 per student, 59 pages, three color photo pages Supplies (approximate): $21.00 – $29.00   Both versions stitched by Judith D. Gulick