The brilliant (and, I don't want to
brag but I will just a little bit because she is so great -- personal friend of
mine) Kelly Clark has a new canvas club starting soon. This eight-month club is supposed to start in February but thanks to yours truly the Rittenhouse
Needlepoint version may be starting just a wee bit later than other stores
because I am only just promoting it now when I should have promoted it back in
November (yes, I know. Let's not go there, Russell). Anyhow, the
reason I didn't promote the club back in 2019 had nothing to do with my enthusiasm
for the project but rather with the fact that I am a lazy cur who also tends to take on
way too many projects whilst also overestimating my ability to do things which
is truly a very bad combination and results in frequently disappointing others
(and myself) but I said I wasn't going to go there, didn't I?
Okay,
back to the club. So, the club is called "Sherbet Bright" and it is a
series of Easter Ribbon Eggs. And they are the most gorgeous colors. That is
what is so spectacular about them. The colors. I just love Easter colors, don't
you? Plus it is a chance to practice ribbon embroidery and who doesn't love
RIBBONS? Am I right? Plus, the best thing about ribbon embroidery is that it is
fast. Plus these puppies are only 3.25" so it should be a quick stitch,
right? Of course, it is Kelly Clark though so you know what that means! The
flyer I received said the club is recommended for Beginning to Intermediate
stitchers but I am not sure about the beginner end of the spectrum. I wouldn't
recommend it for the absolute beginner.
So
each canvas comes with a stitch guide which will include a thread list,
instructions, stitch diagrams, and a full color photo of the finished piece.
All months have a mini accessory kit included. The threads are not included and
I will warn you that they will not be cheap. Now I am more than happy to
suggest substitutions wherever possible and of course you can use whatever you
have from your stash but be prepared to spend an additional sum on the thread
and the finishing. Believe me it pains me to say this because I would love you
to think that the price of the club is $69/month but of course we both know
that is not the case.
The
best part is that if enough people sign up (minimum of three) I will be doing a
stitch-along. So, I plan on doing the club too and I will do a video each month
in which I plan to share my experience on Youtube. In the video I will
demonstrate the stitches and discuss the difficulties I encountered and share
any tips that I might have discovered along the way. It should be lots of fun!
And who knows we may even be able to convince Kelly to show up for one of our
videos. Wouldn't that be fun!
PS -- Boy did it come as a shock to me when I discovered that Sherbert isn't spelled Sherbert but rather Sherbet. All my life I have spelled and pronounced the word sherbert. Now, this may in part be due to the fact that both my father and my brother are named Herbert so in my family it was always great fun to say. "Herbert, please pass the sherbert." But now I have discovered that I have been doing them both a huge disservice as the word is properly pronounced sherbit. Can you imagine? Sherbit. And spelled sherbet. What's next? Americo? I never.
PPS -- Being the crackpot marketer that I am it occurs to me that I did not include information about how to sign up. So if you are interested in signing up for this fun adventure you may call the store of course at 215-563-4566 or you may go to the home page and in the search box enter the number "112775". Once you have purchased the first canvas, you are signed up. It's that simple.
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