Jewels of the Romanovs and the GAR February Sale

Gay Ann Rogers normally does a sale of new small heart designs in early February and in preparation for that sale, she has started to post photos and PDF files with bits of history on her website.  For those who don't know, Mr. GAR is a historian who occasionally writes articles about various historical topics that GAR's latest pieces are based on.  Today (January 8) there is a photo of the materials for the Imperial Emeralds heart on her home page and a link to the first of a series of articles Mr. GAR wrote about Catherine the Great's jewels since for her, this year the is Year of the Romanovs.
http://www.gayannrogers.com/index.html

Mark your calendars to start keeping an eye on Gay Ann Rogers' website and the information posted there in the run-up to her small February sale.  She is designing a portrait of Catherine the Great similar to the Queen Elizabeth I portrait done several years ago.  That won't be available for sale until October.  You should note that these items are for sale once.  Then they may or may not be available again.  Start saving your pennies.  If you miss the sale, you may not have another chance at these except via eBay.

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© Copyright January 8, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

The Traveling Teacher (Robin King)

You might have noticed Robin King isn't blogging as much as she used to. That's because she is teaching here, there and everywhere! After all, she has to do laundry and pet the cats between trips, which doesn't mean much free time to write blogs. Thankfully Robin's taken time out from her busy schedule to bring us up to date on all the shops she's visited. It's the next best thing to actually being in one of the classes.   First, Needlenook of La Jolla in California--
http://needlepointstudyhall.blogspot.com/2014/11/teaching-at-needle-nook-of-la-jolla.html

Then Robin headed to the Nimble Needle in Atlanta.
http://needlepointstudyhall.blogspot.com/2014/12/teaching-at-nimble-needle-atlanta.html

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright November 28, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

The Vintage Fashion Guild

Go here. I particularly like the Resources section but the whole site is amazing.
http://vintagefashionguild.org

Yes, there just went an hour or two. LOL 

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright December 29,  2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.