Mini Mandalas 5 - 8

Theme is a garden landscape. Four "sibling" designs in this series. Each group runs three months. First group begins April 2009. Last group ends March 2010.

Quilt Project 2009 - The Orangerie Quilt

The theme is "ORANGERIE" - a mix of pictures related to gazebos,fruit and botanicals in bright colors, iron scrollwork in Victorian style, intricate ideas of combining..... 16 designs + one-year project, in a Quilt-Square formate , with a decorative and elaborate border, which can be stitched or not. This group will start in March 2009 and end Feb 2010.

• Moderators:
• LinaFIN

Mystery XII - The Caribbean Mandala

The topic for this BIG Mystery is a "The CARIBBEAN" - just imagine the typical colors of the sea, palm trees and vivid colored flowers and birds - sailship and shores and lots more. This design will use solid and variegated silks as well as metallics and lots of beads and sparklies - a DMC conversion will be given to have a much cheaper material choice.

• Moderators:
• MsMacFan

On-line Class 26: A CRYSTAL BALL NIGHT IN VIENNA

Companion piece to the Vienna Mandala ( Online Class 24 ) - this NOT a Mandala piece - but collects some impressons to create a picture of a Vienna evening, a lady in equisite silken attire a carriage to bring her away from a night of dancing under chandeliers, listening to violin music. On-line class runs 12/08 through 11/09.

• Moderators:
• shell39

On-line Class 28 - German Ostsee - Architecture

The theme for this design is the typical atmosphere of the old, turn-of-the-century bath places round the German East Sea ( Ostsee) In these former times people visited the shores in Summertime for bathing and leisure - and the architecture was "one of the kind" - VERY special !! The color scheme will be the soft, summery, light colors,there will be "houses" but as well "nature", seaside views and much more. The design will feature mainly DMC cottons, PLUS some variegated silks ( conversions into solid DMC given as usual !!!) to add interest and special effects. I will provide a CONVERSION from NPI SILKS to DMC cottons -- and of course you will use beads and sparklies " as always. Group runs March 09 through Feb 10

• Moderators:
• PJMck

Mystery XIII - The Peacock Garden Mandala

Just imagine wide lawns in sunlight, green, lush + juicy - rimmed by borders of flowers + perennials - and he is walking regally with the fully blown tail-wheel... Group runs Jan 10 through Dec 10.

• Moderators:
• Guymark

On-line Class 31 - Amber Ocean Lights

Sampler sibling to Polar Lights and Rose Lights - colors and themes of the Ocean, but in this sampler lots of BLUES with a counterpart of amber colors, warm tones of earth, sand, stone - and some reds for the Lighthouses... Group begins July 09 and continues through June 10.

• Moderators:
• ladyofstitches

On-line Class 33 - Flower Ornaments & Frame

Features a set of 4 flower ornaments , each in a decorative frame using quite some Special Stitches - and all together arranged to shape a decorative square. Basically these are the 4 "exchange" ornaments which can go into the place where the Fairies of Online Class 32 live - for those stitchers who prefer not to stitch "people. One-time download format. Group begins Sept. 2009 through August 2010.

• Moderators:
• epidote