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.

MIDI Online Class 1: The Hanging Gardens of Semiramis

This design depicts a gorgeous GATE OF ISHTAR where SEMIRAMIS' famous gardens of ancient Babylon can be seen through the portal.Imagine those ultra-blue tiles,the golden bands and ornaments, the lions and mythical creatures depicted on that background! Imagine the lush and excotic plants which are rising to the height of the sky on their stairs : Palm trees,Pomegranates with the ripe fruit peeking out of the richt greens, Lotus flower ponds and swaying grasses and flowers. Excotic birds and butterflies are hovering above this paradise ! Group begins on APRIL 1st 2009 and run for 6 months til end of OCTOBER 2009.

• Moderators:
• dianemi

Christmas Mystery VI

THE COLOR SCHEME FOR THIS CHRISTMAS MYSTERY WILL BE : Purples, Violets, Teal Greens with a bit of Grey , Silver and Gold and of course beads beads beads and crystals crystals crystals... Group begins Dec 25, 2008 and runs for one year.

• Moderators:
• stitchinfairy

On-line Class 25: Cuban Mansion Mandala

The theme is "A Cuban Mansion Mandala" (Havanna Sugar Baron's Mansions were the inspiration for colors, topics and ornaments.... Online class runs from 12/08 through 11/09.

• Moderators:
• AnaW

On-line Class 27: Autumn Watergarden Mandala

This group is for a companion piece to the "old" Watergarden. The color scheme will be the soft, muted colors of early autumn, when you still see some aged greens, but already many changes into autumn colors of ochre, rust and ripe fruit colors. WHAT IS NEW : The design will feature mainly DMC cottons, PLUS some variegated silks ( conversions into solid DMC given as usual !!!) Online class runs 01/09 through 12/09.

• Moderators:
• PJMck

On-line Class 29: 12 Ornaments Group

These designs have been published as so-called "try-outs" in long ended Chatelaine Mystery Groups etc. and were not available later. Here are 12 of them in a first "ORNAMENT" group so those who missed them, can stitch these, be it with their original threads or with self-chosen replacements. Group begins April 2009 and ends March 2010.

• Moderators:
• Gio2002

On-line Class 30 - Desert Landscapes Mandala

Featuring the creatures, plants, and landscapes of the desert rendered in DMC, overdyed, and sparklie fibers as well as beads and crystals. Group run June 09 through May 10.

• Moderators:
• angelaine4

On-line Class 32 - A Fairy Flower Garden Mandala

The theme is "A FAIRY FLOWER GARDEN". The design will feature of course elegant FAIRIES with softly flowing petal dresses,romantic flower arrangements in a wildly romantic garden: Hollyhocks, Roses, Violets and what else. Additionally there will be jewelled,beaded and metallized DRAGONFLIES, inspired by Art Deco Jewelleries... One-time download format. Group begins Sept. 2009 and remains open until August 2010

• Moderators:
• epidote

Chatelaine True Mystery 01

designed a little Band Sampler with the theme of "my garden things"... in stitches. Bands of Special Stitches, Motives of a gardener's tools of the trade, flowers, baskets -- you can imagine what... and all in silken colors of muted past-times elegance... kind of "vintage" and "shabby" right from the beginning... Mystery begins Nov '09 and ends Jan '10.