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 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 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.

On-line Class 35: A Frosty Knotgarden

Companion piece to the very first Mandala Design - CHAT 016. The colors and threads are chosen to depict a Tudor Knotgarden in deep winter - all trees bare, and the remaining berries and grasses withered and adorned with sparkling needles of white frost and occasional snowflakes as well as frozen ponds. Beads and Crystals will be used to give an overall "icy" appearance !! Group begins March 2010 and ends Feb. 2011.