Cajun Stitchery: Nereids

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Cajun Corner – Vol. 6, No. 6 – February 16, 2014

Bon Jour! Welcome to Cajun Stitchery’s weekly email and welcome to our family.

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Oh my goodness, did I forget to write last week? I guess so much has been going on that I missed a week.

The krewe has been busy working on the float and sewing costumes. In the meantime, we prepared for our krewe cocktail party which was last night.

The cocktail party was a great success. Our krewe stopped having a Mardi Gras Ball a few years back and decided, instead, to have a cocktail party for close krewe friends. The cocktail party has turned out to be much more fun and lends to more conversation. The cocktail party was a masquerade party and not only did the krewe wear masks but most of the guests as well. Several people sported Cajun Stitchery’s masks. I sure hope they found the masks comfortable. I wore mine all evening without even noticing the mask was on my face.

This year we began a new event: The Mystic Krewe of Nereids Inspirational Woman of the Year Award. This year’s recipient was Lois Jernigan. Lois has been a source of inspiration to everyone in the krewe and everyone who knows her. She has come through much tragedy in the past couple of years, including surviving a terrible stage 4 cancer. I will never be able to remember the name of the cancer but she not only survived but did it with the best attitude of anyone we have ever known. She laughed and joked every step of the way. There were many times when we would all think or say that this is the end, but Lois would come through with that beautiful smile on her face. In the middle of her treatment she lost her significant other and love of her life to a heart attack. She has lost her hair, lost a tremendous amount of weight, lost her lover, and lost her home. Yet, she kept that smile on her face and love in her heart and lived. Lois was at our krewe den today thanking all of us for the award. She looked good today. She brought sunshine to our lives as she joked with each of us. Congratulations Lois. I cannot think of anyone more deserving of this award. More than that, I thank you for showing us how to face adversity with a winning attitude.

This past week we have worked on logos on tee shirts, heirloom embroidery, masks, and an assortment of project. A lady contacted me on Etsy and ordered 24 of our scalloped handkerchiefs with monograms for her wedding in early February. We are in the process of making some really cute sparkly pouches for Studio 98. More masks are coming up in the next couple of weeks, too.

Oh and Valentine’s Day was last Friday. That was a pretty terrific day for me. As it turned out, I was up and down all Thursday night with a sick dog. I ended up sleeping on the sofa to be near the door to let him in and out. When I awoke Friday morning, George gave me a beautiful open heart diamond necklace. Yes, that’s the necklace designed by Jane Seymour (the actress, not the dead queen). Yesterday he gave me flowers. Oh he is a good husband.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK

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There are many different ways to make masks, but papier mache is one of the best. It requires nothing but white glue, cardboard, tape, and newspaper to make the basic mask. It is also very easy to rework and modify. Its biggest flaw is that it takes a long time to dry. Be sure to make your mask several days before you intend to use it. That way, you will have time to let it dry. Once it is dry, you can paint it and wear it on your big day!

Read more: http://www.ehow.com/how_4480482_make-masks.html#ixzz2tYBZbJo0

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Cajun Corner - Vol. 5, No. 19

Cajun Corner – Vol. 5, No. 19 – May 20, 2013

Bon Jour! Welcome to Cajun Stitchery’s weekly email and welcome to our family.

ΘΘΘΘΘ

Don’t forget to visit us at www.cajunstitchery.com, www.flickr.com/photos/cajunstitchery, and, www.cajunstitchery.etsy.com often. We are also on Twitter and Facebook.

Visit our on-line catalogs at:

http://www.imprintit.biz/cgi-bin/cobrand/site.w?location=olc/catalog-home.w&top=catalog&frasmes=no&target=main&sponsor=000699

and www.companycasuals.com/cajunstitchery.

Bet you thought I’d miss this/last week. We had company all weekend and I’m just now getting to Cajun Corner.

We had an excellent weekend. Our embroidery tech arrived Friday evening. We ate pizza, caught up on what’s happening with each of us, and played a bit on Clothilde. Saturday she had a service call in Century but made it back around noon. We played more on the embroidery machine and did some maintenance before we went to a surprise birthday party. Sunday we really played on the embroidery machine. She had another service call in the afternoon. That evening we went to our favorite eatery, Paradise Bar & Grill, for dinner and enjoyed the Biscuit Miller Band from New Orleans while dining by the water. We introduced her to one of our island drinks, the Bushwacker. This morning she departed for home in Geneva, FL.

She introduced me to a new development in embroidery…glitter sheets. They are used as vinyl lettering sometimes but she taught me to use them in embroidery. That girl is always watching my back. Her first response was, “The Nereids are going to love this.” Her second was “All of the Mardi Gras krewes are going to want this.” She left some scraps for practice and experimenting. This stuff can be laundered but I want to work with it a bit and test how well it launders before I blind you with bling.

She is always answering questions for me but mostly we brainstorm together. It is so much fun figuring out how we can make certain embroidery ideas work.

It isn’t always her teaching me. Sometimes I, too, have grand ideas that we share. She liked my in-the-hoop design for the 10” purse. Bless her heart. She travels all the time and is so passionate about embroidery but rarely gets time to sit at her own embroidery machine and do things she wants. I encourage her to make things on Clothilde. So, she made her own purse.

Another novelty that Cajun Stitchery does is to embroider with serger thread. Apparently, this is rare in the embroidery world. Most of the time I stitch at1200 spm with the serger thread. She found this so remarkable that she videoed the machine stitching out one of our heirloom designs at 1200 spm to show other embroiderers that it is possible.

In addition, she loves to garden, too. We are always sharing gardening information and ideas.

And did I mention that she loves Pinterest, too.

Sadly, this morning Evie awoke and kept falling. She couldn’t get her rear legs walking. Dr. Armani told us last week that she does not have hip dysplasia but rather she suffers from arthritis. He suggested that we start giving her fish oil. She has been walking around all day. Her legs are moving but occasionally one trips the other up and she falls. We have an appointment with Dr. Armani in the morning. In the meantime, we got the fish oil and started her on it today. To be honest, we all started taking the fish oil today because it says that it promotes heart, circulatory and joint health. We can all use that.

Sam was so good to Evie and refrained from trying to get her to play. Evie did want to play but when she would get out in the yard and try chasing Sam, she would fall. Please say a prayer for my sweet girl, who has been my shadow for many years.

Have a wonderful week.

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I read an article that even if you include credit to the webpage, you still are not supposed to copy and share other people's internet stuff and post on the internet. Therefore, the sewing and craft project that I usually share -- those that are not my own -- will only be shared in our weekly e-newsletter.

Peggy Henshall

Cajun Stitchery