The ANG Workshop by Mail program provides a unique, limited-time opportunity to obtain instructions from leading designers for pieces not available on the retail market. This program is designed to be relaxed and unstructured. There is no need for a computer, no discussion list, no classroom, and no deadlines. This is simply a project you can enjoy at your leisure. A Workshop by Mail project is also well suited for a chapter or group program, with each stitcher providing his or her own stitching materials.

Spring Dance by Cara Hayes captures the dance of the honey bee: a radiant flower is in full bloom with the dancer in the upper left recruiting another bee to the foraging site. The flower center is a pattern created with cotton floss and metallic thread using unique stitches. Other variegated silk and silk/wool threads are used. This intermediate level project will introduce you to tubular mesh (Wire Lace™), silk chenille thread, and a couching method for pearl purl while making dimensional honeybees. Students may obtain a partial kit for the specialty threads from the designer (instructions to do so will be included with the project). Alternatively, a blackwork technique will create the honeybees. A hexagonal double-running pattern in the background represents the honeycomb.

Cara Hayes has just completed the requirements for the Master Level of ANG's Master Teacher Program and is a member of NETA. She has taught locally, regionally and nationally since the 1980s, and several of Cara's designs have been published in Needle Pointers.

Finished Design Size: 7" x 8"

Canvas Size: #18 white mono canvas, cut 11" x 12"

Level: Intermediate

Registration Dates: January 1, 2012 through April 30, 2012.
Instructions including a color picture will be sent via US mail to all enrollees.

Payment: The fee schedule is as follows:
$40 (ANG member shipping addresses in the United States)
$45 (ANG member shipping addresses outside of the United States)

Order: There are several ways to order Spring Dance:

Method 1. Print out and complete a registration form. When paying by check or money order made payable to ANG, mail payment and registration form to the address indicated on the form. When paying by credit card, include all credit card information, and either mail registration form to the address indicated on the form or fax it to 608-443-2478. Method 2. Purchase using the authorize.net Click here. Mailings: Orders will be filled at least twice a month. If you have not received your instructions within six weeks of sending your check, please notify the Registrar at WorkshopByMailRegistrar@needlepoint.org. After April 30, 2012, copies of the instruction booklet will not be available. Questions: If you have any questions about ANG's Workshop by Mail, send an email to the program Chairman at WorkshopByMail@needlepoint.org or to the Registrar mailing address. Back to top • Back to main page Copyright 1997-2012, American Needlepoint Guild, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The contents of this page were expressly posted for individual viewing purposes on the Internet only. No part of this Web site may be published, reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (including electronic, mechanical, photocopy) whatsoever without written permission from the above copyright holder. The ANG membership list, ANG program participant lists, and personal information collected in the course of selling ANG merchandise are the sole property of ANG and may not be distributed or used without the written permission of the ANG Board of Directors. The ANG Board grants permission to ANG Chapters of Record to use these photographs for their publications. Last updated Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012