Finger Lakes 2013 Part 4

Unfortunately, Karey Solomon's Lodi Star has joined my ever growing UFO drawer... (that's UnFinished Objects for my novice readers out there.)  I did not want to quit blogging about Finger Lakes until I had mentioned some of the wonderful people who make this weekend possible, and who made this weekend wonderful.

Karey Solomon does everything but stand on her head (and maybe she did that while I wasn't looking) to make this weekend a success....she teaches, sells, cooks, cleans and organizes and the list goes on... I don't know how the seminar would go on without her and would hate to find out!

But she did not do it alone!! She had many helpers in the kitchen who managed to feed everyone (working around some very restrictive diets and allergies) and providing delicious and delightful dishes.  She also had helpers who helped with registration and the auction and raffle and many other thankless jobs.  I wish I could thank them all by name.

BettyReeser

Hand Painted Pendant by Betty Reeser

Last year the person who gave me my secret angel gift was Betty Reeser.  She gave me a beautiful hand painted ceramic pendant and told me I could put tatting around the edges of it.  I did, and brought it back to show her this year.  She also donated enough thread last year (which Karey hand-dyed) for everyone to have a hank in their goodie-bag last year.  A challenge was issued to make something and bring it back this year. My doily was one of the more "traditional" designs entered...there were 3D snowflakes, scarves and other things entered....all of the entries were beautiful!!!

My doily made with the Betty/Karey 2012 for 2013 Challenge Thread

This year I made friends at the Friday night pot-luck dinner with Monica Braxton, and Leanne Boyd.  Leanne was the first person when I got home to look me up on facebook!  What a surprise when I drew Monica's name and I was her secret angel!  She surprised me later by gifting me with some of her own hand-dyed-thread!  She has a new Etsy shop NAGStudio where she is selling her thread and her own design of hand made wooden shuttles--my friend Cynthia has two and loves them.  Now what will I make with this beautiful thread in my favorite colors?

Monica Braxton

Monica's gift of HDT

  


 The lady who drew my name this year as my secret angel was Kathy Berndt.  Kathy was from Lake Luzerne, New York.   She gave me the absolute cutest little 4 1/2 inch tall Adirondack chair, ball of Lizbeth thread and a clover shuttle.  The chair now sits on my craft table.  To it, I have secured a tiny pincushion and it has become home to the beaded knot-picker that we received in the needle books that were in our goodie bags this year.

Kathy Berndt

Little Adirondack Chair/Beaded Knot Picker

 
















By the way *she didn't even come to Finger Lakes, so here is a special thank you in print to *Kathy Hodge, who made the *needle books, *bookmarks and *knot-pickers that were in  our goodie-bags.


Thank you to all who made this weekend possible--Cynthia Stevenson, my dear Oklahoma friend who allows me to tag along on this forever long car trip each year... to everyone at Finger Lakes who helps put on the Seminar, and to all of you wonderful tatters who bring your nimble, talented fingers and smiling faces each year back into my life.  Thank you for this year, and I look forward to next year............. now what to do with our challenge thread for next year!