River Silks Blog

Sunflowers & Berries by Needle Deeva!

Jill — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:16:47 +0000

Sunflowers & Berries, designed by Needle Deeva, stitched and taught by Robin King at In Stitches, Atlanta, GA.

Kansas City, here we come!

Jill — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:45:05 +0000

We are almost done packing and are hitting the road for Kansas City! Jean Krynicki, Linda Hopkins, Kathy Dutcher, and Jill K Dutcher will be in attendance. Stop by the booth #2229 to see demonstrations by Linda Hopkins, new collections and new pieces. If you’ve never stitched with River Silks, try it! We have free samples.

No Minimum Order!

For your inspiration: Jose Romussi

Jill — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:50:04 +0000

For your inspiration: Artist Jose Romussi embroiders old photos with thread skirts and dresses.

Read the review on My Modern Met blog.

See more pieces here.

River Silks in CQMagOnline.com!

Jill — Thu, 03 May 2012 03:40:51 +0000

CQMagOnline.com is an online publication for Crazy Quilters and by Crazy Quilters. April 2012 edition features a review of Crazy-Quilted Memories: Beautiful Embroidery Brings Your Family Portraits to Life by Brian Haggard.

At the end of the article, Allison Aller writes: “Note: Brian worked with River Silks to create a silk ribbon collection using his distinctive palette.” That inspired collection is Seaside!

Thank you for the mention, Allison!

Attention Designers & Instructors!

Jill — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:12:10 +0000

Needle Deva told us about their project!

Are you using River Silks in an upcoming class, kit, seminar, club, project, etc?

Let us know! We will brag about you on our blog and social networking sites, and post a photo of your finished piece on our on-line gallery with full credits! We love seeing what people do with our ribbon, and we love telling everyone about it.

Send me an email with designer, stitcher credits and a photo, and I’ll make you famous!

Praise in Blue Dogwood Designs’ newsletter!

Jill — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:43:25 +0000

Kay Fite of Blue Dogwood Designs writes about River Silks in her April 2012 newsletter:

“Silk Ribbons from River Silks You must try these silk ribbons to stitch and embellish. They are the best with different widths, solids and overdye colors. Jean is a local Northwest gal but her products and kits are available at your local needlepoint shops nationwide. Oooh Ahhhh is right! http://www.riversilks.com/wordpress/“

To subscribe to Kay’s newletters, click here.

Destination Dallas- Saturday Set up

Jill — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 20:56:26 +0000

Jean and Lynn updating the iPad

We’re getting the room set up at the Embassy Suites- Love Field! Jean had some surprises in the suitcases- new collections and newly finished pieces! Lynn brought the beautifully framed Bella Carnevale, with the blue ribbon from the 2011 Woodlawn Needlework Exhibition. I won’t give away anymore, you’ll have to come see for yourself.

This is my first hotel room trade show, I’ve just been to the big convention hall shows. I love the concept of everyone staying, eating and exhibiting in the same building. It’s kind of like a Fiber Arts summer camp. Across the atrium, you can see banners going up, the trains of cases being loaded in, and familiar faces greeting each other. Even though we’re just here for the weekend, I can tell already that it’s going to be great fun.

If we get done at a reasonable hour, we’re planning to go see the blue bonnets which are supposed to be in full bloom. Oooooh!

13mm & 7mm collections

4mm collections

Packed for Destination Dallas!

Jill — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:57:06 +0000

We’re all packed for Destination Dallas this weekend! Jean, Lynn and I are all going. See the new collections and pieces. Any orders placed over the weekend will be filled when we get back to the office on Tuesday.

Get your ribbon fix at River Silks in Rms 311 & 312!

EGA Seminar 2012, Oct 28-Nov 2

Jill — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:53:32 +0000

Going to the EGA Seminar 2012 in Santa Fe? There are at least ten classes using ribbon! A great way to get to know ribbon is to take a class. Here is a list of the classes listing ribbon in their materials:

101 Ovals Rule by Diane Clements

105 Rose Trellis by Lois Kershner

106 Knight Life by Marnie Ritter

401 Autumn Jewels by Diane Clements

206 Victorian Frontier Fancy by Barbara Elmore

207 Golden Petals by Toni Gerdes

208 Exquisite Symmetry by Diane Herrmann

211 Glorious Peony by Sylvia Murariu

505 Fantasy Felt by Cindy Valentine

Registration is already open, so sign up soon! Happy Stitching!

Ribbon Storage from Robin King

Jill — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:43:57 +0000

Robin King writes on Needlepoint Study Hall, “Over the years, my stash of River Silks Ribbons has grown. One might even say… has grown out of control. This week, I decided it was time to find a better way to store and organize my ribbons. After all, they needed… deserved… better respect than to be jumbled up into the same bag.

Here is what I found: a nice group of stackable containers. The transparent plastic allows for a quick glance.”

Robin is teaching the Sunflower and Berries canvas classes at Nashville Needleworks and In Stitches Atlanta.

Thanks for the great storage idea and mentioning River Silks!