When offered the position of Designer and Teacher in Residence at The Edwardian School of Needle Arts in Bloomfield, NJ, Tony insisted on one condition - that the primary focus in developing the curriculum be on education. For want of a better title, Tony refers to himself as the Headmaster. He has developed a series of notebook classes entitled Stitching Adventures in which Tony guides each student on a Stitch Journey , Color Excursion and Thread Travel , in turn. Last year Tony designed and taught a series of monthly projects using a band sampler format, each highlighting a pertinent holiday theme. Wanting to initiate something more extensive and challenging, he designed a Sampler Quilt on Canvas project, Stars for a New Millennium , which will span this entire year.
Stitchers work on one block each month using overdyed threads from four distinct color families.
His goal is to familiarize stitchers with color interaction and to teach them how to create balance between colors, threads, stitches and textures. When complete, Tony intends to publish the project as a commercial design, which will include many of the different color, thread and stitch combinations used. Additionally, Tony has his own column in the publication needlepoint now , entitled Adventures in Embellishment . Look for it in your next issue of needlepoint now. If you wish to choose your own colors, first pick a Waterlilies, then pull the other threads to coordinate, choosing a coordinating metallic last.