The title says it all. I have a few bits of news and am doing some long overdue updating on the site. I've taken out all of the Cottage Gardens Threads that are out of stock. Those pages look much better. I'll be adding some of the fabulous new colors to the pages, too. This will mostly occur after we have returned from our long awaited and COVID delayed cruise. My husband and I are celebrating 35 years of marriage by cruising around quite a bit of South America. The shop will be down while I am gone with the exception of PDF downloads. I have enabled automatic downloads so those will continue on their own. Any paper charts or threads ordered between March 6th and April 11th will be processed after April 12th. 

I am gearing up for several seminars, including teaching for the first time at Canada's national seminar. I'm also teaching for the EGA and ANG seminars here in the US. 

Life is going well here. Spring has sprung and I have a lot of flowers blooming outside. I love having warmer weather again. I'm personally working on new designs, as always, and enjoying my gardens. 

​Some of the new designs are pictured below. These are being taught later this year at the seminars listed above.

Just a quick note to let you all know that I have started posting stitch guide videos to my YouTube channel. There are ten or so right now, but I am adding more weekly. There are some general stitches, some Hardanger stitches, and some Ukrainian Whitework stitches. Send me a note if you have a stitch you would like to see on the channel.

Here's the link:

​(7) Terri Bay Needlework Designs - YouTube

I have some lovely things to show you today as well as the fun event at which they will be taught. 

The first is my Lotus Drop. This is a mini Lotus Box turned upside down and shaped into an ornament.

I will be teaching this one on the fabulous Hawaii Cruise, and at Christmas in Williams burg! Links for both events and for the YouTube videos I recorded to show the designs are on mt teaching information page. Just keep scrolling down to the bottom and you will find them. 

The other piece for Christmas in Williamsburg is the Earth Spiral. 

The spiral is a one inch by twelve inch strip of stitching based on Ukrainian Whitework, then twisted into a spiral and help in that shape by Ukrainian insertion stitches.

The other two for the cruise are Anne, a Ukrainian Whitework ornament, and the Hawaii Snowflake which was designed especially for this cruise. If you register for the cruise, be sure to tell them that Terri sent you.

I am thrilled to be teaching at both of these events and even happier to know that classes are being held in person again.  Both the Rocky Mountain Region Seminar in Denver and the Greater Pacific Region seminar in Ashland, Oregon have given up the green light! 

​I hope to see you at one of these events this year.

Below are the Hawaii Snowflake (green and blues) and Anne (white).

The price increase has gone into effect, but to soften the blow a bit. I've added three new designs to the site. It's been quite a while since I have added new designs. These three are all former class designs that have been retired from the teaching rota and are now being offered for retail sale. All three are Ukrainian Whitework. I have two more retired class pieces that will be coming out for retail sale as soon as I've tweaked the charts a bit. One of those is a hardanger design.

The Diamonds and Lace Tray, Nordic Band, and Mini Grace are all up on the wed site today.

Here are some upcoming events for you to look at and enjoy!
The First is big news for me, I've been added to the faculty at Christmas in Williamsburg! I've wanted to attend this event for several years, and now I get to teach there! The contact info is on the teaching page, but here are the class photos:

The next is a class at Needlepoint Junction in Hilton Head, SC. Again, the contact info is on the teaching page, but here is the photo of big, beautiful Harlequin. Act fast on this one. The deadline is Nov. 15!

The final is the wonderful, wonderful Hawaiian Cruise. The classes haven't been released yet. I will post photos of them soon. In the meantime, check out the cruise brochure on the teaching page. It is a lovely schedule.

I will be posting some new retail charts for sale soon. They are former classes that I have retired. They should be up soon.

In less thrilling news, I will be raising prices across the board January 1st. I've not raised them since I started in 2012 and prices for just about everything has gone up in the meantime. If you've been thinking about buying something and hesitating, now may be the time to do it. 

​Terri

Registration for my online class through the Embroiderers Guild of America begins tomorrow! All of the information is on the EGA website.

​Here is the link:
Online Class: Some Accumulation with Terri Bay | EGA (egausa.org)

The plans are finally in place for my online class through EGA. I will post a link when it becomes available. Until then I can tell you that is a basic/Intermediate level Hardanger class. And yes, I will teach you how to cut fabric threads. It's not as scary as you think! I'm really excited to be doing another online class. The three ANG classes went very well. 

In other news, I had my second and final surgery on my left foot and ankle. After two months in casts I am able to walk again. I am slow and still have a bit of a limp, but it is coming along. The Achilles  Tendon takes a long time to become flexible again after surgery.

Most of my family has been well and avoided COVID. My Father came down with it in August and has been hospitalized twice. He is slowly regaining his strength and weaning off supplemental oxygen.  COVID can take a very long time to recover from.

​Here is a sneak peak of the online class......

We have just returned from a family vacation in the Tennessee Mountains. We wanted to go somewhere close by so that we could return quickly if needed, and we wanted to be fairly self contained. We didn't want to go to restaurants or large tourist traps. A mountain cabin was the perfect fit. All of my daughters and their spouses were there, too. It was a lovely idyll in the midst of all of this COVID chaos.

The registrations for the ANG virtual classes are closing soon. I am amazed by the number of stitchers sighed up to take my classes. Thank you all and I hope I can live up to my normal standards. Teaching online is new to me. ANG is giving us lots of technical support and advise. Thank goodness for that! I'm sure there will be hiccups along the way. There always are when breaking new ground. 

Once I get the ANG classes worked out, I am going to develop an online class of my own. I have a design in mind, but I'm not entirely sure. I'll be thinking about it and will give details as they become clear.

And now I will leave you with a mountain sunset. Enjoy.

i think I am finally adjusting to the new normal. I am blessed to have several family member living in the same house. I can not imagine how hard this all must be for those who live on their own. I can hug my husband, two daughter, and my darling daughter-in-law as often as I want!

My husband and youngest daughter are both still working full time from home. I'm also spending a fair amount of time creating new designs.  I've several new ones ready to submit for class proposals. I only have one class left on the books for this year. If that one cancels it will be next March before I travel to teach again.

Which leads me into my announcement; I am attempting my first online class! The ANG seminar has transitioned from in person to online and I am going to give it a go! Anyone can register, though if you are not an ANG member you will pay a higher fee. The link is below.  If that does not work just google the American Needlepoint Guild. I am teaching thee classes, the Needlework Treasures Scissors Tray, Black and White Garden, and Orion. I'll post photos of those classes as well.

Take care and stay well. We are indeed all in this together!

If you are a regular seminar of class attendee I'm sure you've has something cancelled because of the virus. I've had my next two seminars either cancelled or postponed, too. If you are feeling the loss and looking for something to do, how about attending my extended study program? It is in SEPTEMBER!!!! Yes, September. Far enough away to be reasonably safe from this virus.  First, the link:
egausa.org/event/terri-bay-isabella-ukrainian-whitework-sampler/
Now for some brief details.  The class is September 20-25 in Winston/Salem, NC at the beautiful Brookstown Inn. The Brookstown will spoil you with a cooked breakfast, nightly wine and cheese social, then cookies and milk at 8 PM. We will spend four days working on Isabella, a Ukrainian whitework sampler. (Photos below) She is big, beautiful, and only an intermediate level. You do not have to be an advanced stitcher to to this. And I promise to make it fun! We will learn a lot, but enjoy doing it.
Check it out and let me know what you think!