[Nfb-krafters-korner] Plastic canvas

[Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI) [E]]

 Min;

I have not seen you in my last 2 classes.

Terry Powers


-----Original Message-----
From: minh ha [mailto:minh.ha927 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 9:37 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Plastic canvas

Hi Terry,

Thanks for offering to help me! I went and ordered the book from Horizons so I'm just waiting for it and my plastic canvas squares to come in the mail. Yay packages.

Minh

On 4/7/14, Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI) [E] <Terry.Powers at nih.gov> wrote:
> Hi Min;
>
> I am the one who has been teaching plastic canvas.  Horizons for the 
> Blind has a small book, that I wrote on the subject.
> My first suggestion to you is to start with squares.  Circles are very 
> hard to work with!!!
> Get a copy of my book and some 4 by 4 inch squares and I will be glad 
> to help you get started.
> Save those circles for later.
> Terry Powers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: minh ha [mailto:minh.ha927 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 3:41 PM
> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Plastic canvas
>
> Hi all,
>
> I was browsing through the website and saw that we have a category for 
> plastic canvas under the classes section. has this been something that 
> has been taught in the recent past? I'm really interested in picking 
> the craft up; my boyfriend's grandma gave me a huge bag of plastic 
> canvas circles for coasters and tapestry needles since she can't do 
> them anymore due to her arthritis. I tried teaching myself by watching 
> videos and reading stuff on the internet, but it seems like this is the one thing that is stumping me.
> It would be great if someone could teach an introductory class on 
> plastic canvas, barring that, if any of you have text resources of how 
> to learn plastic canvas, I would be most appreciative! :)
>
> Cheers,
> Minh
>
>
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but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible." T. E. Lawrence

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