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President’s Message • Other News
We had so much fun at last month’s meeting with Betsy Morgan teaching us her technique for making pincushions using napkin rings. She provided us with wonderful patterns for two different designs, and gave me permission to copy her instructions for any members who missed out on the meeting. I even went antiquing to find the perfect napkin ring to make my pincushion, which of course needed to be polished, and at the moment, its little sparkly self is calling to me to get stitching.
Now that the San Diego Fair for 2011 is history, please check out the pictures in the newsletter of our chapter’s winning entries. We are looking forward to welcoming back Susan S. who received our special stitched ribbon, a one-year membership to our chapter, and national membership, which includes Needle Arts magazine. We all hope that her schedule will allow her to participate in our chapter activities. Thanks to every member who manned the booth this year, and a special thanks to Margi who keeps up our calendar of workers from all the guilds, puts up and takes down the booth, makes sure everyone gets back their stitching, and keeps the whole process running smoothly. Also, it’s not too early to start thinking about what you will be entering next year. I’d love to see every chapter member have at least one work of art in the fair next year.
We still have openings for both of the Jane Nicholas workshops. Jane is spotlighted in the current issue of Needle Arts magazine with the first piece she will be teaching on the cover of the magazine. This is such a fantastic opportunity to work with an international teacher. In addition to the class fees, we have also put together supply kits that can be purchased for each of the classes, but orders for those must be postmarked by August 1, so that we will have time to receive all the components from the different suppliers. Remember, class size is limited to 24 stitchers in each of the classes.
Sign-ups begin this month for the twining class that will be our September program. Kathleen will be teaching this fun technique, which we hope will inspire a lot of creativity. Also, this month, Jean will be taking us through the contents of the Pacific Southwest Region Beader’s Study Box. There are lots of books and samples of different techniques. We are planning on doing a beaded fob at one of our 2012 meetings. It is the newest Petite Project from EGA.
Don’t stop making those Soldier Kissing Pillows. A call has gone out for 4500 by December. If you stitch a top, there are several people in the chapter that can make your tops into finished pillows. Directions and kits are available at every meeting. Each one takes a couple of hours and is a great project for doing while watching those new summer programs that pop up at this time on TV.
In January we start looking for bookmarks for the “Project Literacy” bookmark challenge. We did bookmarks a few years ago for the “Summer Reading Program” as an outreach project for our local libraries and they were greatly appreciated.
Hope all of you have a tall cool drink and a sheltered spot to get some serious stitching done. Keep those needles flying.
Heather
- Don’t forget about the Soldier Kissing Pillows. This is our outreach program for the year. Kits are available at every meeting.
- Upcoming meetings (held at the Live Well Center, 4425 Bannock Ave., San Diego, CA):
- Monday, July 18, 2011 — The program will be open stitching so that we can continue to work on our Betsy Morgan pieces or other projects. We will also have the EGA Beading Study Box available to look at.
- Monday, August 15, 2011 — Beading lecture based on the study box.
- Monday, September 19, 2011 — Twining with Kathy