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President’s Message • Other News
Congratulations to the winner of our Animal themed basket, Carolyn W., whose winning ticket was drawn at the PSR Seminar. This opportunity basket netted our chapter $94, with the same amount being donated to PSR. Jean and Margi did a great job making the baskets very enticing to opportunity ticket purchasers and Ina reported there was quite a buzz at the seminar on how much terrific stuff was included in those baskets. You all did a great job on your contributions!
Thank you all for helping Angelina send our renewals off to National EGA and our Region membership chairperson by the yearly deadline. She has made wonderful membership cards that will be distributed at the next meeting. We are a growing chapter, with 32 members, and always looking for other stitchers that share our world. We welcome back Wendy P. who brought a friend, new member, Kathleen R. She’ll be teaching the September program on twining with sign-ups starting in July. Also, Judy B. just had to join us, and we welcome her.
Laura B. did a great job teaching Dorset buttons at the last meeting. It was very interesting thinking about the women who earned money to help support their families making these buttons in their homes. They are labor intensive, and it’s easy to see how mechanized buttons replaced them. However, they still could have a special place as an accent on a stitched piece, or maybe to replace a single button on a woman’s jacket, or used as Christmas decorations.
All of the stitchers that are participating in our Betsy Morgan, 2-day workshop, are busy working on their pre-stitching. I’m really looking forward to the design part of this workshop, and I readily admit to ransacking my stash for more silk threads so I can have even more colors to choose from. I love the fun of design and my head swims with different possibilities. Oh, the fun of stitching, it is simply infectious! Remember, Betsy Morgan will be teaching at our June chapter meeting. She’ll be teaching the finishing techniques for her napkin ring pin cushions, and will be bringing the instructions and patterns for making these delightful minis.
It’s time for the San Diego Fair! We’ll have pictures of the winning entries from our chapter members in the next newsletter. Our chapter ribbon, stitched by Jean L., was awarded to a previous member, Susan S. She receives our special stitched ribbon, a one-year membership to our chapter, and national membership, which includes Needle Arts magazine. We hope that her schedule will allow her to participate in our chapter activities. Hope all of our members get a chance to see all the entries in Home and Hobby. This was the first year that entries were all done on-line, and there did seem to be fewer entries than in previous years.
The board has set the final price for the Jane Nicholas workshops. Jane is spotlighted in the current issue of Needle Arts magazine. We understand that Orange county’s workshops have already sold out, so we have decided to ask participants to pay for their chosen workshops when they sign-up. The board is in the process of negotiating a contract for class space. The place under consideration will have lots of lunch time choices close by, or you can bring your own. Remember, class size is limited to 24 stitchers in each of the classes.
Better get back to my pre-stitching. Which color, which color…where do I go from here?
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, June 20, 2011 — Betsy Morgan will have a prestitched piece and will show us the construction in finishing the piece. This will be a relaxing and informative program since we won’t have to bring any supplies. We will still have the opportunity to create the project since she will provide the instructions and charts for us.
- 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.
- Upcoming chat and stitch evenings (held at Kearney Mesa Recreation Center, 3170 Armstrong St., off of Mesa College Dr (just before the entrance of Mesa College) in the Craft Room):
- Wednesday, July 6, 2011
- Wednesday, August 3, 2011