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President’s Message • Del Mar Craft & Sewing Festival • Volunteer Service Hours • UFO Updates • Other News
A special “thank you” to Tamara Willis for the extraordinary job she did in presenting the March Program, “Overlord” Slide Show.
Let’s all keep stitching our quilt ornaments. Our goal is to stitch as many ornaments as possible for chapter fundraising, to be sold during the Quilt Show, August 31 and September 1-2. I look forward to seeing more creative, fun, and exciting ornaments each month.
There are even more upcoming stitching events. The Del Mar Quilt, Craft & Sewing Festival is May 18-20. The Shoreline Stitchers Showcase is an ANG Judged Needlework Show for Professional, Master and Non-Professional Stitchers, on Saturday and Sunday June 3 and 4. Check out the Pacific Southwestern Region website for more information. And we always look forward to the San Diego County Fair, which starts this year on June 10.
We plan to have two Potluck Stitching Days – Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, from noon to “whenever”. Then again on Tuesday, July 4, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., we will stitch in the Clairemont Community Room. I am looking forward to some dedicated stitching time!
Remember! Library Books are due back at the April Meeting!
Happy Stitching! Karen
Del Mar Craft & Sewing Festival
The Del Mar Craft & Sewing Festival will be held Thursday, May 18, Friday, May 19, and Saturday, May 20, at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. This commercial show is a wonderful opportunity to promote membership in our chapter. The show hours are 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Vendors will offer supplies in Quilting, Sewing, Needle Arts, Beading, Books, and all kinds of crafts. Our local Embroiderers’ Guild and American Needlepoint Guild chapters will have a booth again this year, and we will need approximately 30 demonstrators to man our booth during the three days. For 2 1/2 hours of demonstration time in our booth, you will receive free admission to the show. So sign up to demonstrate and promote our chapter!
New this year–free admission for guild members! Get your coupon in the full newsletter.
Be sure to turn in your volunteer service hours to Tamara during the chapter meeting. These hours are vital in helping EGA maintain its non-profit status. All volunteer hours count, even if for an organization other than EGA. Thanks to everyone !!
The latest numbers in our 2006 UnFinished Object program.
Older Projects (started prior to 1999) (4 pts) 0 Old Projects (started prior to 2006) (3 pts) 30 New (started and finished stitching in 2006) (1 pt) 7 Group Correspondence Course (2 pts) 2 Fundraiser Quilt Ornaments (2 pts) 0 New Technique (2 pts) 0 Chapter Programs (2 pts) 10 Model for Chapter Programs (2 pts) 0 Finished (2 pts) 24 Seminar / ANG / CATS (2 pts) 4 Total: 77
- The April program will be a Beaded Nametag Holder presented by Margi. Forgot to order a kit? A very limited number of kits will be available meeting for $3 and include a pair of clips in silver or gold, 30″ of flex wire, and four crimp beads.
- The May program will be an eight-sided tufted pillow presented by Tamara. Be sure to get on Karen H’s list for a free color copy of the pattern – at the April 24 meeting.
- Don’t forget to support the businesses that advertise in our chapter newsletter! Let them know you are a member of Muchas Manos and appreciate their support. In this month’s newsletter, our advertisers were: Fabrication, Needle Nook of La Jolla, Needlepoint of La Jolla, Sandy’s Finishing Touches, Stitcher’s Treasures, and The Black Sheep.