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President’s Message • Volunteer Service Hours • UFO Updates • Other News
It is a rainy morning as I write this, sitting in (former member) Nancy Yates’ lovely family room in Virginia. The cats are playing with the raindrops falling against the window, as we watch the ducks and a beaver splashing around in the creek outside. Nancy sends her love to all of you, and everyone in the Gentle Pursuits of Richmond EGA chapter is looking forward to having a California guest at their meeting this week.
Thank You to Angelina Hendricks for such a great program on navigating our website and Yahoo groups. We are so fortunate to have such a knowledgeable and dedicated Webmistress. We have a great website – for a great chapter.
We have some wonderful things coming up: our antique lace program followed by our Red, White and Wonderful sale on Memorial Day. Save the date! You won’t want to miss the great food and fellowship. Bring your checkbooks because we already have truckloads of items for sale and silent auction: floor stands, boxes of linen, boxes of threads and yarns, books, magazines, charts, the list goes on and on. Believe me, you will not want to miss this one!
Hope you are all busy stitching items to be entered in this year’s Fair. Competition handbooks are out and information is up on the fair’s website, so keep track of the deadlines and keep your needles flying!
May your stitches be many – your frogs be few. Ina
Be sure to turn in your volunteer service hours on our sheet at chapter meetings. These hours are vital in helping EGA maintain its non-profit status. Thanks to everyone !!
The latest numbers in our 2007 UnFinished Object program as of March 26, 2007.
Older Projects (started prior to 2001) (5 pts) 5 Old Projects (started prior to 2007) (3 pts) 75 New (started and finished stitching in 2007) (1 pt) 5 Group Correspondence Course (2 pts) 0 Model for Chapter Programs (5 pts) 5 Chapter Programs (4 pts) 8 New Technique (2 pts) 18 Finished (2 pts) 28 Seminar / ANG / CATS (2 pts) 18 Total: 162
- Our April program will focus on lacework. Gay Ann will share one of her favorite pastimes of collecting and studying old lace and whitework. We will gather around the tables and pass around some beautiful pieces that we can touch and see while Gay Ann talks about them and their history.
- May will feature an exciting all-day-long extravaganza of stitching, shopping, and eating! Bring your friends and family, and a potluck dish to share. The fun starts at noon. Our regular monthly meeting will start at 3:00 p.m., during which our outreach program, the Soldier’s Kissing Pillow, will be presented and kits made available.
- Also coming up in May is the Del Mar Craft & Sewing Festival. It runs Thursday through Saturday May 10, 11, and 12, 2007.
- The June program will be Crewel Embroidery. Margaret will teach us the finer points of this beautiful non-counted technique. Come to the meetings to hear all about the patterns we will be using – it is truly a great deal!
- 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: Framesmith, Needle Nook of La Jolla, Needlepoint of La Jolla, Sandy’s Finishing Touches, Stitcher’s Treasures, and The Black Sheep.