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President’s Message • Correspondence Course Update • Region Cookbook • Volunteer Service Hours • UFO Updates • Other News
It’s official – summer is over. The fall season makes me thankful for the world and people around us. And in this time of natural disasters there are several ways we as individuals and as a group can help. The Tennessee Valley Region began collecting donations at the National Seminar in Atlanta to replace the stash and stitching items lost in the hurricane. If you have any items you wish to add, please give them to a board member and we will send them to the TVR before the first of the year. Additionally, we will decide at the Sept. 26 meeting how to help as a group.
Plus, several designers are participating with a special project that will carry a charitable donation for Katrina victims. Here are just a few: Martina Webber of Chatelaine has designed a New Orleans sampler; Martina Dey of Stickideen von der Weihenburg has designed two different relief samplers – one supporting people and the other including children and pets; Rosewood Manor has two samplers available; Nordic Needle has several charity items; and M Designs offers a freebie reverse image tree design of the word “pray”.
Please keep in mind the opportunities to serve the Guild and as an officer and board member. Programs, Membership, and Secretary positions are open. More information on the holiday party on Monday, December 6, 2005, will be presented at the meeting on September 26. I hope to see all of you at the meeting – and at the party! Happy Stitching!
Karen
Group Correspondence Course Update
The Stained Glass Pillow Group Correspondence Course has begun! To see a picture of the piece and a description of the course, check it out online.
On August 29, the six members that came to Open Stitching were all working on this project – this had to be a first. First Place: Virginia Noe has already completed hers, and found it to be a lot of fun. Last Place: Gini Moore just completed the “leading” – the dark color outlines that mark the boundaries of the textured stitches. We are all learning something – from compensation stitches to creativity and individuality while attempting to follow a designer’s instructions !!
The Pacific Southwest Region wants your recipes to compile into a Region Cookbook, to be used as a Region Fund Raiser. Specifically, salads, all kinds of salads. Cold salads, hot salads, main course salads, and dessert salads.
Be sure to turn in your volunteer service hours 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 !!
Tamara Willis has provided the following status for Un Finished Objects 2005 Program.
Older Projects (started prior to 1998) (4 pts) 16 Old Projects (started prior to 2005) (3 pts) 39 New (started and finished stitching in 2005) (1 pt) 43 Group Correspondence Course (2 pts) 4 Outreach bookmarks (2 pts) 40 New Technique (2 pts) 14 Chapter Programs (2 pts) 6 Model for Chapter Programs (2 pts) 0 Finished (2 pts) 112 Seminar / ANG / CATS (2 pts) 16
- The October program will be Margi teaching a beaded spiral rope necklace. See the program page for details.
- This month’s special article on documenting your work was written by Heather Cowan.
- EGA nationwide is offering a new classification of membership for Youth. Our chapter would like to get some ideas for Youth Outreach opportunities. Do you work with Scouts or Camp Fire or schools or religious groups? All suggestions will be welcomed!
- Did you see the mention of our chapter’s bookmark project in Needle Arts, the national newsletter? It was kind of thrilling to see our little project get national recognition. Our “Many Hands” really do get busy when we’re working on something worthwhile.
- 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, Needlecraft Cottage, Needle Nook of La Jolla, Needlepoint of La Jolla, Sandy’s Finishing Touches, Stitcher’s Treasures, and The Black Sheep.