President’s Message • Volunteer Service Hours • UFO Updates • Other News
Greetings, ladies. I hope your summer has been filled with stitching. Remember the UFO project this year says you can turn in anything stitched that you have finished.
The months keep rolling by and it is time again to ask for volunteers to be part of the nominating committee. Karen Krampe has volunteered to chair the committee. Will you be part of this? We can use your help! We polled the officers at our last board meeting and all (except me) are willing to return for another year. It is a great group. Put your thoughts in order and assess your time and interest. We want you to help.
We are also looking at December 6 (Monday) for the Holiday Party. I will host. Do mark this on your calendar. It is so much fun! I want to see everyone of you there. Do you need a ride? Ask around; we plan to carpool.
We have several ideas we are working on and 2005 looks like an exciting year. This group has grown a bit this year and we welcome all new members. We want to keep this warm and fuzzy for all of us. We also encourage you to come to one of the open stitch evenings because the social evening is very relaxing.
Another date to put on your calendar – and all of your friends’ calendars – is January 1, 2005, for a potluck/stitching sale of needlework related items. We want to use that day as a relaxing and fun get-together
That’s enough for now, ladies. Keep stitching! Keep happy!
Ruth
Be sure to turn in your volunteer service hours to Ina Gibson, our Regional Rep. 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 is keeping track of our stitching points and reports the following points earned by members through July 30, 2004.
Older (started prior to 1998) 0 Old (started prior to 2004) 96 New (started & finished in 2004) 105 Group Correspondence Course 6 Outreach Bookmarks 148 New Technique 13 Chapter Program 12 Finished (made into a pillow, framed, etc.) 242 Seminar 4 Guesstimate of Total Stitches 121,294
- In September, we will have the opportunity to stitch the 19th Century Style American Sampler we saw at the August meeting. This is a colorful piece with a variety of specialty stitches. The instructions call for DMC floss and DMC flower thread.
- 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, Framesmith, Needle Nook of La Jolla, Needlecraft Cottage, Needlepoint of La Jolla, Sandy’s Finishing Touches, Stitcher’s Treasures, and The Black Sheep.