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Excerpts from the March 2004 edition of Needle Affairs
President's Message •
Volunteer Service Hours
• Bookmark Update
• UFO Updates
• Other News
President’s Message
I am looking forward to seeing how many points we accrue for the UFO
program. We can all be over-achievers this year. Please keep reading for
details. Bottom line is--we can keep stitching on our favorite items and it
all counts!
I enjoyed my trip to Missouri. However the weather was changeable. I landed
in 45-degree weather at 7:30 pm which is great for January. Two days later the
temperature was below freezing and ice coated everything. I drove back to
Kansas City a day early because the weather report was for at least 2 inches
of snow - yes, I drove in snow flurries. The day of my departure the
temperature was 2 degrees with clear and sunny skies. San Diego really looks
good! My mother is doing well. She is quilting for friends.
Susan Fukayama has volunteered to serve as our Hospitality Chairperson this
year. Thank you, Susan! We are going to have an active year. I look forward to
sharing some of these plans with you at the February meeting.
Keep stitching. Ruth
Volunteer
Service Hours
Be sure to turn in your volunteer service hours to Ina Gibson, our Regional
Representative. Our chapter has logged over 3300 hours to EGA Headquarters.
These hours are vital in helping EGA maintain its non-profit status. The time
you spend this month stitching bookmarks counts, as well as any other
community service hours.
Bookmark Update
For stitchers who are looking for inspiration to stitch a bookmark for our
Community Service Project, there are five pages of lovely bookmark charts with
various subjects in styles ranging from cute to traditional for you to browse
through on this
French web site. To see all five pages, click on the numbers after
“suite page”
Ribband is available from Angelina for your bookmarks.
Remember, the deadline for our Service Project is the April meeting—we
still need about 80 bookmarks to reach our goal!
UFO Updates
For a change of pace, this year there will be no signing up or pledging,
just complete your Unfinished Objects and bring them to the Chapter meetings
to share with everyone along with your estimate of how many stitches are in
the piece.
You will be awarded points based on the chart below. For example, if you
complete an Outreach Bookmark in 2004 that was started in 2004, you will
receive:
- 1 point for New
- 2 points for Outreach Bookmark
- 2 points for a Finished piece
- for a total of 5 points
Tamara Willis is keeping track of the points for each member. So have fun
and let’s stitch away in 2004!
Description of Project Points
| Older (started prior to 1998) |
4 |
| Old (started prior to 2004) |
3 |
| New (started & finished in 2004) |
1 |
| Group Correspondence Course |
2 |
| Seminar |
2 |
| Outreach Bookmarks |
2 |
| Chapter Program |
2 |
| New Technique |
2 |
| Finished (made into a pillow, framed, etc.) |
2 |
Other News
- In March, we will be learning about drawn thread techniques with Betty
Hamilton. Betty was a pilot stitcher for the M'lady's Teacloth group
correspondence course. For more info, check out our programs page.
- 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: Craft Cottage,
Fabrication,
Framesmith,
Needle Nook of La Jolla, Needlecraft Cottage,
Needlepoint of
La Jolla,
Sandy's Finishing Touches,
Stitcher's
Treasures, and The Black Sheep.
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