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Excerpts from the May 2004 edition of Needle Affairs
President's Message •
Volunteer Service Hours
• Bookmark Update
• UFO Updates
• Other News
President’s Message
Ladies, it has been an eventful month for all of us. The projects I see
each time we get together are varied and beautiful. I think that the open
stitch evenings are the best. I see everyone relax and stitch and enjoy the
sharing that goes on.
As we begin the next month, please think about volunteering to join the
group of us that will bring stitching to a group of girls on the 20th. They
want to earn their stitching badges and Laura Wick has said we will help. The
group of girls totals 15 and we need at least one more person to help. Please
give Laura a call if you can help.
Don't forget – I'm sure this appears elsewhere in this newsletter – to
stitch another bookmark. We are so close to our goal of 150. Please, please
take time to turn in just one more by our May meeting. Heather has designed a
way to share the information that these were hand stitched by our chapter
members. .
I look forward to seeing each of you April 26th at our monthly meeting.
Please come ready to stitch and share what you are working on. Don't forget
that everyone can be part of the UFO project – just bring your stitched item,
fill out the form, and sit back and relax. Tamara is keeping track of us.
Remember the sky is the limit.
Ruth
Volunteer
Service Hours
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. Muchas
Manos needs volunteers for the Del Mar Fair and the Craft and Sewing Festival.
We also need LOTS of help for our July 17th Rainbow Gallery Seminar
fundraiser.
Bookmark Update
We have stitched 106 bookmarks for our Community Outreach Program. We only
need 44 more Bookmarks to reach our goal of 150!! If everybody stitches up one
or two more bookmarks, we will surely be at our goal in time for the Summer
Reading program!
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 May, we will making a beautiful beaded bracelet. Gloria will be
teaching us. 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:
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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