August Meeting Reminder

A simple reminder that this Wednesday is the fourth Wednesday of August and it's meeting day!

See you either in the a.m. or in the p.m!

July Meeting

Here are some photos from our July meeting. 

First up - from the President's Challenge we have Amanda's lovely crazy quilt tribute to her corgi.
 

And Melissa thought small, but not simple. 
 

Anne's lovely tribute to her flower that is no more!

And for those who did pieces with photos of people, I hope you saw the close-ups at the meeting:

Donna P. with her grandchildren.

Marge with a photo of herself and her daughter.

Peggy memorialized a trip to Alaska!

Jennifer and her sweetie.

And from the IFF table - Barbara G.'s stunning banner finish. Wow.

A table full of beautiful things.

And a close-up of our class piece by Pamela Darney.

July Meeting

We are coming up on our Saturday meeting in July on the 28th. As we have for the past 2 years, this meeting will be held at the Vienna Presbyterian Church located at 124 Park Street, Vienna, VA 22180. It is across the street from the Whole Foods store and can easily be accessed from Maple Avenue (Route 123) or Church Street. Social time begins at 9:30 a.m.There will be a short business meeting at 10:00 a.m. before we begin our class with Pamela Darney.


If you arrived before 9:30, please wait till 9:30 before visiting our vendors. They need time to do set-up. 


A few photos from July 2011. Remember how hot that was? Maybe this year we can start a new cooling trend for this meeting. 

 In August we'll begin a conversation about Goldwork with our own Michael Ann. 
If you have any finished pieces, feel free to bring them to share. We will practice some techniques for which you might want to bring an 6" hoop, a tightly woven piece of non-stretchable fabric, a spool of fine metallic thread such as Kreinik, a selection of sharp needles including an extra large one for sinking, a pair of sharp tweezers and scissors appropriate for cutting metallic thread. Also useful too are a set of clamps to hold the
hoop/frame to the table. 

 

July Luncheon

Coupons are due if you want your lunch delivered at the July luncheon. 

Please see your June newsletter!

June Meeting

Our June meeting was a bit chilly for the morning group. But we successfully dealt with our frozen toes and learned all about our Casket Etui. I don't know about anyone else, but I've finished the stitching on my thimble bag. Now on to the big piece of linen.

Tinka joined us in the morning and we got to see some lovely finishes since last we saw her in December. Here are a few.

 Lee finished a large Quaker piece from Needleprint. A very different look with those bright pinks. 

Barbara F. brought it some beautiful Schwalm and Swedish Naversom.

 Melissa finished her delicious colorway from the April class - "Holiday Square."

 Kathy's off to a wedding with the sampler she finished at our retreat in March.

 Three lovely canvas pieces by Barb L.

 And Sue J. brought in two pillows. I love the tartan plaid.

Kaleidescope Dreams

Fabulous! 

Anne C. has finished her Cindy Valentine project. Fortunately for me she exhibited it at the Washington D.C. Chapter meeting so I had a chance to take a few photos. This is a gift for her niece for her graduation. Lucky!

Anne put the rest of us who took the class to shame by not only finishing the piece, but adding extra like the inside of the lid personalization. And the covered tape measure!

Hand Embroidery Video

For those of us who despair that so few younger than us have an appreciation of hand embroidery - here's a link to a video that's quite impressive.

I COULD HAVE DONE THIS ON MY MAC