| Hello CRVCers!
We need your help and support for a wonderful
outreach opportunity, the West Hartford How-To Festival on March
24. It will be in the West Hartford Public Library near the corner
of South Main Street and Farmington Avenue from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
We have been accepted to participate this
year. As we understand it, we will have a table at which we will
demonstrate stitches and techniques.
What we need from our membership is one
hour of your time -- a mere one hour to spend at the table with stitching
friends, talking about embroidery and showing off your knowledge.
As of now, the plan is to have some finished
pieces that contain a wide variety of stitches and finishing techniques hanging
around/behind us. If someone is curious about a particular stitch in
one of them, we can demonstrate. We will have references available
such as the Embroidery Stitch Bible to refresh our memories. There
will be a variety of small projects in various techniques hooped up and started,
to which visitors can "Add-A-Stitch" to try the stitches out.
There will also be little kits for giveaways or for visitors to try on the
spot (with our assistance), and maybe some wrapped candies.
We ask only that you bring along a couple
of your own doodle cloths (one hooped, one in-hand) on which to demonstrate
various stitches, and you might want to bring a small project that you're
working on as a conversation starter or to while away the time during a
lull.
At an event like this, it's "the more hands,
the merrier." Last year's event had a wide range of demonstrators,
from soldering to how to mix and match clothing to re-potting plants to applying
henna tattoos to knitting to building a catamaran to cupcake decorating,
and all in between. Before or after a stint at our table, you'll be
able to wander around the library and soak up all kinds of creative
inspiration!
Please email me at
hglord@cox.net as soon as possible with
the best times for you to help at our table! Thank you!
Kathryn J. Lord, CRVC Prez
Remember that dues are now to be paid
annually by May 1st as the
membership year runs from June 1 to May 31. Please use the
coupon
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Save
these September dates
Gay Phillips Workshop
Saturday and Sunday, September 8th and 9th, 2018
in the Hartford/Springfield area
Please join us for a 2-day counted embroidery workshop with Ellen
Chester!!
More information to come............
And The Big
News....................
The New England Region is hosting the EGA National Seminar from
September 3 -- 8, 2020!!
The seminar will be at the Sheraton Back Bay in Boston, a perfect setting
for a great weekend.
SAVE THOSE DATES AND PLAN TO ATTEND AS WE NEED OUR MEMBERS TO HELP WITH
VOLUNTEER DUTIES. IT WILL BE A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE!!
An additional message from Pat Timpanaro
and NER.......
NER EGA was contacted by Meg Michalski, the event manager at Stone Cow Brewery
in Barre, MA. The Brewery offers a variety of educational workshops
and classes that involve working with one's hands at their 1830 brew barn.
Meg would like to offer a beginning embroidery class and contacted NER to
help find a teacher.
I asked Meg if she could be more specific about what she wanted to offer
and she said, "Something on a hoop, that people could hang on their wall
would be nice but perhaps just a simple sampler of basic stitches may be
a good way to introduce people."
I also asked her about class length, size, and student age. Typical
classes are between 1 to 4 hours, although multiple days are possible.
She was planning the class to be for adults, with possibly older (16+) teens
as well. They can accommodate up to 20 students and will work with
the teacher to determine the class and kit costs.
If you're interested in working with Stone Cow, please contact Meg Michalski
directly at meg@stonecow.com
CRVC Library
Our CRVC Library has seen very little use in the last 5-10 years and therefore
the Board has made the difficult decision to dissolve it. Chapter members
are being offered the first opportunity to purchase the books in the library
with the funds going into the education fund.
The list of books in the library is on the CRVC web site, listed both
alphabetically
by title --
www.crvc-ega.org/library/librarybooksbytitle.html
-- and alphabetically
by author --
www.crvc-ega.org/library/librarybooksbyauthor.html.
If you are interested in one or more titles, please contact the chapter librarian
Judie Solomon at
ThisNeedle@aol.com
with the title(s) and the price you are willing to pay for each title.
Once you are notified that the books are yours, please arrange to pick them
up at
Thistle
Needleworks. If you prefer to have your book(s) mailed to you,
please let the librarian know and you will be informed how much the postage
will be (via Media Mail).
If all the books are not distributed to members, they will be offered to
other chapters and other EGA members.
CRVC Board Meetings
During 2018, some Board Meetings will be held on the second Tuesday of
odd-numbered months and some will be held on Saturday immediately preceeding
a general meeting. See the
Master
Calendar for actual meeting dates and location.
CRVC Bylaws
The
CRVC
Chapter Bylaws (Revised 2013) are available for viewing.
Here’s
a call to all members..................we would love to have others assume
some of the jobs for our chapter. They are NOT big jobs, just some "pitching
in" to help with short term needs. Hopefully you can attend our board meetings
on the second Tuesdays of odd-numbered months or on Saturday immediately
preceeding a general meeting. That’s where we come up with plans for
future meetings, so you’ll enjoy the fun of learning what’s out
there.
Please
contact Lisa
(klisagreen@yahoo.com)
if you would like to help.
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