Hill Country Smocking Guild
Meeting Minutes
20 April 2015
Elissa called the meeting
was called to order at 7:00 PM.
Present: Dot, Elissa, Kit,
Mary, Melissa A. Monica, Patty, Roberta, Sharon K., Toni, Virginia,
The minutes from the March
2015 meeting were approved as posted.
The financial report for
March was approved as presented.
Committee Reports:
- Patty collected donations to bring the SAGA Wee Care Show to our September meeting
- Toni brought Wee Care Blankets
- Sharon K. brought 3 Wee Care smocked bonnets, 1 blue bonnet, 1 wrap and 1 gown
Old Business:
New Business: Next month is
our yard sale meeting
Drawing: Roberta! Yea!
Show and Share:
- Monica shared extremely cute baby cowboy boots she had made
- Melissa A. wowed us with a finished smocked blue top
- Kit had us all drooling over a vintage 1950's couture gown made by Sally Milgrim. (I'm still in love)
- Elissa displayed a monogrammed pink burp cloth and matching blanket she is making for a college friend's granddaughter. Wonderful Australian fabric with cluny lace. Beautiful!
- Mary teased us with a preview of our October-November meeting project - a smocked ball ornament with beading. The base fabric will be either white or cream imperial batiste. She advised us that we will want to bring our own thread and beads. More information is to come.
The program for the evening
was presented by Dot: Custom monogramming
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Scrudder substituting
for
Lise Waring
Secretary - Hill Country
Smocking Guild
