Tuesday, July 14, 2015
May 2015 Meeting
Hill Country Smocking Guild
Meeting Minutes
May 18, 2015
Deanna called the meeting to order at 7:15 PM.
Members present: Toni, Mary, Virginia, Dot, DeAnna, Melissa A, Elissa,
Roberta, Lise, Kim, Melissa B, and Marcy
Guest present: Jenny/Ginny (?) - friend of DeAnna's from North Carolina
The minutes were approved with one noted correction by Elissa - the fabric in the garment is Austrian cashmere cotton.
The financial report was approved as presented.
New Business -
1) Melissa A, Elissa, and Dot agreed to serve as the nominating committee.
2) We received enough donations to cover shipping to bring in the SAGA Wee Care trunk show for our September meeting.
3) Dot can host a Wee Care workshop in late July
4) Marcy offered to host a Wee Care workshop/stitch in (hand sewing only) on Sunday, June 7, from 1:30 - 4:30 PM.
DeAnna won the door prize - a magnetic bar that opens to hold one end of a strip of fabric so before is it rolled around the bar and fed intor the pleater.
Show and Share:
1) Kim brought a bonnet she had finished and showed the prayer shawl she is knitting.
2) Melissa A brought two knit fabric skirt she had made - one had 3 ruffles attached, and the other had built in knit shorts and used the shorts fabric as the waist band for the joined garments.
3) Mary brought two examples of the ornament we will be working on as a two part workshop in October and November. These ornaments are stitched with the fabric on the Styrofoam ball.
The monthly program was the annual member-to-member shopping spree. Thanks to those who brought things and those who bought things.
Remember that there will be no formal meetings in June or July. See you at a Wee Care workshop or at the August meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
Lise Waring
Secretary
Hill Country Smocking Guild
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