Hill
Country Smocking Guild
January 2017 meeting
Call to order-
Called to order 7:05.
Minutes from last month will be available
shortly. We reviewed the notes from last month.
Lise will provide a financial statement.
We discussed that we need to file paperwork with
SAGA so the we can file our non-profit paperwork with the IRS.
Committee reports-
We are in communication with the Stitch Lab
about the March Stitch In
Wee Care- Helen purchased kits in New Orleans
for Wee Care
Communications-
Sharon Kite is in Forney, Texas visiting her
daughter and attending the JROTC ball with her grandson.
Marcy is doing well after her surgery.
Old business- dues are due
Mary is going to deposit dues for Lise.
New Business-
No new business
Show and Share-
Helen brought an ornament that she created in
New Orleans. It is a great example of fagoting. The ball has lace
and fagoting over green dupioni silk. She has permission from the creator
to teach our chapter if we are interested. She also brought the original
design badge from her chapter in New Orleans. Helen brought a smocked
goldfish. She brought kits for a future program. Helen says that they are
quick and easy and that we could do them in a one day sewing day. Helen
brought a counter change outfit and pre-smocked dresses. She also brought
Raggedy Ann and Andy cotton fabric as a give away.
Melissa brought Australian magazines from Austin
Creative Reuse and brought Eloise’s Christmas dress that was a ready to smock
gingham.
Mary brought a colorful smocked bib made in fabric
from Stitch Lab with a fagoted edge.
She showed us how you can attach your project to
a brown paper bag while you work on it.
Door Prize-
Roberta won the door prize. It was a super
cute iron tea towel and
Program-
Fun with Fagoting by Dawn Roda that is presented
by Mary
She provided a booklet and told us about
different types of threads that you could use.
Think about sturdier threads. We will use
Perle 8 cotton, tatting thread, and embroidery floss.
Mary provided bias tape that is three or four
inches. We tape them to the sample page using scotch tape. Leaving
about ¼ of an inch along the bottom closest to the bar.
You can adjust the spaces between the stitches
according to the project.
Take a small bite alternating left and right
between the lines for example all your right stitches will be on the line and
all of your left stitches will be in between the marks.
