January 2017 - Hill Country Smocking Guild Meeting

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.