November 2013

Our November meeting will be Tuesday, November 12 at 7:00pm. We will meet at Holiday Ham at 5:30pm for dinner. All are welcome, please join us!

Program
This months program will be a buillion bunny taught by Lizzie Kuliniski. All you will need is a pair of scissors!

Wee Care
Please bring in any finished gowns and be prepared to take some more! We are always filling our stockpile or filling orders!

Social
A great time was had by all at Meryl's for the sit and sew on the river! Check out these beautiful ladies enjoying a great day!

Show and Share
Check out DiAnne's sweet little Hazel in her Gail Doane wrap skirt and top. What a cutie!!

See you all on Tuesday!

October 2013

Our October meeting will be Tuesday, October 8th at 7:00pm.  We will meet at Holiday Ham at 5:30pm for dinner. All are welcome, please join us!

Program
This month's program will be beautiful cast on flowers taught by Debbie! We will be adding them to a needle book to hold our milliners. You don't want to miss this! Please bring your scissors.

Wee Care
Please bring in any finished gowns and be prepared to take new ones! As always, we are filling orders and preparing our stockpile.

Social
Meryl will be hosting a sit and sew at her condo on the river, Saturday, October 19th at 10:30am.  Please join us and bring a dish to share!

Show and Share
Here is a picture of DiAnne's beautiful Clara in her 3 year old dress!

Here is a picture of baby Hannah and her big sister Emily!

See you all Tuesday!

May 2013

Our May meeting will be held Tuesday, May 14th at 7:00pm. We will meet at Holiday Ham for dinner at 5:30pm. Everyone is welcome, please join us!

Wee Care
Please bring any finished gowns and be prepared to take new ones! We need to continue to build our stock and fill existing orders.

Program
Debbie Clarke will be teaching a class on smocked pockets this week!! All you need to bring is a smocking needle and some scissors!

Show and Share
Please continue to send pictures to share with the group! Here is a picture of the (un-ironed) gown that Baby Girl Hill will be coming home in on May 28th!

See you all soon!

April 2013

Our April meeting will be held Tuesday, April 9th at 7:00pm. We will meet at Holiday Ham at 5:30pm for dinner. Everyone is welcome, please join us!!

Wee Care
Please bring any finished gowns in and be prepared to take some new gowns home! We need to fill existing orders and cotninue to build our stock.

Program
We will have a wonderful program this month on Mini Pressing Tools by Virginia Goodwyn-Gray. You will need the following supplies for this program:

1) Small Scissors
2) Needles
3) Glass head pins
4) Thimble, if you use one

Everything else will be provided in your kit!

Education
If you are attending the Stitcher's Playhouse class on the Emmaline dress and have any additional questoins, please contact Amy Johnson.

Show and Share
As usual, please send me pictures of your garments or anything you'd like to share!

Here are DiAnne's precious great nieces in their darling birthday dresses!

See you all on Tuesday night! 

March 2013

Our March meeting will be Tuesday March 12th at 7:00pm. We will meet at Holiday Ham at 5:30pm for dinner. Everyone is welcome, please join us!

Wee Care
Please bring any finished gowns and be prepared to take some more! We are always in need of more gowns!

Program
This month's program will be a smocked cupcake pincushion. This is a darling project that will be taught by Judy Potter. Please bring the following:

• Scissors
• Smocking needle
• White thread

Education
We are excited to announce the project for the Stitcher's Playhouse class! We will be doing the Emmaline dress from Violette Field Threds (violettefieldsthreads.com). The first 6 people signed up and ready at our March meeting to pay for the course will be admitted.

The class cost is $42.50 PLUS the cost of fabric, pattern and supplies available at stitcher's playhouse. The dress is pictured in a Chevron fabric that is available if you'd like. The Emmaline dress is for Sizes 2-10.

The current signup is:
1. Amy Johnson
2. Dianne Holmes (?, I can't read last name)
3. Glynda Whitlow
4. DiAnne Drennan
5. Virginia Goodwyn Gray *if*
6. Debbie Clark
7. Diane Morris
8. Regina Sanford

Please make your checks payable to Stitcher's Playhouse and we will collect them at our meeting. Again, the first six to pay will be selected for the course! Hotel information will be available at the meeting.

See you all on Tuesday!

February 2013

Our February Meeting will be Tuesday, February 12 at 7:00pm. We will meet at Holiday Ham at 5:30pm for dinner. Everyone is welcome, please join us!

Program
Our program this month will be "A Day in the Life of a WeeCare Gown".

Wee Care
Please finish up any gowns you have and bring them in and be prepared to take some new ones home as we continue to fill orders and create a stockpile for orders to come.

Show and Share
Please send pictures of any garments or your loved ones wearing them to Laura Hill for the show and share section of our blog!

In the meantime... thanks for all of the sweet comments for Baby Girl Hill arriving this May! I'm afraid she is a little camera shy!

See you all on Tuesday!!

January 2013

Our January meeting with be Tuesday, January 8th at 7:00pm. We will meet at Holiday Ham at 5:30pm for our board meeting. Anyone is welcome to attend! 

Program

Dianne and Judy will share what they saw and learned at this year's convention! 

Education

We continue to search for the best options for our 2013 classes. We will keep you posted!

Wee Care

Please bring in your finished gowns and be prepared to take home new ones as we fill orders and build our stock pile! 

Show and Share

Here is Laura's daughter, Emily (middle) in her "Christmas" dress. This dress was started for Easter 2012 and just completed two days before Christmas!

And, here she is about an hour after putting it on.. She is now only in her slip (made from the Jeannie Baumeister class) after stepping on her hem and tearing the skirt completely from the entredeux at the yoke!

Oh well!

See you all on Tuesday night!