Memphis Area Smocking Guild: June, 2015

This Month’s Meeting

Our monthly meeting will be Tuesday, June 9 at 7:00 pm. We will meet at Panera for dinner at 5:30. All are welcome! Please join us!

Kit’s Korner

Hello Friends!

This month's Kit's Korner is somewhat bittersweet for me. As most of you know by now, Lace Cottage is closing at the end of June. This has been a 15 1/2 year endeavor between lots of people. When my sister Diane and I opened Lace Cottage in 1999, there were several Smocking shops to choose from. Today there is basically just one and that is Lace Cottage. It saddens me to think there will be nowhere for us to go and visit, touch, look and just simply enjoy the ambience of a Smocking shop!

Something about sharing your projects with like-minded people, whether you even know them or not, is so gratifying. Many, many times, I have stood working in the shop and a new sewer had received praise and ideas from an experienced sewer, just standing side by side ready to check out! I will miss that kind of mentorship. I will miss not seeing the customers as often, helping them through their ideas and projects. But most of all, I will miss the routine and friendships that Lace Cottage forged, a reason to stay involved!

Thank you for allowing me this bit of self-indulgence- SEW ON!!

P. S. Lace Cottage Sale……..fabric 30%, lace 25%

Program and Refreshments

Our program will be provided by Marty and refreshments will be provided by DiAnne.

For Marty’s program she will be making a baby bonnet. It will be a demonstration session, so be sure to bring your notebook to take good notes from the discussion!

You can also 1) bring your sewing machine with basic sewing kit and make the bonnet at our meeting or 2) take the instructions and try it at home. She will have one made up to show the finished bonnet and then go thru the steps with us.

Materials and Supplies

14" X 8-1/2" Bastiste 100% cotton or synthetic fabric
46 inches of 3/8" wide satin ribbon
36 inches of 1/2" wide satin ribbon
Embroidery thread to match fabric
Spray starch
60 weight thread to match fabric
Wing needle

September Program – Special Request

Please start saving selvages for a program Debbie doing in September. More information to come.

Wee Care Gowns – 4^th Tuesday of Each Month from January – October

Please bring in any finished Wee Care gowns and be prepared to take home some new ones! Our next Wee Care workday at Lord of Life Lutheran Church (Poplar Pike) will be Tuesday, June 23 from 9:30 – 2:00.

If you can come for all or part of the day, it would be a great help. We need folks to bring sewing machines to sew the outfits that have been pinned.

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Thanks for this cartoon, Amy! So true!