March, 2016

Our monthly meeting will be Tuesday, March 8th at 7:00 pm. All are welcome! Please join us! Bring a friend! We will meet at Holiday Ham for dinner at 5:30. Judy Potter will have our program.

Program:

Judy will teach Introduction to Italian Smocking.  Please bring your favorite smocking needle, a skein of white DMC floss (either the regular white or the new bright white), small scissors to cut the floss, and a measuring tape. Also bring the Australian Smocking and Embroidery Issue 58, if you have it.  It has smocked pillow cases using the Italian smocking that she will teach.  She will supply the pleated fabric and directions.

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

Mark your calendar! Our next Wee Care Workday (9:30 – 2:00) will be March 22, 2016 at Lord of Life Lutheran Church (Poplar Pike). Please make plans to 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.  

Show and Share:

Virginia – more doll projects!

DiAnne –She made this for Hazel, size 10. (She thinks it runs big.)  

Birthdays
Chris Dupuis – March 1 

Phyllis Knose – March 2

Dianne Morris – March 17

Glynda Whitlow – March 24 

Vickie Thompson – March 29

Media Reminders:

Memphis Area Smocking Guild Group - Facebook.  Be sure to Join and follow the latest news from our members and other interested smockers and sewers!

Lace Cottage – Join and Share on Facebook! Classes are available at a variety of days/times!

2024 Exeter Suite 1

Germantown, Tennessee

(901) 308-1964

Sew Classic For Children – Facebook - Sew Classic for Children is a group for all levels of sewing children's clothing. We love classic, tailored and heirloom designs. Share your Children's Corner Pattern creations along with your comments. In addition we are delighted to answer questions.

Classic Sewing Magazine Group - Facebook…..Classic Sewing will have 132 pages of glorious sewing ideas, patterns, tips, techniques and will include at least two full size patterns in each quarterly issue. The magazine will feature heirloom and everyday sewing projects to delight the most discriminating sewist. Patterns will come in a separate envelope along with the magazine. No more tearing out pattern sections……all of the patterns will be easy to read and store! Unlike anything you have seen before, Classic Sewing will feature designs from top designers in the industry. There is something fabulous for everyone in the magazine.

Subscriptions now available.

See you Tuesday!

Susan