Our monthly meeting will be Tuesday, September 13 at 7:00
pm. All
are welcome! Please join us! Bring a friend! We will meet at McAllisters (just east of Holiday Ham) for dinner at 5:30. Our program will be
given by Amy Johnson – a fun night is planned!
VaP (Vivian and Phyllis) Vibes
Happy
September everyone! We are definitely
gearing up for the holiday season at Lace Cottage. Our September calendar has classes on the new
Children’s Corner patterns and we have lots of knit fabrics in the shop. We also have begun to receive the new
Christmas fabrics in the shop. I would
like to start my projects now so I am not rushing around at the last
minute. I just need a push form Vivian
to hold me accountable.
I am excited
to let everyone know that the date of November
5th has been booked for an outing to Whitney Hills Estate. Now we
just need ideas for our sewing project for the day- maybe a Christmas
project? Regina at Whitney Hills is
planning a very special lunch for us that day.
Mark your calendars! Hope
everyone can make it!
See you
Tuesday!
Phyllis
SAGA News Magazine – August 2016
Have you checked out the Chapter
Chatter? We are pictured on page 7, 2nd column, with our display at
the Germantown Library How To Festival last May. Thanks so much, Dianne, for
submitting our “chatter”. We look forward to more features, as well as a SAGA
Correspondent as a new officer in 2017. This will let others know we are an
active chapter with service to others!
Program:
Amy Johnson will present our
program. We will learn how to miter corners on a self binding blanket. Please bring a ruler, 12" minimum length, a pencil,
and paper scissors.
Wee
Care Gowns Workday– 4th Tuesday of Each Month from January – October
Mark your calendar! Our next Wee Care Workday (9:30 – 2:00)
will be Tuesday
September 27, 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. Many kudos to those working at our last
workday – Amy Johnson, Regina Sanford,
Glynda Whitlow, Jane Gross, Sarah Schwab and Susan Batson.
Wee Care Designs – please see the pdf
attached to your MASG email to download design suggestions from Amy Johnson.
Wee
Care Gowns Neckband Measurements (Inches):
Cut Finished
3ET 5 ¼ 4 3/4
2ET 5 ½ 5
ET 5 ¾ 5 1/4
T 6 ¼ 5 3/4
S 7 ½ 7
P 9 ½ 9
NB 11 10 1/2
0 – 3 11 ¾ 11 ¼
Show and Share:
Kristen Benjamin:
This helpful Bernina foot tip might be useful
in some our neck binding applications or quilt binding.
Susan Batson:
Please check your stash for 1 yard or ½ yard pieces of cotton
print, colorful fabric. Why? Our sewing ministry at Covenant UMC – Stitches
of Hope – is sewing smocks for the nannies at an orphanage in Haiti. One of our
church members regularly goes there for a week in mission. There are about 30
nannies who use 2 smocks per year. We have about 25 smocks to send next
week with her, but need to make many more smocks for her next mission trip in
January.
Please bring the fabric to our meeting,
or I can arrange to pick it up at Lace Cottage. Want to help us sew the smocks?
Just let me know and I’ll get you started!
Did you know:
Every Wednesday from 9:30 – 11:30 at Lord of Life Church we have a group of ladies who “sit and smock”?
They have been meeting many years, and Jane Soffos is the smocking guru/mentor
to answer your questions. This group is open to anyone who needs some
one-on-one time with smocking projects. Come join us!
Birthdays
Virginia - 4th
Kristen - 16th
Teresa - 17th
Carolyn - 18th
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!
(901) 308-1964
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See you Tuesday!
Susan
