March meeting moved to the 26th

Monday, March 26, 2012, 7:00 p.m.

 Third Presbyterian Church
1315 E. Washington Street

New Castle, PA 16101

Dinner is 5:30 p.m. at Pagley's Restaurant

1235 E. Washington St. New Castle

about a block from the Church

1. For March only - the regular third Monday meeting night has been moved to Monday, March 26, 2012. (The fourth Monday.) 

2. If the parking lot at the Church is crowded, there is a parking lot across the street from the back entrance that we can use. There are other meetings scheduled at the church that night.

3. Sue will host the stitch-ins at her house on the first, second, and third Mondays in March. Those of us who go really appreciate the night out.

4. The Region seminar is in early May. We will be doing an opportunity basket. We get ½ the proceeds from our basket. The theme for the basket is "seasons". Sue Sizer will be putting the basket together for us. Sue will be accepting donations for the basket, such as threads, patterns, materials, that represent any of the four seasons. Get your donations to Sue in time for her to put the basket together.

5. We are participating in the Arts Fest, on Memorial Day weekend. We will be at Cascade Park, inside the Carousel. I will be looking for volunteers to help man the booth on Saturday and Sunday, May 26 & 27. We will have a small table, so we will not need a lot of items to display, but we will certainly put out anything we have. We will also have our postcards and brochures. More details as I get them.

6. The picnic will be the usual third Monday in June at Pearson Park. Jessie has "volunteered" to be in charge. More details to follow.

7. Don't forget that dues will be due by the end of May. Contact Jean to see what you owe since some get a reduction for selling tickets.

8. Remember when we sent Region 4 suggested correspondence courses? Well, none of ours was listed. If you are interested, the first is Beginning Hardanger.

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Monday, February 20 Meeting

5:30 PM dinner at Lanigan's
East Washington St., New Castle

Regular meeting at 7:00 p.m. at Third UP Church

Project is a darning sampler taught by Sue Sizer.

Bring one solid color of floss and regular stitching supplies.

Supplied is a 12 X 10 inch piece of either linen or aida cloth.

See you there .....

Lotsa Pics!

I've been tardy for sometime now and intending to take pictures at our meetings but I kept forgetting.  So to make it up, here are  pics of our current WIP's.  I hope you enjoy them.

To begin, our group has been busy stitching bookmarks for the New Castle Public Library's 100th anniversary:

One last bookmark getting it's final stitches:

Toccata 3's in progress:

Bunny Garden's in progress:

Stumpwork in progress:

Halloween in progress:

And 'I forgot to find out what the name of this piece is' in progress:

Lotsa yummy stuff ....

and I'm talking food here.  We had a great picnic/dinner meeting on June 21st.  The food was absolutely yummy.  The garage sale was fun.  And everyone had a good time.

Our next meeting will be on July 19th at 7 pm.  The project for the night will be finishing techniques for the library book marks.  Be sure to bring thread, needle and either a finished bookmark (or more) or a scrap piece of aida/evenweave with which to practice.  Several techniques will be taught.  We're looking for fast and easy finishing techniques so if you have a suggestion, be sure to mention it.

See you in July ......

Our Booth at the New Castle Arts Festival

Our Chapter participated in the first annual New Castle Arts Festival held on May 30th in beautiful downtown New Castle, Pennsylvania.  The weather was sunny, dry and warm with a nice breeze -- perfect for the event. 

Members brought some of their favorite pieces to display.  There were samples of  gold work, cross stitch, canvas work, hardanger, and other techniques for the festival attendees to view. 

 A BIG "Thank You!" to DMC for generously donating little beginner cross stitch kits for us to hand out and teach anyone interested in learning.

Enjoy the pics and thanks for stopping by ......

New Castle Arts Festival

We will be participating in the first New Castle Arts Festival to be held on Saturday, May 29th from 11 am to 9 pm.  The festival will be at Riverwalk in downtown New Castle.  It should be a fun time.

There is a change in this year's picninc.  Due to the price increase at the park, we will be having our picnic at the Church this year.  It begins at 6 pm on June 21st.  The main course will be meatball sandwiches and everyone will bring something.  Don't forget to bring your own place setting, beverages and penny's for the games.  We will be having our annual garage sale, so bring stitching-related stuff you want to sell.

In July we will be taking a break from Toccata to learn a finishing technique for the Library's 100 year anniversary bookmarks.  Bring a finished bookmark or scrap piece to practice on.

Happy Stitching!

January Meeting

Our next meeting will be Monday, January 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the Third United Presbyterian Church.  Dinner before the meeting will be 5:30 p.m. at Lanigan's Irish Pub (136 E Washington St, New Castle PA  16101).

STITCH IN PUBLIC DAY

Saturday, February 6, 2010

10 am to 2 pm
New Castle Public Library

Every Stitcher, whatever persuasion, is invited to participate. 

Since it is the library's 100th Anniversary, bring something old you would like to display that day.