Lamplighters Chapter of EGA: September 2018 Meeting

The September Meeting was the first of our 2018-2019 year.

Business

This meeting was a Business Meeting. Minutes of the prior meeting were read and accepted. The Treasurer's Report was distributed and accepted.
Membership - Katie C. passed the duties of Membership Chair to Robin T. We thank Katie for the great job she did over her many years of service. We had 18 members present at the meeting.
Publicity - We will continue to use our Facebook Account to share information on Lamplighters. In addition, we use this blog (www.LamplightersEGA.blogspot.com) to share activities of our group. If we complete a group project, we will forward it to Regional for their newsletter.
Historian - Lynn B. will continue as our Historian and will maintain the existing scrapbooks. With the changes in social media and the addition of a Facebook page and the blog, Lynn will not be actively adding to the scrapbooks.
Regional - Marian shared information from Regional. As a group, we completed the survey and offered suggestions for programming, increase in income and decrease in expenses. She will share our thoughts with Regional.
Programming -

At the September and October meetings we will work as a group on the canvas work Christmas tree from the December 2017 edition of NeedleArts. Stitchers came prepared with their canvas marked and mounted on stretcher bars. Marian distributed the supplies and reviewed the instructions while offering some hints on the stitching.
November Meeting - November will be a finishing meeting. We will finish the Christmas Tree, the crazy quilt humbug, Christmas ornaments from Christmas in July. Members are encouraged to bring in a finishing technique that have accomplished as well as to bring in pieces they are looking for help in completing.
December - Annual Holiday Exchange. This year the exchange piece is any stitched needlework tool (pin keep, scissors fob, needle book biscournu, etc.) Members will bring in cookies and treats to share. More information will follow.
January - We will work on the boiled wool Cherry Tart project. Marian will lead the class. The project will not take both meetings but is scheduled over two meetings because of winter weather issues that may occur.
April - Annual Covered Dish Dinner -more information will follow
May - Membership dues will be do.
June - Sign ups are ongoing for the Red-White & Blue canvas piece. It is 7 by 7 and can be stitched on linen or canvas.
2020 - We are looking into having teacher Terri Bay come to Lamplighters for a 2-day class. The piece will be a whitework piece and we are still gathering information. You can see samples of Terri's designs in the June 2018 NeedleArts Magazine.
Stitchers Challenge - For 2018-2019 members were asked to select four projects from their stash. This projects could be WIP's or new. Members will number each project 1 to 4 and bring to the next monthly meeting. A number will be drawn at each meeting and your corresponding piece number will be what you focus on for that month. If you finished one in your rotation, you can just replace it with another piece. It is a great way to mix it up, to introduce some new projects an finish up some that have been hiding in your workbasket. We would like all members to add their progress each month to our Facebook page. Thank you Debra N. for coordinating this for us!

Newsletter - We will no long have a quarterly newsletter. After many years and many great newsletters, Charlotte is not able to continue. We thank her for all the timely, beautifully done, informative newsletters she has provided over the years. Charlotte will continue to forward all Regional and National notices

Show and Tell

There was a lot, a lot, a lot of stitching shared at this meeting.

Completed by Lynn B.

Award winning finished by Lynn B.

More from Lynn B.

Cube as seen above by Lynn B.

Sweetheart Tree Design stitched by BJ S. Class project Crazy Quilt Humbug and White House stocking by BJ S. also

Canvas work, stained glass by BJ S.

Above, Hands On Design, Squarology by BJ S. And below, two stitched ribbon candies, stitched on perforated paper from our Christmas in July this year. BJ S.

Beautiful blackwork piece that was part of a Round Robin, Lynn B.

Sunshine on a Stem by Hands On Design, stitched and finished by Robin T.

Drawn Thread stitched by Stacy S.

Stitched by Stacy S.

Love and Wisdom by Drawn Thread, stitched by Stacy S.

I forget the designer but this was stitched by Lynn B.

A class piece from Celebrations of Needlework in Nashua New Hampshire, stitched by Pat L.

Smalls from Olde Colonial Designs, stitched by Pat L.

Halloween Quaker from Lila's Studios, stitched by Pat L.

Books of Spells, from the Good Huswif, stitched by Pat L.

Older piece that Pat L. pulled from her work basket and finished. Beautiful piece we are glad to found and completed.

Eleanor Parr sampler that Pat L. stitched and had a vision for. She sent this to Rensel Studios in Utah to have them turn the stitching into a mat for a mirror. A special granddaughter has this coming her way.

A box of chocolates by Linda W. These were taught in our June meeting.
Below, some Christmas ornaments from Christmas in July, a Crazy Quilt humbug and a beaded name tag by Linda W.