We had a great January meeting and if you missed it, you missed something special. We currently have 36 members - which includes one new members since our January meeting.
President Joan welcomed everyone. Joan thanked all who helped with the decorating the Woodstown Library’s Christmas Tree.
Group Correspondence Course - Joan is working on the paperwork for National for the Group Correspondence Course. Watch for the email she will be sending to those who are participating in the course. 
Nominating Committee - Joan asked for volunteers to serve on the Nominating Committee. If you would like to be on the Committee, please let Joan know. A slate will need to be presented at our May Meeting with elections at the June meeting.
Regional Seminar - Sign ups for the Regional Seminar in Gettysburg, PA will close at the end of February. Check out the EGAUSA.org website.
President’s Challenge - Last January, Joan challenged all members to create a name tag in recognition of our 50th Anniversary. Members received some gold thread and were sent off with their thinking caps. Here are some of the name tags that were made. Marian Smith was the winner of a gift card chosen by a drawing of the names of those who participated.
2024 Contract Challenge - January ended our “Contracts” for 2024. Members made a contract with themselves to pledge to finish a project during the year. Thank you to Pat Lerch for coordinating this challenge. Stacy Stinson was the winner of the gift card drawing. We will not be doing a challenge in 2025.
Christmas in July - Linda is looking for project ideas and three volunteers to each teach a class in July.
Camp WannaStitch - Several members are attending Camp WannaStitch in Ocean City, Maryland later this month. Caryl Carthew will be taking the THaP class (Take Home a Project class) on behalf of Lamplighters and will return to teach it to our members.
Programming - For February, March, April and June, Caryl will teach us two stitches each month for the THaP Needlebook. This project will be teaching how to stitch on linen and will teach a series of new stitches. Once stitched, the project will be made into a needle book that will showcase your stitches on the outside cover. The cost will be $5 and linen will be provided. You will need to supply one skein of floss in whatever color you wish. You should also bring a 6-inch hoop to the meetings.
Show ‘n Tell - We had a good variety of finishes on display.
Harvest Friendship Biscournu by Caryl C
Program - Our program for the night was a display by Patrick Barron. Patrick is a member of Lamplighters, an ANG Chapter, Delaware Valley Historic Sampler Guild and other guilds. He is from Oxford, PA and has his our landscaping business. He enjoys the challenge of learning new needlework stitches and techniques and likes the meditative benefits from stitching encouraging us all to enjoy the stitch. He brought with him many of his unique finishes. He says he sees an object and it called to him to have something stitched on it. Many of the designs are of his own making. He was great with sharing his thought process and his many finishes.
Here are just some of the items she brought to share.
American Tapestry - Becky G shared information she received from Stefan Romero, Director of the America’s Tapestry. This project, America’s Tapestry, 13 Colonies, 13 Stories, 1 Nation is recruiting stitchers from the 13 original colonies to stitch on a panel that is representative of their state. The panels have been diesgned in collaboration with historical organizations from each of the original colonies and will be stitched over the next 18 months. Once completed, the Tapestry will be exhibited in prominent gallery spaces in 2026 and 2027. The historic advisor for New Jersey is the Passaic County Department of Cultural and Historical Affiars. Reaserach has been completed on the historic Dey Mansion that famously hosted Lafayette’s and Washington in 1780. Romerois recruiting stitchers from every state and is need of Delaware stitchers right now. Each state is also providing an institutional backer. Check out their website. https://americastapestry.com/
Robin shared information on a new cross stitch store in Dover, DE. It is Floss and Flame, 1023 Walker Road, Dover. They opened in November and their inventory is low but do offer a wide variety. They carry many of the popular designers (Heart in Hand, Liz Mathews, Kathy Barrick, Tiny Modernist, Primrose Cottage, Blue Flower, Blackbird, Prairie School, Rebel Stitcher and more). Owner, Jennifer, has a great supply of Classic Colorworks, Weeks Dye Works and DMC. She also has fabric in the popular counts and will cut to 1/4 and 1/2 yard sizes. The ‘flame’ part of the name comes from the hand poured candles she also has in the shop. Jennifer is glad to host ‘stitch ins’ at the shop. She just asks that you give her a days notice so she can have the tables set up.
I have included an updated Member Roster to reflect our newest member, Ruth Uhey. Ruth is from the Dover area of Delaware. She is a beautiful stitcher and makes lovely quilts as well as many other sewn objects. Ruth has a Flosstube channel and can be seen at. Spectrum Farms Needlework.
There were 17 in attendance and 3 attended by Zoom.
Next meeting - February 13, 2025 at 7 pm.
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