Massachusetts
Celestial Stitchers Chapter - News
- At the November 13, 2008, meeting of the Celestial Stitchers Chapter elections for the 2009-2011 board were held with the following results: President, Hanka Robertson; Vice President & Membership Chair, Donna Andrews; Treasurer, Betty Berry; and Secretary, Judy Fallon.
- The winner of the 2008 “Corners” stitching challenge was Judy Shields who created a wonderful triptych on the Sleepy Hollow theme. Congratulations, Judy!
- Chapter membership remains stable at 24.
- Several members participated in the national “Stitch in Public” day at the Shrewsbury library on Wednesday, September 3 and again on the following Saturday. The library staff helped us set up near the front entrance and with a lovely display of their books on embroidery. There was quite a lot of public interest. We certainly plan to do this again in February, 2009.
- As our 2008 Outreach Project, several chapter members made “Napkin Nippers”, a small clip with an attached embroidered fob to keep a table napkin from sliding off a lap. We donated these to the Mt. Olive Lutheran Church for sale at their annual holiday bazaar. Many thanks go to Donna Andrews for the idea and for leading the program. If any other chapter is interested in the project, please contact Donna.
- We are enjoying our meeting place at the Mt. Olive Lutheran Church. The church fellowship room has been refurbished with new flooring, better lighting, paint, and a completely redone kitchen.
- The Chapter’s Executive Board will continue to determine chapter program offerings for 2009. We have found that our membership enjoys the EGA petite projects, especially since they allow us to explore embroidery techniques outside of our usual stitching and because they are quick to complete – no large additions to those pesky WIP’s so many of us have filling our closets. We are exploring having a larger program sometime in the Fall that would be open to all region EGA members.
--Hanka Robertson
