Vermont
Green Mountain Chapter meets the second Wednesday of the month from 9:30 to 3. Meeting place is The South Burlington Senior Center, The Pines, Aspen Drive South Burlington, VT. If interested in attending, please contact Nicole Cahlander (802) 999-8518 or Green Mountain Chapter.
Past Programs:
December 14: Holiday Luncheon, Cookie Exchange and Ornament Exchange was enjoyed by all
January 11, 2012: Making NER Seminar Favors, Diana Snyder. Everyone worked and brought home favors to complete. We have over 50 completed so will require only one more work session.
February 14 Stitch-In
March 14 Barbara Guthel taught Swedish Weaving on a huck towel. Every member plus two guests participated. At the business meeting a survey was done to help determine future programs giving our program chairman several ideas.June 13 Luncheon at Lorraine Pierce’s home.
Upcoming Programs: Contact is: Nicole Cahlander, Program Chairman e-mail ncahlander@yahoo.com
April 11 Canvas Maple Leaf from Needle Arts, N. Cahlander and C. Pawlowski
May 9, Stitch-in and Field Trip to Stowe (date may change)
June 13 Luncheon at Lorraine Pierce’s home.
Membership: Membership has increased to 24. Our latest two members are the results of a library stitch in and seeing an meeting notice in a local paper. Two guests at meetings plan on joining—one the results of the EGA website and the other a local paper notice. Our new membership chairman reported that she sends notices to over 25 local media (papers, TV and radio.) One of our members moved and via the EGA list, she was able to find a chapter near her in Wisconsin plus a member in her new home town!
Outreach: Habitat for Humanity Samplers: Lorraine Pierce, Outreach Chairman distributed one more sampler. She noted another is completed and will soon in a new home..Stitch-ins: Three Summer stitch-ins have been planned for local libraries and members are busy stitching bookmarks to distribute.
Youth Classes: Two embroidery classes have been planned with the Shelburne Museum for their summer camps. Both have 15 participants ages 8-10. One is for the Creative Lab for Fiber Arts Day. The participants will have previously had a Photography Day and will select one of the photos they have taken. It will be transferred to fabric and then embellished with embroidery stitches. The second camp is Time Travelers and the youth will first view samplers at the museum and then stitch their own selecting a motif or motifs, found on the samplers and adding letters and the date..
--Diana Snyder