Welcome to LMSG!

The Lake Michigan Sampler Guild is a non-profit organization of enthusiastic needlework lovers. If you like antique needlework, want to learn more about samplers or love to stitch, then join the Lake Michigan Sampler Guild! We invite you to be a guest at our next meeting. Come and meet others who share your love of stitching and samplers.
 
January Meeting

Please join us for our January meeting at the Glen Ellyn Library on Sunday, January 11th, at 1:30.  Make sure to bring your completed Stitcher's Challenge piece from 2008 for show and tell. You'll have the opportunity to complete a contract for what you want to accomplish in 2009. Contract forms are now available online. Read more...

 
2009 Schedule

Sampler pictureThe schedule for 2009 is now available. Check out the exciting events that we have planned! In June, Margriet Hogue will present Abigail Davis, a sampler from Gloucester County, New Jersey dated 1820. Details and pictures are now available. Barbara Jackson will teach a workshop in September. Details and pictures will be available soon.

 
Hornbook Project
Picture of hornbooksOur March 2009 program will be a Hornbook project from Ellen Chester of With My Needle. More information on the project, including a picture is now available. The deadline to sign up for the project is our January meeting.Read more...
 
Membership Renewals
It's time to renew your membership for 2009. If you have never been a member before, it's also a great time to join for the first time. Don't miss any of the great programs that LMSG has planned for the coming year, send in your dues today! Read more...
 
December Meeting Highlights

Happy Holidays! Our 2008 holiday party was a complete success! The food was abundant, the company was great and the ornaments were wonderful. Check out the pictures and see for yourself! There were also several items for show and tell.

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New Officers
We would like to thank the outgoing officers for the work they have done over the past two years: Katie Simmer (President), Joyce Reid (Treasurer) and Carol Schaal (Program Chair). Congratulations to our new officers: Joyce Reid (President), Susan Balsai (Treasurer) and Lynn McVey (Assistant Program Chair).