| Date/Time: | 09/15/2002 1:30 - 4:00 | | Type: | General Meeting | | Location: | Glen Ellyn Library | | Teacher: | LMSG-Roberta Siegel |
This is our Welcome Back and Garage Sale meeting. So look through your stash to make some cash! All needlework related items are welcome in the sale including books, charts, finished items, unfinished items--whatever. It is traditional to donate 10% of your profit to the LMSG because we are a non-profit organization.
The September meeting is the only time you can sign up in person for the October birthday present from the Guild to you. If you cannot make the Sept. meeting, let Roberta know that you want to participate in the October meeting. Highlights 
We had a great time at our "welcome back" meeting. We had many items for sale including books, charts, kits, magazines and more..
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How many of you went home with more than you came with??? We thought the idea was to reduce the size of your stash, not to increase it! | |
|  Kathy Joassin did a presentation on silk and gold. We learned that gold thread was created by beating the gold and drawing it thru holes to create a fine wire. The wire was cut into strands and then woven in and out of fabric. This was a practice that was continued through medieval times. Unfortunately, in later years, this cloth was burned to recover the gold.
Early gold work was pure gold. Later, it was discovered that gold could be layered over silver. Kathy said that there was been no pure gold work done for 500 years.
| Today, there are two general categories of "metal thread", modern synthetic fibers that are polyester (or some other synthetic) and threads that are made from real metal. The real metal threads can be broken down into two types: either coiled metal strands with a hollow core or very thin metal strands wound around what is usually a silk core. The coiled hollow core metal threads can be couched or cut and used like beads. Metal thread can have several threads twisted together to form a thicker strand. Thicker threads may be couched down where as thinner ones may be used as thread. The metal thread must be handled with care so that the twists are not stretched out which ruins the thread.
|  Kathy showed us several examples of gold work from modern pieces that her daughter stitched to antique Indian collars from the 1920's. Kathy brought her metallic and silk thread samples so we could take a closer look at the variety of threads available on the market today. Thanks to Kathy for sharing her knowledge about silk and gold threads with us! Her presentation was very interesting and informative. | |
| | Many members brought projects for show and tell. Some of our members shared projects that won ribbons this year. Congratulations! Other member showed us completed projects that proved some of us did some stitching over the summer! Click on any of the pictures below to see a larger image.
| | Kathy Joassin was the first to complete the 2002 guild project, a Scottish Spot Motif Sampler. Those of us who have started this project were especially impressed because we know how challenging it is. Will she be the only one to finish? Share your progress on the 2002 project at the next meeting!  |  | | |
| | Leslie Lewis finished the "Practical Sampler" by Eileen Bennett.  | Sue Hamer stitched this project from a Pam Dotta workshop. And it's reversible!   | | |
| | Carol Schaal brought in a Dresden Lace Pillow that took a 2nd at Rockome.  | Sue Hamer completed the Katherine Jones sampler taught at a Joanne Harvey workshop.  | | |
| | Judy Roubick stitched this sampler titled "Wisdom" which won a 3rd place at Rockome and a ribbon at the Illinois State Fair.  | | Janet Zak stitched this sampler from a 1995 issue of Just Cross Stitch magazine.  | | |
Congratulations also go to Cheryl Dixon who won two awards at Rockome: a second in the Christmas category for a cross stitch Santa and a third in miscellaneous category.
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