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Highlights
There were 21 people for the Sunday crewel workshop. We learned many different kinds of stitches and "Cherries for Cherie" was truly a wonderful introduction to the art of crewel. On Sunday, our president Joyce Reid started the meeting with a brief introduction and then continued with show and tell. Mary Ann gave an update on the status of the anniversary book, "Letter by Letter". The book is done! It has about 100 pages and contains charts with letters, numbers and motifs along with verses and a history of the guild. All orders must be in by Friday, September 18th, so that she can get a final count to have them printed before the October meeting. She is very excited and pleased with the way the book came out. Make sure you order yours before the deadline. This will be a one time printing, so order an extra as a gift for a friend! Contact Marilyn Vanover to order the book. Mary Ann Anderson brought "M. A. Tipper", a Bristol Orphanage sampler for show and tell. The sampler is very striking because it is quite large and stitched completely in red. This sampler was Mary Ann's inspiration for the "Letter by Letter" anniversary booklet. She also talked about a sampler that she finished by the Scarlet Letter, "Rachael Allen". Rachael is buried in a cemetery in Moline, Illinois. Mary Ann visited Rachael's grave this summer and brought her sampler along. We heard about Mary Ann's adventure and saw the pictures that were taken of her sampler and Rachael's tombstone. Carol Schaal showed us "Black and White", a small sampler she completed designed by Eileen Bennett. It had a simple black frame that was perfect for the piece. Marilyn Fettinger talked about "Mary Wigham", an Ackworth sampler that she is stitching from Needleprint. The chart can be downloaded from their website at www.needleprint.com. Marilyn Vanover reviewed the schedule for the rest of 2009. The October meeting will be at the Glen Ellyn Library and the November meeting will be at the Wheaton Community Center because the library is not available. Barbara Jackson presented our program, a slide show titled "Where Did They Get That?" on 17th and 18th century motifs. We saw pictures of motifs in old pattern books and pictures of the same motifs stitched on different pieces of needlework. She told us about Lady Brilliana Harley, a needleworker who lived during that time period and about the letters she wrote that mentioned needlework supplies. Many of the items in Barbara's slides were from the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection in England. The linen was covered with unrelated motifs with hardly any empty space. One museum official referred to this as "the horror of the empty space". We really enjoyed Barbara's slides and the stories she told. Please join us for for 11th anniversary party on October 11th. We'll meet at the Glen Ellyn Library at 1:30. See you there! Contact Marilyn Vanover to order your copy of the anniversary book, "Letter by Letter".
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