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2001 PROGRAMS January 20 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. "Watercolour Tapestry Encore" February 17 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Stitch Studio (bring in any piece to work on. If you have questions on your piece, members will be able to assist you and give you guidance). Also Stitcher’s Flea Market (bring in your unwanted threads, stash, charts, kits, yarn, fabric that you don’t want and sell it. You keep half the money and the chapter receives the other half). March 17 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Jane Zimmerman’s "Silk ‘n Shimmer" April 21 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Jane Zimmerman’s "Silk ‘n Shimmer" May 19 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Bring a Child Day (please RSVP with the coupon located in the newsletter, so that we will have enough kits for our young students). June 16 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Annual Meeting and Luncheon Bring a friend, completed pieces to display and a food dish. (please RSVP with coupon) September 15 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Gay Ann Roger’s "Mystery Sampler #3: Glittering Diamonds" October 20 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Susan Johnson’s "English Garden Folly" November 17 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Gay Ann Roger’s "Mystery Sampler #3: Glittering Diamonds"
Message from the President Dear Members, Another year has gone by and we are starting a new millennium. I hope that 2000 has been a good one for you and are looking forward to the adventures that 2001 will bring. We have a new meeting place: Alexander Hamilton High School in Elmsford, NY. There are directions and a map in this issue. We are very excited by this and hope that this place will be our permanent home. We are also trying to make Stitch-Ins available to all. We will be having Sunday afternoon stitch-ins at members’ homes and Tuesday/Thursday evening stitch-ins at the Greenburgh Library. In February, we are having a Stitch Studio where you can bring whatever you are having difficulties with and the members will help you out. It’s also time to clean out those closets, drawers, under the bed and wherever else we hide our stash. We are having a Stitcher’s Flea Market in February, too. This will be a small fundraiser for us. Details are inside this newsletter. We are starting a new project, Jane Zimmerman’s "Silk ‘n Shimmer" in March. Your children and friends’ children will be invited to join our group in April in "Bring your Children" day. Please fill out the coupon and let us know how many youngsters are coming so we can put together enough kits. We’ll be ending up in June with our annual meeting and luncheon. Best wishes to all for a happy, healthy new year! Marietta
Officers of the Westchester Needle Artists Guild President: Marietta Douglas mlette_97@yahoo.com Vice President: Ruth Rosenthal RFR1@worldnet.att.net Hospitality: Renee Farber Creweladyxx@aol.com Susan Sutherland SAS1065@aol.comSecretary: Gaby Nieves Jimmygaby@aol.com Newsletter: Marietta Douglas mlette_97@yahoo.com Membership: (Marilyn Klein-on temporary leave) Barbara Geist Boat-1@webtv.net Barbara Geist Boat-1@webtv.net Workshops and Programs: Susan Sutherland SAS1065@aol.com Librarian: Gloria Lewscha Gjl143@aol.com
A Message from your Programs Person Dear Fellow Members, We are all very excited about having a new meeting place. I have made up posters and brochures and I will be hanging them in local train stations. I would appreciate any help in distributing our posters/brochures. We are also working on a field trip to the Hubers in Connecticut. They have volunteered to give a lecture to us on samplers. We have also contacted Wyndham Needleworks in Easton, Connecticut about a possible overnight stay and needlework buying fringe. The cost would be $20 a person for one night, if we get 10 people to go. You would get a continental breakfast and Lydia has sent me a few tourism booklets of the area. I’m also going to be working on some more stitch-ins at Barnes and Nobel and some outreach programs at Gilda’s House in White Plains. Gaby and I also saw a wonderful project that another chapter was working on, called "English Garden Folly." It is really lovely, and I’ll have the color booklet to show you in January. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please let me know. - Susan
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JUNE LUNCHEON
June 16, 2001
Deadline: May 1, 2001
NAME:___________________________________________________ ______Yes, I will be attending I will be bringing ________ guests I WILL BE BRINGING: _____ Dessert _____ Soda/Juice _______________________________________ ______Luncheon Item _______________________________________ Mail to: SAS1065@aol.com
ENGLISH GARDEN FOLLY
By Susan Johnson of SJ Designs Color booklet and large pull out chart
(October Meeting)
$20
Deadline to order: August 1, 2001 NAME:______________________________________________ Mail to: SAS1065@aol.com Make checks payable to: Westchester Needle Artists
BRING A CHILD PROGRAM May 19, 2001
Deadline: April 15, 2001 NAME:______________________________________________ HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE YOU BRINGING?__________ WHAT ARE THEIR AGES AND SEX?_____,______,_______ Mail to: SAS1065@aol.com
MYSTERY SAMPLER #3 GLITTERING DIAMONDS By Gay Ann Rogers
(September and November Meeting)
Cost $18
Deadline to order: March 15, 2001 NAME:______________________________________________ Mail to: SAS1065@aol.com Make checks payable to: Westchester Needle Artists
WINTER/SPRING STITCH-INS SUNDAY STITCH-INS (1-4 p.m.) January 7 Gaby’s house Greenburgh Library, Periodical section February 4 Ruth’s house March 4 Gaby’s house April 1 Ruth’s house May 6 Gaby’s house June 3 Sheila’s house TUESDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT STITCH-INS (6:45-8:45 p.m.) Tuesday Thursday 1/23 1/11 2/27 2/8 3/27 3/8 4/24 4/12 5/22 5/10 6/26 6/1 **Directions on last couple of pages**
NEWS AND NOTES STITCH STUDIO Do you have a project that you haven’t finished because you don’t quite know how to do it? In February, we will have a meeting where you can bring in any needlepoint piece that you are working on which you have trouble with. Some of our members are very experienced and will show you what to do. If you don’t have any problems, bring your own work to stitch and help the rest of us out! STITCHER’S FLEA MARKET Do you have stash hidden under your bed, in your closet, in the dresser, behind the dresser, in the guest room, or some other secret place? Do you really want to keep all of it, or would you like some of it to find a happy home where it will be well looked after? If you have unwanted threads, charts, kits, canvas, linen, books, yarn, or fabric that you don’t really want any more but haven’t the heart to throw out, bring it to the February meeting. You can sell it! You set the price on your own items. In return, we ask that you donate half of your money that you’ve collected to our chapter. This will help defray the cost of our meeting space. BRING A CHILD DAY Do you have a child, grandchild, young relative or friend’s kids that would like to learn how to stitch? At our May meeting, we will be inviting our young friends to join us on the adventure of learning how to stitch. Boys are as welcome as girls, and there will be at least one. Please make sure you fill out the coupon in this newsletter and send it in so we know how many kits we need to make. I hope many of you will take this opportunity to preserve our art form and help teach the next generation. (R.S.V.P. by April 15) ANNUAL MEETING AND LUNCHEON We will celebrate the beginning of summer with our annual meeting and luncheon at our June meeting. Please invite your friends to come and join the fun! We will be asking you to bring in your completed projects for display and see if anyone has finished any of their 20th century unfinished projects. We would also like to ask you to bring in a covered dish or beverage. Please fill out the coupon in this newsletter and mail it to Susan. (R.S.V.P. by May 1) NEW PROJECTS FOR THE FALL It is hard to believe that we already have to be thinking about our fall 2001 programs. We have chosen 2 projects that we think you’ll enjoy: Gay Ann Roger’s 3rd Mystery Sampler "Glittering Diamonds" and Susan Johnson’s "English Garden Folly." If you’d like to work on these next fall it is important that you sign up for them NOW. Coupons are in this newsletter. (Deadlines: Mystery – March 15, English Garden Folly – Aug.1) LIGHTHOUSE ORNAMENTS This year we will be making ornaments for the tree at Seminar. Unlike previous years, this year we will have a theme of Lighthouses. If you are looking for lighthouse designs, you can do a search at: http://www.allstitchedup.com/index.lasso Each chapter should be donating 5 ornaments and we appreciate your time and effort.
NEW MEMBERS Please welcome our newest member: Kathryn Harlfinger MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS Marilyn Klein is on temporary leave from her duties in membership. Please send your renewals to Barbara Geist at least 8 weeks before your membership expires. How do you know when your membership is up? Check the mailing label of your NP magazine. If you are a plural member with our chapter and don’t know when your dues are up, please ask. WNA’s LIBRARY If you have any needlework books or magazines that you don’t want/need any more, we are accepting donations for our library. We received 2 books at the last meeting. Come and see what we have! PLEASE PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS: Next time you need some supplies, canvases, or charts, please shop at these stores: Thistle Needleworks (Glastonbury, CT), Goldman's Yarns (Hartsdale, NY), Mrs. Stitches (Mendham, NJ), Deer Hill Farm Cross Stitching (Hyde Park, NY) and Silver Needle (Chappaqua, NY). Make sure you tell them you belong to the Westchester Needle Artists. EXHIBITS Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (5th Ave. and 89th St., NYC) "Giorgio Armani" – More than 400 garments. Through 1/17. Fashion Institute of Technology (7th Ave. and 28th St., NYC) "Perry Ellis" – 14 outfits "A Woman’s Hand: Designing Textiles in America, 1945-1969" – Works by more than 40 designers. Both through 1/13. "Bonnie Cashin, Practical Dreamer" - More than 100 designs, including childhood and professional sketches" Through 1/6. Jewish Museum (593 Broadway, NYC) "Morocco: Jews and Art in a Muslim Land." More than 180 objects, including jewelry. Through 2/11. Whitney Museum (Madison Ave. and 75th St., NYC) "Edward Steichen" A retrospective of the photographer’s work, including his efforts as a painter and a designer of textiles. Through 2/4. The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (5th Ave. and 82nd St., NYC) "Curios and Treasures" - Garments and accessories. Through 1/21.
DIRECTIONS OUR NEW MEETING LOCATION Alexander Hamilton High School 98 S. Goodwin Ave, Elmsford, NY 10523-3711 Phone: (914)592-8440 Route 287 Westbound Go past Wendy’s on right. You will pass the expressway on your left. At the light, take a LEFT onto E. Main St. (Rte. 119). Drive up the hill. You will pass a few lights. You will pass the Bank of NY on your right, a flower and a camera shop on your right and a church on your left. Take a RIGHT onto Hartsdale Rd. (which will be at a traffic light). Just up the hill, take a RIGHT onto South Goodwin Ave. The High School is at the end. We are meeting in the Cafeteria, which is the side entrance. Route 287 Eastbound At the fork go RIGHT, but get into the LEFT lane and make a LEFT onto Rte. 119. (Left at the fork is the Saw Mill River Pkwy.) You will pass a gas station on you right and you will come to the intersection of Rte. 119 and Rte. 9A. Keep driving straight up the hill. You will pass the Bank of NY on your right, a flower and a camera shop on your right and a church on your left. Take a RIGHT onto Hartsdale Rd. (which will be at a traffic light). Just up the hill, take a RIGHT onto South Goodwin Ave. The High School is at the end. We are meeting in the Cafeteria, which is the side entrance.
SUNDAY STITCH-INS (1-4 p.m.) (please R.S.V.P. if you are going) Directions to Gaby Nieves’ house (Jan. 7, Mar.4, May 6): Directions to Ruth Rosenthal’s house (Feb. 4, Apr. 1,) :
TUESDAY/THURSDAY STITCH-INS (6:45-8:45 P.M.) Directions to Greenburgh Library (1/11, 1/23, 2/8, 2/27, 3/8, 3/27, 4/12, 4/24, 5/10, 5/22, 6/14, 6/26): 300 Tarrytown Rd., White Plains, NY (914) 993-1600 I287 (NY) to exit 4. Traveling east, make a RIGHT. Traveling west, make a LEFT. Make a RIGHT at the light onto Rte. 119. Library is almost immediately on your LEFT.
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