Annual Banquet on June 15, it will be held at Carnegie Café at The Maplewood Inn. Arrival time is at 5:30 p.m. and dinner is at 6 p.m. The cost is $30. If you need a ride, please ask another member to pick you up. We will have our Installation of Officers, Billie Awards and time for chatting.

Billie Awards

At our June Banquet a table will be set up for your embroidery pieces you have been working on this past year. If not finished, please add “the last stitch”. We are anxious to see your fine work and congratulate you.

Dinner Menu:

Harvest Crudite Platter
Mandarin Orange and Raspberry Mixed Greens Salad with Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette
Freshly Baked Chevernet Rolls with Butter Rosettes and Virgin Olive Oil
Choice of:
Chicken Francais with Carnegie Potato and fruit garnish—OR
Tuscan Buttercrumb Haddock atop Tuscan Greens with Grilled Vegetables—OR
Grilled London Broil with Asparagus Demi Glace and Carnegie Potatoes.
Dessert: Assorted Cheesecake
Coffee, Tea, Soda, Water

At our Spring Fling, members brought their pieces for the Kidney challenge. Select the Kidney Challenge page at left under Needle Art Gallery or follow this link.

We will continue with the Hidden Hearts project. Share what you have stitched and bring questions if you have them. A few of our stitchers have completed their project. Please bring your completed project for all to see.

Our needle work display is up in the Manlius Library and it’s lovely. It’s amazing how many items we were able to put in such a small space. All of the Kidney Challenge pieces are included. There are two completed Hidden  Hearts. One of our members allowed us to show off her completed Raspberry Truffle pin cushion…sitting next to a partial completed one and an attempt to do one berry. The kit for the acorn biscornu is there along with two completed  biscornus. There’s quite a variety of really great works from our needles!

You can see exhibit at the Manlius Public Library (1 Arkie Albanese Ave, Manlius, NY) throughout the month of May.

Outreach Project – led by jeanette Shorney

We will again be making the drawstring bags for the Department of Social Services to be used when they go into a home and remove a child from a very difficult situation. Read the rest of this entry »

The March project is a mystery no longer. Actually, it was a mystery only because it was not designed yet!! Starting in
March, we will be working on a Hardanger Medallion that will include at least four different types of filling stitches. The medallion can be used as part of a sampler or a stand-alone piece, or can be repeated for a larger piece, such as a border for a table runner. Read the rest of this entry »

We will continue with the Hidden Hearts project. Share what you have stitched and bring questions if you have them. The December 2008 Needle Arts magazine has Block 3A and the March 2009 Needle Arts magazine have Blocks 3B and 2B. Others to follow in future postings.

Both groups will begin the Hidden Hearts project. You will need all four issues of NeedleArts Magazine: December 2008, March 2009, June 2009 and September 2009. Please contact Fran O’Donnell if you do not have all four issues. A materials list is in the magazine as is a Master Chart. Feel free to choose your own colors and either 24 count Congress cloth (8″ x 10″) or 18 count mono canvas (10″ x 12″). Since the list of alternatives for the threads is long, please contact Jill or Bobbi for a printed list that also includes a master chart on the reverse side.

will be our holiday parties. If you want to participate in the gift exchange, please bring a wrapped stitched gift.

Evening meeting will be on Tues. 12/15 at our usual meeting location. Dinner will be catered by Michael Fitzgerald.

Day meeting will be on Wed. 12/16 at our usual meeting place. Julie RImel will talk about the The Twelve Days of Christmas. Lunch will be at the Manlius Senior Center. Bring homemade Christmas cookies and we will have a cookie exchange at the end.

See more details in the December newsletter.

Have a safe and merry holiday celebration!