Stitcher’s - We met via Zoom in November. Following the short Business Meeting, those who had pre-registered for the Catherine Theron Class were re-directed to a separate Zoom link. The remainder stayed online for a Stitcher-in.
For December - we held our Annual Holiday Luncheon. Members brought covered dishes to share and the Guild provided sandwiches. Before we enjoyed the goodies, we had our Holiday Exchange. Participation is voluntary with the only requirements being your gift should be a sampler themed, small stitched piece. The exchange piece must include the Guild initials, your initials and the year. There is no advance sign up and last minute finishes often appear. Bring a gift, get a gift. What a bevy of beautiful stitched pieces. We had 16 participate in person and 2 participate via Zoom (exchanging between themselves by mail)
Feast your eyes on some of the exchange pieces. Our stitchers are very talented.
Guild updates and coming programs
JANUARY meeting will be by Zoom. We will be sharing all our Designer of the Year finishes. For 2025, Jeannette Douglas was our designer of the year. Please send pictures and details about your finishes to Susan H including the name of the pattern no later than Tuesday prior to the January meeting. Items don’t have to be fully finished by need to be fully stitched. We will also be sharing any stitching related Christmas gifts received.
FEBRUARY meeting will be by Zoom. We are not having a designer of the year for 2026. Instead we are encouraging stitchers to stitch patriotic pieces to commemorate our country’s 250th birthday.
Jennifer Richardson of Violets & Verses will be our guest speaker. She will be discussing a sampler stitched in 1776. Jennifer has charted it as originally stitched and then again in red white and blue. We will launch this as a year long SAL. Carol P will create a suggested stitching schedule. Details on purchasing the chart only or kitted have yet to be finalized.
For those who participating in the Catherine Theron class in November, the second session of the class will be following the Febraury Meeting.
MARCH meeting will be an in-person and Zoom meeting with Vicki Jennette of Needlework Press. She will be desiging a patriotic book. The project will be pre-stitched and finsihed in the meeting. More details to follow. Below is a picture of the DVHSG Anniversary book Vicki designed for our 20th Anniversary celebration. Below is the 2020 Anniversary book as an example.
Guild Business and Upcoming
Conservation We have sent checks to our three recipients for our 2025 Conservation Award. Cape May Historic Society, Cape May, New Jersey; Litchfield Historic Society, Litchfield, CT; and MESDA in Winston-Salem, NC. Applications are available on our website, www.dvhsg.org To date, we have donated over $37,000 to sampler restoration, conservation and education.
We are continuing our food drive for the Church’s food pantry. Bring non-perishable items to in-person meetings. Please consider donating to your locate church or food pantry.
We are considering selling some of our excess gift items that have accumulated over the year. We have pens, tablets, corner gauges, etc that will be brought to a future in person meeting and sold. Members will be notified prior to the meeting via your newsletter.
Secret Stitcher - If you are participating remember to send your gifts while not revealing yourself until August. And more important, if you move, please let Susan H know and she will pass on the information to your secret pal.
Zoom Meetings - Members remember to send your Show and Tell for Zoom meeting to Kelly E at the email provided in the Newsletter. Pictures should be emails no later than the Wednesday prior to the meeting.
Stitch-in - We will be having a Stitch - in for December. Members will be emailed a reminder.
Spring Retreat at Salty Yarns in Berlin. MD will be APril 17, 18 and 19. Sign up forms will be with your newsletter.
Fall Retreat at Salty Yarns in Berlin, MD will be November 14, 15 and 16. Barbara Hudson of Queenstown Samplers will be our guest at the meeting.
Designer of the Year for 2026 - We are not featuring a Designer of the Year for 2026. We are asking members to focus on patriotic patterns. Watch for more information about a collaboration we are working on with Floss and Flame in Dover, Delaware. More information will be provided once the details are worked out but I can share that there will be selected patriotic patterns shared each month at a discount.
Guild updates and coming programs
JANUARY meeting will be by Zoom. We will be sharing all our Deisgner of the Year finishes. For 2025, Jeannette Douglas was our designer of the year. Please send pictures and details about your finishes. Items don’t have to be fully finished by need to be fully stitched. Members should send their smooshed to Susan H with the name of the chart no later than the Tuesday prior to the January meeting. We will also be sharing any stitching related Christmas gifts received.
FEBRUARY meeting will be by Zoom. We are not having a stranger of the year for 2026. Instead we are encouraging stitchers to stitch patriotic pieces to commemorate our country’s 250th birthday.
Jennifer RIchardson of Violets & Verses will be our guest speaker. She will be discussing a sampler stitched in 1776. Jennifer has charted it as originally stitched and then again in red white and blue. We will launch this as a year long SAL. Carol P will create a suggested stitching schedule. Details on purchasing the chart only or kitted have yet to be finalized.
For those who participating in the Catherine Theron class in November, the second session of the class will be following the Febraury Meeting.
Our Program Coordinator is working with a local cross stitch store for discounts on selected patriotic pieces. More information will follow on this members only special.
MARCH meeting will be an in-person and Zoom meeting with Vicki Jennette of Needlework Press. She will be desiging a patriotic book. The project will be pre-stitched and finsihed in the meeting. More details to follow. Below is a picture of the DVHSG Anniversary book Vicki designed for our 20th Anniversary celebration.
We are considering selling some of our excess gift items that have accumulated over the year. We have pens, tablets, corner gauges, etc that will be brought to a future in person meeting and sold. Members will b e notified prior to the meeting via your newsletter. We also have two items that we will be raffling. We donated to the publishing costs of the Tennessee Sampler Book and we were gifted a copy of the book. Teresa Miller has donated the model of the DVHSG Huswif that she designed and taught at our Septmber MEeting. We will also be raffle this. More details to on how we will handle ticket sales. Both will be open to all members, not just those who are present.
Spring Retreat at Salty Yarns in Berlin. MD will be APril 17, 18 and 19. Sign up forms will be with your newsletter.
Fall Retreat at Salty Yarns in Berlin, MD will be NOvember 14, 15 and 16. Barbara Hudson of Queenstown Samplers will be our guest at the meeting.
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