September Meeting

Our President called the meeting to order at 10 am.  Any guests and visitors were welcomed. 

Minutes - The minutes of the August Meeting were shared in the August Newsletter. Having no corrections or edits,  they were accepted as they were provided via email to all members.   

Treasurer’s Report was provided.

Programming was outlined:

- October - Annual Garage Sale - whatever you do not sell, you will be responsible to take back home

- November - Our meeting coincides with our Fall Retreat at Salty Yarns.  Barbara Hudson of Queenstown Samplers will be our guest speaker.  If you are in the area and wish to attend for the day, the fee will be $25 for Saturday which will include lunch.  The dates are November 11 - 13, 2026

- December - Annual Holiday Luncheon and Gift Exchange

- January - Annual Review of the Designer of the Year - This January we will be  reviewing  the patriotic stitching that was our focus for  2026.   Send your pictures to Susan now so she can start building the slide show for the meeting.

- February - Sharon Huffstetler of Thy Needle’s Worke will be teaching us  a needle roll.   Registration will be in the newsletter.

- March - Daniel Scheid. Collector of samplers will speak and will bring samplers for viewing

- April - Theresa B will design and Ruth U will teach us how to assemble a humbug

- May - There’s Venette of Shakespeare’s Peddler with share a sampler with us

- June - Ce Ce of The Thread Gatherer will give us a Red Thread discussion

- July - Jennifer Richardson, Bristol Sampler

- August - Claudia Dutcher

- September - Tentative

- October - Garage Sale

Designer of the Year - Please send your suggestions to Stacy for Designer of the Year for 2027.   The designer should be one who does samplers. 

Green Book - Continue to send a list of your finishes to Patrick to be logged into the book.  Do not sent them one at a time and do not resend your list.   Instead, maybe twice a year, you can send Patrick a list of your finishes that he will print and will enter into the book.  Or, you can enter your finsihes in the book yourself at any in-person meeting.

Calendar - the 2027 Calendar will be uploaded to our Facebook page.   You can find it under “files” on the FB page.  

Canned Goods - Remember to bring non perishable food items to the church for their food drive.

Holiday Exchange - Away Stitchers - Sign up for Holiday Exchange will be shortly.    Susan H. will be coordinating the away stitchers exchange.  Watch your newsletter.

Nominating Committee - Contact Kelly E., Lynn D., or Linda D. if you are interesting taking on an office.   This year we will elect Vice President and Treasurer.  

Conservation - Marnie provided a brief update and stated that the Committee’s proposal will be submitted to the Board for a decision shortly.  

Auction Items  - Caitlin gave an update on the status of the auction items on Facebook.  She will be moving to a newer format.   She will be uploading an album with as many as 50 items at a time for “Buy it Now” on our FB page.  At the current rate of sales if she were to continue with 5 or 6 items at a time, it would take her a decade - at least - to get through what we have for sale.   We will keep you posted as things go forward.  

The America’s Tapestry is currently on display Seton Hill, near Pittsburgh PA for a brief period.   Check out their website for the most current schedule.   

This meeting’s program - We were treated to a discussion and class by Jackie DuPlessis of It’s Fineally Finished.   Jackie walked us through the variety of stitches used in Berlin work.  Originally, Berlin work would have been stitched on Penelope cloth or canvas.  

 It is a 100% durable cotton double weave mesh-like fabric used for advanced needlework or tapestry work.  It has what is known as a dual mesh count and typically 10/20 count.  Pairs of warp and weft threads are woven closely forming a wide, clearly visible, weave of alternating spaces.

Jackie walked through the most common stitches used outlining how to stitch each one.   Follower her discussion those who signed up for her class broke into a group and received their kits and starting their lesson.

Such a beautiful collection of fibers and patterns.

Jackie recommended Isabella’s Beeton’s Book of Needlework as a great resurrect.    First purlished in 1870, she covers the popular wool work stitches.   Cross stitch, tent stitch, goblin, straight goblin, slanted goblein, leviathon, raised velvet stitch, long cross, slanted cross, Dmask stitch, repetitive stitch, plaited stitch, plush stitch, turkey work and flame stitch.  Available on Amazon (of course)

Upcoming events - 

Rehoboth Beach Needlework Expo, September 11 through November 1, 2026.  Make plans to visit the exhibit.

Odessa History Foundation Sampler Display featuring samplers stitched by DVHSG members will run from October 25th to December 31st.  Please see Odessa’s website for more details.

Floss and Flame Retreat - November 5 through 8, 2026 at Bally’s Casino, Dover Downs, Dover, DE. Please check out their website.  

30 participated in person at today’s meeting

47 participated via zoom at today’s meeting

Next Stitch in - September 26th 

Next Meeting - October 10th

August Meeting

Our President called the meeting to order at 10 am.  Any guests and visitors were welcomed. 

Minutes - The minutes of the July Meeting were shared in the July Newsletter. Having no corrections or edits,  they were accepted as they were provided via email to all members.   

Treasurer’s Report was provided.

Programming was outlined:

September - Jackie duPlessis.  Jackie will speak on Berlin Wool Work and will teach a Berlin Wool Work spot motif sampler.   Please bring your own lunch and beverage or bring $5 bags for pizza.

October - Annual Garage Sale - whatever you do not sell, you will be responsible to take back home

November - Our meeting coincides with our Fall Retreat at Salty Yarns.  Barbara Hudson of Queenstown Samplers will be our guest speaker.  If you are in the area and wish to attend for the day, the fee will be $25 for Saturday which will include lunch.  The dates are November 11 - 13, 2026

December - Annual Holiday Luncheon and Gift Exchange

January - Annual Designer of the Year Showcase - This January we will be  reviewing  the patriotic stitching that was our focus for  2026.   Send your pictures to Susan now so she can start building the slide show for the meeting.

February - open as of now

March - Daniel Scheid. Collector of samplers will speak and will bring samplers for viewing

Designer of the Year - Please send your suggestions to Stacy for Designer of the Year for 2027.   The designer should be one who does samplers.  We would like to make a decision prior to the November meeting.

Green Book - Continue to send a list of your finishes to Patrick to be logged into the book.  Do not sent them one at a time and do not resend your list.   Instead, twice a year, you can send Patrick a list of your finishes that he will print and enter your list into the book.  Or, you can enter your finishes in the book yourself at any in-person meeting.

Canned Goods - Remember to bring non-perishable food items to the church for their food drive.

Secret Stitcher - for those participating, you should reveal yourself before the end of the month of August.  Sign-ups for next year are taking place now.   See the August Newsletter for the link to register.

SAL - Carol Parker reviewed the assignment for the SAL. 

Holiday Exchange - Away Stitchers - Sign up for Holiday Exchange will be shortly.    Susan H. will be coordinating the away stitchers exchange.  Watch your newsletter.

Show ‘n Tell - Thank you to Kelly E. for the slide shows she has been creating for our Show ‘n Tell PowerPoints.   When submitting in pictures to Kelly please include your name, pattern name, any changes you made to the piece as charted, etc.

Nominating Committee - Contact Kelly E., Lynn D., or Linda D. if you are interesting taking on an office.   This year we will elect Vice President and Treasurer.  

Auction Items  - Caitlin gave an update on the status of the auction items on Facebook.

The America’s Tapestry is currently on display at the Muscarelle Museum at the College of WIlliam and Mary in Williamsburg, VA.   It will be leaving Virginia on or about September 9th and will be going to Seton Hill, near Pittsburgh PA.  Their website has been updated and merchandise is now available.   

This meeting’s program - Claudia Dutcher gave us a wonderful presentation on Centennial Perforated Paper Needlework, circa 1876.   Perforated paper was first used in needlework in the 1840’s.   For whatever reason, paper was punched in 10 to 26 count per inch.   After the 1900’s, paper was available in 10 to 14 count.  

There are lots of bookmarks still available to collectors.   Bookmarks were small and kept inside book so that were protected and collectors are still able to find.   Mottoes, aka “Door Sayings” were stitched to be seen daily.  In England, they would have been stitched in silk; in the US, they would have been stitched in wool.   Variegated wool would have been readily available.  

Claudia has a wealth of knowledge.   It was great to learn more about some of the early works in perforated paper from her.   If you ever have the opportunity to hear one of her talks, run don’t walk to hear her speak.    Thank you Claudia!

Upcoming events - 

Rehoboth Beach Needlework Expo, Septmber 11 through November 1, 2026.  They will start collecting entries August 23rd.

Floss and Flame Retreat - November 5 through 8, 2026 at Bally’s Casino, Dover Downs, Dover, DE. Please check out their website.  

89 participated in today’s meeting.

Next Stitch in - August 22nd

Next Meeting.  September 12th

July 2026 Meeting

Our meeting was called to order at 10 am.  Visitors were welcomed. 

Minutes - The minutes of the June Meeting were shared in the June Newsletter. Having no corrections or edits,  they were accepted as they were provided via email to all members.   

Treasurer’s Report was provided.

Programming was outlined:

August - Claudia Dutcher.  Discussion on Bristol Paper Smalls

September - Jackie duPlessis.  Jackie will speak on Berlin Wool Work and will teach a Berlin Wool Work spot motif sampler

October - Annual Garage Sale - whatever you do not sell, you will be responsible to take back home

November - Our meeting coincides with our Fall Retreat at Salty Yarns.  Barbara Hudson of Queenstown Samplers will be our guest speaker

December - Annual Holiday Luncheon and Gift Exchange

January - Annual Review of the Designer of the Year - This January we will be  reviewing  the patriotic stitching that was our focus for  2026.

February - open as of now

March - Daniel Scheid. Collector of samplers will speak and will bring samplers for viewing

Floss ‘n Flame will discontinue their monthly specials DVHSG.  However, going forward, all DVHSG members will receive a 10% store-wide, in-person or online.   There is a link on the website we are to follow.   The password is provided in our monthly newsletter.

Green Book - Continue to send a list of your finishes to Patrick to be logged into the book.  Do not sent them one at a time and do not resend your list.   Instead, maybe twice a year, you can send Patrick a list of your finishes that he will print and will enter into the book.  Or, you can enter your finsihes in the book yourself at any in-person meeting.

Secret Stitcher - for those participating you should reveal yourself  during the month of August.  Sign-ups for next year will come out in the August Newsletter and you can register via a link in the newsletter.  

Holiday Exchange - Away Stitchers - Sign up for Holiday Exchange will be shortly.    Susan H. will be coordinating the away stitchers exchange.  Watch your newsletter.

Show ‘n Tell - Thank you to Kelly E for the slide shows she has been creating for our Show ‘n Tell PowerPoints.   When submitting in pictures to Kelly please include your name, pattern name, any changes you made to the piece as charted, etc.

The America’s Tapestry is currently on display at the Muscarelle Museum at the College of WIlliam and Mary in Williamsburg, VA.   Their website has been updated and merchandise is now available. 

Nominating Committee - The positions of Vice President and Treasurer are up for re-election in November.    Kelly E., Lynn D. and Linda D. volunteered to form the Committee and will present a slate of Officers in October for review and election at the November Meeting.

Our program for this meeting was our very own Theresa Baird of Hearts Ease Examplar Workes gave a presentation.   Theresa spoke about her 13 colonies samplers.  She also spoke of her other original designs.   She is a great talent and does a lot of research into each piece she designs.   The verse in almost all her pieces are written by her.   She is a treasure!  So glad she is in our group.  And boy can she tell a story!   The whole room will be laughing.

Upcoming events - 

Rehoboth Beach Needlework Expo, Septmber 11 through November 1, 2026.  They will start collecting entries AUgust 23rd.

Floss and Flame Retreat - November 5 through 8, 2026 at Bally’s Casino, Dover Downs, Dover, DE

90 participated in today’s meeting.

Next Stitch in - July 25th

Next Meeting.  August 8th

June 2026 Meeting

 Our meeting was opened by President Eve C.   All were welcomed and new members acknowledged.  

• Minutes for May were accepted as provided in the email follow the May Meeting.  
• Treasurer’s Report was provided and included expected expenses for the balance of 2026. 
• Upcoming programming was reviewed. 
• For July, our own Theresa Baird will share her talk on the 13 Colonies Samplers
• For August, Claudia Dutcher will be speaking on Bristol Samplers
• For September, Jackie duPlessis has opened up the enrollment on the Berlin Wool Work spot sampler.   Members received the sign-up form in the May Newsletter.  The deadline to signup is July 1, 2026.  If you are a member, find the sign-up form on our FB page under “Files”.  If you are not a member and wish to take the class, find the member form in the “Files” section of our FB page and then complete the sign-up form for the class as well.
• October - Annual Stash Re-allocation Sale/Garage Sale
• For November, our meeting will be during our Fall Retreat held at Salty Yarns in Berlin, Maryland.   Barbara Hutson will be our special guest.  
• For our December meeting, we will have our annual Holiday Exchange and Covered Dish Luncheon.    Start stitching your exchange piece now.   Your small should be one that is sampler related with guild initials and year as well as your initials.   Bring a wrapped exchange piece/get an exchange piece.   There will be the availablility for away stitchers to participate.  Watch for the sign email for away stitchers in the next few months

Greenbook -  Whenever you get a list of a half dozen or so completed charts, send the list to Patrick to have it added to the Greenbook.    If you have already submitted what you have worked on, no need to resubmit it again.   Patrick will be collecting entries until the end of 2026.  It is always amazing how many  finishes we, as a group, have.

Check out the You Tube interview with DVHSG’s own Kathy R.   https://youtu.be/8t2vCztmF0A?is=GSRDWNKmY6xnN91d   Our stitchers have an array of talents that’s for sure.

Auction/Sale Items -  Roughly every other week, Caitlin will post new items to the auction on Facebook.  Members of DVHSG members will get a heads-up email 3 or 4 days prior to alert them of when new items will be going live on FB.    She is working on some recommendations for items that received no interest and for now, is holding these and will possibly put them up again at the end of the sales.   There are so many charts to get posted that it will take quite a while to any without interest resurface in the auction.  100% of the profits are going to Sampler Conservation.   Thank you Caitlin for taking on this monumental task!  

SAL - The Violets & Verses stitch along is going well.  Continued thanks to Carol P for the schedule she created. 

Floss and Flame Retreat  - Floss and Flame will be holding their first retreat at Bally’s, Dover Downs, Delaware, November 5 - 8.   Day passes will be available.   Check out their website for more information.

Design’s of the year - We do not have a Designer of the Year for 2026, rather we are encouraging all to stitch patriotic designs.     Send any patriotic finishes to Susan H as you complete them for her to start creating our January Showcase of finishes now and through-out the rest of 2026.

America’s Tapestry will be on display from June 19 to Septmber 5 at the Wiliam and Mary COllege in Williamsburg. VA.   Please check out their website for more information.

Today’s Program

Stacy introduced our wonderful guest speaker, Katie Strachan.    Katie gave us a very touching and heart warming account  called “The Things They Kept”.    It was about the life and service of Thomas Bellman, Katie’s own great-great-great grandfather.  She is only the third owner of the Huswif since her great, great, great grandfather that he carried in the Civil War.   Her G-G-G grandfather was a Union Solider in the Civil was and the Huswif is 150 years old.  She has determined from research that in all probability it was created by his betrothed, Lucrecia, whom he married after the war.   Patriotic ladies presented each soldier with the needlebook containing buttons, needles, thread so they could do their own mending while serving.  It was an esssential part of  any soldier’s kit.  Reseraching the period fabrics determined much.  She covered her ancestor’s path through the war and following the war.   Prior to PTSD, there was no nomenclature for what these soldiers endured.   She was able to follow her relative through the early 1900’s including his membership in the GAR, Great American Republic - a kind of predecessor to nowadays, VFW’s  (my words, not Katie’s)   It was fascinating how she wove the story of the Huswif through the war and through the family and years between then and now.   As well as how she brought it all back to the huswif, the fabrics and the needlework. It was enjoyed by everyone  who attended.  Much appreciation was shared in the chat box and all are looking forward to a return lecture by Katie.   Check out her website at     And her YouTube video “Remember Me” which is a follow up to her program with us at this meeting.  https://youtu.be/6rXS6zLFSNY?is=Xejxd9ROWmP4cbCm

Check out our Facebook page for  the Show and Tell for the meeting.  Thank you Kelli E for the great slide shows you are creating for our Show and Tell.

We had 74 members participate via Zoom.

Current membership 245

Next stitch in:   June 27

Next meeting by Zoom - July 11. - Theresa Baird, her own 13 Colonies 

May 2026 Meeting

Our meeting was opened by President Eve C.   All were welcomed and new members acknowledged.  

• Minutes for April were accepted as provide in the email follow the April Meeting.  
• Treasurer’s Report was pierced. 
• Upcoming programming was reviewed.   Our scheduled program for July with Stacy Nash was cancelled due a conflicts with Stacy Nash’s schedule.   We are very lucky that we will our very own, Theresa Baird of Heart’s Ease Examplar Workes, will share with us her “13 Colonies” program.

            For September, Jackie duPlessis has opened up the enrollment on the Berlin Wool Work spot sampler.   Members received the sign up form in the May Newsletter.  The deadline to signup is July 1, 2026.  If you are a member, see the sign up form in the “Files” section of our FB page.  If you are not a member and wish to take the class, find the member form in the “Files” section of our FB page.

            For November, our meeting will be during our Fall Retreat held at Salty Yarns in Berlin, Maryland.   Barbara Hutson will be our special guest.  

Auction - Caitlin has started our online auction items on the FB page.   100% of the profits are going to Sampler Conservation.   Auctions and first come items will be posted on various Sundays on the FB page.   Caitlin has been dropping a reminder ahead of time.  

Our SAL of the Violets & Verses chart is going well.  Continued thanks to Carol P for the schedule she created. 

Patrick reported he has mailed all the member gifts for participation in the “green book” for 2025.

Marnie reported receiving responses from two msueums for the DVHSG 2026 Conservation Fund donation.   She sent out 19 and will keep members informed on any further replies.  

America’s Tapestry will be on display from June 19 to Septmber 5 at the William and Mary College in Williamsburg,  VA.   Please check out their website for more information.

Stacy introduced our wonderful guest speaker, Theresa Venette of Shakespeare’s Peddler.   Theresa shared her knowledge of sampler collecting.   She shared her history of purchases, where she purchases, books to use to help you evaluate samplers, things to look for, etc.   Not only did she share this knowledge, she illustrated by bringing many of the samplers from her private collection to show.  She outlined different features and characteristics of each of them..    

Theresa gifted members with a snippet of the above not-yet charted sampler.    It was an informative lecture and very entertaining.   Our time was up before we knew it.   Theresa did have a trunk show set up and many of us made purchases.

We also had mini cupcakes to mark our 26th Anniversary.

Check out our Facebook page for  the Show and Tell for the meeting.

We had 43 member attend in person and 44 members participate via Zoom.

Current membership 243

Next meeting by Zoom - June 13, 2026 Speaker - Katie Strachan.  

April 2026 Meeting

We had a brief Business Meeting so we could get to today’s program.   New members were acknowledged.  Minutes of the prior meeting approved.  Treasurer’s Report provided.

Programs Updates.

The Spring Guild Retreat will be later this month at Salty Yarns in Berlin, MD.   It is always a good time with friends old and new.  Registration for the event has closed.  Make sure you sign up in time for the next retreat - Fall Retreat, November 13, 14 and 15, 2026.

Update on the Violets & Verses SAL.   For those who ordered the chart only, the charts have been mailed by Jennifer directly to the stitcher.   For those who ordered the kits, they will be mailed next week directly to each stitcher.   Thank you to Carol P who has created a SAL schedule for the piece.

Conservation - Conservation Chair, Marnie B, has sent out 19 applications for the 2026 conservation fund.  

Today’s Program

We welcomed Merry Susan Schreck of Prim Peacock Samplers to the meeting.   Merry Susan is well versed in all things Shaker.   One has to look for context of what was going on in the world, the who and the where.   So who were the Shakers.    They are a Christian Group - the United Society of Christian belief, founded in England in 1750.    One of their prinicples is a pledge of celebacy after joining the group which contributes to the fact that today there are only 3 remaining Shakers.   They only grow by converts and there is only one remaining active community.   At their peak, there were 20 communities with each having hundreds are members.

Founded by Ann Lee many were formerly Quakers and many were illiterate factory workers.   In 1774 Ann Lee has a vision to travel to the colonies.   She created an American movement.   There motto was “Hand to work, hearts to God”.  As a convert, you surrender all your possessions and property.  The community provided everything to the members.  Housing, food, clothing, jobs, community and worship.  Every member had a job that fit their skills and all lived and worked in a somewhat communal manner.  They were a pacifist group and believed in the equality of sexes and the races.  They were very progressive for the time and adapted to modern technology at every opportunity.   Often by their own inventions and refinements of existing technology.   They had indoor plumbing before the White House did.   They were also the first group to package seeds for farmers and gardens.  The reputation of te quality of their furniture still stands today.

The characteristics of a Shaker Sampler were beauty from simplicity.  Their main focus was marking samplers.  Samplers had minimal borders and orderly had motifs.  

In the 1850, with the decline of male members, the woman had to rethink how to fund the commodity.   They created Fancy Goods - Shaker sewing boxes were created.   If you purchased one, you had a lifetime Dartmouth on the icing and return it for replacement.   Shaker boxes today have no connection with the Shakers group itself but do replicate the style and workmanship.   

Poplarware was another craft the worked on and sold.   They were expert weavers and using for New England Poplar which is a very straight tree.    (I will insert later a photo of Poplarware)

Thank you Merry Susan for a lively, informative discussion!   

Here is a local possiblity for stitchers.   Tess’ Bake Shoppe in West Chester has a “craft night” the first Tuesday of each month.   If you live in the area, stop on by!

Next meeting:   May 9 in person and Zoom.  Guest speaker:   Theresa Venette of Shakespeare’s Peddler

32 were present in person

32 participated via zoom

March 2026 Meeting

 

For our March Meeting  we were treated to a Needlework Press Patriotic Project.    The kit was a pre-order.  However, we bought extra and they are still available.   (Pop a message on our Facebook page and someone will get back to you.)    Kits were mailed or handed out at the meeting.   The meeting was devoted to the assembly of the book and the stitching did not have to be completed prior the meeting.  Fabric, mat board, ribbon and the insert were provided.

But let me go back to  the cover ‘business’ first.   President Eve C welcomed all.  The normal reports were given, upcoming program schedule was reviewed and announcements.

Treasurer’s Report was given.  Balances available in the general fund was provided as well as the balances for each of the two conservation funds.

Upcoming programs - As a reminder, our “tentative” calendar for 2026 is posted under Files on our Facebook page.   “Tentative” because we all know things are subject to change due to circumstances beyond our control.

For April, we will welcome Merry Susan Shreck of Prim Peacock Samplers.   She will be talking on Shaker Samplers and Fancy Goods.

Spring Retreat - Our Spring Retreat will be at Salty Yarns April 17 - 19, 2026.   Effective with this retreat, there is a $50 non-refundable deposits.  Deadline for sign-ups is Saturday, March 21, 2026.

For May, Theresa Venette of Shakespeare’s Peddler will be our guest speaker.  

Fall Retreat - Our Fall Retreat will be at Salty Yarns the same weekend as our November Guild Meeting.   November 13th, 14th and 15th.  Barbara Hutson will join the meeting for a sampler presentation.   There will be a hybrid option for those not attending the retreat.

Other News:   We encourage members to bring non-perishable food items to the in-person meetings to add to the Church’s Food Bank.   Remote members, we encourage you to donate at your local food bank.

America’s Tapestry - Continued kudos to members Becky and Amy for their diligence on the Delaware’s America’s Tapestry.  They are working to meet the deadline of April 1st.

Chester County History Center will be hosting two classes in May.  The first class will be with Amy Mitten,via zoom. The second with Kathy Lesieur.  They will be May 13th and May 14th.   Registration has not yet opened.  

Thank you to Patrick for handling the distribution of her participation gifts tothose who logged their completed projects in the Guild’s Green Book.

Embroiderer’s Guild of America/EGA has a virtual lecture series.  Lectures are $5 for EGA members and $25 for non-members.  Check out their website at EGAUSA.org

Prizes were also awarded to those who shared their pieces in our Designer of the Year Showcase in January  

We are continuing our partnership with Floss and Flame in Dover, Delaware.   Member of the guild receive discounts on selected patterns.   Each month three patriotic patterns are featured on Floss and Flames website.   Scroll to the bottom of their website and use the DVHSG link.   The password is provided in your member newsletter.  Each month a small, medium and large chart anre chosen. You have the option to buy the pattern only or have it kitted.   Guild members receive a 15% statement on these and on in store purchases.

Don’t forget your secret stitcher.  Please let Susan H know if you have any issues or have moved.   Remember to post on the Facebook page a thank you and photos of gifts your receive.   If you do not have Facebook, forward pictures  to Susan and she will post on your behalf.   Since your Secret Stitcher is a “secret”, this is a way to send a Thank You as well as to let them know the package has been received..

DVHSG Merchandise - We are thinking of selling t-shirts, bags, etc. with the DVHSG logo.   This is still in the talking stage and we are asking for volunteers to research and manage this.

Auction - Many of you are away, we lost a long-time and original member of DVHSG last summer.   The family has generously donated many of her charts, kits and DVSHG projects for sale.  Their request is that all proceeds be dedicated to sampler conservations.   In order to open up sales to more than just  members who attend meetings to allow other stitchers the opportunity, we will start selling these on Facebook.  Our Facebook page stipulates ‘no sales’ allowed.  We are making an exception because all profits will benefit conservation.   In addition, since our group is open to sampler lovers and stitcher’s who are not guild members, we will have a broader pool of potential buyers and be able to get the best prices.   Many thanks to Caitlin B for coordinating this.

In our midst, The Old Man and the Bea was mentioning on Brenda and the Serial Stitcher's  flosstube.   This is the design company of member Susan H and her husband.

Floss and Flame is planning a weekend retreat in November.They are still working on the details for this first in-person retreat.   The date will be November 6 - 8.

Some of our Show and Tell for the day.

Next meeting - In person and Zoom - April 11, 2026   Merry Susan Schreck of Prim Peacock Samplers