BRADENTON - PINS & NEEDLES
Marie Gartley (941)756-5387 bgartley@compuserve.com
First Saturday - 1pm - 4:45 pm
Bradenton Central Library, 11301 Barcarrota Blvd. W.
Since the November report was lost in “E-space”, this is a catch-up report along with the current one. For NSM, we filled four showcases at the Manatee Central Library: one with the 4-H Sewing Camp, one with Community Service Projects, one showing items from our various programs, and one filled with member-made favorite items. They certainly showed the versatility of ASG. On Sep. 7, we met at 1 PM for our annual Sew Day. What a busy time, as 12 machines hummed along, sewing stacks of pre-cut items. At 5 PM, we shut down and went to the Riverside Café in Palmetto for dinner. Later, at our regular meeting we counted and packed the afternoon's work: 35 Cancer hats, 80 stuffed pillows and 90 sewn for stuffing later for Manatee Cancer Society and the Manatee Breast Care Unit, 10 pillowcases for St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa and we had collected 30 knit hats for ALL Childrens in St. Pete. It was a very successful day!! On Oct. 5, Ann Greene was our guest. She showed some of her quilts and table toppers. Then she helped us get started on our own. By the end of the evening, many had finished their tops. What a great idea for gifts for the coming holidays. It was a fun evening! Our November meeting was cancelled because of the many changes at the library. Dec 3 was our first Saturday meeting. Marie showed us how to make TALL TREES. This project was previously taught several years ago at the North Sarasota Library work-shop. Reminder: Pins and Needles will now meet the First Saturday of Each Month at 1 PM—4:45 PM. We will now have time to complete a project. Dec 7 is our Christmas Party at the Golden Corral on Cortez Road; at this time we collected gifts for the women at Hope Family Services.
November/December 2011
We are in the process of changing our meeting day and time. We will skip our November meeting and resume at our December 3 meeting. Our new day and time will the First Saturday of each month from 1:00 pm to 4:00-ish.
September/October 2011
In June, thanks to Janice Dentler, who brought many items with Seminole designs—a real inspiration. We all had a chance to make a Seminole design and took home several patterns to try. It was a really great meeting. Only a few of us celebrated Christmas in July. We shared interesting items we had made as decorations and gifts, giving us lots of ideas for the coming months. In August, each of us will bring a favorite item we have made, and we will share the trials and successes of our creations.
July/August 2011
Since there was no meeting in May, it feels like we missed something. Retreat was enjoyed. Only a few items were completely finished, but several reached completion for June 1 Sew & Tell. The April meeting was the last until fall for some members. We had a good Sew & Tell time. Mary Jane Fuller demonstrated how to make fabric bowls, boxes and vases. Members copied her variety of shapes and made their own.
May/June 2011
Our March program with Dolly Haerr was really enjoyed by all. After looking at her silk embroidered items, we all got a chance to do a bit of embroidery ourselves. Thank you, Dolly.
March/April 2011
In January, we enjoyed selecting from our stash for the Turtles. It was cut and mix fabrics. Mary Jane showed the Power Point presentation of how to assemble the turtles. Not many Show and Tell since most of our work was given away for presents. The February program was a demo of a long ago technique called Charted Needle-work. Marie had found her needles and patterns when looking in a drawer for something else. It was different and interesting. Had some finished turtles for our Show and Tell.
January/February 2011
November, 2010 Meeting: Thank you Kathy for the Angel program. Everyone enjoyed it.
December, 2010 Meeting: The Christmas Party at the Golden Corral was a good time enjoyed by all.
Marie Gartley
November/December 2010
August, 2010 Meeting: We brought and shared items that were what we enjoyed making the most. There was a wide variety of hand-made dolls, quilts, clothes and knitted items.
September, 2010 Meeting: We had our annual “Sew for Others Day”. There were many items precut so we could start right on sewing, then stuffing. When we counted up the finished items, we had 150 small pillows for the Breast Care Unit at Manatee Memorial Hospital and 14 hats for Manatee County Cancer Society. Then, we had dinner at Riverside Café in Palmetto. It was then back to the library for our regular meeting, Show & Tell and sharing. Pictures of the library exhibit of our sewing are on page 12.
Marie Gartley
September/October 2010
June 2010 Meeting: Busy bees stuffed pillows and made 2 pillow cases each to take to the God Bless America Day for MOTS. We really had fun. It is amazing what we can do in two short hours!
July 2010 Meeting: The machines really hummed at our July meeting. Though we were few in number, 23 pillowcases were either made at home or at the meeting. These will be donated to the pediatric ward at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Great endeavor, Pins and Needles!
Marie Gartley
July/August 2010
April: What an interesting program! Our substitute speaker, Anne McCunney, brought many of her Art Quilts. We were all fascinated with her use of a variety of Media. Everyone went home inspired.
May: Since we were a small group, the smaller meeting room worked well. There were 15 Soldiers’ Ditty Bags completed and have been mailed to Operation Care Package. The rest will be finished for the July 3rd “God Bless America “ Day.
Marie Gartley
May/June 2010
Our January 6th meeting was busy. We had many tables covered with quilted material. We were measuring, pinning pockets and webbing to make our EXPO Bags. We had too short a time to finish but expected to see many bags on the Bus Trip to the Sewing and Quilting Expo. Our February 3rd meeting was busy. Using instructions Dolly had from her class at the July National Conference, we all made samples of ribbon folded and sewn to make bows, flowers, or pleats for trims.
On March 3rd, we were so busy sharing Show & Tell, we nearly ran out of time for Pam Rosenberg to teach how to make Snap Purses; but members went home with them partially finished.
Marie Gartley
March/April 2010
Our December meting was fun!
Our January meeting was busy. Tables were covered with quilted material, while we measured for placement of handles and pockets. We had too short a time to finish but expect to see many bags on the Bus Trip to the Sewing and Quilting Expo.
Marie Gartley
January/February 2010
November: What a great turnout for this meeting! Many brought their sergers and we all went home with a better understanding of them. One of our new members, Cindi Hooley, was our instructor. Thank you so much. We had six guests. A couple of them went home with applications to join.
December: The Christmas Party was held at the library at the regular meeting time. Many brought holiday desserts. There were cookies, cream puffs, fruitcake, special breads, and candies. All were so good… Our thanks to Karen Munsey and her daughter for the stockings and to Pam Rosenburg for packages of Candy Cane Seeds. Each of us enjoyed the extras. We played a (sewing) word game that Jeanne Hoey won by knowing all of them. Pam Rosenburg and Mary Jane Fuller tied with all but one correct. Nice going, girls! Sewn pillows were brought in and we stuffed 71 to go to the Breast Care Unit at Manatee Memorial Hospital.
Happy New Year!
Marie Gartley