Needle News. SPUN: Adventures in Textiles. This Month s Program: ** A Note from Our President. Colorado Chapter, EGA. June 2013

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Needle News Colorado Chapter, EGA June 2013 ** A Note from Our President Hello Everyone, You should have received a separate email regarding our visit to the Denver Art Museum.

1 Needle News Colorado Chapter, EGA June 2013 ** A Note from Our President Hello Everyone, You should have received a separate regarding our visit to the Denver Art Museum. I hope that you all reply promptly so that Caela has enough time to make the proper arrangements. A very tall "tip of the hat "to Caela for all her efforts in making these arrangements. I have no doubt that it will be a very interesting and informative visit for us. Some of us are presently attending the RMR Seminar in Grand Junction. It sounds like it should be fun. I will let you know how my counting goes as I am taking the Blackwork class. Wish me luck! With all that meticulous counting, I am not sure I can keep up. I am certain that I may well be crosseyed when I return! See you at the DAM. Henri This Month s Program: SPUN: Adventures in Textiles The museum-wide celebration, SPUN: Adventures in Textiles, commemorates the opening of the DAM textile art galleries and Thread Studio. In fact, DAM deemed the return (expansion) of textile art prominence, including stitching and embellishment done with an eyed needle, so significant, all of the museum s departments have met the challenge of presenting textile-related exhibitions. And Cover Story, located in the new textile art galleries, is most certainly the star of the show! We have scheduled a special docent-led tour of Cover Story beginning at 10:00 am. At the conclusion of our tour, Avenir Foundation Curator of Textile Art, Alice Zrebiec, will greet us, answer our questions, and perhaps provide a preview of the department s future plans. We encourage you to spend time in the thread studio (it is amazing!) and to take a closer look at the details of your favorite items on display in the 6th floor textile art galleries. We will reserve tables for lunch at Palettes. Be sure to plan on spending a bit more time at the DAM after lunch. We guarantee you will not want to miss the related and truly astounding exhibition, Red, White, & Bold: Masterworks of Navajo Design, or the Quilt Studio (both in the Hamilton Building). We will offer tips on other SPUN highlights depending on your time and your remaining stamina. There is no added ticket cost beyond regular admission to the museum! 1 P a g e N e e d l e N e w s J u n e

2 Admission is $8.00 (seniors age 65) or $10.00 (adults) or free for DAM members. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED BY 6:00 PM, MONDAY, JUNE 17! Call or Caela Tyler ( is definitely preferred!) Be sure to specify your admission status (adult, senior, or member) and whether you plan to join us for lunch. We plan to check you in before we enter the museum since the doors will not be unlocked until 10:00 AM. Please have CASH (correct change) or your membership card. You will find a very informative recap of the textile collection s history and prime holdings at this link: To see the entire article, click on View More If you do not wish to drive to the museum, we urge you to be pro-active: we recommend calling people you know to arrange car-pooling. IMPORTANT NOTICE: After Caela's meeting with Denver Art Museum personnel, it appears that our donation will be far more useful to the DAM if we do not limit its use to education. We will need to amend the vote taken at our last meeting to include education, conservation, and exhibitions as community education. Thank you for your support. Henri Around the Region by Vivian Wilson Our RMR Lucky Ladies Seminar is about to begin! The Executive Board will be meeting on Wednesday evening, June 12, followed on Thursday by the Region Meeting beginning at 8:30AM. All Region members are invited to attend, so we hope several of you will arrive in time to do so. If you have hat and gloves, by all means bring them to Seminar! And of course, we re all looking forward to fun classes and stitching time on Friday and Saturday, as well as all the other planned activities. Kathy Melville, our Region Director, has indicated that three major items for discussion at the Region meeting will be: 1. Seminar profits. The Finance Committee will be reporting their suggestions for spending the profits from Seminar 2012, having considered the input from our Region s chapters as well as individual Region members. They also will be making other suggestions concerning the Treasurer position and the best software to manage the books. 2. The Region website. Vicki Shigley has voluntarily taken on this task in the past (and many thanks to Vicki for having done so!!), but she is now ready to have someone else do this job. The discussion on a new webmaster will revolve around whether a Region member will follow in Vicki s footsteps or whether the Region will contract with a company to do the job of keeping the website up-to-date. 3. Ideas for Seminar No chapter(s) have volunteered to host a Region seminar in 2015, so Kathy and incoming Region Director, Janice Wood, expect to present several ideas at the meeting. Both Durango and Colorado Springs have been suggested as possible locations. After the Grand Junction, I will have more info. on the outcome of the above discussion items, as well as an update on the next Region-sponsored GCC. 2 P a g e N e e d l e N e w s J u n e

3 ** Membership - Deb Klein MEMBERSHIP REPORT There were 27 members in attendance at the May meeting. We had 60 members renew this year in the following categories: primary, 41; plural out-of-region, 3; life, 5; plural in-region, 11. We lost 15 members. The people who dropped out rarely attended. Our three out-ofstate gals sign up to stay in touch by receiving the newsletters. We are down from 75 last year. Show Table Jeanette Short Valerie Cowan Rocky Mtn. Region, Park City, Utah, "sampler motif, alphabet, with meaning, designer Loree Romreil, Sandy, Utah. - Mixed media, embroidery, cross stitch, painted fabric, beads sampler designed by 12 members of Colorado Chapter. - Embroidery on photo transfer canvas, "Waterlilies" 1 and 2, designed by Susan Goodman. Constance Siebels - Painted canvas "bottles", guide by David Mc Cassel. - canvas cat pin, - "zepher", designed by Kimberly Crum. Debbie Klein - canvas blue heart, disigned by Marni Ritter. Karen Race - needlepoint canvas, "summer garden", class & designer by Terry Dryden. Jeanette Short - beaded bracelet, class & designed by Leah Ready. Henri Jonas - bead embroidery bracelet,class & designed by Leah Ready. - silk on gauze, class by Gary Clarke. Darlene Locke -"Tree of Life " class by Lynn Payette. Embroidery & beads. Beautiful oval frame. - baby blanket & hat for charity, donated yarn. - Halloween needlepoint picture by Scottie Erickstrup. - Ort bag, sewn and designed by Leigh Akayami. Delores Belden - darning sampler. - bellpull, includes Logenberger basket pieces, - "Dublin" ornament from Dublin, Ohio. Lunch Reservations: Please contact Beverly Bell on or before the Wednesday prior to each monthly meeting under the following circumstances: Permanent List Members ONLY if not attending Non-Permanent List Members if you ARE attending The permanent list is available at the meeting. No June REFRESHMENTS: FIELD TRIP! If you cannot attend the meeting, please make arrangements for someone else to bring goodies or trade months. Thank you! 3 P a g e N e e d l e N e w s J u n e

4 EDUCATION Constance Siebels New EGA- featured GCCs: Lighting Round June 1, - August 31, 2013 New Lighting Round Course: Circle with Blue Flowers: Study in silk and metal Teacher: Margaret Kinsey Registration fee is $80.00 Fallen Leaves Sampler: Crewel work teaches laid and filling stitches Teacher: Kim Sanders Registration fee is $57.00 Florentine and Tulips: Beginning canvas embroidery Teacher: Gail Stafford Registration fee is $60.00 Star Studded Sampling: Blackwork Teacher: Ilse Altherr Registration fee is $62.50 You can find all these courses on the EGA website ( All information for registration is on web site under education. If you have problems logging into EGA website contact Tonya Parks typarks@egausa.org or call her at (502) with any questions. On-line education courses can be a lot of fun, so be sure to take the time to look at what is available. REMEMBER DEADLINE IS August 31, 2013 Area Groups South Group: South Group: Pat Dalton will host in July, on Tuesday, July 2. Barbara Loftus will host in August on Tuesday, August 6. Saturday Group: Meetings are held at 10:00 to Noon on the fourth Saturday at All Saints Lutheran Church, E. Iliff, Aurora. Boulder: The Boulder Group meets at 10:00 am on the third Monday of each month from September until June. They meet at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church at 3700 Baseline in Boulder. There is a social time from 9:30am until 10:00 am. The Boulder Group does not meet in June, July or August In June (22 nd ) we will be doing a little button pincushion bring your BSK and join us! Call Vivian Wilson for questions if necessary. 4 P a g e N e e d l e N e w s J u n e

5 ** Minutes from the Last Meeting Tina Hubis COLORADO CHAPTER EGA - GENERAL MEETING May 28, 2013 The meeting was called to order by our President, Henri Jonas, at 9:40 a.m. Henri welcomed all of us to the meeting and reminded us to sign in and pay for lunch. MINUTES APPROVAL Jackie Rhoades made the motion to approve the April meeting minutes. Janet Lockhart gave the second. The minutes were approved. DONATION TO THE DENVER ART MUSEUM Henri reported that the Board proposed a donation of $1000 to the Art Museum. Some of the money would come from the sale of Barbara Bunn s Stash. Jean DeHaven made the motion for the donation and Jackie Rhoades gave the second. Marnie Ritter amended this by asking that we specific that the money be used for the new Textiles area. Susan Goodman gave the second on this. The members approved the motion and the donation will be made. MEMBERSHIP Deb Klein reported that we have 27 members in attendance today. So far for renewals, it is looking like we will lose 12 members. PROGRAMS/EDUCATION Jennifer Riefenberg reported that a field trip to the Denver Art Museum is being planned for June. Caela Tyler is making the arrangements and details will be in the next Newsletter. REGION REPRESENTATIVE Vivian Wilson was unable to be with us today but Barbara Loftus reported on her behalf. The Seminar committee is asking that we wear a hat for the Banquet. If you have one, please bring it. There will be some available to borrow for those who need one. Barbara also brought some things from her stash that she welcomed members to take. TREASURER Joanna Lord provided a report with the following balances: CD $2, Checking $4, Scholarship $1, Seminar Savings $3, Worship Savings $2, TOTAL $15, CARING AND SHARING Jackie Rhoades reported that in April she sent cards to Doris Neisen and Marnie Ritter. In May, she sent cards to Doris Niesen and Diane Choate. EDUCATION Constance Siebel reminded us that the deadline for the current round of GCC s is coming up on May 31 st. FUNDRAISING No report today. OUTREACH Darlene Locke thanked everyone for their contributions. We are still collecting Laundry and Dishwasher detergents. Darlene also thanked those who provided info on Stitching in Public and other outreach efforts. This information will be passed on to the Region Outreach Chair for the Region report. 5 P a g e N e e d l e N e w s J u n e

6 HOSPITALITY Beverly Bell thanked the hostesses for this month and reported that she needs two volunteers for July. Beverly also thanked Deb Klein for filling in while she was away. NEWSLETTER Henri gave a reminder that the deadline for the newsletter is the 5 th of the month. HISTORIAN No report today. SHOW TABLE Jeannette Short encouraged members to talk about the things they had brought. PUBLICITY No report today, ANNOUNCEMENTS Caela Tyler made the suggestion that we check in any member is Oklahoma were affected by the recent hurricane. It might be best to check with the Region Director. Henri agreed to do this. Information about the Region Cyber Group is on the back table. Information from Connie Fudge will be posted on the Region website. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 10:20 a.m. The meeting was followed by a program China Then and Now presented by Marnie Ritter and Jennifer Riefenberg. Officers and Volunteers of the Colorado Chapter EGA President Henri Jonas 1st VP Programs Jennifer Riefenberg 2nd VP Membership Debbie Klein Secretary Tina Hubis Treasurer Joanna Lord Region Representative Vivian Wilson Historian Janet Lockhart Outreach Darlene Locke Member Care Hospitality Beverly Bell Show Tables Jeanette Short Parliamentarian/Audit Ann Pinfield Scholarship/Nominating/Webmaster Vicki Shigley Education Liasion Constance Siebels Publicity/Advertising Jeanette Short Newsletter Editor Janet Dean 6 P a g e N e e d l e N e w s J u n e

7 Our Advertisers Support those who support our passions! 7 P a g e N e e d l e N e w s J u n e

8 Debbie Klein 1411 East Long Place Centennial, CO EGA Mission: The Embroiderers Guild of America, Inc. is a not-for-profit educational organization created to foster the art of needlework and associated arts, and to encourage a high standard of design and technique in embroidery and needlepoint The Colorado Chapter website is THE place to stay informed about EGA. Also, keep informed on the region website, Scholarships Available Would you like to go to a seminar or take a class to further your skills in the needle arts but feel you just can t afford the entire cost? Help is at hand! Money is available to Colorado Chapter members to give them a boost, although financial need is NOT a requirement. How? Apply for a Scholarship! Scholarships may be applied to cover the partial or full cost of a class, workshop, seminar, correspondence course (group leaders note!) or other approved activity in the amount requested, dependent upon availability of funds, number of applicants, and the approval of the scholarship committee. Funds do not cover kit fees and/or transportation. There are a few simple rules regarding the use of the funds, including an agreement to share your experience supported by your scholarship. Some ways to share, among others include: give a talk or presentation at the chapter meeting as a program, conduct a Back to Basics program using information from the class, serve as a leader in a future group correspondence course, support and aid in future fundraising activities for the scholarship fund, write an article for any of the newsletters or EGA publications. The form is under the chapter website under Forms and Special notices. 8 P a g e N e e d l e N e w s J u n e

Our thoughts and prayers are with Marnie and her family during this difficult time.

Needle News April 2013 - Colorado Chapter Embroiderers Guild of America ** A note from our President Hello Everyone, Our thoughts and prayers are with Marnie and her family during this difficult time.