All Meetings are held at Resurrection Lutheran Church unless otherwise noted.

The program for each month (except the Annual Meeting and the Holiday Luncheon) is repeated at the regular day and evening meetings.  Members are welcome to attend and stitch on their own projects without registering for the program.

Which month would you like to know about?  Try our short cut links below:

July  /  August  /  September  /  October

Seminar for SPN Members

Outreach   /  Stitch-a-Month

July

Stash Re-Allocation & Pot Luck
9:30 a.m. on Tue. 7/1/08
or 7:00 p.m. on Mon. 7/21/08

July is traditionally our potluck lunch / dinner with a Stash Reallocation sale.  This is the perfect time to both clean out and enhance your stash at rock bottom prices.  Good food and bargains galore - who can resist?

Stitch-In
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 19, 2008

Bring your stitching and a bag lunch! Come when you can—stay as long as you can.

August

Latice Smocking with Pat P.
9:30 a.m. on Tue. 8/5/08
or 7:00 p.m. on Mon. 8/18/08

This class was taught last fall at the Heartland Regional Seminar.  The kit includes cotton and silk doodle cloths with matching thread, as well as complete instructions to smock and finish a 15" pillow.  Bring a sharp needle, a 12" or longer ruler, and a white chalk marking pencil to the meeting. The class will cover marking and smocking the fabric, adjusting the pleats, stabilizing the smocked piece, and making a bias cord for edging.  Cost is $6 and the registration deadline is July 31.

State Fair Demo
9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. on Mon. 8/25/08, Wed. 8/27/08, and Thur. 8/28/08

Once again we are demonstrating in the Creative Arts building during the State Fair.  Not only do you get a free ticket to the fair that day for sitting and stitching for 3 hours with your friends, but you also get to meet and greet new people as they walk by and tell them all about St. Paul Needleworkers.  This is a lot of fun and if you ask people who have done this before, they will tell you that the time flies by.  We have been discovered there by local stitchers who became happy new members.  We already have many people signed up for this and but are still looking for one person to complete the following shifts - Monday, 3-6, Wednesday 3-6, Thursday 6-9. Please contact SPN if you are interested.  If you are at the fair those days, be sure to stop by our booth in the Creative Arts building to say hello.  If you have already signed up for a shift, you will receive more info and your free ticket before the fair begins.

September

Open Stitching
9:30 a.m. on Tue. 9/2/08
or 7:00 p.m. on Mon. 9/15/08

Bring one or more of your UFOs for a relaxed meeting of floss, fun, and food!

Jette Roy Finlay
September 11 - 15, 2008

Workshops and Luncheon (please see below)

October

Stitch-In
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 18, 2008

Bring your stitching and a bag lunch! Come when you can—stay as long as you can.

St. Paul Needleworkers' Fall Retreat

The Fall Retreat is set for October 31 – November 2.  If you are a past participant, you have until September 9 to register.  At that time, the retreat will open up to all others who may be interested.  Final date to register is October 7. 

Please remember that we only have room for 14 – 16 people, so if you are planning to attend, register early!  Cost of the retreat is $100.  For more information, please e-mail SPN.

Two Whitework Classes taught by Jette Roy-Finlay
For members of St. Paul Needleworkers
Location to be announced.

Thursday & Friday, September 11 & 12, 2008, 8:30am – 4:30pm
A Traditional Danish Bread Basket Napkin

Class fee $35                      Kit fee $75 (collected later)

Proficiency Level: All levels

Prework - basting.

Description: This piece is stitched on 32 count linen using linen threads.  Techniques taught include satin stitches, hem stitching, Danish Hedebo, pulled thread, and filet work.

Saturday, September 13, 2008, Time to be determined
Luncheon

Save the day!  Luncheon featuring a presentation by Jette Roy Finlay; details to be announced at a future date.

Sunday & Monday, September 14 & 15, 2008, 8:30am – 4:30pm
A Delightful Dessert

Class fee $35                      Kit Fee $65 (collected later)

Proficiency Level: All Levels

Prework - basting

Description: This piece is stitched on 32 count linen using linen threads.

Techniques taught include satin stitches, hem stitching, Danish Hedebo, and pulled thread.

Kit fees are due by August 1, 2008.

St. Paul Needleworkers wants as many people as possible to enjoy Jette Roy-Finlay.  If you sign up for both classes, you may be bumped from your 2nd choice.  If that happens, your registration will be refunded. 

First day registration is March 1, 2008. Maximum class size is 22 students.  If either class is oversubscribed, we will have a lottery. Supply lists and kit details will be sent to you after registration closes.

Questions? E-Mail Us.

Outreach 

Bookmarks are Back!

St. Paul Needleworkers will again be stitching bookmarks for literacy. At the September meetings, patterns, banding, fabric, and fibers will be available to all those who want to participate in this worthwhile endeavor.  Stitched bookmarks can be turned in at any October or November meeting.  For each bookmark that is turned in, the stitcher will get a chance to win a prize that will be awarded at the December luncheon.  If you want to stitch bookmarks over the summer, that's great.  Bring all the summer stitched bookmarks to the September meeting and then enter in the prize drawing.

Save the Date - February 7, 2009 - 12:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. - Dakota County 4-H Stitching Day

St. Paul Needleworkers will be teaching three stitching projects at the Dakota County 4-H building on Saturday, February 7.  As of this newsletter, the exact projects have not been determined, but the projects will all be done with a threaded needle.  Three lead teachers and at least nine classroom helpers will be needed for this day.  If you are interested in helping with this event, please e-mail SPN.  Teachers and helpers will receive the needlework project they will teach by this fall, so there will be plenty of time to familiarize yourself with the project. 

Kissing Pillow Update 

As of September 23, 2007, we had 570 Kissing Pillows stitched, sewn, stuffed and ready to go and were waiting for the date of the actual deployment.  Additional information and final totals for what is needed will be announced at upcoming meetings.

Please continue to stitch pillows in your spare time.  What we don't need here we can always ship to Texas to be distributed to active duty service families through the Yellow Rose EGA Chapter. 

Thanks to all who have helped and will continue to help our efforts for the troops.

Needlework Kits--Alexandria House 

In November 2007, 110 needlework kits were collected and delivered to Alexandra House, a shelter for battered women and their children!

Stitch-a-Month

These handouts are a fundraiser from the Vintage Stitchers (San Francisco Bay Area) and available to our members. Please do not make copies as that will violate our copyright agreement. 

As always if you have stitched examples of these stitches please bring them to show, and any comments from the crowd are always welcome.