My dear friends of Chesapeake Treasures, I want to thank all of you who were patient and helpful during my two terms. There were a group of you that were always there to offer help, encouragement and advice. I cannot thank you enough. I have learned many things while being President, but what I most treasure are the wonderful friendships I have made.

Your new officers have been working diligently to make our next year of Chesapeake Treasures the best. Please support them in every way that you can.

Out going President, Jan Tatum

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome back from our summer break. It is time to look forward to the start of the Chesapeake Treasures year. Our year of activity runs from September to June. Just to peak your interest, Linda Ownby is opening the year’s meeting programs with Salt Cellar Pin cushions.

As your new President, I look forward to working as a team making Chesapeake Treasures the place to gain knowledge of smocking and related needlework as well as make lifelong friends. A team can only function if all members do their part. Please remember that our group is only as good as its members and their involvement.

I want to thank everyone that volunteered their time during the summer months to attend the Wee Care workshops. Sandy and Joyce will have the gowns, hats, and bonnets ready for distribution. You may pick yours up starting at the September meeting. Please remember that completion of 4 gowns with a total of 6 projects is expected from each member.

Both the Hospitality and Publicity committees are still without a chairman. For those that have not signed up for a committee, please think about accepting responsibility of one of these committees. Talk to your friends, as together it may be workable for you to co-chair a committee. Neither of these committees will take too much time, but are an integral part of our chapter.

Please take the time to welcome our newest member, Patricia Kwasniewski, at the next meeting.

I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the monthly meetings.

Dawn Watson

Letter from our President

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Public Service Report

After several workshops in May and June we have 145 gowns/bonnets/caps and buntings ready to

distribute at the September meeting. The gowns will be packaged with the bonnet or cap. When

returning items, please return in the bag you received with the size label—add your name on a piece of

paper in the bag; bonnets and caps should be returned in the zip lock bag along with the instructions

and placed in the bag with the gown. This will really help us at the end of the year as we are packaging

the gowns for the hospitals. Please let Joyce/Sandy know what you have returned. Each member is re-

quired to participate in the Wee Care Program. If you have not received your gowns yet, please see

Joyce Ross or Sandy Suhrie at the September meeting.

At the October meeting our program is about the Wee Care gowns. We have lots of tips to share with

you as well as some handouts. If you are new to the chapter and need some guidance on where to

begin, this is the perfect meeting for you. Our members are always willing to share their knowledge of

smocking. We will be sharing information on types of threads, hemming options, blocking the gowns,

assembly of the boys caps and the bonnets.

Joyce Ross/Sandy Suhrie

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At our September meeting Linda Ownby will be showing us how to make Saltcellar Pin-

cushions. This is a picture of a completed project. Please

bring embroidery floss for your flowers, green floss for

leaves, directions for your design, needles, white sewing

thread, marking pen for the design and scissors. Embroi-

dery design should be 1/2” - 1”. Linen, stuffing and glass

saltcellars will be provided.

There are lots of cute tiny designs on Pinterest.

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Tips & Tricks

I saw a comment on Facebook that stripping your floss with wool roving helps to keep your floss nice

and smooth when doing picture smocking. Some ladies preferred using the Thread Heaven, running the

floss through some starch or water with ice cubes, or pressing the floss. What is your favorite method?

REMINDERS

Anne Arundel County Fair—September 12—16, 2018— We hope to see many items entered from our

very talented group. We need to bring sewing/embroidery arts back to the fair. Each year the amount of

items on display gets smaller and smaller. Consider becoming a judge at the county fair. Training is

provided to learn how to judge the categories. Our chapter is doing a demo on Saturday, September 15,

in the Exhibit Hall from 10:00—12:00pm. If you are doing the demo, Sandy will have tickets for free

admission. Let Sandy know if you need a ticket for admission.

REFRESHMENTS LIST

This is the list for September and October meetings.

September October

Sweets—Jan Tatum Jo Shaw,Mary Margaret Kasulke

Savory—Barbara Johnson Linda Ownby

Drinks and Ice—Mitzi Mariella You all decide who is doing what.

November

Sweet—Marlene Mehn

Savory—???????

Drinks and Ice—Jackie O’Neill and Naomi Hamilton

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Diamond State Stitchers are looking forward to the 13th and 14th of October for our retreat with Wendy Schoen. The date is quickly approaching to finalize the number of kits that Wendy will be bringing with her. Mar-lene Mehn is taking registrations. If you can’t fill out the form to join us today but want to come, please let Marlene know. As many of you are aware, Wendy is a very experienced hand embroiderer as well as her expertise with the sewing machine. Both Saturday and Sunday will be hand classes, so no heavy machines to lug. We know how busy everyone’s calendars are but please don’t miss out on this experience. Wendy will be teaching for the first time in 6 years outside of her home studio in New Orleans. Looking forward to seeing many of our stitching friends join us. Fondly, Sally Rifenburg Diamond State Stitchers Chesapeake Treasures National SAGA Secretary Martha Sykora had a nice visit with Nancy Lee Ross and wanted to share a picture.

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Your Monthly Raffle Committee

Don’t forget to purchase your raffle tickets at each meeting. Check out the wonderful items being offered. All the items would be a great addition to your smocking and heirloom sewing inventory. Remember --- the money from the monthly raffle is the only income, other than dues, that we have had in the past 2 years! Please suppor t your monthly raffle.

The September Raffle will be:

“Step by Step”, A Construction Work Book by Caroline R. Marold. It details construction methods for yoke and bishop dresses. Donated by Peggy Hueston

“Fine Machine Sewing” by Carol Ahles (updated version). Donated by Martha Sykora from the Crofton Library

3 Full Size Pressing Hams Donated by Naomi Hamilton

The October Raffle will be: “Mimi’s Heirloom Sewing Book Two” by Mildred (Mimi) Turner.

Mimi is a world renown SAGA teacher whose books are no longer published. This is a true treasure. Donated by Peggy Hueston

6 Linen Tea Towels with rib embroidered bands 3 spools of Floriani Embroidery Thread--- 3 skeins of DMC Thread for hand embroidery

All Christmas colors--- get started early!! If you have something new or nearly new in your stash and would like to put it to a good cause, please think about donating it to the Raffle Committee for future monthly raffles. All proceeds from our monthly raffles are turned in to the Chapter Treasury and are used to help off-set current and future budgeting needs. The Raffle Committee wishes to thank Peggy Hueston, Naomi Hamilton, Martha Sykora, and Joan Messinger for their September and October donations.

Joan Messinger, Raffle Committee

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Officers of Chesapeake Treasures 2018/2019

Dawn Watson, President Linda Ownby, V.P. Programs dawn.watson3@verizon.net ownbfam@hotmail.com, 703-451-8484 410-923-1063 Lindsay Carroll, V. P. Membership Martha Sykora, Secretary lindsay21204@gmail.com mnsykora@earthlink.net, 443-292-8442 410-842-3773 Kelli Fox, Treasurer Kelligfox@gmail.com 209-417-9126

Look for “Chesapeake Treasures Smocking Guild” on Facebook and our new website

www.chesapeaketreasures.org

Thank you to all that donated articles for the newsletter. Remember, when sending articles

for the newsletter, please do your submissions in Microsoft Word. In your email to Sandy,

fringes51@gmail.com, please put Chesapeake Treasures Newsletter in the subject line. Thanks

Sandy Suhrie

**** MEETING LOCATION FOR OCTOBER **** Our October meeting will be held at Tomorrow’s Treasures Quilt Shop,

in the Studio Classroom

Meeting Dates 2018/2019

Meeting Location is now at Crofton Library

1681Reidel Rd, Crofton, MD

Business Meetings will now precede the General Meeting, starting at 5:45.

There are no meetings during July and August. Meetings resume in September.

Date Scheduled Program (subject to change)

Summer break in July and August.

September 13, 2018 Program-Saltcellar Pincushions/Linda Ownby

October 11, 2018 Wee Care Tips//Meeting will be at Tomorrow’s

Treasures Quilt Shop, in the Studio classroom

November 8, 2018

December 13, 2018 Christmas Pot Luck Meeting

January 10, 2019

February 14, 2019

March 14, 2019

April 11, 2019

May 9, 2019

June 13, 2019

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REPRINT PERMISSION Any non-profit needlework organi-

zation has permission to reprint

any original, non-copyrighted ma-

terial contained in this newsletter.

Proper credit must be given to the

author. Please forward a copy of the publication containing the

reprinted material to:

Chesapeake Treasures Chapter

C/O Sandy Suhrie

8244 New Cut Road

Severn, MD 21144

Newsletter Editor

Sandy Suhrie

fringes51@gmail.com

Please email Sandy if you have any

ideas or suggestions or articles

for this newsletter or you would

like to place an ad.

Exchange Newsletters from

other chapters should be

emailed to Martha Sykora,

mnsykora@earthlink.net

We will be happy to

reciprocate.

When and Where we meet:

The Chesapeake Treasures Chapter meets at 6:45 p.m. (business meeting pre-

cedes the general meeting at 5:45) on the 2nd Thursday of the month at

Crofton Library, 1681 Reidel Rd, Crofton, MD

At each meeting there is a show and share, business meeting, a program or

demonstration and always refreshments.

Should there be inclement weather, please check the library site to see

if they are open or call 410-222-7915

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SAGA—The Smocking Arts Guild of America -

“Our purpose is to preserve and foster the art of

smocking and related needlework for future gener-

ations, through education, communication, and

quality workmanship.”

www.smocking.org