New SAGA Stitches

Three new SAGA Stitches programmes were released at the recent SAGA National Convention in Hampton, Virginia. These new programmes were the results of the SAGA Stitches contest.

The winning entry was a smocked coin purse by Terry Poskay and I was lucky enough to receive a kit to make the purse.

Terry Poskay, SAGA Stitches 2016 Contest Winner

 
It took very little time to smock and construction was easy as Terry includes wonderful step-by-step directions with photos. My little coin purse is complete and will be a gift for a little girl I know. I plan to make a few more of these as they will use some of my stash fabrics and take very little time to make.

Smocked Coin Purse

You can purchase the directions from SAGA Stitches for $8. (SAGA Stitches programmes are just the written directions. You provide the materials. They make great chapter programmes).

Visit the SAGA website www.smocking.org to see more of these great little projects under SAGA Stitches!

The other new programmes are a baby bib and a smocked thimble pocket.

More SAGA Convention Fun!

A SAGA Convention is always a fun event.  Being a Convention there are awards to be made for Artisan Achievers; Design Show Winners; Show and Share entries as well as a new board to install and Wee Care to handover to a local hospital or two. And there was the SAGA Stitches contest winner to announce!

This year the Design Show was sponsored by Classic Sewing Magazine/Hoffman Media and Baby Lock USA! The winner of the Best in Show won a Baby Lock Soprano Sewing Machine!

So here are a few photos from those events!

Artisan Achievers 2016

Artisan Achievers 2016: Kelli Fox, Beth Westlake, Heather Schreier, Kim Gimblette (Artisan Chair), Kate Westlake and Marian Drum

 Design Show 2016  Judges

 Barbara Meger, Pat Goldman and Connie Palmer

 Best in Design Show Winner

Bev Clement

Design Show and Show and Share Viewers Choice Winners

Kathy Furth (Design Show) and Martha Broyles (Show and Share)

Wee Care Handover

Wanda De Witt with Joann Moran

 SAGA Stitches Contest Winner

Terry Poskay

And lastly but not least the SAGA 2016-2017 Board:

Chris Sykes; Jane McClure; Ann Peebles; Beth Westlake; Kim Gimblette; Kate Westlake, Lindsay ; Chris Rumohr; Kelli Fox; Sally Rifenburg.

For more information regarding SAGA please visit the SAGA website www.smocking.org

A New Year and time to renew old friendships.

Many of us make New Year resolutions and within a month, week and even few days have forgotten them, but renewing an old freindship is one that can be done very easily and prove very rewarding.

So have you renewed your friendship with SAGA by paying your dues for 2015?

SAGA has so much to offer:

Retreats in 2015 (Las Vegas, Chicago and Valley Forge) where you can take classes.

Local Meet Ups planned.

Chapter meetings to attend.

Correspondence Courses.

SAGA Stitches programmes.

SAGA website.

Facebook page.

Artisan Programme.

Wee Care.

Friendship.

And lastly, SAGANews which if you do not renew you will not receive as it is a Members Only publication.

Think of all you might miss- so visit the SAGA website (www.smocking.org) and renew your membership today. You will be renewing a friendship that keeps on giving!