Wee Care Sew Much

Do you have Wee Care and Christmas ornaments for Trees for Troops ready to bring to SAGA Convention? Wee Care Sew Much chair, Marlene Mehn, will be there ready and waiting for your donations.

My Plaid Smock Along Progress

Did you sign up for the SAGA Members Only Plaid Smock Along? I know I did as this is a great opportunity to learn a smocking variation and gain Artisan points from the comfort of home!

The three of the four lessons have been emailed to me (but can also be found on the SAGA website, www.smocking.org if you are signed in as a member) and I have printed them off and been working one them.

So far I have completed lessons one and two and am working on lesson three.

I started lesson one and thought how easy could this be? It is just trellis and the odd cable. I followed the directions/graph and ended up being off on nearly every colour pass! So I took all of my work out and started again, this time doing what the hints actually said to do, carefully checked my work and placement as I went along. Success! Lesson one complete and looking good.

                                                 


Lesson two was the same idea- trellis and the odd cable, but armed with the knowledge that I need to check my placement and often, I completed the lesson without having to un-do any of it. Loved this look!

Lesson three is taking shape and will be completed shortly.

Looking forward to lesson four!

Thank you to Evelyn Phillip who gave the rights to the lessons to SAGA and to Kate Westlake for her edits and leading the Smock Along.

I hope to see lots of your plaid smocking on the SAGA Smock Along Facebook page.

SAGANews Volume 40 Issue 3

Yes, the next issue of SAGANews is in the mail!

This issue is the third one of the year and features the last 10 years of SAGA History, the second part of Susanne Iverson's Masters Thesis on needles, some hints for Artisan level II Embroidery and lots of Chapter Chatter!

A Little about Addison, Texas

The land occupied by Addison was settled as early as 1846 when Preston Witt built a house near White Rock Creek. In 1902 the community named itself Addison, after Addison Robertson, who served as postmaster from 1908 to 1916. The first industry was a cotton gin, opening in 1902 on Addison Road. 

Some things to do in Addison:

Cavanaugh Flight Museum

4572 Claire Chennault, Addison, TX 75001  

Phone Number: 972-380-8800

Hours: Mon - Sat: 9:00am - 5:00pm, Sun: 11:00am - 5:00pm

Admission: Adults: $12.00 Seniors & Military: $8.00 Children (4 - 12): $6.00 Children 3 & Under: Free

Bitter Sisters Brewery

15103 Surveyor Blvd, Addison, TX 75001-4316

Family run brewery.

Mary Kay Museum

16251 Dallas Pkwy, Addison, TX 75001-6801

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Located at the headquarters of the Mary Kay cosmetics company. 

Wanted-Photos

Have you been a SAGA member forever?

Have you attended SAGA Conventions pre-2005, before photos were digital?

Do you have photos from SAGA Conventions pre-2005?

Then we need you to share these with SAGA and SAGANews!

We are looking to get as much of the SAGA history in digital format as we can and photos from the pre-digital age are harder for us to find.

Please email me at saganews@smocking.org if you have any photos you would be able to share with us.

Here are a few we have in the history collection (they have been scanned and saved in digital format so now they are preserved forever!).

SAGANews Cover Redesign

SAGA member Jan R. sent me this photo, without realizing it she re-designed the cover of SAGANews Volume 40 Issue 2!

Jan put a photo of her granddaughter, taken at Christmas, down and it just happened to be on top of SAGANews, making it look like the baby was the cover model!

New Smock Along

A new Smock Along for SAGA Members Only has begun. 

Kate Westlake will lead an adaptation of Evelyn Philip's Plaid Smocking. 

This class is open to members only.  You will need to sign up through Constant Contact so lessons may be emailed to you.  The introduction is posted on the SAGA website. Go to www.smocking.org and sign in as a member. You can see this announcement, and the link to the sign up page and the introduction download on the Home Page. This class is for members only, and requires a sign up because we need to know the number of participants as part of the copyright agreement with the originator.

One lesson will be emailed to you each Monday in August.  If you complete the lessons, including a practice piece and a project of your choice, and post a picture in the Facebook Smock Along Group or send it to Smockalong@smocking.org or show them to Kate Westlake at the Convention, you can earn two Artisan Points for your participation.

Participate in the discussion with the Facebook Smock Along group.  Individual questions or non-Facebook users can contact Kate at smockalong@smocking.org.

Please pass this information on to your SAGA friends who are not on Facebook.