Our SGR year has officially begun, and we are certainly busy!!
At this month’s meeting, we will enjoy a presentation from Birgit Tolman of The Wishing Thorn! For those of you who were members last year, you may recall that Birgit designed our Stitching Day piece, Selena Ellis, for us! We are so excited and honored to have her join SGR again and delight us with her knowledge and expertise.
The November meeting will feature our Annual Stash Sale! Come prepared with coffee, stash-enhancing motivation, and funds! The Stash Sale is a big part our organization’s ability to provide outstanding programs each year as well as make significant contributions to the preservation, documentation, and accessibility of samplers. We have partnered with the Spencer Museum of Art for several years now, donating funds to their sampler collection and even fully funding the re-housing of their sampler collection. The re-housing project was a fantastic effort to make their extensive collection more accessible to designers and students as well as enhancing the long-term care of these important textiles. This year, SGR will also make a significant contribution to the Sampler Archive Project! We are finalizing the details of that donation but are thrilled to be a part of such an important effort!
The first Service Project will be held at our December 8th meeting, so please take note as we are blending it with our delightful Christmas Tea. We will support Toy for Tots again this year so watch for those toy sales and let’s see if we can collect as many toys as last year! Remember, we filled two huge donation boxes so let’s try for three this year! Additionally, we will have our Christmas Ornament exchange. If you are not attending in person, but still wish to participate, please email Katrina and get on the exchange list asap! This is always such a fun tradition!
Finally, since we have had so many new members join us since our September meeting, I want to say Welcome to SGR once again! We are thrilled to have you and look forward to this year and all the new creativity and enthusiasm you bring!
A Final Note: The lovely ladies from the Workbasket are in the process of closing their business. They will be holding a "going out of business" sale at Christ Lutheran Church, 2695 S. Franklin, Denver, CO on October 26, from 9-4. This is the church where we meet for our meetings.
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