November Show and Tell

Here are the wonderful items our members shared at the November meeting.

Becky M stitched the logo of her favorite team,

and a pretty Christmas decoration.

Carol L stitched the sweet child's picture

and also brought a pillow found in a resale shop.

Janet C stitched this lovely Paris-themed piece.

Marge G stitched this enticing animal picture.

Marj H stitched this lovely piece using surface embroidery techniques.

Pat B stitched a pillow

(finished beautifully by fellow member Karen J),

and also the pin cube which she finished herself.

Renee brought a colorful quilt

and her cute inchies.

Finally, Tina stitched this lovely church.

Don't forget:

Our next regularly scheduled meeting

will be in February.

Until then, keep stitching.

October Show and Tell

A handful of members brought a bounty of stitchy goodness to the October meeting.  Here it is for your viewing pleasure.

Becky stitched this adorable Halloween design,

finished by our member, Karen J.

Karen J has now become a Boutis designer!

Here are her first three designs,

with a Christmas/winter theme.

Gorgeous!

Marjorie brought everything in the

above three photos:

sweet little knitted caps,

felted pin, ruler cover,

Christmas ornament,

and last but not least,

her start on the Illinois State Day project,

an egg ornament taught by Kay Stanis.

All so lovely!

Until next time, keep stitching!

August & September Show & Tell

Here is a catch-up post which includes all the stitched lovelies from the last two chapter meetings.

August

Chris R brought this sweet patriotic ornament.

Karen J made this clever project roll.

Pat B stitched this cute needleroll, finished by Karen J.

Lynn U stitched this pretty bookmark.

Marjorie H brought these lovely temari balls.

Becky M made this adorable summery piece.

Marge G showed this intricate initial D.

Carol L brought these cute bookmarks which our chapter offered

as a project for the kids at Camp Quality this year.

September

Becky M brought these beautiful needlepoint and beaded items.

 Marjorie H brought all the wonderful items in these two photos,

including her framed EGA challenge projects (above).

And finally Janet C brought this boatload of stitchy goodness.

Until next time, keep stitching!

June Show & Tell

Here are the projects which our talented members brought for Show & Tell at the June General Meeting:

Becky stitched this pretty Easter-themed piece.

Janet brought this apron with a cute cross-stitch design.

Karen J brought this fabulous French Boutis needle book.

She will be teaching this at the Great Lake Regional meeting in September!

 Lynn brought this interesting chapter project

done entirely in rice stitch with three different colors.

The position of each color is changed in each square.

Marj brought a whole pile of wonderful goodies,

including a crocheted potholder gifted to her by a homeless woman.

Pat brought a canvaswork project (upper left) and

two cross-stitch pictures.

Finally, Tina brought this lovely  "rescued needleart" 

which she purchased for a song at a thrift store.

Remember, there will be no General Meeting in July.

Until next time, keep stitching!

May Show & Tell

Here is the eye candy that our members brought to the May chapter meeting.

Aggie stitched this beautiful lily-of-the-valley picture

and eye-catching needlepoint pillow.

Becky stitched this cute patriotic piece.

Chris stitched the lovely tree sampler (top)

and also the two pretty pieces in the bottom photo.

Joyce brought some swag received at the recent

GLR seminar, and also a cute new name tag

that she stitched for herself.

Marj H created this lovely Temari ball.

Marge G stitched these interesting Russian icons.

Pat stitched these two seasonal pieces,

finished into lovely flatfolds by our member Karen J.

Tina stitched these two cute Halloween pieces,

also finished for her by Karen J.

April Show and Tell

We welcomed our President, Renee, back from a brief absence after having knee surgery.  She is doing great, by the way.  The Inchie workshop held this past weekend was a great success, as you will see from the following photos.  Here is this month's Show and Tell:

Becky stitched this super cute Chrismas ornament,

finished by Karen J, who is also one of our members.

And two creative inchies!

Chris brought these two lovely pieces.

She's all ready for Spring,

even if Mother Nature isn't.

This is Marj H's inventive Inchie.

She was also wearing a bracelet that she had made.

Unfortunately, no photo was taken of that.

Sorry, Marj!

Pat stitched this Spring sampler

using Autumn colors.

Finally, Renee brought a lot of cute Inchies,

and an embroidered quilted piece

that she won at a silent auction.

Until next month, keep stitching!