Fundraiser extended

Please note: The Perfect Angle was closed this past Friday 5/6 and Saturday 5/7.

The fundraiser has been extended to May 17th.

Link to the Coupon and Fundraiser:
( Information HERE)


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The Perfect Angle
1131 Joliet Street
Dyer, IN 46311-1926
(US 30 accross from
the Dyer Post Office)
(219) 865-3777

Store Hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
10 am - 5 pm
(evenings by appt only)
Tuesday & Thursday
10 am - 7 pm
Saturday
10 am - 4 pm

Link to Web Site:
http://www.perfectangleframing.com/

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Questions? Contact Sandy at The Perfect Angle
or Renee R

A giveaway .....

Head over to Marjorie's blog post:

Sampler Giveaway

for details on this lovely giveaway. Includes sampler WIP, fibers and Fine Lines magazines (patterns).

Extra Kit

Yesterday afternoon, I pulled out required floss and opened up my Biscornu Stackers kit. The materials are lovely.

In addition to the pattern with buttons and overdye fiber --- Sue put together the rest of our ingredients for this autumn project: linen, Soie 100/3, (2) Perle Cottons, beads, and two needles. Ribbon to tie up the biscornu stacks will be handed out during the next class. Your finished project will look like this:

Terrific! I had the suggested floss already + how wonderful to have everything else ready to stitch. I appreciate the large diagrams!

Part Two of this class will follow the September chapter meeting. Plenty of time to get the squares stitched up. The motifs are charming (IMO) squirrels, acorns, leaves, flowers.

Per Sue D, there is ONE more kit. If you are interested in purchasing, contact her asap (or email Needle Artisans.) The fee is $22.00, checks made payable to Needle Artisans of Northwest Indiana.

Michael's pin-pads hacked

If you've shopped recently at Michael's, esp. if you use a debit card, please check your accounts. A friend of mine was hit.

Michaels Alerts Customers of Potential Debit and Credit Card Fraud

IRVING, Texas, May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Michaels Stores, Inc. has learned that PIN pad tampering may have occurred in its Chicago-area stores and that customer credit and debit card information may have been compromised.

The company was contacted this week by banking and law enforcement authorities after some fraudulent debit card transactions were reported over the weekend. Authorities believe the fraudulent transactions may be linked to legitimate transactions in Chicago-area Michaels stores.
Consumers who have purchased items from a Michaels store with a debit or credit card are encouraged to monitor their statements, report any suspicious account activity, and change any PIN numbers and other account security settings. Consumers who believe their accounts were used without authorization should contact the card issuer directly. More consumer protection tips are available at the Federal Trade Commission website at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt150.shtm.

The company is working to assist authorities in the investigation. For additional information and updates, visit Michaels website at www.michaels.com.

EGA's Crewel Logo

The EGA logo (crewel) was stitched by Judy Jeroy.
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Please note EGA headquarters address/phone:
The Embroiderers’ Guild of America, Inc.
The Pointe,
1205 E Washington St, #117
Louisville, KY
502-589-6956
Fax 502-584-7900

Mailing Address:
1355 Bardstown Road
Suite 157
Louisville, KY 40204

Hours:
Monday through Friday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST

Bookmarks

The EGA's Literacy Bookmark program is still ongoing. I've been neglecting it and need to get back to work and hopefully motivate you to make some bookmarks, too. We're still supporting Hammond Reads.This morning Needle 'n Thread featured a lovely bookmark pattern that is plenty inspirational to me. Go to Mary's blog to download a line drawing of this lovely Hungarian bookmark and to see some other lovely bookmark designs. Hopefully I'll see you at next month's meeting with some completed bookmarks. Marjorie

Urge to Embellish

The Urge to Embellish exhibit

February 6, 2011 through October 2, 2011

Press Release

Illinois State Museum
Springfield, IL

From the web site: "Mon.- Sat. 8:30 A.M.-5:00 P.M.; Sun. Noon-5:00 P.M.; Closed New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.

Located at the corner of Spring and Edwards Streets, the ISM is in the Capitol Complex, just south of the State Capitol., Springfield, IL"

Phone: (217)782-7386

Vote for EGA

Feel free to forward this on to friends and family.

Ok, ladies, for those of you who have a Facebook account, you may not be aware, but Chase Bank is giving away $5,000,000 to charity organizations. Voting has started for Round 1, and the top 100 vote-getting charities will receive $25,000 each. 


EGA, Inc. is one of the charities eligible for this. Unfortunately, as I write this, EGA has NO VOTES!!! Go to


http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/202716275-operat\
ion-homefront-inc?src=vote_share
<http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/202716275-opera\
tion-homefront-inc?src=vote_share> and go to "Find Charities", and enter "Embroiderers Guild of America", and click on the link. 
You will need to click on "Like" for Chase Community Giving before you can vote the first time.

Spread the word among your friends. You do need to have a Facebook account. Even though first round voting ENDS MAY 4, if we work at this, we can push EGA into the top 100 very quickly. When you vote at Chase Community Giving, you will have 10 votes available during this first round. You can vote only once per charity.

REMEMBER, VOTE BY WEDNESDAY, MAY 4. IT ONLY TAKES A COUPLE OF
MINUTES!!



Elaine Bricker

Tip of Texas Chapter EGA

South Central Region

Harlingen, Texas

reminder ...

Time to print out your
coupon
and get your frame order ready.

The Perfect Angle and NANI have
teamed up for a fundraiser to benefit our group.

When you present above coupon
with your framing order
from May 2nd through May 14th,
10% of the sale will be donated to NANI

Details here:
link to post