Bay Area Sampler Guild

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2008
Date Title
Ongoing 2008 Chapter Projects and Challenge
5 January Stitch-in
Hostess: Sharon Kerst
2 February Lauren Sauer Album
With Sandie Colbert
1 March Lecture Topic: U.K. Embroiderers' Guild Collection
by Erin Moody
5 April Filoli Field Trip
Tom Rogers Curator of Collections
2-3 May Workshop: Toychest
by Betsy Morgan of Willing Hands Designs
7 June Antique Needlework Tools
Hostess: Helen Glassman
12 July Stitches from the Round Robin
15-17 August Annual Stitching Retreat at Asilomar
6 September Tea and Lauren Sauer Album finishing
Hostess and Teacher: Sandie Colbert
4 October Hardanger Class, part 1
With Gerry Manning
1 November Annual Celebration
Share our work and projects, play games, plan projects for next year
December There is no meeting in December
2007
Date Title
Ongoing 2007 Chapter Projects and Challenge
6 January Pin Cube
With Ria MacCrisken
3 February Mounting Finished Projects; Lacing Technique
With Diane Clements
3 March Stitch-in
at Barbara Mason's
7 April BASG scissors keep
With Ria MacCrisken
5 May Field trip
The Elegant Stitch in Modesto
2 June Double Italian Hem Stitching
7 July lecture on textile history topic
by Sarah Halsey
24-26 August Annual Stitching Retreat at Asilomar
8 September Workshop
With Sharon Cohen
6 October Ornament Finishing
With Shirley Wilson
3 November Annual Celebration
Share our work and projects, play games, plan projects for next year
December There is no meeting in December
2006
Date Title
7 January Plaited Braid
With Ria MacCrisken
4 February Field Trip
to The Regal Rabbit, Windsor, CA
4 March Knit Your Own Scarf
at Debbie & Jan's
1 April Quieter Moments "Flower Sprinkles" pincushion
With Sandie Colbert
13 May Field trip
to the Oakland Museum to view their sampler collection
3 June Blackwork
With Shirley Wilson
8 July Clothing Embellishment
With Mike Swan
18-20 August Annual Stitching Retreat at Asilomar
9 September "Flower Sprinkles" pincushion
Finishing at Sandie's house in Half Moon Bay
7 October Mermaid Sampler
With Lauren Sauer
4 November Annual Celebration
Share our work and projects, play games, plan projects for next year
December There is no meeting in December
2005
Date Title
4 January Ukrainian Drawn Thread
5 February Missing Person File 1041
A mystery sampler taught by Amy Mitten
2 April Field Trip to The Elegant Stitch in Modesto
7 May Aztec Stitch
Taught by Cathe Ray at Needle in a Haystack
4 June Stitch-in at Barbara's
to view her extensive sampler collection
9 July Designing from Beginning to End, Part I
Workshop
6 August Designing from Beginning to End, Part II
Finishing
9-11 September Annual Stitching Retreat at Asilomar
1 October Examplar IV
Taught by Catherine Theron
5 November Annual Celebration
Share our work and projects, play games, plan projects for next year
2004
Date Title
3 January Detatched Buttonhole
Slides and class
14 February Valentine stitch-in at Ria's
5 March Mexican and Spanish Sampler
With Sue Horn-Caskey
3 April Bayeux Stitch
By Susan Bryant at The Status Thimble
1 May New Finishing Technique
With Pat Thomas
5 June Royal School of Needlework
Slide lecture given by Margaret Azpeitia-Taylor
10 July Stash Enhancement/Reduction
sale and trade
20-22 August Stitch-Away Retreat
Asilomar, Pacific Grove, California
11 September Color workshop
With Cathe Ray
2 October Pulled/Drawn Work
With Sandra Murray
6 November Annual Celebration
Share our work and projects, play games, plan projects for next year
2003
Date Title
4 January American Samplers, 17th-20th Century
A slide show and study box
1 February Stitch-In
1 March History of Silk
Lecture and slide show by Kirsten Barrere of J.L Walsh Silk
12 April All-Day Dutch Sampler Class, Margriet Hogue of the Essamplaire
Lecture and Slides about Dutch Samplers, class and kit
3 May New Stitches-A Techniques Workshop
by Susan Allanson, Shirley Wilson, Ria MacCrisken, and Sue Horn-Caskey
7 June Two Classes led Lois Mouriski of the Elegant Stitch
AM- 'Cube-It (prestitching required), PM-Specialty Tassels
12 July Quaker Samplers
Lecture by Ria MacCrisken
1-3 August Stitch-Away Retreat
Asilomar, Pacific Grove, California
6 September Silk Gauze Samplers
Taught by Susan Allanson
4 October Ohio School Girl Samplers, Sue Studebaker
Lecture and slides, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm, Oakland Museum
1 November Annual Celebration
Share our work and projects, play games, plan projects for next year
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