Board Members
and
Guild Activities
Brazilian Dimensional Embroidery International Guild 2011-12 Board Members
| President, RosalieWakefield Treasurer, Loretta Holzberger Membership, Debbie Goff | President Elect, Sherry Johnson Seminar Chairman, Mendie Cannon Newsletter Editor, Charlene Newlin | Secretary, Debbie Kelley Seminar Chair Elect, Mary-E. Crichton Past President, Ruby Scruggs |
(You may contact any of the officers for guild information with their e-mail hyperlinks)
Many years ago our past president, Mary-E. Crichton, presented seminar members each with a packet of Scabiosa seeds, (the pincushion flower) and challenged us all to grow them and come back with a stitched version. This was the beginnings of our "Flower of the Year". Each year thereafter, members put names of flowers in a ballot box, and near the end of seminar, a name is drawn to be the Flower of the Year. All members are encouraged to stitch their version of the flower and enter them in competition at the Show and Share Exhibit at Seminar.
For 2012, the Flower of the Year is the Dogwood
So, look at your seed catalogs, check the Internet, and start stitching!
Over the years these flowers have been chosen as Flower of the Year:
Scabiosa - 1998
Peony - 1999
Columbine - 2000 (Chosen for the Columbine High disaster)
Rose - 2001
Fuchsia - 2002
Iris - 2003
Bleeding Heart – 2004
Hosta - 2005
Sweet Pea - 2006
Pansy - 2007
Hibiscus - 2008
Carnation - 2009
St. John's Wort - 2010
Orchid - 2011
The BE Handy Helper
Brazilian embroidery stitchers are always looking for "a better way". Some of those better ways end up as hints in our newsletter; other handy hints are shared during seminar and local chapter meetings.
This year as a Guild fundraiser, we are collecting and organizing as many hints as we can for a booklet that will be available for purchase. Pat Kamperschroer is spearheading this project. Please send your hints to her. The booklet is planned to be printed for the 2012 seminar.
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07/16/2011