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A nice article about a chapter!

SAGA Board members Bobbi Smith (President), Erna Fenchel (Secretary) and Karin Eveland (Region One Rep) visited the Conestoga Stitchers in May.

The Dogwood Chapter of SAGA makes Wee-Care gowns for the local hospital as well as for a group which supports families who have been given a poor pre-natal diagnosis.  The poor pre-natal diagnosis does not necessarily mean death,  although that often happens.  It can be mental retardation, downs syndrome, heart defect, whatever.  We recently received a call from them requesting a gown for conjoined twins.  There is no such thing as a pattern for conjoined twins, as the joining can be anywhere.  Kathy Dykstra of our group took on the task of trying to make a gown.  She researched conjoined twins on the computer and found nothing that would help her in making a pattern--the different cases were just too different.  In this case, the twins were conjoined in the abdomen area.  There were two heads, four arms, four legs, but only one heart.  Kathy took a basic yoke dress and cut an upside down "U" shape out of the front, beginning a couple of inches below the neckline and flaring out towards the side seams.  A ribbon sash was added at the side seams that could tie on both sides to bring in any fullness.
Although the girls did not live long, they were presented to the family in the lovely dress made by Kathy and were able to have their picture made, giving the family a lasting memory of the beautiful girls dressed in a beautiful dress that was made with love.  The spirit of Wee-Care extends to all corners of the world and in many different ways, but most importantly, it spreads love.
Please visit the blog site to see recent activities of this chapter.  http://charlottesmockingguild.blogspot.com

The Magnolia Stitchers of Vicksburg, MS, have another featured article and photo shoot in Sew Beautiful. Those ladies are prolific sewers!

The Monticello chapter of Virginia in Region 2 donated 16 Wee Care gowns to the University of Virginia Children's Hospital in December of 2010.  The first meeting of 2011 in January was cancelled due to inclement weather but February's meeting was well-attended for a discussion of silk ribbon embroidery.  Several members took a field trip in March to Woodlawn Plantation at Mt. Vernon, Virginia, to attend the 48th Annual Needlework Exhibition.

The Waving Girls Chapter (Savannah, GA) reports that they have begun having monthly "sit and sew" meetings, hoping to alternate between a Saturday and a weekday so all have an opportunity to attend, to teach members new skills or techniques they may not know, utilizing the talent within their chapter. They've received 6 new members in the past 2 months, and are thrilled to have them join.

Claudia Newton will teach in Greenville, S.C., on March 22-24th, 2012, hosted by Palmetto Pleaters chapter of SAGA. Her class on Friday is Sunflower Tool Purse, a hand embroidery 6 hour class.On Saturday, Claudia will teach two 3 hour classes. The morning class is a whitework II class and the afternoon class is Sweet and Simple Shadow Ribbons, a hand embroidery class. On Thursday evening, Claudia will visit the chapter at their Thursdy night meeting. All class details are found in the attached file. For any questions, contact Donna Kazia at kazia@scacog.org or call 864-233-4608

The Midnight Oil Smockers chapter will host Debbie Glenn for a 3 day workshop April 19-21, 2012. Please see file attached for further details. If you have any questions, please contact Tawn Hunka @ 281.615.1176.