Vol. 32, No.4 Happy fall:

“Advancing Sewing as an Art and Life Skill”
Vol. 32, No.4
Laramie, Wyoming Chapter
Happy fall:
My husband and I recently returned from Sedalia,
Missouri to visit with friends. It was a nice time to travel
and a lot of the trees were still very beautiful with the red
and gold leaves. Lots of harvesting going on putting up
the beans and corn. We were privileged to take a short
road trip through Amish country. We stopped at a couple
of general stores and of course bought some things. The
stores were full of preserves, fresh baked goodies and
much, much more. A wonderful place to buy some things
in larger quantities than we can at grocery stores here.
Our friends have a fairly large garden and sent us home
with sweet potatoes. Their prize sweet potato weighed in
at 11 pounds! Their pear tree was covered with pears so
we also brought home pears. So far we have cooked some
of the sweet potatoes and then I made an Apple Pear Pie.
I had not tried that before but it certainly won’t be the last
time I make it.
We have had such a lovely fall; I couldn’t believe it was
raining the other day and now some snow. The snow
makes it seem more like November weather here should
be and is good moisture for our lawns. With Christmas
soon approaching thoughts of things to cook, sew and
decorate are coming to mind. Hard to believe the stores
had Christmas stuff out before Halloween! Seems they
are rushing the seasons a little too much. This was one
Halloween we had such lovely weather for the kids to go
Trick or Treating in. That doesn’t always happen this way
in Laramie!
I hope you are enjoying you fall and finding time to do the
fun things!
Julie Houchin
President
November/December 2014
Chapter Advisory Board
Chapter President
Julie Houchin
jdhouch@aol.com
307-745-3525
1st Vice President
Irene Devin
307-742-3901
jidevin@bresnan.net
2nd Vice President
Helen Coates
307-399-1065
free2hike09@yahoo.com
Secretary
Diana Spears
307-755-9760
dianafayespears@gmail.com
Treasurer
Mary Jo Downey 307-745-8159
mjdowney@bresnan.net
Education
Jean Taylor
307-742-0876
jeanttaylor@gmail.com
Newsletter Editor & Publicity
Julie Houchin
307-745-3525
jdhouch@aol.com
Publicity
Carole Hertz
307-742-5053
cmhertz@ywyo.edu
Membership
Bonnie Schroeder
307-380-9954
bnsgas@msn.com
Hospitality/Fabric Sale Chair
Margot Birkholz
307-745-3911
pmbirkholz@gmail.com
Vol. 32, No.4
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HOSTESSES:
Thanks to all who signed up:
CHALLENGE
Our Challenge this year is make
something from fabric or yarn you
purchased at our Fabric Sale last April,
or something you found at a garage or
other sale. There are no rules and you
can sew, knit, crochet, and weave etc.
anything you would like. We will have
our finale as the program for our
January 26, 2015 meeting.
November 17 – Helen Coates and
Bonnie Schroeder
December 8 – Sid Walter -2526
Overland Road
January 26 – Margot Birkholz
Marilyn Morgan
February 23 – Sue Green
Marty Pomeroy
March 23 – Sharon Little
Fran Colby
April 27 – Sidney Walter
Carole Hertz
May 18?? - Florence Brandt
We need one more hostess for May
Our meetings are at 7:00 p.m.- First United Methodist Church – 1215 E. Gibbon – use the east
entrance from the parking lot, go through the doors and go immediately to the right, through the
kitchen and into the next room. We meet the 4th Monday’s except December and May and
occasionally we change the November meeting because of Thanksgiving. We try to finish up by
9:00 PM; we have light refreshments and Show’N Tell at each meeting. Sometimes we draw for
door prizes; anyone can donate a door prize if they choose to do so. Guests are always welcome
and we are always seeking new members. Please read the newsletter to keep up to date. You
will also receive a notice by email before each meeting. Those members who do not have email
will be sent a card with meeting announcements.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
November 17, 2014 – (Note the date change) this is our Annual Meeting with Election of Officers
Hands-on program: “Transforming Gently Used T-shirts into Necklaces/Scarves” by Jean Taylor
It is best to wear something that is woven (rather than knits including sweaters) otherwise you will be
covered with tiny fibers from the t-shirt knits.
Optional items to bring:
T-shirt (Jean will bring several)
Rotary Cutter with sharp blade
Cutting Mat
Cutting Mat
Ruler to use with rotary cutter
Scissors
Darning needle
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December 8, 2014 – Christmas Party. This is the second Monday, we set this early to avoid the
busy Christmas season. Sidney Walter, 2526 Overland Road, has offered her home for our Christmas
gathering. This is our Christmas get-together; we have a gift exchange and this year it is a tote. Either
makes, or purchase a tote bag, any size or shape, embellish it if you wish. Gift wrap it and enclose or
attach a card to let the recipient know who it was from. We will exchange these at our party. Please
bring a holiday treat to share. We will have Show’N Tell but will not have a meeting.
Chapter Advisory Board
December is the end of this physical year for Sewing Guild. Please write your report
and get to Julie as soon as you can. These reports go in the permanent file for the
Laramie Chapter. A summary of the things you did and accomplishments made should
be included. Thank you all very much for being an officer and helping to make our
Chapter the Great Chapter that it is. We have grown quite a bit in the past few years
and have gained much from the expertise you all have and have shared.
Make It with Wool Contest
District #1 will be having the contest on November 14, 2014. There will be a style show open to the
public at 7:00 PM in the foyer of the UW animal Science building. Everyone is welcome!
FIBER CELEBRATION 2015
The Northern Colorado Weavers Guild invites all fiber artists to participate in their 41st annual juried
exhibit Fiber celebration 2015. Pieces representing fiber media of all types are welcome, including
weaving, spinning, dyeing, basketry, sculpture, felting, quilting, papermaking, knitting, crocheting and
embroidery. The event will be held in the Tointon Gallery, Union Colony Civic Center, 651 10th avenue
in Greeley, Colorado. Deadline for entries is March 1, 2015, for more information contact Peg
MacMorris – 970-493-9155.
Pacific International Quilt Festival
Jean Taylor was able to attend the Pacific International Quilt Festival in mid-October which was held in
Santa Clara, California. (The convention center where the festival was held is across the street from the
new Levi NFL football stadium.) There were over 800 quilts, wearable art exhibits plus 22 other special
exhibit categories. One can view the photos of all the gorgeous winning entries via Google:
Google: Pacific International Quilt Festival winners 2014 wearable arts
Google: Pacific International Quilt Festival winners 2014 quilts
The best of show winner in the wearable arts category was a beautiful wedding dress made from a white
antique (very old) quilt. Viewing is just a click away!
Proxy Ballot
The Laramie Chapter of the American Sewing Guild, Inc.
Annual Election of Chapter Advisory Board Positions
Date of Election: November 17, 2014
Place of Election: First United Methodist Church,
1215 E Gibbon, Laramie WY. 82070
Please check next to the name of the candidate for each office that you believe will do the best job
for the Chapter.
President:
__________ Teresa Nealon
First Vice President:
__________ Irene Devin
Second Vice President:
__________ Helen Coates
Secretary:
__________ Diana Spears
Treasurer:
__________ Renea Wright
The Nominating Committee Chair is the proxy holder until the time of the election. All Valid proxy
ballots will be voted as submitted by the member. Please return your proxy to: Julie Houchin,
1801 W Hill Road, Laramie, WY 82072 ONLY if you won’t be able to attend the Annual
Meeting. Please don’t forget to vote!
All Proxy ballots must be returned to the Nominating Chair by Friday, November 14, 2014 as the
annual meeting will be on Monday, November 17, 2014 at the First United Methodist Church, 1215
E Gibbon, Laramie, WY.
Your Proxy ballot is not valid without your signature to assign your votes to the
Nominating Committee Chair. If it is not signed, your votes will not be counted.
Member Name (please print): _________________________________________
Member Signature: _________________________________________________
ASG member number (optional): ______________________________________________
Julie Houchin
1801 W Hill Road
Laramie, WY 82072
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OUR WEBSITE INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS
We have a website now for our Laramie chapter of the ASG!! The website is set up through
Facebook (FB), so if you are not yet familiar with FB then a great place to start is with one of the
online tutorials, such as:
http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Facebook
or watch the video at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mca5D5qmu0Q
You'll need to set up a FB account for yourself if you do not already have one. Assuming you've
done that, how do you get to the ASG chapter website from your FB home page? Note that there
is a rectangular search box at the top of your home page with a blue "f" to the left of it. In the box,
it says "Search for people, places and things" and at the right inside the box is an icon of a
magnifying glass. You'll need to type into that box: "American Sewing Guild, Laramie WY
Chapter". After you've done it once, if you need to get back to the ASG chapter website, the search
engine should do an autofill after you've typed only a couple of letters like "Ame" or something like
that. After it does autofill, it will bring down a menu and just click on the place you want to go to -the chapter website. (The autofill mechanism will make it easier for you to get back again after the
first time you've gone there.) Another way to easily return to the ASG website from your home
page (after going there the first time) is to bookmark the website address in your browser.
If you want to view what other people have posted to our group website, then you need to subscribe
to the group website. To subscribe to the website, you need to "Like" it. To "Like" it, go to the ASG
chapter website and click on the thumbs-up "Like" button that appears in the bottom right side of
the photograph at the top of the web page. After you do that, the button should change to say
"Liked" and show a blue picture of a "thumbs up" on the left. Unfortunately, right after
subscribing you can go back to your FB home page (by hitting the return arrow on your browser),
refresh the browser, and yet you still won't see our ASG postings. But be patient. Wait about an
hour or more. Sometimes it takes several hours. After that, you should be able to go to your own
personal FB home page and see what's been posted so far on our ASG chapter website. A posting
from our group website will have the ASG icon in blue and will have the title "American Sewing
Guild, Laramie WY Chapter" at the top in blue letters.
If you want to post on the ASG chapter website, use the same procedure as you use for posting on
your own personal FB home page. But first go to the ASG group website. On the top right of the
page, just below the photo, you should see a rectangular box and inside the box is stated "Write
something on this Page..." Just type inside the box and then hit "Enter" on your keyboard and
everyone who subscribes will be able to see your posting.
Everything else should work exactly the way it does for a normal FB page.
with FB, this should all be "a piece of cake."
Once you're familiar
For problems, please contact the Chapter Webmaster Diana at dianafayespears@gmail.com).
American Sewing Guild
Laramie Chapter
1801 ‘W’ Hill Road
Laramie, WY 82072