April 2012 V4 I4

"Village Welcome" from Stitchers' Village Designs.

Spring has arrived and I’m sure everyone will be busy with outdoor activities, so stitching may slow down a bit. I was brought to reality with the season change on Sunday. I watched the first games of my grandchildren’s soccer and have a sunburn to show for it. I will not forget the sunblock/hat/umbrella next time! We had a bit of fun with the March Madness in the social area - see details on page 3 of the April 2012 newsletter.

March Birthday Drawing: Tobi B from MI received a “Garden Party Sweets” kit from Praiseworthy Stitches (When members sign up to participate in the social area and give their birth date, they are automatically entered into the drawing during the month of the birthday) We had a bit of March Madness in the social area with many fun drawings and surprise rewards and the March Madness Prizes were: Gabriele K’s name was drawn from the members of the Blackbird Designs group to receive a “Wild Garden” kit Lisa R’s name was drawn from the Ink Circles Group to receive “Willowberry” The Counted Thread group were given the chance to post and say which of seven Nancy’s Needle charts they wanted to receive: Marta A. = “Give Thanks” Joan M = “Silhouette” Karen R = “Two Gingerbread Houses” Cheryl W = “Memory Quilt” Linda E = “Summer Sunflowers” Abigail R = “Two Cottages” Gabriele K = “Blue Hydrangeas” Karen R’s name was the first member to sign up for the Beading Group to receive the “Beaded Leaf Needle book and Ladybug Scissor Fob” by The Constant Stitcher Val B was the bingo winner on the 10th and won “Wld Garden” kit from BBD On the 31st we had a special Glendon Place Bingo game and there were four winners Theresa D - “Plum Pudding” Barb V - “Outrageous Owls” Val B - “Grasshopper Pie” Melanie R - Cherries Jubilee Twig P won “Happy Easter Etui” kit from The Stitching Parlor for posting in chat Susan Sieck won “Garden Party Sweets” kit from Praiseworthy Stitches for being the first new member in the social area after the email went out.

This complimentary chart is offered in this issue of the newsletter: