Board & Guild Activities

Board Members

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Guild Activities

Brazilian Dimensional Embroidery International Guild 2006-07 Board Members

President, Ruby Scruggs

Treasurer, Loretta Holzberger

Membership, Debbie Goff

President Elect, Rosalie Wakefield

Seminar Chairman, Agnes Davis

Newsletter Editor, Pat Kamerschroer

Secretary, Debbie Kelley

Seminar Chair Elect, Mendie Cannon

Past President, Penny Oliver

(You may contact any of the officers for guild information with their e-mail hyperlinks)

Flower of the Year

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 2010, the Flower of the Year is St. John's Wort

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

Doernbecher Project

At seminar 2009 the guild decided to support Doernbecher Childrens Hospital in Portland with handmade cloth dolls and small cloth bags. We will present them during Seminar 2010. For those who would like a pattern for making a cloth doll, click on this link. Bring the finished dolls to seminar to be presented.

Seminar Theme Stitchery

To further encourage creativity in stitching, a special award is presented at the Show and Share exhibit for the piece that best represents the seminar theme of the year. The guild president chooses this award. For 2010 the theme is By the Sea By the Sea.

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 2009 seminar.

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