June 2025

The Annual General Meeting is held in June every year. Officers for 2025-2026 were elected and the budget was accepted unanimously.

Every June the guild runs a stitchery competition - the Trillium Annual Themed Award (TATA). This year there wasn't a theme, rather, any piece of stitchery completed this year qualified for adjudication.

The entrants were:

Marilyn's wool felt Pear Etui,

Jeanette's red sampler designed by 'A Mon Ami',

Nancy's Fraktur-style wedding sampler 'Love Never Fails' designed by Barbara Ana,

MaryK's little stitchery tool storage tin

containing a wool felt flower pincushion, needle minder, and scissors.

MaryK's project bag (from It's Sew Emma), pincushion, and scissor fob.

Nancy's 'Wings of Change' designed by Silver Creek Samplers.

Nancy's June pillow from Hands On Design 'A Year of Celebration'.

Nancy's strawberry

Nancy's strawberry

And this year's TATA winners are Jeanette with her "Mayfly and Iris" stumpwork designed by Jane Nicholas 

and Marion's punto antico 'Joy', designed by Kathryn Drummond.

Thanks to all who entered this year and special congratulations to Jeanette and Marion for your winning pieces. 

Our next meeting will be Wednesday, September 17, 2025. However we will continue to have our stitching first Saturdays throughout the summer on July 5, August 2, and September 6.

Happy summer stitching, everyone!

May 2025

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MaryK's Super...docious by Sue Hillis

Jeanette's I'd Rather Bee Stitching needlebook by The Bee Company

Geri's Hapsburg lace Snowflake Sampler by Tanja Berlin

MaryK's Brown Bunny Run by Sue Hillis

Siobhain's M Sampler 1641 in Rotterdam Historical Museum

 

April 2025

MaryK's angels on perforated paper.

Vintage Birds designed by Jeannette Douglas

Judy displayed a trio of Easter-themed biscornus and an Erica Michaels American Goldfinch strawberryf

She also made the pins.

Geri displayed the Plum Street Samplers design 'Live on Little'. It's on 40ct and there were several modifications, including the Canadian flag and using a much lighter 'mortar' on the big house.

She also brought in Cinnamon Stars, another Plum Street Samplers design.

Tonight was also THE BIG REVEAL of the Round Robin that had been operating since January 2024.

Recipients were thrilled with how their pieces turned out.

February 2025

Our Round Robin is almost complete. All will be revealed at our April meeting.

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Marilyn's 'Spring Quaker' by Lilas Studio on 36ct Fox and Rabbit Mayflower linen

Jeanette's ornament with 'bling', a Kathryn Drummond (Gingerbread Girl) design.

Jeanette showed how she framed a piece using a small, wooden tray from Michaels that she painted.

Also, Jeanette's 'Hedgehog and Hyacinth' by Blue Flower

Jeanette also presented the spool project designed by Jeannette Douglas. 

Jeanette built the center of the spool out with batting so the two short edges would meet and could be laced with the buttons. Such a clever finish.

Siobhain's Cornflower Scissor Pouch designed by Mary Corbet.

Marilyn's wool felt appliqué bird 'bowl fillers', a swallow

a chick,

and a dove.

Jennifer P's 'Festive Forest', a Blue Flower design - an exclusive from the 2024 Jingle Ball.