Macreme and Plants

We had a fun meeting on the 9th. Be sure and try to work on your Macreme Plant Hangers a bit before the next meeting. Call or e-mail if you need another pair of Jute Cords to do another section! Here is "C" doing a great job with her Mom helping keep the cords straight!
And - here is our b'day girl "K" with her Mom and little sis doing their best to help out.

And look at "A" go with Dad! Good job! I cant wait to see how these all look in 2 weeks!

And "E" - she and her Mom have this figured out. It'll be done in no time.

We also worked on learning how to pot up our Pothos cuttings from September. Here Mrs. D demonstrates just how much soil to put in the pot before the cuttings. We made pretty pots for them too. They should grow a lot before the fair. Good Job everyone!

Remember to Keep them watered - but not floating!

January 9th Meeting Reminder

Hi Everyone:

HAPPY NEW YEAR - and welcome back to those we haven't seen in awhile!

Please bring a batch of cookies to send to IRAQ! Check out the sidebar for other important things to remember for the meeting.

As I mentioned in e-mail - - here come some details for Friday night! We will be decorating a pot for rooted plants, learning how to pot it (and taking materials home to do it there - plants too tender to take outside this time of year!) and start a Macreme Plant Hanger. We will work on the plant hanger over the next several meetings. IF there is time, we can also begin our pin-cushions. The 2nd meeting of January will be a busy meeting - continuing to work on these projects! If you're unable to attend this Friday - try to set up a date with Mrs. M or Mrs. D to get started!

I have two patterns to use for the Macreme hangers. One a TRUE macreme - and another more of a knotting project for those that can't or don't want to get into macrame. This easier project will be done in 1-2 meetings. Try to have an idea of which project you want to do on Friday - and we'll divide the Thrills & Skillsers into two project areas!

Each of the projects takes about 50 yards of jute. We are asking each member to bring $3 extra dues to offset the cost of these materials, the pots and potting soil. Thanks. These are all items that can be individually judged at the Schagitoke Fair in August - - the plant, the pot, the hanger... If completed and entered, you are very likely to WIN your material cost back!

PINCUSHION Design

This is what our pincushion tops are going to look like. Mrs. G. has done these up on her embroidery machine on a variety of felt colors. I THINK most of the thread will be 4H GREEN! They will look even more awesome after you all do some blanket stitching around them and stuff them!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years Celebration. Don't forget we meet NEXT FRIDAY, January 9th (someone's birthday BTW - and she can bring snack if SHE wants to). We will meet at the school at 7PM. See sidebar for list of things to bring.

See ya!

Mrs. M.