Mary has had a busy autumn so far (with winter knocking on our door!). She's had seminar trips to Castle Rock (Colorado), Madison (Tennesee) and West Franklin (Illinois). She is off to East Aurora, New York, on November 14th for a Saturday seminar at the Aurora Sewing Center. Her last trip of 2008 will be to the Pittsburgh area.
A new item for her this fall is a pattern called "Table Toppings," which is a felt-based table or shelf runner with large appliques--six in the pattern for all seasons and celebrations.
She has also recently published two new sweatshirt books: Sweatshirts For All Seasons and Sweatshirt Makeovers For Kids. Both of these will be shown on "Sewing with Nancy" starting at the end of November--just in time for Christmas gift sewing for both adults and little kids. The sweatshirt topic continues to be a good one for Mary (it's how she got her "start").
For the coming year she is working on two new reversible apron patterns and also a "sewing green" topic for television with Nancy.
She will be posting her 2009 teaching schedule (See the link for her website--Mary's Productions--on the right) soon, and she will be VERY busy in March, April and May. The Midwest YaYa Sisters will be teaching in Florida at the end of March. Mary says, "That's a great time to leave winter behind" in Minnesota.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
A LONG-AWAITED UPDATE!
It's been quite awhile since we last updated any news about our group for our loyal readers. We have been busy and it's hard to find the time to get the information out to everyone.
Mondays continue to be big attendance days for ouus at our "clubhouse." We had a good crowd for coffee this morning!
The Walkie Talkies also increased in size: Linda has joined our group since she moved back "to town." She is living in the former school superintendent's house. A completely new person is Darlene. She is the interim pastor's wife and they live in an old towns person's house. We are intrigued by the fact that we still label houses by their FORMER owners' names and we wonder how long it takes for the house to take on the identity of the new owner! They seem to be enjoying the WT's and are still sort of trying to figure out who we are and what we are all about (we are sort of strange but we are fun-loving!).
Dorothy brought a book from her cousins' reunion this past summer. One of the relatives made a book at one of those online places where you drop photos into templates and then you can order a hardback book of the layouts. Very cool.
Joan was to start chemotherapy at Mayo today. We haven't received an update yet, but we know that we soon will. We hope to get her address soon so that we can start to send her some cards to help speed her therapy and radiation sessions along!
In one week in September we had the centennial celebration at the Catholic church here in town, the dedication ceremony for the new school building, and a speaker at the library. The activities of the week illustrated that it's not boring here and that there are positive things happening. The Pumpkin Fest in October was well-attended and the weather cooperated to make it a great success.
The mayor is now in charge of the revived Holiday Heritage Festival. Our own Mary did a Postal cancellation design of a Swedish candle holder. She did many of these throughout the years and they have become real collectors' items. Local residents try to finish their holiday cards so that they can get them off in the mail with this special cancellation. There will be a light parade on the Friday night and a tree lighting at the community building, a home decorating contest, the usual craft sale and a kids' Christmas shopping store. The mayor also wants to have a baking competition, maybe with ethnic specialties. There will also be a dinner and dance at the local Legion Club on Saturday night, December 13th.
There is more happening, but this should do it for now--just to let you know that we are all still around and kicking. We will do some updating of the many travelers in our group and also keep you posted on what Mary (see link for her website) is doing.
Enjoy!!
Mondays continue to be big attendance days for ouus at our "clubhouse." We had a good crowd for coffee this morning!
The Walkie Talkies also increased in size: Linda has joined our group since she moved back "to town." She is living in the former school superintendent's house. A completely new person is Darlene. She is the interim pastor's wife and they live in an old towns person's house. We are intrigued by the fact that we still label houses by their FORMER owners' names and we wonder how long it takes for the house to take on the identity of the new owner! They seem to be enjoying the WT's and are still sort of trying to figure out who we are and what we are all about (we are sort of strange but we are fun-loving!).
Dorothy brought a book from her cousins' reunion this past summer. One of the relatives made a book at one of those online places where you drop photos into templates and then you can order a hardback book of the layouts. Very cool.
Joan was to start chemotherapy at Mayo today. We haven't received an update yet, but we know that we soon will. We hope to get her address soon so that we can start to send her some cards to help speed her therapy and radiation sessions along!
In one week in September we had the centennial celebration at the Catholic church here in town, the dedication ceremony for the new school building, and a speaker at the library. The activities of the week illustrated that it's not boring here and that there are positive things happening. The Pumpkin Fest in October was well-attended and the weather cooperated to make it a great success.
The mayor is now in charge of the revived Holiday Heritage Festival. Our own Mary did a Postal cancellation design of a Swedish candle holder. She did many of these throughout the years and they have become real collectors' items. Local residents try to finish their holiday cards so that they can get them off in the mail with this special cancellation. There will be a light parade on the Friday night and a tree lighting at the community building, a home decorating contest, the usual craft sale and a kids' Christmas shopping store. The mayor also wants to have a baking competition, maybe with ethnic specialties. There will also be a dinner and dance at the local Legion Club on Saturday night, December 13th.
There is more happening, but this should do it for now--just to let you know that we are all still around and kicking. We will do some updating of the many travelers in our group and also keep you posted on what Mary (see link for her website) is doing.
Enjoy!!
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