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January 2008

Greetings!

Next Meeting is Thursday, January 31st, 2008 from 11 am to 1 pm. Join us to connect with other sewing enthusiasts who share your passion. The luncheon meeting fee has changed to $0 beginning January 2008.

New Meeting Location:
TACtile, the new Textile Arts Center
7777 E Hampden Ave.
Denver, CO 80231, Tamerac Square Shopping Center

Please call 303.346.3388 to make your reservations by Monday of the meeting week, and remember to press 1 when using the automated phone system. Otherwise, your message will not be recorded.

Message from the President

Happy New Year, S R N !

Welcome to a new year of the Sewing Referral Network. I hope your year and business have gotten off to a great start - I know mine have, thanks in HUGE part to my listing in the SRN brochure and our website (whence people can also view my website.) A new year, a new president (me), a new meeting place (as of October, the TACtile Arts Center), the Creative Festival coming NEXT WEEK, and much more for the future.

I hope all members have received in the mail the card with the meeting dates for the year, thanks to Toni Fitzwater. I haven't yet been able to sit with Dianne Denholm of TACtile Textile Arts Center to iron out more particulars of our relationship with them, but I personally hope to teach some classes there. I'll let you know (maybe by our meeting next Thursday, Jan. 31) as soon as I have more news for us.

Now that we have these new, professional- looking brochures, we will try to focus this year on getting more of them out to different locations, both for soliciting more business for our individual selves, and for drawing new members. In fact, let's brainstorm these ideas at next Thursday's meeting. I'd like to start the year with as much input as possible. So instead of a speaker this month, we will share such things as: why did you join SRN? What places have you, or can you, put brochures? Where else could we advertise (some are in place already.) You will also receive info on our website, what is available and the costs to you. So come with ideas, and questions (that the Board can answer!)

Your hard-working Board just met, and we have decided to increase the annual dues for individual membership to $65 per year. This has been discussed for a few years, so we felt it was time, especially since our "technology" (brochure and website) provide such a good value for members. Along with that, we will eliminate the $5 monthly luncheon fee (so, for regular luncheon attendees, there is no change in dues.) Also, we will make the due date the same for everyone, namely March 1st each year, and prorate the dues for those who have already paid (in the last six months, for instance) or will be paying. This will simplify record-keeping for your volunteer officers who deal with this.

Thanks to those many people who have volunteered their time for covering our booth at the Creative Festival. Hope to see many of you there!

I'm looking forward to seeing you also at our Thursday meeting.

Marci Heiser

This Months Event

See Marci's 'Message from the President' section for full details, but a few of the highlights are:

This months event will be a great working session, brainstorming ideas such as:

SRN focus this year on getting more brochures out to different locations, both for soliciting more business for our individual selves, and for drawing new members.
What places have you, or can you, put brochures?
Where else can we advertise (some are in place already.)
Receive information on our SRN website, learn or refresh what is available, its benefits, and the costs to you.
Have you taken advantage of the special deals our copywriter, Mary Jo Regier, has offered?
Why did you join SRN?
How can you and SRN help take your business up a notch?

Upcoming Events

13th Annual Creative Festival

Thursday - Saturday 10am-6pm
Jan. 31st, Feb. 1st and 2nd, 2008
Denver Merchandise Mart

Big thank you to those members who have already signed up to work the booth. Please contact Judy Farmer if you haven't yet been assigned a spot.

The Creative Festival offers over 150 vendor booths from across the United States and Canada (visit their website at www.creativefestival.com). According to their site, "There are 100 Seminars, 15 Fashion Shows, 21 Creative Venues, in-booth Make-it/Take-it Workshops, Doll Display, free coat check, a tasty food buffet, and FREE PARKING!!"

Firehouse Quilt Show - Special Quilting Rates

Firehouse Quilts 3rd Annual Quilt Show Special By Karen Niemi
- Creative Stitching & Designs

Are you interested in entering a quilt? Karen Niemi will pay ½ of your early-bird entry fee, for members who have their entries quilted by her. For more details, contact her at 303 470- 9309 or creative.stitching@comcast.net.

The show is being held at:

New Location: Cherry Hills Community Church,
(HR Pkwy & University)
3900 Grace Blvd, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126.

Admission: $7 at the door, $6 in advance from FHQ members

Dates of Show:
Friday July 18, 2008 12pm - 8pm
Saturday July 19, 2008 10am - 4pm

Quilt Entries: Entry fee-Cash, check, cashier's check-
payable to Firehouse Quilts must accompany your entry form & color photo (4"x6") of your entry on the following dates.
1 entry form needed per item you are entering.
$10 per entry (Early Bird-received by May 16, 2008)
$15 per entry (Final Deadline to enter June 21, 2008)

Delivery of Quilts: begin June 5, 2008 & end June 21, 2008

Questions: Cathy Furstenau 303-779- 6154 quiltr17@gmail.com
For more detailed information, mailing address and entry form, see our website, www.firehousequilts.org

Meeting Location Directions

Location: TACtile, the new Textile Arts Center
7777 E Hampden Ave., Denver, CO 80231,
Tamerac Square Shopping Center
www.tactilearts.org

Here's how to find it:
Tamerac Square is a shopping center located 2 miles east of I-25 and Hampden Avenue. Take I-25 to Hampden. Turn east at the top of the exit. There are movie marquees on the left that you will see and a Whole Foods on the right (in Tiffany Plaza). Go through the stop light that looks like it turns into the center and turn left immediately or if you have gone too far, turn left on Tamerac Drive and then into the center. You can park anywhere, but if you want to park near the entry to TACtile, drive to the far northwest corner. If you come in by the theaters, walk all the way to the back (north) on the first floor. TACtile has taken over the old Hyde Park floor space.

What to bring:
There are restaurants all around Tamerac from the Old Chicago variety to a Starbucks inside the shopping center. Please bring your own lunch and drink. We will not be serving food, but hope to enjoy dining together as we hold our meetings.

Recommended link

Keep in touch with local art development by reviewing the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs and the Create Denver: Art and Economic Development website at:
http://www.denvergov.org/economicdevelopm ent/HomePage/tabid/385841/Default.aspx
then click the link to Create Denver.

Has Your Email Address Changed

Please click the link at the bottom of the newsletter that reads Update Profile/Email Address. Then send an email to Toni Fitzwater at toni_fitzwater@msn.com, so she can update the membership roster and website.

Membership Roster Announcements

Members may pick-up membership rosters and brochures at any meeting. New rosters will be printed for the March, July & November 2008 meetings (subject to change). If you can not attend a meeting and want a roster or brochure, please email Toni at toni_fitzwater@msn.com, and request it and she will mail it to you.

Notice that all Membership Dues are being changed to March 1st each year. To avoid being deleted from the membership list, please have your dues paid no later than one month after your membership expiration date.

email: threadshomedecor@qwest.net

phone: 303.346.3388

web: http://www.sewingreferralnetwork.com

The Sewing Referral Network
Denver, CO
303-346-3388