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Please forgive the cross-posting: this is VERY important!

If you have been reading many of the sewing and craft blogs and websites, you may already be aware of a new law to be enacted in February of next year. This law will require that anything used in production of a product to be used by children under the age of 12 MUST be tested for safety, and bear a label stating that it has passed these tests.
This law will effectively put small manufacturers out of business, as the testing is cost-prohibitive. What you may not realize is that grandmas and home sewers who make items as GIFTS will also be liable to comply with the law.
This legislation could have a negative effect on the sewing industry as a whole. Fabric suppliers, threads suppliers, notions suppliers and sewing machine vendors will all be held liable for testing. The law will also have an effect on any business or entity that deals with any children under the age of 12: schools, daycare institutions, churches, even children's gymnasiums or after-school activity classes such as recreational sports.
Please read Kathleen Fassanella's excellent blog, www.fashion-incubator.com , for further updates and information. And please, contact your congressman and let them know of our concerns.

Cute free pattern!

http://www.lazygirldesigns.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/lazy_girl_designs_noriko_handbag1.pdf

This pattern is for the Lazy Girl Designs' Noriko Handbag...totally free!
Shannon

January meeting....we have homework!

Be sure to have your squares cut for the January meeting. Shirley suggests that we further prepare by doing the following: stack an outer square and an inner square on top of each other. Stitch an "x" from corner to corner, using a lengthened machine stitch. Do this for all 40-plus four inch squares.

Be sure to bring your machines, sewing supplies, and an extension cord if you have one.
See you in January!
Shannon

Holiday part tomorrow!

Be sure to join us for the holiday party tomorrow! If you have not received the email with directions to my house, send me a private message.
Shannon