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THE POUNDER

MARCH , 2006

VISIT OUR WEB PAGE http://www.pittpounders.org

WEBMASTER, JOHANNA SCHROER - PHONE 419 - 753 – 2612
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MARCH, 19, 2006 – TERRY MOORE WILL CONTINUE,

WITH MAKING THE SMALL PURSE, SEE INSIDE

ALSO;

DAVE, FROM “DAVE’S LEATHER SHOP”, IS SELLING

A “TRUCK LOAD” OF LEATHER TOOLS AND RELATED ITEMS. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

COMING EVENTS;

OCT 13 TO OCT 15, 2006 IFOLG SHOW

IFOLG IS THE “INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF LEATHER GUILDS”

PITTPOUNDERS AND THE “IILG” ARE - COSPONSORING

“HARVEST OF LEATHER” – HELD IN BUTLER, PA.

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PITTPOUNDERS.ORG - IS OUR GUILD’S WEB PAGE

CHRISTOPHER KEARNS, PRES. PITTPOUNDERS EMAIL ckearns109@yahoo.com

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF LEATHER GUILDS, “IFOLG” WEB SITE www.ifolg.org

“IFOLG” IS THE PITTPOUNDERS (AND OTHER GUILDS) MOTHER ORGANIZATION

VISIT ALSO; INTERNATIONAL INTERNET LEATHER GUILD - WEB SITE www.iilg.org

“IILG” HAS “LINKS” TO THE ENTIRE LEATHER COMMUNITY

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PITTPOUNDER GUILD OFFICERS;

PRESIDENT - CHRISTOPHER KEARNS 724 - 368 – 9507 VICE PRESIDENT – KEVIN COHN 412 - 567 – 6664

SECRETARY - GARY DRAPER 412 – 714 - 4430 TREASURER - JOYCE WEDGE 724 – 538 - 5853
LIBRARIAN - LOIS SILVIS 724 – 256 – 4457

PITTPOUNDERS SUPPORTERS

TANDY LEATHER COMPANY DELMONT, PA. PHONE 724 – 468 – 5148 www.tandyleather.com DEBRA COLLINS – NEW MANAGER

REGULAR GUILD MEETINGS;
NORMALLY HELD THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH 1:00 PM TO 4:00 PM

The International Federation Of Leather Guilds 2006 Show,

HARVEST OF LEATHER - October 13-15, 2006.
The Harvest Of Leather show will be held at the

Butler Days Inn, 139 Pittsburgh Road, Butler PA 16001,

The show is being co-hosted by the Pitt Pounders Leather Guild (PPLG)
and the International Internet Leather Guild (IILG).

A complete show report can be found on both guilds web sites,
pittpounders.org and iilg.org

Below are a few of the areas where help is still needed. If you see an area where you feel you can help out, please contact the committee chair, if listed, or either of the Co – Chairmen;
Chris Kearns ckearns109@yahoo.com / 724-368-9507,
Ron Ross rosaddlery@aol.com

Program Committee: Chair Chris Kearns ckearns109@yahoo.com

Social & Awards Ceremony

A) Peggy Gabauer has said that she would help plan & organize the pie & cider social, but she can't do it alone. CAN YOU HELP? Peggy’s email address is, peggab@forcomm.net

B) Peggy is also the one to contact if you would be willing to make small leather items to be used as giveaways during the awards ceremony. We can use any type of item,

ARE YOU WILLING to make at least 10 of an item, please let Peggy know.

C) YOUR NAME HERE Someone to take photos of all entries, put those photos on a disk and project pictures of the winning entries during the Awards Ceremony.

D) YOUR NAME HERE Someone to put together a DVD of all the past IFOLG shows using both still photos & video.

Demonstrators / teachers: Carol Higgins higgins@teknology.net

Carol has been very busy lining up the pre-show classes, mini workshops & demonstrators for the show. She is very close to putting out the list of mini-workshops. But there is still a need for demonstrators.

YOUR NAME HERE If you would like to do some type of demonstration lasting about an hour. please get in touch with Carol.

Show check in: YOUR NAME HERE We still need someone to take charge of this position and more folks who will help out. Joe and Jane Talbott are also willing to help out.

Site Committee: Gary Draper gbdraper@comcast.net

Room setup: As both the banquet halls we will be using are in different parts of the hotel, we still need someone willing to make nice, large directional signs. YOUR NAME HERE

Hospitality room: YOUR NAME HERE We need folks willing to supply refreshments as well as folks to man this room.

Ways and Means Committee: YOUR NAME HERE

Financial Sponsors: We need a committee to contact sponsors for the show.  This would entail contacting companies for a financial contribution and/or contributions of items to put in our freebie bag.

Raffle Table: We need someone to head up the extremely important task of procuring items for the raffle table, and folks willing to help out in this endeavor. In case you aren’t aware of it, the raffle table is the biggest source of income for a show. The amount &quality of the merchandise on the raffle table will help determine if this show is financial successful or not.

Competition Committee: Pat Hay boll99@yahoo.com
Judges: YOUR NAME’S HERE

If you are planning on attending the show, we would like to have your name to add to the list of those who are willing to either assist with the judging, as a member of one of the three member judging teams, or as a scribe to one of the judging teams.

Check In Entries:

Another important job that we will need volunteers for is the checking in of the entries, on Friday of the Show. YOUR NAME HERE We need a volunteer for the chair of this important, on site, committee. It is very important that we have, in that position, someone who will make certain that the entries are entered in the correct division, i.e., Open, Advanced or Masters, and that the entries are then in correct class for that division.

We also need volunteers who will be helping to tag and to place the items on the display tables. YOUR NAME’S HERE These volunteers should also be able to recognize if an item looks as if it has been entered incorrectly, and to take it immediately to the Chair for verification. We want to insure that no entry winds up in the wrong class, which would then result in that entry being disqualified. We want everyone who enters to be given an equal opportunity to be judged and to vie for the awards.

Don’t Forget: We will be selling tickets

 for the Tool Raffle starting March 1. The tickets are $10 each. You will have the chance to win $1000, $750 or $500 to buy from the tool vendor of your choice. 

 The signed Al Stohlman Deluxe Limited Addition “Pictorial Carving Finesse”

tickets are $1 each. These will be on sale starting March 1.  Please send ticket orders to;

Pat Hay, P.O. Box 98, Cary, Ms. 39054 or by paypal   missboll@gmail.com

 You will receive a confirmation email with your ticket numbers.  If you would like your ticket stubs, they will be sent to you.  We will need your name, address, email  and phone number for each ticket purchased.  You do not have to be present to win. You are free to print out these flyers and give to your friends, put up in stores etc. Get the word out !

Thanks folks ! Together we can make this a show, a show to remember !

Chris Kearns and Ron Ross, Co-Chairmen

“As the challenges escalate, the need for teamwork elevates” John Maxwell

GUILD NEWS;

On February 19, 2006 we held our monthly Leather Guild meeting. We had an interesting meeting discussing various issues.

One of the topics of discussion at the meeting was as follows:

We have been asked to the Three Rivers Art Festival in downtown Pittsburgh on

June 9, 10 and 11^th from noon until 9:00 PM, to display our leather crafts. Parking each day will be around $10 to $12 dollars so think about car pooling to share the parking cost.

We need a count of how many are interested in coming by this March meeting. I want to encourage all of you to participate, for this will give us an opportunity to show our leather craft sills and hopefully bring new crafters into the guild.

Dave Melrose, the owner of “Dave’s Leather Shop” in Belle Vernon will be attending our March meeting on the 19^th. He will bring a “truckload” of leather and some remnants with him and a sewing horse. He will also share his knowledge and business experience.

I hope to see everyone at this meeting and bring a friend. Remember you will have an opportunity to purchase some tools and supplies from Dave at great prices.

I also want to thank the talented Terry Moore for demonstrating “how to trace and cut” leather purses. He lead the group for the February meeting and as usual gave a great presentation.

At last, let’s send our prayers and well wishes out to Dave Briggs, Lois Silvis and Peggy Gabauer.

KEVIN COHEN,

VICE PRESIDENT,

PITTPOUNDERS LEATHER GUILD

Leather Classes & Projects

The March meeting will cover decorating, dying, and finishing the purse. We will be concentrating on some of the patterns popular in the 60’s as demonstrated in the Tandy book, Creating Nature Tand Designs #46100-00. The dye will be applied using the block dying technique.

The April meeting will be the final assembly of the purse.

After this project is completed, we will have to decide if we want to learn a new technique to decorate the leather and/or start a new project. A couple options for projects are a leather covered pillow or a “Hunting Bag” that is popular as a purse. Think about what you would like to do. See you there,

TERRY MOORE

WELCOME DEBRA;

DEBRA COLLINS IS THE NEW STORE MANAGER AT THE TANDY STORE IN DELMONT. JIM WALDREP IS STEPPING DOWN AS MANAGER, BUT HE WILL STILL BE SPENDING TIME AT THE STORE.

JIM SAID THE REASON FOR THIS CHANGE, “I WANT TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH MY FAMILY.

DEBBIE,

THE GUILD WELCOMES YOU.

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