Dorcas Needlework Group
Love needlework? Join us every other Monday from 9:30-11:30 in Room 4/5.
Please see the schedule in the Library. New members or guests welcome! Call Joyce Wessendorf at 275-1490.
About Dorcas, from Acts 9:36-43:
In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which, when translated, is Dorcas), who was always doing good and helping the poor. About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room. Lydda was near Joppa; so when the disciples heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men to him and urged him, "Please come at once!"
Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his knees and prayed. Turning toward the dead woman, he said, "Tabitha, get up." She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up. He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called the believers and the widows and presented her to them alive. This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord. Peter stayed in Joppa for some time with a tanner named Simon.
About needlepoint, from Wikipedia:
Needlework is another term for the handicraft of decorative sewing and textile arts. Anything that uses a needle for construction can be called needlework. The definition is often expanded to include craft using a long and thin tool, such as crochet hook and tatting shuttles.
Needlework includes (among others):
Quilting
Patchwork
Applique
Embroidery
Blackwork
Canvas work, including Berlin wool work
Counted-thread embroidery
Cross-stitch
Darning
Drawn thread work
Machine embroidery
More at Category:Embroidery
Crochet, including Filet crochet
Knitting
Tatting
Lucet
Fabric Making
Marbling on fabric
Felt making
Silk painting
Braiding and Tassel making
Tapestry