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EGA National Seminar

Each seminar is a unique experience offering time to join together and share our passion for embroidery, visit with old friends, make new friends and participate in many different planned events. This annual event is held in different locations.

Take advantage of lectures and workshops covering all levels of expertise from basic stitches to advanced techniques that encourage exploration and activity.

 

Seminar 2010 - San Francisco, CA

 

 

 


Stitching on the Barbary Coast
Sep 5-10, 2010

  • Seminar Brochure
  • Closed Classes
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  • Registration is now closed and kit/tour fee payments are due.
    Make Kit Fee and/or Tour Payments
     
  • Space is availalbe in select tours. Please contact the Registrar, Floy Worden, if you would like to take a tour. Other special events, such as the Tuesday night lecture and Wednesday excursion to see the world famous Beach Blanket Babylon, are also available. You can purchase tickets for them when you complete your kit/tour fee payments.  See you in San Francisco!

Event: Miss Johnson's Stitchery Exposition

Miss Eliza Jane Johnson of San Francisco wishes to invite you to participate in an exposition of fine needlework to be held at the EGA National Seminar, Stitching on the Barbary Coast, September 5-10, 2010. The exposition will display original needlework submitted by members of EGA.

Miss Johnson’s Stitchery Exposition, sponsored by the Seminar 2010 Committee and the Greater Pacific Region, is a venue to display the excellence in needleart and personal achievement. All entries must be an original work of needleart; from the beginning, solely the creative product of the person entering. Each entry must be related to the San Francisco Barbary Coast, depicting the people, costumes, transportation, colors, feelings, and/or other facets of the time period of 1850 through 1917. One does not need to be registered for Seminar to participate in this exhibit. The exhibit will be juried as well as judged. The entry fees are listed in the rules (see link at the top of this section).

    Entry Form Deadline: July 12, 2010
    Entry Delivery Dates: August 16 - 30, 2010

 

Seminar 2010

EGA National Exhibit:
Thru September 10, 2010

Registration:
Teachers' Showcase is Tuesday, September 7.  

Merchandise Ordering:
The address for ordering merchandise is
208 Othello Court
Windsor, CA 95492

 

For 2010 seminar information contact:

Mike Swan
2010 Seminar Chair
swaniii@att.net
510-653-6789

Accommodations:

    San Francisco
Marriott Marquis

    55 Fourth Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
   Sgl/Dbl Room Rate:
$159 per night plus tax

Seminar 2011 - Naples, FL

 


Flamingo Fandango
Sep 11–16, 2011
The Naples Grande

Accommodations:
Naples Grande Resort and Club
475 Seagate Drive, Naples, Florida 34103
888.422.6177 / 888.722.1270
Reservations cannot be made until after Sept 20, 2010

 

 


Seminar 2011

Donna Christie
2011 Seminar Chair
 

Betty Baechle
2011 Dean of Faculty

Seminar 2012 - Santa Fe, NM

 


Santa Fe Enchantment
Oct 28 - Nov 2, 2012
Santa Fe Hilton at Buffalo Thunder

 

 

Seminar 2012

Caela Tyler
2012 Seminar Chair

Carolyn Sherman
2012 Dean of Faculty
2415 Eagle View Dr
Colorado Springs, CO 80909
719-473-5215


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