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    I’m a new Internationals member. I just received my info pack. A lovely surprise. Thank you. I’ve been a member of EG UK for many years until they reformed last year. I’ve never received anything from them. Looking forward to my first online class.

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    Thank you to the chapters who have posted the Ukranian embroidery. Thank you for your thoughtfulness. I was a year old when Europe was invaded. When the war was over, I did not what peace meant. What you see on TV, I saw it,I lived it and experienced it. The only difference is the style of the clothing.
    I do not think that any one knows that the…[Read more]

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      Susan Farmer replied 4 years ago

      I see a study in my future! (I ❤ rabbit holes) … what are the differences between those stitches and Klosterstitch and Bokhara couching? Inquiring minds and all that!

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      This has to be unimaginably hard for you to see it again. The Thing That Walks Like A Man is a raving lunatic and **MUST** be stopped!

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      Thank you Susan–I will amplify the hugs and send them to Ukraine. Monique

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      Hello Susan–I am not a textile historian–I was a sound recordings archivist of Hispanic folk music and Indigenous, pueblos and tribes ,of the Southwest.
      I will try to answer your question. The conventional wisdom is that they are both the same under different names. They are of the couched family of stitches. The stitch you asked about is…[Read more]

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      Thanks! I wish I had known you’d replied!

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    Hello everyone, I’m a new MAL. I’m into crewelwork, however, I saw the English Summer design for the lightning round and had to sign up. It’s such a lovely design. Can’t wait to stitch it.

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      Diana, welcome! I’m so excited that you are into crewel. There s a crewel/surface embroidery affinity group that meets on zoom the second Sunday of every month on zoom. . If you would like an invitation to the meeting, please send an email to marketing@egausa.org. We are all levels of ability from beginner to certified teachers. I hope we’ll see…[Read more]

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      Hi Wendy! Thanks for the info. It would be nice to meet some fellow stitchers.

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    WOW!!! Tina, thank you, thank you.!!! This information is fantastic!!! I am an historical textile and history junky. Thanks again! Monique

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      Historic Embroidery nerds unite!!

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      :-))))))))))))))))))))))))))) Monique

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      I’m new enough here (and still learning how things work), but I have wondered how many Historic Embroidery folks were here.

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      Suz–stick around EGA –Fiber Arts publishes fantastic articles. I am not a textile historian–I was an archivist at the U of NM. Monique

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