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Contacting EGA Headquarters and COVID-19:Update May 28, 2020
As Kentucky begins to reopen, EGA is also making plans to begin the journey towards normalcy. Beginning Monday, June 1st, the office will be staffed during the following hours: Monday – Wednesday, 9 AM to 5 PM ET; Thursday and Friday, 8 AM to 4 PM ET.
Due to an abundance of caution, there will still only be 1-2 people in the office on any given day, and the rest of the staff will continue to work from home. Please continue to be patient as we work to safely serve you, the members. We are hoping to resume full hours, staffing, and allow visitors beginning July 1st – please keep an eye on the website for further details. – Cynthia Welch, EGA Administrator(Link to share)
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October 2025 Stitch-a-long: Sammy the Scarecrow
For our October 2025 stitch-a-long on Facebook we are welcoming fall with Sammy the Scarecrow, a design by stitch-a-long admin Helena Whyte. Here’s more about this month’s project from Helena: The scarecrow was embroidered on a 9 inch square of orange gingham using a 6 inch hoop using DMC floss in my stash. All stitches […]
Guest Post: Florists’ Cineraria, a Brazilian Embroidery Piece by Judy Borreson Caruso
Judy Borreson Caruso’s lovely Florists’ Cineraria invites stitchers to explore stitching with the rayon threads used in Brazilian embroidery. This embroidery discipline uses rayon threads with surface embroidery stitches such as French knot, bullion stitch, and other wrapped and knotted stitches, to create elegant dimensional embroidery. Florists’ Cineraria offers a wonderful introduction to Brazilian embroidery, […]
Registration Closing Soon: Snow Day with Terri Bay, a Beautiful Hardanger Piece
Registration for our Online Studio class Snow Day with Terri Bay closes on October 1, 2025! Snow Day is level 4 of the Snow Hardanger Series. It is a seven inch square doily intermediate/advanced level class full of stitches and techniques to learn. Some of the stitches included are: satin, Kloster, ship, eyeleys, blanket, needleweaving, dove’s […]
Check out our Latest Lightning Rounds: Needlework Courses featuring Stash Organization, Rozashi, Filet Embroidery and more
It’s a great time to learn something new! All EGA members may register for the Lightning Rounds featured below though November 30, 2025. Lightning Rounds Every quarter, our Education Department selects some of our Group Correspondence Courses(GCC) and these are made available for members to register individually without needing a group. These correspondence courses are […]
Outside the Hoop: Autumn Flowers Boots Embroidery by Meaghan Monroe
EGA is excited to share a fun new project for our Outside the Hoop series: the Autumn Flowers Boots Embroidery by Meaghan Monroe. The Autumn Flowers Boots project is a fun way to celebrate the season. The design uses only 4 stitches and DMC threads you can source easily from your local craft store. Meaghan […]
Interview with Clare Hunter: History Through the Needlework Lens
Does your needlework tell a story? In her books Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle, Embroidering her Truth: Mary Queen of Scots and the Language of Power, and Making Matters: In Search of Creative Wonders, author, needleworker, and artist Clare Hunter endeavors to uncover the hidden stories […]
Register for our September 2025 Growing Your Connection EGA Meeting: Meet your Online Studio Class Teachers
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EGA Seminar 2028: Join our 2028 National Seminar Team!
2028 will be a Nationally hosted seminar. We are in the process of searching for a hotel and we are considering places all across the USA. We plan to have a location selected and approved by the end of the year. The goal is to have all regions represented on the Seminar committee. Right now […]
Calling All Teachers: Submit Your Proposals for our 2027 National Seminar: Needles That Inspire
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Calling All Teachers: Submit Your Proposals for the 2027 Mid-Atlantic Region Seminar: Stitchers’ Great Escape
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Embroidery Techniques from Around the World: Tambour Embroidery
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September 2025 Stitch-a-long: They Shall Soar on Wings Like Eagles
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Chapter News: Neapolitan Chapter’s Upcoming Class with Laura Smith; Ann Arbor Chapter Celebrates 50 Years and The Laurel Chapter Donates 157 Bookmarks
Today we are bringing you news from the Neapolitan Chapter in Florida, The Laurel Chapter in North Carolina, and the Ann Arbor Chapter in Michigan. We encourage you to learn more about them by clicking on their name. Now you can join or renew your membership with our chapters directly from our website! Neapolitan Chapter […]
EGA’s Virtual Lecture Series is Now Also Available to Non-Members
Exciting News! Registration for our virtual lecture series is now open to non-members for $25 per lecture. Logged in EGA members will continue to be able to register for $5 per lecture. Log in and register today! Not a member yet? Join us! Our next virtual lecture is Animals in the Bayeux Tapestry with Gale […]
Community Spotlight: Clare Bradshaw of The Steady Thread
Since publication, Clare Bradshaw’s beguiling Blackwork Honeycomb Needlebook project for EGA’s Free Projects Library has become a favorite among stitchers. Embroiderers in the EGA Stitch-a-long group have stitched their own versions (see below!), and the design continues to draw interest and attention from the community. Clare is a Blackwork beacon in the embroidery community—she has […]
7 Tips for Embroidering with Beads
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Bobbie Pilling Memorial Award 2025: Show us your “Outside the Box” Embroidery Work
The deadline for entering a work for the Bobbie Pilling Memorial Award is rapidly approaching. Have you stretched yourself…to be creative, to experiment, to go beyond your comfort zone by thinking “outside the box”? Have you taken the traditional and turned it inside out using stitches and materials in an unusual and modern way? If […]
FlossTube: See a Work-In-Progress Parade from EGA National Seminars
How many work-in-progress (WIPs) projects do you currently have? We have quite a few so we won’t judge. Today we are sharing a WIP parade focusing on classes from different EGA National Seminars that we are still working on! EGA National seminars have classes by outstanding teachers from all over the world and on this […]
Registration for our August 2025 Growing Your Connection EGA Meeting: Group Correspondence Courses
Our next Growing Your Connection topic is Group Correspondence Courses (GCCs) and will be held on Saturday, August 23rd at 1:00 pm EDT; Noon CDT; 11:00 am MDT; 10:00 am PDT. Have you seen all the GCCs EGA offers? Do you know what a GCC is? Have you had questions you would like to ask […]
Enter the 2025 Golden Needle Awards, Open to All Forms of Creative Needlework
The theme for the 2025 Golden Needle Awards is Going to the Faire, a nod to the theme the 2025 National Seminar is using this fall in Dallas, TX: Needlework Faire. It can be interpreted in many ways—from a state fair to a book fair, a memory or pure imagination, whatever sparks your creativity. Three […]