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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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Coming Soon to a Chapter Near You: Learn from International Embroidery Teacher Alison Cole
We are pleased to announce the 2023 International Teacher Tour Venues! Alison Cole will be touring the United States to teach in conjunction with Seminar 2023, Boston Stitch Party in Boston Massachusetts. We are pleased that so many chapters who requested a teacher were granted their request, resulting in an ambitious schedule for Alison. In […]
Registration Now Open: Blustery Conditions with Terri Bay, an Intermediate Hardanger Class
Registration is now open for our Online Studio class Blustery Conditions with Terri Bay! Blustery Conditions with Terri Bay is the intermediate level in the Snow Hardanger Series. This 7” (17.78cm) square project will lead the stitcher through a review of the basics of Hardanger such as kloster, cable, and blanket stitches, then continue onto […]
Chapter News: Town & Country Chapter participates in ‘Women in Arts’ exhibit, Constellation Chapter’s Library Stitch-In
Today we are bringing you news from two of our chapters, the Town & Country Chapter in Ohio and the Constellation Chapter in Maryland. We encourage you to learn more about them by clicking on their names and contacting them if you’d like to join them! Town & Country Chapter During the entire month of […]
6 Petite Projects Retiring Soon
EGA has a wonderful collection of Petite Projects. These projects continue to be very generously donated for the use of our members by truly amazing designers. We should all applaud their generosity. The EGA Education Department looked at the Petite Projects and realized we needed to update them. Member Janet Salerno volunteered to lead a […]
April 2023 Stitch-a-long: Make Spring Button Flowers to Celebrate Spring
For our April 2023 stitch-a-long on Facebook we are making Spring Button Flowers with a project by EGA Stitch-a-long admin Stephanie Murphy. Here’s more about this month’s project from Stephanie: This little project was created just for the EGA Stitch-a-long FB group so you can bring your buttons to bloom! This project can be used […]
Don’t miss New England Region’s 5 Mini Classes this coming August
Our 2023 National Seminar Boston Stitch Party is just a few months away. The New England Region would like to extend an invitation to you to participate in one of our five mini classes on the evening of Thursday, August 31, 2023 at the Sheraton Boston. If you are looking from something to do the […]
Interview with Salley Mavor: Uncovering the Imaginative Worlds of 3-D Embroidery
Registration is now open for Virtual Lecture: Making My Bed: Creating imaginative worlds with 3D embroidery. Hosted by Salley Mavor on April 16, on this virtual lecture she will talk about her 40+ year career creating imaginative worlds with 3-dimensional embroidery. Your Virtual Lecture is called Making My Bed: Creating imaginative worlds with 3D embroidery, […]
Chapter News: Indian River Chapter and Suwannee Stitchers Chapter’s Beading Class with Cindy Hambrick, Ice Cream and a Rocket Launch
When Jonalene Gutwein, the Indian River Chapter’s Workshop Chair first proposed that Cindy Hambrick from the Austin Stitchery Guild teach an encore event for our chapter we couldn’t have imagined how eventful the two days would be. Eleven members from the Indian River Chapter and three from the Suwannee Stitchers chapter came together for two […]
Retiring Soon: Spring Splendor by Kay Stanis, currently available as a GCC Lightning Round
Our Group Correspondence Course Spring Splendor with Kay Stanis will no longer be available after the end of 2023. Spring Splendor is currently available as a GCC Lightning Round through May 31, 2023. This means that individual members can register for this correspondence course for a limited time. After May 31, 2023 and through December […]
Bobbie Pilling Memorial Award 2023: Show us your “Outside the Box” Embroidery Work
The calendar says spring is coming! The deadline for entering a work in 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 […]
Registration is Now Open for Boston Stitch Party, our 2023 National Seminar in Boston
The New England Region invites you to Boston for the 2023 EGA National Seminar, Boston Stitch Party on September 1 through 5, 2023 at the Sheraton Boston Hotel! Registration is now open thru May 31, 2023. Please note that open registration is first-come, first-served, and classes may fill up quickly, so don’t wait too long […]
Chapter News: Cheekwood Chapter’s Activities, Starlight Stitchers’ Bette Crowell
Today we are bringing you news from two of our chapters, the Cheekwood Chapter in Tennessee and Starlight Stitchers in Arizona. We encourage you to learn more about them by clicking on their names and contacting them if you’d like to join them! Cheekwood Chapter The Cheekwood Chapter in Tennessee has been busy! The chapter’s […]
Recording Now Available: Elizabethan Embroidery And The Trevelyon Miscellany Of 1608 with Kathy Andrews
Did you miss our virtual lecture with Kathy Andrews? Good news, registration is now open for instant access to the recording of her lecture: Elizabethan Embroidery And The Trevelyon Miscellany Of 1608! Here’s your chance to catch up with this exciting lecture if you missed it live. Upon registration you will be able to access […]
Now Available: Projects from EGA’s Past
Would you like to stitch some of the projects that you might have seen in a seminar brochure or in an announcement for classes in EGA’s past? Do you wonder what happens to projects that are no longer available from the original teacher or designer? The EGA Education Department has also been asking those questions. […]
Interview with Carolyn Standing Webb: History of Samplers and the Sampler Family Tree
When people without a knowledge of the needle arts think about embroidery, one of their first associations with our artform is the sampler. Needleworkers have stitched samplers for generations, often passing down their knowledge through families and preserving techniques and motifs in the process. Samplers vary by culture, time period, and region. Shaped by those […]
5 New GCC Lightning Rounds: Explore Embroidery and Mixed Media, Learn Teneriffe Lace, Finish your Needlework with Flair and more
It’s a new quarter and that means we have a fresh group of EGA educational opportunities for you to participate in! GCC: 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. This is a great opportunity […]
Top 10 Embroidery Stitches for Beginners
There has never been a better time to be a beginner embroiderer. New stitchers have a wealth of information at their fingertips when researching embroidery stitches. The Royal School of Needlework alone lists 200 stitches in their RSN Stitch Bank. That includes 50 new stitches added in January 2022! The ongoing project strives to identify […]
March 2023 Stitch-a-long: Create an Embroidered Suffragist to Celebrate Women’s History Month
For our March 2023 stitch-a-long on Facebook we are celebrating Women’s History Month by creating an embroidered suffragist by EGA Stitch-a-long admin Helena Whyte. Here’s more about this month’s project from Helena: Suffragists were activists who fought for the right to vote. Their slogan was “Votes for Women”. They often wore white dresses with sashes lined […]
Registration Open: Whale Tale Journal with Catherine Jordan
Registration is now open for our Online Studio class Whale Tale Journal with Catherine Jordan! Explore the possibilities of adding color, shading and highlights to simple black work on Whale Tale Journal! his class will begin with outlines of the whale and waves; with easy-to-understand instructions, the whale will come alive and be tossed about […]
EGA Surveys: A Message from EGA President Karen Hamilton
The letter below was recently sent to current and past EGA members and it’s being shared in the blog for the benefit of anyone who didn’t receive it. Dear EGA member/past member: We need your help! Please share your thoughts and opinions with us as we work on the Securing Our Future initiative. Over the […]