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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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For our February stitch-a-long on Facebook we are working on a lovely design from The Drawn Thread with over a dozen stitches! A link to download the project is available below, and make sure you don’t miss the introduction by our new volunteer admins. Here’s a little more about this month’s project from stitch-a-long admin […]
Carry your needlework projects, devices and more in our new EGA Messenger Bag
We just released a brand new versatile item to help you carry and keep all your current needlework projects in one place! Our new EGA Messenger Bag features our logo and has plenty of space to hold your laptop or device and several pockets to let you store embroidery projects, supplies and other items. […]
Submit your questions for EGA’s Virtual Semi-Annual Meeting 2022
Our virtual Semi-Annual Meeting will again be happening virtually this year. The meeting will be recorded on Friday, March 4, 2022 and the video will be made available to members soon after that. You will hear an update from our leadership, issues will be addressed and questions from members will be answered. The meeting video will […]
It’s a great time to learn with EGA: New Online Courses, Virtual Lectures and Group Courses
Our Education Department started 2022 working hard to provide all our members with lots of exciting learning opportunities this year! We recently posted three new online courses, five new virtual lectures and two Group Correspondence Courses to help you explore new techniques, gain new needlework knowledge and have fun in your embroidery journey. While registration […]
EGA 2021 National Survey Results: Demographics
A Message from Vice President Marge Kelly and President Karen Hamilton Thank you to all who completed the EGA National Membership Survey in 2021! Last year, the EGA board launched a survey to help determine how to stem the tide of declining membership and how to make sure everyone feels welcome to join our organization. […]
Learn a Variety of Finishing Techniques in our new GCC: Hearts for You with Denise Harrington Pratt
Our Education Department has added a new course to our selection of Group Correspondence Courses. Hearts for You with Denise Harrington Pratt is an opportunity for the student to learn a variety of finishing techniques for use with counted thread work and to create a lovely four-piece set of needlework accoutrements. The counted thread embroidery […]
New York Capital District Chapter members complete Diane Herrmann’s Seven Symmetries challenge
On April 17, 2021, Diane Herrmann gave a lecture to the EGA Metropolitan Region entitled “Seven Symmetries: (Mathematics!) and Border Patterns.” When designing a band or a border of repeating motifs, there are only seven ways of changing the orientation of the motif, hence the name of the lecture. At the end of her lecture, […]
Sign up for our Virtual Lecture: Quaker Schoolgirl Needlework in 17th-Century London with Isabella Rosner
On Saturday, Saturday, February 12, 2022, Isabella Rosner will be joining us for a virtual lecture on Quaker Schoolgirl Needlework in Seventeenth-Century London. “To get my living with my hands: Quaker Schoolgirl Needlework in Seventeenth-Century London” explores the samplers, workboxes, and embroidered accessories of early modern Quaker girls educated in and around London. Extant examples […]
New Petite Project: Rhode Rage by Heather Gitlin
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Enhance your whitework skills in our online class Cunning Fox with Lizzy Pye
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January 2022 Stitch-a-long: Holly by Tanja Berlin
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Sign up for our Virtual Lecture: Perforated Paper Needlework 1840 – 1900 with Claudia Dutcher Kistler
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Stitch with us at the Textile Society of America December Stitch-In with Guest Dr. Sharbreon Plummer
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December 2021 Stitch-a-long: Ribbonere Scissors Case by Margaret Bendig
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