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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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Stitches for Ukraine: EGA members share their support for the Ukrainian people
Updated on June 22, 2022. Every time we take a needle, thread it and draw that thread through some fabric, we are carrying on a legacy. That legacy is the work of countless generations of women and men who have created fiber art. We are preservationists. We preserve the stitches of the past for the […]
Photos: Enjoy a new selection of exquisite embroidery from our Permanent Collection
We hope you are ready to feast your eyes on some sensational embroidery. We just refreshed our Permanent Collection gallery with a new selection of items in a variety of styles showcasing the incredible work that can be achieved with needle and thread. One of the most outstanding new pieces added to the gallery is […]
Photos: EGA Members across the nation Celebrate Stitch-in-Public Day 2022!
Every year, on the first Saturday of February EGA members from all across the nation celebrate Stitch-in-Public Day by, you guessed it, stitching in public. EGA’s mission is to inspire passion for needle arts through education and the celebration of its heritage and stitching in public is one of the many ways in which we […]
New GCC Lightning Rounds: Stitch a Puzzle Ball, a Blackwork Fairy Tale, a Schwalm Embroidery Pillow and more
It’s a new quarter and that means we have a fresh group of EGA educational opportunities for you to participate in! We thank you for your patience as our new Needle Arts editor continues her hard work on the March issue. We know you will love the March issue, it will be worth the wait. […]
EGA Diversity Statement
In our last communication about the recent member survey, we promised to provide updates on our efforts to build a solid future for EGA, including steps to assure that our organization is even more inclusive and welcoming to all current and potential members. This is the first of such updates. EGA is like a beautiful […]
Introducing our new ‘Needle Arts’ magazine Editor Heather Gooch
It is with great pleasure that I introduce our new editor for Needle Arts magazine – Heather Gooch. Heather has 25+ years of experience in trade magazine publishing, including filling the role of editor-in-chief. She is a graduate of Kent State University, with a B.S. in newspaper journalism (concentration in creative writing). In addition to […]
Registration ends soon: GCC Lightning Rounds on Hardanger, Needle Painting, Surface Embroidery and more
Registration for our current set of GCC Lightning Rounds ends on February 28! GCC Lightning Rounds are a selection of 5 courses from our Group Correspondence Courses, made available for individual members to register for a limited time. Lightning Rounds are a great opportunity for Members-At-Large and small EGA chapters that have difficulty filling a larger […]
Three EGA Chapters from the Pacific Southwestern Region participated in the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree project
Three chapters from our Pacific Southwestern Region recently participated in the Annual U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree project. As part of this project, our Channel Islands, Long Beach, and Threaded Needle chapters contributed ornaments to be displayed on the companion trees that are displayed in the various buildings in Washington D.C. The Capitol trees come from […]
We’re looking for Embroidery Teachers for our Group Correspondence Courses
The GCC (Group Correspondence Course) program is looking for teachers to develop courses for our members. Each of these courses should be a project that can be stitched over a period of 5 to 6 months. The course should have about the same amount of information that would be covered in a two- to four-day […]
Celebrating African American Textile Artists: Gee’s Bend Quilters
To celebrate Black History month, our February Needlework Network newsletter focused on Celebrating the work of African American textile artists. If you would like to receive this month’s email featuring these stories, enter your name and email here or in the form below to sign up for our newsletter and we’ll send you a copy […]
Learn the basic techniques of goldwork embroidery in our online class Queen Anne’s Lace with Katherine Diuguid
Registration for our upcoming class Queen Anne’s Lace with Katherine Diuguid is now open. This Queen Anne’s Lace design introduces students to the basic techniques of goldwork embroidery using a contemporary approach to traditional techniques. Registration closes on March 2, 2022. In this class you will work on traditional and creative goldwork techniques including the […]
February 2022 Stitch-a-long: ‘All You Need is Love’ by The Drawn Thread and Meet our new Stitch-a-long Admins
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
The Education Department is pleased to announce the newest segment in the Petite Project series, Rhode Rage by member Heather Lynn Gitlin from our Bucks County Chapter. The seasonal sampler on 28 count even weave is about 5-1/4 inches square. There are twelve small squares surrounding the central one which contains the verse “To everything […]
