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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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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 you created an original work of embroidery with artistic merit and that shows your growth […]
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New Slideshow for Members: Needlepoint in English Churches
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ICYMI: Registration for The Magnificent Stitch is now Open!
Open Registration for our National Seminar 2021: The Magnificent Stitch has started and will be available through June 15, 2021. Seminar 2021 Central has been updated with new registration information, class updates and more. We are including some pictures of the exciting classes below, but you can see all the available classes in our 2021 […]
Changes to our Virtual Lecture Sign-up Procedure
Starting with our April Virtual Lecture with Sarah Pedlow, the Virtual Lecture Team, with Rand’s assistance, is implementing a new sign-up procedure for the lectures. The current method requires interested members to be at their computer on a specific day and time and the lectures are full in about 2 hours. That isn’t fair. We […]
New Petite Project: Floral Needle Nanny/Finder #3 by Lorna Bateman
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Try Something New this Quarter: Courses on Mixed Media, Surface Embroidery, Schwalm 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 From March 1st through June 1st we have the following GCCs available as Lightning Rounds. Lightning Rounds are 3-4 of our group correspondence courses made available for individuals to register without […]
March 2021 Stitch-a-long: Doodling A-Round, Continuing our Creativity Challenge for 2021
For our March stitch-a-long on Facebook we are having a Doodle A-Round! Here’s more about this month’s stitch-a-long from from admin Kate Gaunt: Welcome to our March Stitch-a-Long! Leslie and I have greatly enjoyed all your explorations and creative results for our 2021 challenge. Kay Jarrell came up with a super idea to use doodle […]
Calling all teachers: Submit your proposal for EGA’s New England Region Seminar 2022
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Join us Saturday, March 6: Semi-Annual Meeting 2021
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Photos: See EGA members’ contributions to the World’s Longest Band Sampler Project
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Good News: We are going to have our 2021 EGA National Seminar
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Submit your questions for our Virtual Semi-Annual Meeting 2021
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February 2021 Stitch-a-long: Hearts, Creativity and Flexibility
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