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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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Get ready for 2021 with our Magnificent Stitch Seminar Merchandise
Get ready for our 2021 National Seminar: The Magnificent Stitch in Chicago with some great merchandise items! Here are some of the items you can purchase: Beaded Nametag Pattern and Kit Bead a custom nametag for 2021! The full kit includes the pattern (with instructions for name customization!) and all beads to complete the project. Needles and […]
Updated: Tools for staying connected and using Zoom
This post was updated with two new documents on December 9, 2020. As we continue following CDC guidelines and the proper precautions, more and more of us are turning to technology that allows us to meet fellow stitchers at a distance. We recently wrote about some tools for staying connected, and some tips on setting […]
Gifts and stocking stuffers for the stitcher in your life: Journals, Bookmarks and more
This holiday season we bring you beautiful and functional gifts! To help you cross some gifts off your list here are some gifts that will be great presents and stocking stuffers for stitchers and non-stitchers alike. Take a look, add a few gifts to your cart and scratch them off your Christmas list! Post Cards: […]
Updated: Contacting EGA Headquarters and COVID-19
Updated December 9, 2020: Due to ongoing dangerous levels of covid19, EGA will continue to operate indefinitely with one person in the office at a time, with no visitors permitted. Headquarters hours will continue to be Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM ET. We welcome your calls during that time, or email us […]
Stay in and stitch: Free projects, embroidery resources and more to do at home
Because of the current pandemic we are all spending more time in our homes. If you are not used to spending all your time at home, you may be starting to get antsy or a little restless. But aren’t we lucky to pursue an art that we get to work on from the comfort of […]
Guest Post: Free Heart Canvas Work Pin Project by Catherine Jordan
I am hoping to inspire everyone to Take Heart with this lovely contemporary canvas work pin project! If you take heart from something, you are encouraged and feel optimistic – so cheer up and perk up while exploring the possibilities of opening your canvas. Traditional open work uses weaving and wrapping so that the remaining […]
Educational Opportunities for You: Courses on Dresden Lace, Blackwork, Russian Drawn Thread and More
It’s a new quarter and that means we have a fresh group of EGA educational opportunities for you to participate in! From December 1st through March 1st we have the following GCCs available as Lightning Rounds. Lightning Rounds are 3-4 group correspondence courses made available for individuals to register without the need for a group. […]
Kim Sanders and Sheryl Borden discuss Stumpwork embroidery on Creative Living
On this clip from Creative Living with Sheryl Borden(KENW), designer Kim Sanders talks about the raised and padded embroidery technique called stumpwork. Stumpwork is a marvelously versatile technique since whichever thread, fabric or found object that best suits the designer’s vision, can be incorporated into a stumpwork embroidery. Samples of motifs using different kinds of padding and wire […]
Stitch a gorgeous wool felt project in our December 2020 Stitch-a-long
For our December Stitch-a-long on Facebook we are stitching a gorgeous wool felt project by EGA member Katie Tomlinson! Here’s more about this month’s project from Stitch-a-long admin Kate Gaunt: This design comes to us from Katie Tomlinson of the Corning Chapter (Corning, New York) in the Mid-Eastern Region of EGA. Katie was the winner […]
Colcha Embroidery resources available from our Sandia Mountains Chapter in New Mexico
Our Sandia Mountains Chapter in Albuquerque NM, has compiled an in-depth historical review and worked examples of the colcha embroidery stitch, which is specific to northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. The materials are extensive, consisting of six binders, as well as Chapter publications and photographs of a collection of embroidered Christmas ornaments which have […]
Amadeus & Friends: Download now available from our Mid-Eastern Region
Our Mid-Eastern Region is offering Amadeus & Friends, designed and taught by Connie Ann Root in 1994 for the Corning EGA chapter. The pattern is available as a PDF download for $15 and all proceeds go to the region. Here’s more about the pattern, the designer and a link to the order form: The 27-page pattern […]
2021 Bobbie Pilling Memorial Award: For stitchers who take risks and play outside their comfort level
Imagine playing in your studio with an idea you have for a piece of needlework. Working out the details and laughing as it evolves! Perhaps that idea does not quite work, and you have to find an alternative solution. There is a great deal of pleasure in the process of creating. This award, dedicated to […]
Pacific Southwestern Region Fundraiser: Garden of Delight
Our Pacific Southwestern Region is offering a very special design by Carol Algie Higginbotham. By ordering this beautiful sampler, you get to support our Pacific Southwestern Region. Here’s more information about the design and how to order it. This sampler design will let the stitcher explore several different techniques. The piece is mostly canvas stitches […]
November Stitch-a-long: Peppermint Candy Stocking
For our November Stitch-a-long on Facebook we are stitching a delightful Peppermint Candy Stocking design by EGA member and former South Central Region director Shawn Miller. Here’s more about this month’s project from Stitch-a-long admin Kate Gaunt: It’s time for our November Stitch-a-Long project! Thank you to Shawn Miller for her adorable Peppermint Candy Stocking […]
Retiring soon: A Journey into the World of Raised Embroidery: Stumpwork Techniques
Don’t miss your chance to register for A Journey into the World of Raised Embroidery: Stumpwork Techniques with Celeste Chalasani! Celeste will be retiring her Individual Correspondence Course on December 1, 2020. She will be accepting new students until that date and the course will be discontinued after December 2nd, 2020. A Journey into the […]
Support EGA while you shop on Amazon
Did you know that you can support EGA while shopping on Amazon? Amazon Smile provides a way for you to support EGA at no additional cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, Amazon will donate 0.5% of eligible purchases to your favorite charitable organization with no fees and no extra cost. To easily set […]
Free Embroidery Projects to Celebrate Fall & Winter Holidays
If you’ve got the urge to stay home and stitch this fall, let us inspire you with these free embroidery projects! Get into the holiday spirit while practicing your embroidery skills – as an added bonus, the finished project makes a great gift! Each of these projects can be downloaded for free when you opt […]
Original designs offered by our Metropolitan Region: Cherries Just for Fun and Inch by Inch: Violet Ruler Case
The Metropolitan Region is offering digital patterns of original designs created by two of our members — Kate Festo, Nutmeg Stitchers Chapter and Barbara Kelly, Skylands Stitchers Chapter. Kate designed Cherries Just for Fun and Barbara’s design is Inch by Inch: Violet Ruler Case. Each design will cost $5. Members will pay for the designs […]
October Stitch-a-long: Once in a Blue Moon and Halloween Tree
For our October Stitch-a-long on Facebook we are stitching two projects from our September 2020 issue of Needle Arts. The talented designers behind this month’s projects are EGA members Heather Gitlin and Mary Waldsmith. Here’s more about this month’s project from Stitch-a-long admin Kate Gaunt: This month we are focusing on the benefits of being […]
Early Registration Extended: 2021 National Seminar ‘The Magnificent Stitch’
Because we currently have members that may be impacted by the fires on the western coast, the severe storms that took place in the mid-west area, or the tropical storms on the southern coast, early registration is being extended for the 2021 national seminar. The last day for early registration will now be Saturday, October […]