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EGA’s Board of Directors visits Louisville for their annual meeting

Our Board of Directors just visited Louisville for their annual  board meeting. Our full board is on the image above. From Left to Right: Front row: Janet Noble (President), Kathy Weigl (MAR), Scottie Erikstrup (GPR), Sue Polumbo (NER), Trudy Pohawpatchoko (RMR), Beth Lindsay (Dir Mem & Mar), Georgann Lane (Dir Bylaws), Marge Kelly (MET), Maria Hall (Sec). […]

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Needle Arts Guild of Toledo celebrates their members by showcasing their beautiful stitching

Our mission at EGA is to inspire passion for the needle arts through education and the celebration of its heritage. As part of that mission, our Needle Arts Guild of Toledo chapter in Ohio, established their Annual Needle Arts show in which they celebrate the beautiful needle work of their members. Here’s what Marianne Mussett, the Needle […]

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EGA Member Natalie Dupuis discusses Goldwork embroidery and more on Stitchery Stories podcast

Natalie Dupuis, embroidery designer and EGA member from Canada, was recently featured on Susan Weeks podcast Stitchery Stories. Natalie is a recipient of our Research Fellowship Grant Award, awarded for in-depth research in all areas of embroidery and allied textile arts, and to create a basis for dialogue between EGA and other grant and research institutions. You […]

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Creating in the Carolinas: Lots of beautiful stitching at our Carolinas Region chapters

Our Carolinas Region has had fun working on a variety of projects in the past few months. Here are the reports from some of our chapters: Our Aiken Stitchin’ Belles Chapter in South Carolina(SC) are finishing up our frame weights, a project we announced last fall. We were thrilled that a number of other chapters around the country […]

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It’s Here: Get the chart to stitch our new logo

Note: The correct blue color is DMC 3842, an earlier version of the charts had an error and this has been corrected. It’s finally here! You’ve been asking for it, and now you can stitch the EGA logo yourself.  Many thanks to Catherine Jordan for the charted designs. We’re presenting two versions. The larger one […]

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Photos: Through the Needle’s Eye embroidery exhibit in Minnesota

Our 21st National Exhibit Through the Needle’s Eye is a representative selection of the best in artistic and technical works. It is through the needle’s eye that EGA embraces both traditional and contemporary needlework while expanding the perception of embroidery as an art form. You can see the exhibit in person at the Stevens History Museum […]

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Photos and more: EGA members took embroidery everywhere on Stitch-in-Public Day 2019

We celebrate needle arts by hosting a Stitch-in Public Day in February each year. Our latest Stitch-in-Public day was this past Saturday. We have already started hearing from chapters and members who stitched in a wide variety of public places including coffee shops, libraries, laundromats, restaurants and even at the Capitol. Check out where some […]

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Photos: Extended Study Program exploring the textiles and traditions of Mexico

Some of our members are currently in Mexico through February 10 participating in one of our Extended Study Programs. Kathleen Weston, EGA member from our Turquoise Trail Chapter in New Mexico, has been sharing reports of the groups’ experience so far and some great photos. We will continue to update this post with more photos […]

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Stitch a Romanian Point Lace Heart in our February Stitch-a-long

For our February Stitch-a-long project on Facebook, we will be stitching a beautiful Romanian Point Lace Heart! The talented designer behind this month’s project is Tamara Yohannes, one of our members from the Louisville Chapter in Kentucky. Here’s a little more about the project from our Stitch-a-long admin Kate Gaunt: Tamara Yohannes of our Louisville Chapter […]

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Calling all teachers: Submit your proposals for EGA’s Carolinas Region Seminar 2020

Our Carolinas’ Region will hold its 2020 Seminar – “Crossing the Carolinas” from May 22-24, 2020. The 2020 Seminar will be held at the Village Inn, Clemmons, NC. The event center is minutes from Winston/Salem, NC.This location is very conducive to stitching and interacting with others and has many restaurants and shops nearby. The classrooms […]

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EGA Member Kathy Mountain creates “unfinished” needlework for upcoming short film

EGA member Kathy Mountain from our Cardinal Chapter in North Carolina recently had the opportunity to create a piece of needlework that will be used in an upcoming short film. Read more about her experience below: I was asked by the North Carolina Museum of History, where I am a Volunteer Docent, to create an […]

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EGA member Gabriela Wolfson sculpts dolls to display her love for needle arts

As part of our mission to inspire passion for the needle arts through education and the celebration of its heritage, today we are featuring the work of EGA member, Gabriela Wolfson. Gabriela is a member-at-large from Nicholasville, Kentucky. Here’s what Gabriela has to say about her love for needle arts and how she incorporates it […]

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An Opportunity to Help us Preserve our Permanent Collection

Did you know that our permanent collection includes items from a few centuries back to modern day? We all love our collection and as part of our mission we work hard to treasure it and preserve it. Most EGA members have at least one favorite piece from the collection (If you don’t have a favorite […]

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Fiber Forum Jurying deadline is approaching: Submit your original work

Fiber Forum works within the membership of EGA to: • Advance embroidery as an art form • Provide education and support to active and emerging fiber artists • Participate in EGA’s annual Education Exhibit held at seminar If you are currently an EGA member and enjoy designing your own work, consider becoming a member of […]

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Changes to our Beading Master Craftsman Program

The steps to become a Master Craftsman in Beading have been rearranged! We have decided that the new arrangement may give the beader more of a stepping stone approach than the previous arrangement. For example, many beaders consider the square stitch an easier technique than the other required techniques, and some beaders include peyote in […]

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Nittany Valley Chapter Celebrates 40 Year Anniversary with 40 years of projects

Our Nittany Valley Chapter in Pennsylvania recently celebrated their 40th Anniversary, read the report see photos from their celebration below. Adorned in shades of red to symbolize our ruby anniversary the members of the Nittany Valley EGA enjoyed a festive luncheon as we celebrated 40 years of stitching and friendship. A special show of projects […]

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Join our Curious Needlebook Stitch-a-long!

Starting January 1st we will be stitching this gorgeous project on our EGA Stitch-a-long group on Facebook. Instructions for Curious Needlebook by Heather Lynn Gitlin, EGA Member from our Bucks County Chapter in Pennsylvania, can be found on the September 2018(Part 1 of 2) and December 2018(Part 2 of 2) issues of Needle Arts Magazine.  Needle […]

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Antique samplers, classes and more at Wheeling West Virginia’s Oglebay Resort in May 2019

Wild and Wonderful Little Stitches will take place at Oglebay Lodge and Resort, Wheeling, WV, May 17-18, 2019. Four teachers have prepared classes in surface embroidery, Hardanger embroidery, felt appliqué and beading. Classes will be formally taught in the morning while a tour of Oglebay’s Mansion Museum and viewing of their special display of samplers […]

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Our miniature house is all dressed up for the Holidays!

The Storr House was donated to EGA in 1998 by Mary Lou Storrs and became a national project, with eleven EGA regions participating in the customization and furnishing of the house. Part of these furnishing included holiday decorations. You can see the house in person at our headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky. But just in case […]

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2018 Holiday Countdown: 31 Days of Stitched Ornaments

To bring a little holiday cheer and inspiration to your life we will be posting a photo of a stitched ornament from our headquarters tree every day through Christmas morning. The photos will be posted here and also on our Facebook and Instagram. Make sure to follow us there! These beautiful ornaments are from a […]

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