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Our Group Correspondence Course Mythical Myrtle with Barbara Kershaw will be retired on December 31, 2024. Explore the magnificent stitches of Casalguidi embroidery in Mythical Myrtle with teacher Barbara Kershaw. Casalguidi is a beautiful form of whitework named after the village of Casalguidi near Pistoia in Tuscany where it originated. Sometimes called linen-work, Casalguidi is […]
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Our 2025 National Seminar: Needlework Faire, hosted by our South Central Region, will take place on November 12-16, 2025 at the Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas! We are excited to announce our faculty of 18 teachers who are looking forward to greeting you in November 2025 for class. When registration starts on September 10, you’ll […]
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Our Education Department has added a new course to our selection of Group Correspondence Courses: Finding Time with Catherine Jordan. This group correspondence course will explore the possibilities of interpreting a Zentangle® drawing into an interesting needlework design finished as a booklet cover. Zentangle® is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images […]
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Today we are bringing you news from the Badger Chapter in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin and the Sandia Mountains Chapter in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We encourage you to learn more about them by clicking on their name. Now you can join or renew your membership with these chapters directly from our website! Badger Chapter Calling all […]
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In our Growing Your Chapter series, the July 27, 2024 webinar is going to take a look at using Canva. What is Canva? Canva is a program—a tool—that helps those who are artistically challenged create many of the things we use in our chapters without worrying about having flunked stick figures or not being a […]
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On Sunday, July 14, 2024 1PM Eastern, Bernice Steinhardt will be joining us for her virtual lecture The Art and Story of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz. Registration for the LIVE lecture ONLY is now open to all EGA members for $5 and closes on July 12, 2024 1PM Eastern. This registration will not give you access […]
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This month we spoke with Dr. Valentina Grub, who comes to EGA this month with a new online studio class, Moroccan Lanterns, an intriguing blackwork design inspired by her memories of living in Rabat. From our conversation, it’s become apparent that many of Dr. Grub’s experiences influence her needlework—and it’s part of what makes her […]
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For our July 2024 stitch-a-long on Facebook we are stitching a common loon in a project by Deborah Jesseman. Here’s more about this month’s designer Deborah Jesseman: “I currently live in Florida after retiring as an educator and university professor. I started embroidering as a young girl and have the first completed cross stitch sampler […]
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Going to National Seminar in August? We have a limited supply of seminar merchandise still available. You might want to snag yours now and pick it up in Atlanta. Or, we’ll be happy to ship it to you for only $7 priority mail. Still available are lunchboxes, needle minders and a .pdf chart of the […]
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We have some wonderful embroidery to share as part of this year’s Fiber Forum! The purpose of Fiber Forum is to promote and advance embroidery as an art form through the exhibition of original works. Every year, new members are juried into Fiber Forum by academics and professional artists who are active in their field […]