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Registration for our Online Studio class Hello, Mr. Cardinal with Kat Diguid is now open and closes on December 3, 2025! Hello, Mr. Cardinal blends traditional embroidery with a touch of goldwork, creating a whimsical birdfeeder that is the place to be. This delightful design will be stitched on gold shot aida cloth with kid leather, […]
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Most dedicated needleworkers have a large stash of embroidery tools, ranging from a rainbow of threads to various types of fabric, needles, buttons, and other notions. It’s easy to accumulate embroidery treasures over the years, every floss color that “might come in handy,” every fabric scrap saved for “someday.” While a large embroidery stash is […]
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Amanda Fox is an embroidery artist, teacher, and founder of Crewel Ghoul, an embroidery blog that inspires others to use their creativity to learn the wonderful art of embroidery. Her designs evoke the beauty of nature and celebrate the quiet, simple moments in life that offer a mindful escape from this fast-paced, digital world. You […]
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Technique: Or Nué Place of Origin: Northwestern Europe (France, Belgium, The Netherlands) Earliest known date: 15th century History: Or nué, a French phrase that translates to “shaded gold,” originated in Northwestern Europe in the late Middle Ages. It has also been called the “Netherlandish technique,” as it was popular primarily in France, Belgium, and The […]
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The upcoming Thread Blossoms Virtual Education Course with Pat Olski offers embroiderers the opportunity to stitch the Scissors Safe from her Thread Blossoms set, originally published in issues of Needle Arts Magazine from June 2022 through December 2023. Originally presented as a “Back to Basics” series, the set captivated embroiderers with its intricately detailed […]
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Karen Matze’s embroidered work has long captivated the EGA community. From her enduring Ambrosia Honey pattern, which first appeared in Needle Arts Magazine and has since been revived as a download in the EGA shop, to her beautiful Silk Ribbon Embroidered Needlecase featured an EGA Stitch-a-Long in April 2025, Karen’s designs are meticulous, artful, and […]
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Fiber Forum is offering a limited number of seats for EGA members to join this free lecture with Fiber Artist Helen Geglio on November 2, 2025 at 3:00p Eastern (12:00p P, 1:00p M, 2:00p C). To register, please contact Jenna McClooney at jennalee@hotmail.com. If seats are still available, she will reply with the Zoom link. […]
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EGA introduced the Technical Excellence program (TE) in the summer of 2023 to provide needleworkers with an opportunity to demonstrate technical excellence in specific embroidery techniques. The program debuted with Counted Thread and has since added Crewel, and EGA continues to explore other needlework techniques for supplemental Technical Excellence programs. We talked with Val Reece, […]
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Thanks to the amazing work of the Virtual Lecture team and a fantastic group of presenters, the full schedule of 2026 Virtual Lectures is now available for preview on the EGA website. And for the first time, we are offering members the opportunity to sign up for all twelve lectures at one time at a […]
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Meet the chairs of EGA’s Master Craftsman programs. The Master Craftsman programs are designed to promote excellence in embroidery by providing the accomplished needleworker the opportunity to demonstrate skills and become certified as a “master” in her or his area of expertise. Join a Zoom meeting on November 1 at 1PM Eastern with the chairs […]
