Events listed here are special chapter events outside of regular monthly meetings and programs and are open to all Region members and/or the general public
Skyllkill Chapter
Open to the general public
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America’s Tapestry
Open to the general public
America’s Tapestry is a national project to embroider panels that celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, with one panel for each of the 13 original colonies. Stitching started in 2025 and will be completed in 2026. The inaugural display will be at William & Mary’s historic campus – a stone’s throw away from Colonial Williamsburg.
The New York panel is pictured above. It was designed in collaboration with the Fraunces Tavern Museum in New York City and illustrates the Birch Trials, which emancipated nearly 3,000 Black Loyalists for their service to the Crown and sent them to Canada.
The top left depicts a man advocating for his service to the British Crown to a table of British and American generals. The center motif depicts the various roles enslaved people played in the British Army: fighting in the Ethiopian Regiment, building barracks, and making shoes. The lower left motif illustrates the harbor of New York City and Fraunces Tavern. The family on the ship in the bottom right depicts a family, now freed, boarding a ship to begin their new lives in Nova Scotia.
New York Capital District Chapter member Jenni Paperman volunteered to serve as the State Director for New York panel. Chapter members are excited to participate in this project.
We will be stitching at the Van Schaick Mansion when it is open to the public at the following dates and times:
Saturday, June 14th (1:00pm to 6:00pm)
Sunday. June 22nd (1:00pm to 4:00pm)
Sunday. July 13th (1:00pm to 4:00pm)
Sunday. August 17th (1:00pm to 4:00pm)
Sunday. September 21st (1:00pm to 4:00pm)
Sunday, October 19th (1:00pm to 4:00pm)
In addition, we will be stitching at times when the Van Schaick Mansion is not open to the public. If you are interested in participating, contact Jennifer Paperman.
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Monmouth Chapter
Open to all EGA Members
Monmouth Chapter EGA invites all EGA members to join us
Laurel Mill Class with Gail Stafford
Fall is on the way, but the fall colors have not peaked at Laurel Mill. Create this North
Caroline scene using numerous Weeks Dye Works overdyed threads, stranded
embroidery cotton and Accentuate. Learn to paint a section of the canvas. Use thread
blending to create realism in the mill’s weathered boards and to add some variety to the
sky. Canvas stitches include Nobuko, Serendipity, the Water Stitch, French knots and
more. Use a few sharp needle techniques to stitch the tree trunks and the evergreen
sprays on the cedar tree.
Class dates on zoom – Saturday Sept 27, Oct 4,11, 25, Nov 1 and 8 at 10am
Finished design: 4 5/8” by 7 5/8”4
This piece is designed for participants at the intermediate level and beyond.
Kit includes congress cloth 10” X 12” with transferred design and some color
#24 tapestry and #24 Chenille needles, all threads needed to complete the project
including – Overdyed threads by weeks Dye Works, DMC stranded cotton, and
Accentuate, detailed instruction booklet.
Kit fee: $95 plus $20 shipping Teaching fee: $135 – to be collected later
Deadline to Register: June 16th
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Student to supply usual stitching supplies in addition to 10” X 12” stretcher bars and laying
tool.
To register for this class, please send your check made out to Monmouth Chapter EGA for
the kit fee & postage of $115 to Angela Tolas, 36 Morden Close, Freehold, NJ 07728.