Events

Stitching at the MET Gala 2025

Region Seminar – Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27, 2025

 

 

                                                                                     

                 Dawn Donnelly – Mrs. Sparkles                                                 Kathryn Diuguid – Warwick Cosmos

 

Don’t let this fun stitching weekend pass you by! Registration will close on February 26.

Registration will soon be closing to attend the Stitching Room at Stitching at the MET Gala 2025. We will be at the Montvale Courtyard Marriott Hotel, 100 Chestnut Ridge Road, Montvale, NJ, 07645, on Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27, 2025. Attendees can come to the Stitching Room on Saturday and/or Sunday. Attendees are not required to stay at the host hotel and will be able to take advantage of the many reasonable restaurants in the area. Those attendees wanting to stay at the host hotel will be provided with a link to book their hotel room (see below under Hotel Information for this link).

Registration Information:

EGA members and guests are welcome to register for either one day (Saturday or Sunday) or both days in the Stitching Room. Registration will close on February 26, 2025. The registration fee is $50 for both days or $30 for one day. Please note that this registration fee is non-refundable.

Important news: The Metropolitan Region is now accepting payment via Zelle. Information about the payment options is on the registration form.

We are now offering two of our Seminar classes virtually instead of in-person. 

Dawn Donnelly’s Mrs. Sparkles will be taught virtually beginning Wednesday, May 14, 2025 for 4 weeks.  The cost of this class is $255 which includes the teaching fee, kit fee and shipping of the kit.  Registrations must be submitted by February 26, 2025.

Katherine Diuguid’s Warwick Cosmos will be taught virtually beginning Monday, August 11, 2025 for 4 weeks.  The cost of this class is $217 which includes the teaching fee, kit fee and shipping of the kit.  Registration must be submitted by May 28, 2025.

The class information sheet and registration forms are below.

Stitching at the MET Gala 2025 Class Descriptions Virtual Classes

Seminar 2025 Virtual Class Registration Form – Mrs. Sparkles

Seminar 2025 Virtual Class Registration Form – Warwick Cosmos

Registration for the Stitching Room and both classes is on a first come, first served basis.  Since these classes are now going to be held virtually at different times of the year, members can register for both classes plus attend the Stitching Room.

Any questions for the Stitching Room and/or the virtual Seminar classes can be directed to Janice Meyers at GrayceeDM@aol.com.

Registration Information:

To register for the Stitching Room: EGA members and guests are welcome to register for either one day (Saturday or Sunday) or both days in the Stitching Room. Registration will be from May 13, 2024 to February 26, 2025. The registration fee is $50 for both days or $30 for one day. Please note that this fee is non-refundable.

Stitching Room Registration Form 2025 revised

Please complete the above registration form and send that form along with your check made payable to “Metropolitan Region EGA” to Janice Meyers, at the address found on the form, by no later than December 5, 2024.

Hotel Information: The Montvale Courtyard Marriott Hotel is a unique upscale hotel. Centrally located among all of the excitement of New York City, Bergen County New Jersey, Rockland County New York, and just 30 minutes from the Meadowlands Sports Complex and American Dream. The hotel is less than a mile from the Garden State Parkway, exit #172 and about 3 minutes from the New York/New Jersey border, making this location very convenient for our Region members, regardless of where they live.

No food will be allowed in the classrooms/stitching room, but the hotel does have a bistro/lounge area on the first floor in which you can bring in food for lunch or dinner. The bistro is open for breakfast from 6 am – 10 am on weekends.

Any lighting and/or magnification needed must be battery operated as no electrical cords are allowed. Also, pack a nametag in your stitching bag as none will be provided.

Traveling to the Montvale Courtyard Marriott Hotel via Train : NJ Transit offers train service from Penn Station to Montvale, NJ. The Montvale train station is about a 6 minute drive from the hotel. The hotel suggests using Uber to get from the train station to the hotel.

Sleeping Room Information: We have made arrangements with the hotel for a contracted sleeping room rate of $199 per night (Friday, April 25 and/or Saturday, April 26) for either a single or double sleeping room, plus taxes. Attendees must make their own reservations. The link: https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1714477799834&key=GRP&app=resvlink

Please note that there is a drop-down list to select the nights. Sleeping room reservations must be made by March 25, 2025. The hotel also has several ADA compliant sleeping rooms. All sleeping rooms have in-room coffee service and a refrigerator. Free Wi-fi is also provided.

Dining Information: For your dining pleasure there are many options available. Attached to the hotel is the Fire and Oak Restaurant that is open for dinner on weekends. Within minutes of the hotel are many other restaurants and casual dining including Wegman’s and Whole Foods. Further information will be provided at a later date.

We hope that you can join us! For more information and/or questions, please contact Janice Meyers at GrayceeDM@aol.com.

 

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America’s Tapestry

To commemorate and celebrate America’s 250th anniversary in 2026 Stefan Romero developed a needlework project, America’s Tapestry, that incorporates thirteen hand embroidered panels that represent the original 13 colonies. You can read more about this project here.

Stefan will be bringing the panels (Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania) to the Stitching at the MET Gala’s Stitching Room on Saturday, April 26. Our attendees will be encouraged to stitch on the panels.

 

 

The Georgia Illustration depicts the Chasseurs Volontaires de Saint Domingue, a Creole military unit composed of free and enslaved blacks as well as whites from modern day Haiti who fought in the Battle of Savannah in 1779. These Haitians were from all walks of life – enslaved, free, wealthy, middle class, including several members of prominent families.
While historical documentation is lacking, Haitian legend asserts that a wounded drummer boy who was a member of the Chasseurs was in fact Henri Christophe, the future king of Haiti. His experience fighting for American Independence may have inspired him to bring freedom to his native people.