Updated 02/19/08
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The purpose of this organization shall be to foster the highest standards of excellence in the practice of the art of embroidery through an active program of education and study and to preserve the heritage of the art of embroidery. |
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50th Anniversary Stitching Challenges From Carol Dam EGA invites all members to participate in our 50th Anniversary Stitching Challenges! Challenge #1: Stitch a 50th anniversary piece of your own design. Use the number 50, EGA blue and gold, 50 symbols, 50 threads or whatever you would like to creatively celebrate our anniversary through stitches. Send it in as a special gift/fund-raising/auction item for seminar week. For the last few years we have had a wonderful selection of needle art on display and for sale at seminar through both live and silent auctions. Challenge #2: Participate in National Stitch in Public Day, Wednesday, September 3, 2008. This date was chosen so that as many seminar participants as possible could stitch and demonstrate in the downtown Louisville area. Chapters and MALs can get the stitch vibe going alongside seminar participants by doing the same in your local area. Stitch on your lunch break at the office or at school, stitch in libraries or book stores, stitch in your local parks or other downtown public areas. Challenge #3: Participate in a public installation of fiber art. EGA will join with other groups in the Louisville area in a public installation of fiber art. We hope to entice local and international groups to stitch and bond with us. To participate in this event, send a 12 inch by 12 inch two dimensional embroidery to EGA headquarters by July 20, 2008. The ground fabric edges must be flat finished in some way (bound or hemmed) and no piece should be framed. These items will not be returned to you, but will become part of a permanent collection. This will be an excellent way to expose the public to our celebration in stitches in an outdoor setting. We invite you to send both basic and unusual pieces as an expression of different ideas and techniques to show the varied expertise of EGA members. EGA will sponsor a “people’s choice award” and give a year’s membership to the top three winners. Challenge #4: EGA challenges you to share us your unique ideas for celebrating our Golden Anniversary! Send them to presega@egausa.org . I look forward to hearing from you! |
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For sale $15.00 plus $2.00 shipping The Blue Clocks Sampler Chart of antique clocks sampler from the Minnesota Historical Society
Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society This sampler is a unique document in the history of knitting and embroidery. The “clock” patterns in the top half of the sampler, carefully recorded in silk cross stitch on linen fabric, are similar to designs which have been used for centuries to decorate knitted stockings. The term “clock” comes from the resemblance of the motif to a clock pendulum with a pair of pendant chains or weights. The small motifs in the lower section can be used to modify existing clocks or to create new patterns. The maker of the original sampler may have been an employee of a knitting factory or an independent seamstress who created this as part of a portfolio of her work. It may also have been used as an instructional device for the embroiderers, or cheveners, of knitted stockings. These patterns can be used by knitters, beaders, and embroiderers to embellish garments and accessories, thereby preserving this lost tradition. This sampler is one of thirteen donated to the Minnesota Historical Society by Mrs. Vernon W. Wright. There are no records of how Mrs. Wright acquired the sampler, but similar motifs appear in late 18th century samplers from Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Photo of sampler stitched by Pat Phillips To purchase The Blue Clocks Sampler chart, contact: overfieldroad@juno.com or send a $17.00 check payable to St. Paul Needleworkers to: Pat Philip P.O. Box 10784 White Bear Lake, MN 55110 |
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