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Monthly business meeting of Guild officers and committee chairs.
The board meets monthly on the 2nd Monday from 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm.
LOCATION: This meeting is held by video conference. A link to connect to it is on the Member Resources page.
Come and stitch to your heart's content. We'll have a brief business meeting with Show and Tell, then spend the rest of the time socializing and stitching.
You are welcome to bring a lunch or snack and stitch until 2:00 pm.
This group meets monthly on the 2nd Tuesday from 10am - 2pm.
LOCATION: The meeting is planned to be a hybrid. Those meeting in person will meet at MVUUF and those on video conference will find the link on the Members Resource page of the NGM website.
See more information here.
Retreat 2025 Invitation
Registration includes four days of stitching and/or classes and 11 meals.
Choose from the following classes during the registration process
Winter Fire
Grandma’s Button Box
Share what you learned in class or show what you worked on if you did not take a class. We are always interested in everyone’s projects! Don’t forget all other items to share with the group.
This group meets monthly the 3rd Tuesday from 10 am–2 pm.
LOCATION: This month, IN-PERSON only at Hostess: Astrid Weidling. Please let her know if you are coming.
TBD
This group explores a wide variety of specialty threads and stitches on canvas including counted needlepoint and finishing techniques. All stitchers welcome.
LOCATION: Meeting by videoconference only. Members will find a link on the Member Resources page.
Time for another Challenge Check-in! Hope you have made great progress on your challenge project. Please be ready to share what you have or haven’t done on your challenge. Then there will be time to stitch and share your retreat memories or perhaps memories from past classes or getaways. You may even what to share your future adventures in stitchings. Of course, there will be show and tell and lots of good conversations. Looking forward to seeing you there. Meeting runs from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. You are welcome to bring a lunch. Please come a bit early if you are able to help set up tables and chairs. Your help is always appreciated.
This group meets monthly on the 4th Tuesday from 10am - 2pm
This group meets monthly on the 4th Tuesday from 7 pm-9 pm.
Bring your finished or partially finished challenge piece to show us your progress and get a dollar back from your investment for your hard work. All stitching friends are invited to check out our challenges and share with us what you are working on.
You are welcome to bring a lunch or snack and stitch until 2:00 pm
Note: This group is on pause until further notice.
Please contact us if you are interested in volunteering to chair this group. Duties include: sharing a project or a technique for the meetings, coming to MVUUF to set up the meeting for the Zoom, and submitting monthly meeting information for The Needle’s Eye.
This group meets the 2nd Friday from 10am - Noon.
LOCATION: This group meets hybrid. Those meeting in person will meet at MVUUF and those by videoconference will find a link on the Member Resources page.
We are back to working on the Christmas Bouquet ornament. The flowers are next so bring necessary materials to get started on them. This project will continue each month so that it will be ready for Christmas 2025.
LOCATION: This month, IN-PERSON only at Hostess: Barb Copeland. Please let her know if you are coming.
Please join us!! New group meeting so come and stitch with us! Bring anything you want to stitch and this event is Free to the public.
This group meets monthly on the 3rd Saturday from 10am - 12pm.
LOCATION: The meeting is in-person only.
What comes to mind when you see the letters: EPP? Is it Enhanced Profile Protocol, Erythropoietic ProtoPorphyria, or Extended Projection Principle? These are just three of the many ways this initialism is used, but on the quilting front, EPP stands for English Paper Piecing.
At home or on-the-go, EPP is a fabulous way to occupy your time with a threaded needle. Once you gather your basic supplies, projects involve wrapping fabric around paper templates that can then be hand-sewn into intricate designs. This seems simple enough, doesn’t it? It really is unless you do too much research and find yourself mired in the options relating to fabric, thread, tools, design, and technique. This is when process completely sabotages progress!
Join us in September and October as we explore everything Kym has learned along the way in her Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt project journey begun in 2011. September will include an informational session with examples for you to compare and contrast. In October, we will take what we learned in September and put it into action with a hands-on session.
Hopefully, you will benefit from her tumble down the slippery slope of research so you can complete your future quilt in less than 14 years. Have you already completed an EPP project? It would be wonderful to learn about your experience and see the fruits of your labor. Please bring any and all EPP projects that you have finished or have in process so we can celebrate you and your abundance of EPP - Extra Patience & Perseverance!
Bring a lunch if you would like to stay and stitch until 2:00.
Catherine Theron - Posey Band Sampler a Counted Thread Project
Time: Will be announced later
This 4” x 9” band sampler is worked on 32ct linen using silk threads in shades of blue, green, gold & red.
Motifs in each band features various stylized flowers and a nice selection of counted sampler stitches including Smyrna Cross, Long-Arm Cross, Petit Point, Double Running, Spiral Trellis, Four-Sided, Diagonal Cross, Satin, Rice-Stitch, Diagonal Queen, Queen, Chain Stitch, Montenegrin, and Satin Cushion.
Dividing bands in various shades of gold are worked between the motifs introducing more counted stitches.
Ability to read charts and stitch diagrams plus have knowledge of basic counted thread stitches is a must.
2-day workshop - Intermediate-Advanced level
Kit contents:
Price: $175.00
Download here.
Email on updated information here.
Catherine Theron - Americana Sewing Roll
This primitive, American-style sewing roll features an exterior worked in Florentine Stitch with DMC flosses and an interior pocketed with counted thread designs worked in subtle Sampler Threads. The finished size is approximately 6” x 15”. The colors used are soft pinks to raspberry red, greens, and golds.
The bottom pocket features a charming basket of flowers surrounded by an alphabet, bees, & family initials. The middle pocket is filled with your personalization & more bees. It also houses a needle case featuring a bee keep and containing wool pages & wee pockets. The top area houses a pin keep with the saying “Polite Pins for Busy Bees”. A wee Scissors Minder completes the piece.
Stitches used include Smyrna Cross, Cross over one, Satin Stitch, Four-Sided Stitch, Stem Stitch, Satin Cushion Stitch, Nun’s Stitch, Spiral Trellis, and Florentine Stitch.
1-day class
Price: $273.00
LOCATION: This month, IN-PERSON only at TBD. Please let her know if you are coming.
This month, we will gather for a hands-on session with two different patterns that Kym and Janet R. found to implement what we learned in September. Practice the technique of your choice to create a pincushion or coaster using the traditional hexagon shape. Pattern, fabric, templates, and thread will be available so all you need to bring is your favorite sharp needle and a desire to have fun!
This 2-hour zoom workshop is good for beginners to advanced beaders.
Saturday, November 1, 2025
Class starts at 10:00am
The class cost is $40.00
This is one of our “choose your own adventure” kits. You can make a pair of earrings and a petite drop pendant OR a three-tier pendant.
Kit contains:
Needles, 1 - g thread bobbin, a pair of ear wires, and a bail with jumping and beads.
Colorways:
Zenith A - mint copper rose
Zenith B - orchid blue
Zenith C - cobalt bronze
Registration is from July 28 through August 24, 2025.
The Freckled Pear will be shipping kits to the individual students.
Once the registration is closed there is no refund.
LOCATION: This group meets on ZOOM only.
We've started meeting at MVUUF on the 5th Tuesday of the month for a stitch-in from 10am to 2pm (bring your lunch if you like).
There is no program scheduled just an opportunity to de-stress over the holidays with other stitchers.
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