Yes, we Zoom ALL of our meetings, too!! Email daytonega@gmail.com for more info. Meetings are the 2nd Wednesday of the month.
We will be working on a never-before-available piece from EGA's Collection. This can easily be worked from stash and will be our ongoing monthly project for 2027. This is free to all Dayton EGA members.
We will continue our quarterly Sunday afternoon Stitch-a-Longs. The dates for 2027 are January 24, April 11, July 11, and October 10 from 2-4 PM Eastern Time via Zoom.
Our Metal Threads SIG (Special Interest Group) meets via Zoom the first Monday of each month at 7 PM Eastern Time.
Our Cincinnati Satellite has regular in-person stitch-ins scheduled for the first Tuesday of each month, in their usual place--the Centennial Room in the Madeira Municipal Building, 7141 Miami Ave., Cincinnati. Stitch-ins begin at Noon and end around 2 PM or so, Eastern Time. The dates for 2027 are: January 5, February 2, March 2, April 6, May 4, June 1, July 6, August 3, September 7, October 5, November 2, and December 7.
Dayton EGA Programs for 2027 (until further notice, we are all Zoom)
January 13: Jane Ellen Balzuweit - Needlework Tools from the Hardware Store (meeting at 6 PM with lecture at 7 PM Eastern Time)
February 10: Belle Sprague - Photographing Your Needlework (rescheduled from 2026)
February 6 and 20: Margaret Kinsey workshop: Daisy (1 PM - 4 PM each day)
March 10: Laurie Kelly - Needle Artists Speak Up…and Oh, the Stories They Tell!
April 14: Kate Sekules - MEND!
May 12: Relics in Situ - TBD
June 9: Amanda Isaacs - Treasures of the Mount Vernon Collection: Embroidery
July 14, 21, 28, August 4: Hazel Blomkamp class TBA - On July 14, the business meeting will begin at 9 AM Eastern Time with Hazel's class to follow immediately. Class is projected to run from 10 AM to 2:30 PM Eastern each day.
August 11 - Diane Herrmann - A New Approach to Diaper Patterns (title is tentative)
September 8 - Note the change of date: Diane Clark - Penny Squares
October 13: Tricia Wilson Nguyen - Using Knowledge of Embroidery, Historical Manufacturing, and Scientific Examination to Reconstruct Working in a Professional Workshop (AKA The Red Bearing Cloth)
November 10: Megan Zaniewski - 3D Stumpwork (exact title TBA)
December 8: TBA!
Note!
Registration dates for 2027:
Margaret Kinsey - TBD
Hazel Blomkamp - TBD
2027 GLR Lectures (Free to all of our members) - Mark Your Calendars!
All lectures begin at 2 PM Eastern Time
January 10: Regina Truhart - A Look at 18th Century Embroidery Through the Influences of Fashionable Art (Registration begins December 15)
February 28: Emelie Gevalt - Locating Girlhood: Place and Identity in Early American "Schoolgirl" Art (Registration begins February 9)
May 23: Relics in Situ - TBD (Registration begins May 4)
July 25: Caroline de Guitant - Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Gown (Registration begins July 6)
October 17: Kate Sekules - MEND! (Registration begins September 28)
November 7: TBA (Registration begins October 19)
For EGA's Virtual Lecture Series: https://egausa.org/virtual-lecture-series/