Skyllkill Chapter, EGA

10/02/2026

Enrollment is now open for the 2027 EGA Virtual Lecture Annual Pass!

For just $55, you’ll be automatically registered for each of next year’s lectures every month, including access to recordings for 11 of the lectures. The entire 2027 Virtual Lecture schedule is also now live—check out the lineup and get your pass now! https://egausa.org/limited-virtual-lecture-annual-pass-2027/

09/28/2026

Explore cross stitch folk embroidery with our beautiful, high-quality kits and patterns!

09/23/2026

Happy first day of fall! Celebrate the by embellishing your boots with autumnal flowers using Meaghan Monroe's (Subito Farm) free Autumn Flowers Boots Embroidery tutorial!

https://egausa.org/outside-the-hoop-autumn-flowers-boots-embroidery-by-meaghan-monroe/

09/19/2026

Looking for something quick and fun to cross stitch? The EGA shop has two wonderful historical bookmarks available—the Honeysuckle Bookmark and the Wrapped Vine Bookmark, both adapted from the Rosena Disery 1820 sampler in the collection of the New York Historical Society Museum & Library (NYHS). We also have a chart for the Rosena Disery 1820 sampler available as a downloadable chart! https://egausa.org/product-category/publications/

09/02/2026

08/27/2026

Skyllkill's September meeting will be Wednesday, September 2. Chapter member Boni Ritter will speak about and demonstrate needle felting. The program begins at 12:30pm.
Skyllkill's day begins at 10 am for Social Time, 10:45 for Show & Share; Business Meeting at 11am. Lunch (bring your own bag lunch & beverage) is at 11:30, with dessert table provided. The program begins at 12:30. Visitors and guests are welcome.
Skyllkill meets at Freedom Plains United Presbyterian Church, 1168 Rt. 55, Lagrangeville, NY. Questions? Email us at [email protected] .

08/06/2026

Tomorrow is your last day to register for Autumn Pin Cushion 🍂

Stitch 8 autumnal Blackwork motifs in Kim Beamish's Autumn Pin Cushion class—stitchers can choose their own threads and fabrics, so it's great for stashbusting! https://egausa.org/courses/autumnpincushion/

08/02/2026

From Millbrook, to New York City, to Louisville, KY… From a few needleworkers to thousands… From the 1950s to the present… What became the Embroiderer’s Guild of America was born in the quiet Dutchess County countryside of NY State. Skyllkill Chapter was honored to be invited to partner with...

07/30/2026

Explore the educational options that emerged in 18th- and 19th-century Philadelphia for free and enslaved Black girls through an analysis of schoolgirl samplers with Dr. Lynne Anderson. Her virtual lecture, ‘For her much respected parents:’ Samplers by Black Girls in Philadelphia, will showcase samplers by Black activists in Pennsylvania’s anti-slavery movement; samplers by members of the Underground Railroad; and a recently uncovered group of samplers dedicated to the makers' “much respected parents.” Register now:
https://egausa.org/courses/virtual-lecture-lynne-anderson/

Registration for this virtual lecture includes access to the recording at a later date!