Madison Area Embroiderers' Guild

Please join us for our morning meeting, Friday, June 12, 9-11 am. Dawn Donnelly will present "Transformative Stitching: Needlework on the Diagonal," which will inspire every level of stitcher to confidently stitch diagonally.
For more about Dawn, visit her website: https://www.threadupdd.com/

June's free EGA stitch-along project, "Shelly's Butterfly" is a beginner goldwork piece by Helene Ossipov of the Starlight Stitchers chapter of the Pacific Southwestern region. The free pattern can be found here under files: https://www.facebook.com/groups/egastitchalong
Don't forget to check out our national website for more free projects and inspiration!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/egastitchalong

Happy June everyone! I'm behind on my flower gardening and noticed today that some of the early blooms, like irises are fading fast! It's nice we can remember these blooms with lovely stitched pieces like Karen C's painted canvas piece "Colonial Flowers." See more Spring inspiration at https://madisonareaega.org/gallery-2/

'Tis the season for seeing mushrooms pop up everywhere! In that spirit, please enjoy Debra S.'s bright canvas work piece "Chantarelle Mushrooms"!
For more canvas work inspirations, check out our website gallery: https://madisonareaega.org/gallery-canvas-work/

I'm excited to share some works-in-progress from our ongoing chapter project From Dark to Light! Members have done a great job putting their own spin on colors for the project. This Thursday evening, May 21, will be your last chance to see the creative minds at work on this! Registered members will continue working on the third portion of Debra's project while everyone else can stitch on their favorite projects! Guests are welcome, please notify our membership coordinator at [email protected].
For more information. see our Program page, https://madisonareaega.org/2026-program/.

This is the time of year that the Mason bees and the cutter bees really go crazy in the bee house (https://northerngardener.org/bee-house/) I have in my backyard. They remind me of this lovely needlepoint and beaded (pun intended?) purse, by Graciela A.!
Find more inspiration in our website galleries! https://madisonareaega.org/gallery-2/

Join us this Friday, May 8, for another dual-purpose stitch-in/project meeting! Registered members will continue Debra Steaffens' ongoing project, From Dark to Light, learning 4 more stitches to use needle-blending color in a canvas work project, and everyone else can stitch on their favorite projects!
For more examples of great canvaswork pieces, see our gallery:
https://madisonareaega.org/gallery-canvas-work/

Remember when rain was gentle and relaxing on your rooftop? Yeah, me nether! But this free surface embroidery pattern by UK artist Beatrice Gessa reminds us that rain does bring good things, too. Featured in the latest National EGA newsletter, you can download "No rain, no flowers!" from their website at:
https://egausa.org/guest-post-free-no-rain-no-flowers-embroidery-from-embearoidery/?inf_contact_key=fee492a08cc8296860dbabce4925e383680f8914173f9191b1c0223e68310bb1
For more surface ambroidery, see our website gallery at https://madisonareaega.org/gallery-2/

Are people enjoying the From Light to Dark Project journey that Debra Steaffens is leading us on? Please feel free to post your progress as a reply!!
..And join us this Thursday evening, April 16, for another dual-purpose stitch-in/project meeting! Registered members will continue working on the middle portion of Debra's project while everyone else can stitch on their favorite projects! Guests are welcome, please notify our membership coordinator at [email protected].
For more information. see our Program page, https://madisonareaega.org/2026-program/.

Join us this Friday, April 10th for another dual-purpose stitch-in/project meeting! Registered members will continue Debra Steaffens' ongoing project, From Dark to Light, learning 4 new stitches needle-blending color in a canvas work project, and everyone else can stitch on their favorite projects!
See our Program page, https://madisonareaega.org/2026-program/, for more information.
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