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Great Lakes Region

The Embroiderers' Guild of America

Serving EGA Chapters in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and parts of Illinois, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia

Calendar of Upcoming Events

2024
01/28/24Memories of Survival
Hours are 2:00 PM Eastern / 1:00 PM Central
Bernice Steinhardt co-wrote a book with her mother about her mother's experiences in the Holocaust, expressing her experiences via embroidery & quilting. Bernice's lecture centers upon that book in Memories of Survival.
This will be a Zoom lecture. Registration will began in early January 2024.
03/17/24The Benefits of Wear
Hours are 2:00 PM Eastern / 1:00 PM Central
Relics in Situ will present a new lecture, The Benefits of Wear: Examining the Support Structures of Embroidery. Relics will discuss the benefits of looking at old, ratty pieces that can give you clues as to how stitches
were done, pieces constructed, and more.

This will be a Zoom lecture. Registration will begin in late February 2024.
03/22/24–
03/23/24
Stitches and Stems
Hours are March 22, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, March 23, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
The Green Bay Area AND Fox Valley Area chapters are combining to showcase member's needlework at the Green Bay Botanical Garden, 2600 Larsen Road, Green Bay, WI
Visit www.GreenBayAreaEGA.org for more information.
04/07/24–
04/11/24
Great Lakes Region Seminar EGA 2024 - Zen in the Glen
Just 40 minutes SW of Chicago in Lisle, IL. Link to Seminar 2024 page.
Projects were announced at the April 2023 Retreat. Registration to begin in the Fall of 2023. See link to brochure on Seminar 2024 page
05/12/24Opus Anglicanum
Hours are 2:00 PM Eastern / 1:00 PM Central
Tonya Bentham has written two books, with a third to be coming soon. She will lecture on Opus Anglicanum, which was the subject of one of her books.
This will be a Zoom lecture. Registration will begin in late April 2024.
07/28/24Animals in the Bayeux Tapestry
Hours are 2:00 PM Eastern / 1:00 PM Central
Dr. Gale Owen-Crocker, the President of MEDATS (Medieval Dress and Textile Society), will talk about "Animals in the Bayeux Tapestry".
This will be a Zoom lecture. Registration will begin in early July, 2024.


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