Special Chapter Events

Events listed here are special chapter events outside of regular monthly meetings and programs and are open to all Region members and/or the general public

 

LeStitch White Plains

Supported by the Westchester and Nutmeg Stitchers Chapters of EGA

Open to the General Public

LeStitch White Plains is a weekly social stitching program for fiber artist of all skill levels.No registration required. Supported by the Westchester and Nutmeg Stitchers Chapters of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America (EGA)

 

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Introduction to the Needle Arts

Supported by the Westchester and Nutmeg Stitchers Chapters of EGA

Open to the General Public

Join us for the introduction to the Needle Arts! Supported by the Westchester and Nutmeg Stitchers Chapters of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America (EGA) this is a 6-week course designed as an introduction to the needle arts, including: basic sewing, surface embroidery, cross stitching, needlepoint, knitting and crochet.

Materials will be provided.  

Registration required. Click here to register for the series!

Library address and contact info:

Contact Us

Phone: 914-422-1400
Text: WPPL to 66746
Email: librarian@whiteplainslibrary.org
Staff Directory

Address:
100 Martine Ave.
White Plains, NY 10601

 

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America’s Tapestry

Open to the general public

 

 

America’s Tapestry is a national project to embroider panels that celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, with one panel for each of the 13 original colonies. Stitching started in 2025 and will be completed in 2026. The inaugural display will be at William & Mary’s historic campus – a stone’s throw away from Colonial Williamsburg.

The New York panel is pictured above. It was designed in collaboration with the Fraunces Tavern Museum in New York City and illustrates the Birch Trials, which emancipated nearly 3,000 Black Loyalists for their service to the Crown and sent them to Canada.

The top left depicts a man advocating for his service to the British Crown to a table of British and American generals. The center motif depicts the various roles enslaved people played in the British Army: fighting in the Ethiopian Regiment, building barracks, and making shoes. The lower left motif illustrates the harbor of New York City and Fraunces Tavern. The family on the ship in the bottom right depicts a family, now freed, boarding a ship to begin their new lives in Nova Scotia.

New York Capital District Chapter member Jenni Paperman volunteered to serve as the State Director for New York panel. Chapter members are excited to participate in this project.

On Oct 20, 2025, Stefan Romero, who designed the 13 panels, and Jennifer Paperman, the New York State Director for the America’s Tapestry Project, will be giving a lecture at the Van Schaick Mansion in Cohoes, NY from 7 – 9pm.

We will be stitching at the Van Schaick Mansion from 10am until 2pm on the following dates:

Thursday, Oct 9, 2025

Monday, Oct 13, 2025

Tuesday, Oct 14, 2025

Wednesday, Oct 15, 2025

Thursday, Oct 16, 2025

Friday, Oct 17, 2025

Saturday, Oct 18, 2025

Sunday, Oct 19, 2025

Monday, Oct 20, 2025

Thursday, Oct 23, 2025

Saturday, Oct 25, 2025

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025

In addition, we will be stitching at times when the Van Schaick Mansion is not open to the public. If you are interested in participating, contact Jennifer Paperman.

 

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Monmouth Chapter

Open to all EGA Members

(Registration is now closed)

Monmouth Chapter EGA invites all EGA members to join us
Laurel Mill Class with Gail Stafford

 

Fall is on the way, but the fall colors have not peaked at Laurel Mill. Create this North
Caroline scene using numerous Weeks Dye Works overdyed threads, stranded
embroidery cotton and Accentuate. Learn to paint a section of the canvas. Use thread
blending to create realism in the mill’s weathered boards and to add some variety to the
sky. Canvas stitches include Nobuko, Serendipity, the Water Stitch, French knots and
more. Use a few sharp needle techniques to stitch the tree trunks and the evergreen
sprays on the cedar tree.
Class dates on zoom – Saturday Sept 27, Oct 4,11, 25, Nov 1 and 8 at 10am
Finished design: 4 5/8” by 7 5/8”4
This piece is designed for participants at the intermediate level and beyond.
Kit includes congress cloth 10” X 12” with transferred design and some color
#24 tapestry and #24 Chenille needles, all threads needed to complete the project
including – Overdyed threads by weeks Dye Works, DMC stranded cotton, and
Accentuate, detailed instruction booklet.
Kit fee: $95 plus $20 shipping Teaching fee: $135 – to be collected later
Deadline to Register: June 16th
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Student to supply usual stitching supplies in addition to 10” X 12” stretcher bars and laying
tool.
To register for this class, please send your check made out to Monmouth Chapter EGA for
the kit fee & postage of $115 to Angela Tolas, 36 Morden Close, Freehold, NJ 07728.