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
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Skyllkill Holiday Auction
Open to the General Public
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Monmouth Chapter
Open to all Metropolitan Region Members
Monmouth Chapter invites you to join our class Symphony by Debbie Rowley. This class will be taught via Zoom at 7:00 over four sessions on March 3, 17, 24, and 31, 2026. There is a full kit available in two colorways, but students may choose to supply their own threads.
Level – advanced intermediate to advanced
Teaching: $50 per student regardless with kit or booklet.
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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!
- Friday, October 17, 4:00pm – 5:30pm
- Friday, October 24, 4:00pm – 5:30pm
- Friday, November 7, 4:00pm – 5:30pm
- Friday, November 14, 4:00pm – 5:30pm
- Friday, November 21, 4:00pm – 5:30pm
- Friday, December 5, 4:00pm – 5:30pm
Contact Us
Phone: 914-422-1400
Text: WPPL to 66746
Email: librarian@whiteplainslibrary.org
Staff Directory
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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.
We will be stitching at the Van Schaick Mansion on the following
dates (all from 10:00am to 2:00pm unless otherwise noted):
Monday, November 17th
Thursday, November 20th
Saturday, November 22nd
Thursday, December 11th
Sunday, December 14th (10:30am to 1:00pm)***
Monday, December 15th
Thursday, December 18th
Saturday, December 27th
***This will be a special event, celebrating the 250th anniversary of
the Knox Noble Train of Artillery, complete with costumed reenactors. https://saratoga250.com/250th-knox-regional-commemoration/
In addition, we may be stitching at times when the Van Schaick Mansion is not open to the public. If you are interested in participating, contact Jennifer Paperman.