Program Years 2011-2012

Local:

Bergen County Mid-Hudson Pocono Mountain
Brooklyn Monmouth Skyllkill
Fairfield Morris Staten Island
Flemington Stitchers Circle New York Capital District Suffolk
Garden State Peconic Bay Westchester
Long Island Skylands Manhattan

Bergen County

Second Monday
Feb 14 - Ribbon Embroidery with Marianne Kosits
Mar 14 - Stumpwork Embroidery with Renee Farber
Apr. 11 - Metallic Embroidery with Carol Homer
May 9 - Princess Lace with Bobbi Chase
Jun 13 - Brunch & December Challenge, White Elephant Sale
Nov 14 - Tapestries with Barbara Burns
Dec 12 - Holiday Brunch

2012
Jan 9 - Kumihimo with Katherine MacCourt
Feb 13 - Needle Lace with Lee Daly
Mar 12 - Shisha Embroidery with Sylvia Rotblat
Apr 9 - Service Meeting and White Elephant Sale
May 14 - Hungarian Embroidery with Eniko Farkas (morning)

Workshop (morning)

Royal School of Needlework with Tanja Berlin

Workshop (afternoon)

Goldwork and End of Season Luncheon

Brooklyn

Fourth Tuesday

Fairfield

Fourth Monday
Feb 9 - Trip to Connecticut Historical Society sampler exhibit
     Stitch-In Day at Wilton Public Library
Feb 28 - Avoiding Stress Injuries with local massage therapist
Mar 4 - Southport Quilt Show

Workshop

Mar 18 - Dragonfly Lace with Marietta Douglas
Mar 28 - continue work on Hydrangea Window Garden
Apr 25 - Hydrangea Window Garden
May 23 - Finish Hydrangea Window Garden
Jun 4 - Annual Meeting, Pot Luck lunch, Grand Auction
Sep 26 - Outreach Meeting - make hats and pillows for cancer patients
Oct 24 - Christmas Ornament
Nov 28 - Christmas Ornament

Workshop

Oct 22-23 - "Hibiscus" a Two-day Pulled Thread Workshop with Diana Snyder (Open to non-chapter members)
Dec 10 - Holiday Luncheon

2012
Jan 23 - Samplers
Feb 27 - "Indigo: In Search of the Color That Seduced the World" with Catherin McKinley
Mar 26 - Carrickmacross Lace lecture
Apr 23 - Chicken Scratch Embroidery

Flemington Stitchers Circle

First Wednesday

Garden State

Third Tuesday
Feb 15 - Work on items to sell at Region Seminar
Mar 15 - continue work on Seminar items
May 17 - Lecture with Diane Savona (open to non-chapter members)
Jun 21 - Roberta Chase needlework basket with accessories
Sep 20 - Roberta Chase returns
Oct 18 - Beaded Pendant with Sharon Feivelson
Nov 15 - Beaded Scissor Fob with Debbie Adamus and Finishing the Sewing Basket
Dec 13 - Holiday Luncheon and Surprise Challenge NOTE DATE CHANGE

Long Island

First Wednesday (meeting) Thursdays (programs)
Oct 5 - Begin a Biscornu with Pat Conway
Nov 2 - Finish A Biscornu with Pat Conway
Dec 7 - Fabric Pins by Barbara Held

2012
January - EGA Mastercraftsmanship with Rony Loomis
February - Heart Etui
March - Beading with Evelyn Letus
April - Mintzer program
May - Wallet with Meredith Schertzer
June - Members Tea and Grand show and Tell

Manhattan

Second Wednesday
Feb 9 - Pierced Paper Heart with Pat Conway
Mar 9 - Silk Ribbon Mini Design with Judith Hoffman Corwin
Apr 13 - Pearl Bracelet with Patti Lackey
May 11 - Tassel (Beaded or Not) with Nanette Costa
June 8 - Luncheon and exhibit at Raffi Textile Center, Metropolitan Museum of Art
December - Lunch and Tour at MMA's Textile Section

2012
February - Fabric Flower Pin with Judith Corwin

Mid-Hudson

Second Wednesday
Apr 13 - Pin Ball
May 11 - Punch Needle Flag with Jody Aliberto
May 14 - Visit to an Alpaca Farm
Jun 15 - Pot Luck Supper; Norwegian Bunad with Jo Anne Fatherly
Jul 13 - Sit and Stitch
Aug 10 - Sit and Stitch
Sep 14 - Lacing Needlework for Framing
Oct 12 - Breast Cancer Challenge
Nov 9 - Ruching with Vicky Reed
Dec 14 - Holiday Party and Annual Ornament Exchange

2012
January - Fancy straight pins
February - Demo of overdying cotton floss
March - Pulled Thread pincushion Petite Project
April - Landscape embroidery

Monmouth

Day Group:

Third Thursday

Evening Group:

First Monday

Sunday Group

First Sunday

Feb. 7 - Petite Hardanger Sampler
Feb 17 - Petite Hardanger Sampler
Mar. 1 - Works in Progress & Chart Pot Luck
Mar 7 - Hedgehog Petite Project
Apr. 4 - 35th Anniversary Biscornu
Apr 14 - 35th Anniversary Biscornu
May 2 - Works in Progress
May 15 - Casalguidi Bar and Tassel
May 19 - Tumbling Blocks Beaded Lariat
Jun 6 - Petite Hardanger Sampler continued
Jun 12 - Casalguidi Bar and Tassel continued
Jun 16 - Stitch in
Jul 11 - Stitch In

Workshop

Jul 15-16 2-Day workshop with Marion Scoular
Jul 21 - Stitch In
Aug 1 - Stitch In
Aug 18 - Stitch In
Sep 22 - Works in Progress
Sep 12 - Lecture "All About Quilting"
Sep 15 - Outreach project
Oct 3 - Beaded Bracelet with Eileen Kemp
Oct 10 - Fabric Ball with Diane Kearns
Oct 20 - Beaded Bracelet with Eileen Kemp
Nov 7 - Petite Hardanger Sampler continued
Nov 17 - MCEGA Notebook class
Nov 20 - Works in Progress
Dec 5 - Holiday Party
Dec 11 - Holiday Party and Grab Bag
2012 Jan 2 - MCEGA Notebook Class: Turkey Work
Jan 8 - Works in Progress
Jan 19 - Annual Pot Luck lunch with needle painting video
Feb 6 - Huck/Swedish Weaving Sampler
Feb 16 - Herringbone Rob & Eyeglass Case or Bookmarks
Mar 5 - Works in Progress
Mar 15 - GCC Day

Morris

Third Thursday
Feb 17 - Finishing of Crazy Quilt Pyramid project. Annual Meeting.
Mar 17 - Project for Region Seminar
Apr 21 - Band Sampler of stitches
May 14 - Textile Day at Speedwell Village, Morristown
May 19 - Meeting at Morris Museum
Jun 16 - Year end pot luck supper; Design A Hat program
Sep 15 - Meet at Morris Museum, 5:30 for quilt exhibit; Regular meeting at 7.
Oct 20 - Ikebana GCC
Nov 17 - President's Challenge due
Dec 8 - Holiday party and ornament exchange

2012
Jan 19 - Annual meeting and Bayeaux Tapestry video
Feb 16 - Flat Spiral Bracelet

New York Capital District

First Tuesday- Hardanger Study Group
Second Tuesday- Crewel Study Group
Last Wednesday- Studio Time
Feb 1 - Board Meeting
Feb 23 - Studio Time
Feb 27 - Studio Time
Mar 2 - Board Meeting, Stitch-in
Mar 24 - Studio Time
Apr 5 - Board Meeting
Apr 27 - Studio Time
May 3 - Board Meeting
May 11 - Crewel Study Group
May 13-14 - Neckroll Etui with Betsy Morgan
May 25 - Studio Time
Jun 7 - Hardanger Study Group
Jun 8 - Crewel Study Group
Jun 10-12 - Weekend Stitching Retreat at the Ararat Center
Jun 22 - Studio Time
Aug 1-5 - Teaching Children to Stitch, Bethlehem Public Library
Aug 10 - Crewel Study Group
Aug 19-21 - Stitching at the Altamont Fair
Aug 24 - Studio Time
Sep 1-3 - Stitching at the Schaghticoke Fair
Sep 6 - Hardanger Study Group
Sep 14 - Blackwork with Jane Stevens
Sep 28 - Studio Time
Oct 4 - Joint Meeting: Robert Tonner discusses doll creations
Oct 4 - Hardanger Study Group
Oct 27 - Studio Time
Nov 1 - Hardanger Study Group
Nov 9 - Chain stitch Project: Stitch In, Show and Share
Dec 6 - Holiday Party & Hardanger Study Group
Dec 7 - Crewel Study Group
Dec 8 - Holiday Party
Dec 14 - Holiday Party
Dec 28 - Studio Time

2012
Jan 11 - Crewel Study Group
Jan 25 - Studio Time
Feb 7 - Stitch-In, Show and Share, & Hardanger Study Group
Jan 8 - Crewel Study Group
Feb 22 - Studio Time
Mar 6 - Stitch-In, Show and Share, Hardanger Study Group
Mar 8 - Stitch-In, Show and Share
Mar 14 - Crewel Study Group
Mar 20 - Beading Project

Day Group:

Third Wednesday

Feb 16 - Canvas Work Part I with Dale Cross
Mar 17 - TBA
May 20 - Braided Spiral Bracelet
May 18 - Holiday Tree Ornaments
Sep 21 - Blackwork with Jane Stevens
Oct 19 - Quilting Program with Nancy Schlegel
Nov 16 - Chain Stitch Project: Stitch In, Show and Share

2012
Jan 18 - Embroidered Quilt Squares (outreach project)
Feb 15 - Techniques for Finishing
Mar 22 - Lagartera Sampler

Beverwyck:

First & Third Tuesday

Jan 15 - Canvas Work I with Dale Cross
Feb 2 - Hardanger Study Group
Mar 2 - Stitch-In
Mar 16 - Ribbon embroidery with Doris Halvorsen
Apr 5 - Stitch-In, Show and Share
Apr 19 - Canvas Work Part II with Dale Cross
May 3 - Stitch-In
May 17 - Holiday Tree Ornaments
Jun 21 - Stitch In, Show and Share
Aug 2 - Stitch In, Show and Share
Aug 16 - Stitch In, Show and Share
Sep 6 - Stitch In, Show and Share
Sep 20 - Blackwork with Jane Stevens
Oct 18 - Quilting Program with Lila Smith
Nov 7 - Stitch In, Show and Share

2012
Jan 3 - Stitch-In, Show and Share, & Hardanger Study Group
Jan 17 - Embroidered Quilt Squares (outreach project)
Feb 21 - Techniques for Finishing
Mar 21 - Beading Project

North End Evening Group:

Last Thursday

Feb 10 - Stitch-In
Feb 24 - Canvas Work II with Dale Cross
Feb 28 - Service Projects
Mar 11 - Stitch-In
Mar 25 - Ribbon Embroidery with Doris Halvorsen
Apr 14 - Stitch-In
Apr 28 - Braided Spiral Bracelet with Diva Beads
May 12 - Stitch-In
May 26 - Holiday Tree Ornaments
Jun 9 - Summer Send Off, dessert exchange and stitch-in
Sep 8 - Stitch In, Show and Share
Sep 22 - Blackwork with Jane Stevens
Oct 14 - Quilting Program with Martha Hadarics
Oct 7 - Stitch In, Show and Share
Nov 15 - Chain Stitch Project; Stitch In, Show and Share

2012
Jan 12 - Stitch-In, Show and Share
Jan 26 - Embroidered Quilt Squares (outreach project)
Feb 9 - Stitch-In, Show and Share
Feb 23 - Techniques for Finishing
Mar 28 - Studio Time

Peconic Bay

First Tuesday

Exhibit

July 2 -August 28: "Needle Artistry, A quarter Century of Embroidery"
at Currie-Bell House of the Southold Historical Society.
Open Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, 1-4.

Pocono Mountain

Second Monday
May - Penny Rug
June - Spring luncheon
July, August - Strawberry sampler

Skylands

First Sunday
May 1 - Annual Outreach meeting
Jun 5 - Annual ice cream social

Skyllkill

First Wednesday
May 4 - The Knot Lady, Teresa Layman (open to non-chapter members)
Jun 1 - Debby Brown, quilter, author, and educator
Jul 6 - Annual Flea Market and Auction (open to non-chapter members)
Aug 3 - Annual Pot Luck luncheon and individual project classes
Sep 7 - Selecting stones and Cabochons

Workshop

Sep 8 - Create a Beaded Cabochon
Oct 5 - Peggy Keiser on weaving
Nov 2 - Tony Minieri on Thread Selection

Workshop

Nov 3-4 - Elega Piece with Toni Minieri
Dec 7 - Annual Holiday Handcraft Auction and Potluck Luncheon

2012>

Jan 4 - Hall of Fame Teddy Bears with Diane Johnson
Feb 1 - Natural Dying with Raymonda Crowe
Apr 4 - Temari Balls with Ginny Thompson
May 2 - Free Form Knit and Crochet with Margaret Hubert
Jun 6 - Needle Painting with Tanja Berlin

Staten Island

Fourth Thursday

Suffolk

Fourth Tuesday
May 24 - Beaded Needlecase using right-angle weaving
Jun 28 - Bring projects needing finished or help
Jul 26 - Third Annual Picnic at Sunken Meadow State Park
Sep 27 - Contract Pieces Revealed
Oct 25 - Paper Pricking of Fall Leaves with Margaret O'Brien
Nov 22 - Petticoat Tassel with Betty Lombardi
Dec 13 - Holiday party and gift exchange

2012
Jan-Feb - Spring Owl using DMC Specialty Threads
Mar - Flower Beaded Bracelet with Rosanne Moss
Apr - Fabric Origami Flower with Sarah Vickary
May - Beaded Tassel Scissor Fob with Lorry Kramer
June - UFOs July - Picnic in the Park

Westchester

Second Friday

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Last updated November 9, 2011