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So did you check your various wish lists in 2023? Are you making a new wish list for 2024? Are there any WISPs listed? Okay, okay for those of you not in the know a WISP is a Work In Slow Progress. Each year our Guild hosts a WISP challenge. A time to check any…

One of the mandates of our Guild is to reach out to our community through displays of our members’ work. The intent of the outreach is to create community awareness of our presence and encourage the practice of stitchery. Part of this outreach includes a quarterly display of the work of a featured member of…

In the 1930’s the mayors of Kobe and Yokohama, Japan presented the Vancouver Park Board with 500 Japanese cherry trees for planting at the Japanese cenotaph in Stanley Park honouring Japanese Canadians who served in WW1. Twenty-eight years later in 1958 the Japanese consul, Museo Tanabe, gifted an additional 300 cherry trees and it was reported…

North Shore Needle Arts Guild would like to invite you to a Zoom demonstration with Catherine Nicholls.Textile Illustration will be held on January 15, 2024 from 10 AM via Zoom for 2 hours of demonstration and an additional 1/2 hour discussion time. You are welcome to work along or sit with a cup of coffee…

It’s time to welcome 2024 in with a bang. Isn’t that the expression most often used? How did yours start? With a bang? a whimper? or just an even paced relaxing day spent with needle and thread? Yup it’s that time again to think of the various projects that can be accomplished this year. Wait…

Saturday, March 18, 2023Enjoy a day of embroidery workshopshosted by the Vancouver Guild of Embroiderers, open to all. A variety of embroidery techniques taught in workshops including Deerfield, Whitework, Crewel, Goldwork, Beading, and more. Choose an all day or two half-day workshops. Fee includes workshops, coffee/tea, snacks, and lunch. Additional kit fees noted in workshop…