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Hello fellow stitchers! Are you enjoying the “dog days” of summer? Have you been itching to get some stitching done? This is just a little reminder not to let this time slip past too lazily. As members, you are aware that we have our Pick a Pocket exhibition opening October 16. There is still time to…

ONLY ONE SPOT LEFT!!! No need to be squeamish! These bugs are made with thread, beads, sequins, and other bits and bobs. We are starting off our 2024/2025 workshop series with this imaginative and fun workshop. Our very own talented Deborah Zibrik will guide you in creating your mystical bug. If you haven’t signed up,…

July 30 is World Embroidery Day, a perfect day to work on enjoying the art of this stitchery craft. World Embroidery Day is the perfect day to: Why not come and join us for an Outdoor Stitch-in on July 30th? Here are the details: Meet Wednesday, July 30th – 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at…

Continuing on with our tapestry studies during our virtual Wednesdays, Catherine Nicholls of our ABC team gave an informative presentation about the details of how this tapestry came to be. Read on…. Picture credit of East Panel and West Panel – image by Vasgen Degirmentas The Canadian Embroidery Tapestry was first conceived in May 2014…

In a previous post here, I wondered what had happened to some of the various public artwork pieces that our Guild had created. Well I have tracked some of them down and here is what I discovered about one of them; The North Vancouver Centennial Banner. In February 2007 an idea was spawned when our…

Continuing on with our study of tapestries, at our virtual meeting in April, member Catherine Nicholls presented her research related to the Keiskamma Tapestry. What follows is the result of “many rabbit holes” that she perused and what she discovered. The Tapestry is a product of the Keiskamma Arts Project of the Keiskamma Trust of…