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| Upcoming Meetings |
Note: We are still scheduling Zoom presentations each month. We hope you will enjoy these presentations, enjoy seeing each other and the projects started and finished.
Meetings begin at 10:00 AM (Zoom room opens at 9:45), unless otherwise stated.
Details and Zoom link will be sent via email in advance of each meeting.
| August 2026 | Picnic! (in-person) Date and place TBD. Keep an eye on your newsletter. |
| September 26, 2026 | Program: Alexandra Peters will bring us a presentation on Quaker samplers. In the 1700s
girls at Quaker schools created legant marking, darning, and extract samplers including stitched three
dimensional globes. |
| October 24, 2026 | Program: Krista West of Avlea Folk Embroidery is excited to introduce us to Mediterranean
folk textiles adapted to modern embroidery. She fell in love with the vibrant colors and historic motifs she found
in these textiles. She spends her days in her studio in central Oregon designing patterns and making kits for customers
around the world. Find her at www.avleafolkembroidery.com |
| November 28, 2026 | Program: Ruthie Taylor is a British designer under the name, Crows Feet Stitching.
She will be comparing two Yorkshire samplers in her collection, discussing the motifs, colors and materials as well
as the impact of time, place and religion that influenced the girl's stitching.
Towards the end of the presentation she has more Yorkshire samplers to show discussing the features used to
identify them. |