January 2026 – Open Stitch Month
In January signup sheets will be available for all the projects this year and we will also start EGA’s Stitch BINGO project as described in EGA’s Dec 2024 issue of NeedleArts magazine. Participants will stitch a ‘Bingo’ card of 24 squares. Each square is a stitch of their choosing from a list of 50 stitches. Fabric and threads are stitchers choice. The ‘Bingo’ card need to be completed by Nov. 2026. See the NeedleArts magazine mentioned above for more details.
February and April 2026 – Patriotic Biscornu
This program will be lead by Gail B. who will teach us about the stitching in February and then in April Kathi G. will teach us how to finish the biscornu. Kits will be available for this program at a price of $51.00. Please let Becki A. (Program Chair) know as soon as possible if you want one, as we have a local shop assembling the kits for us.
March 2026 – Crazy Quilt Heart
Teresa C. will lead us in a program about crazy quilting and the stitches used for it, resulting in these cute little hearts. Students will be guided through the process using fabrics, threads and embellishments from their stash.
May 2026 – History of Beading (Lecture will be given at both the Day and Night Groups)
A history of beading lecture, presented by JoDene Sherwood, a very experienced indigenous (Assiniboine, Blackfeet and Cree) beading instructor. The lecture will guide us through the history of beading from the very beginning until modern times. JoDene’s beading work is amazing.
June 2026 – Stash event
The yearly stash event, organized by Marcia M., will be held. Also, a Region sponsored virtual lecture, Color Changes in Your Stitching by Jennifer Riefenberg, will be on June 10th. Watch your email from the Region for sign-up to the lecture.
July 2026 – No Meeting
August 2026 – Color Changes in your Stitching project / Patriotic Display
A follow up to Jennifer’s lecture will be a Color Sampler, of either Jennifer’s design or your own. This will be taught by Shawn Miller at the July Night group meeting and the August Day meeting.
We will also have a Patriotic display of our members’ work. We are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the USA and the 150th anniversary of Colorado becoming a state. Please share your work at this display. There will be some fabulous prizes!
September 2026 – No Meeting
October 2026 –Blackwork Honeycomb Needlebook. This program will be lead by Nan Windle – it is a project that EGA provided on the National website. There is no kit. A list of supplies that they can find in their stashes will be provided before hand.
November 2026 – EGA’s Stitch Bingo finale
We will be using the bingo cards that we stitched to play bingo. We will have the names of all 50 stitches that we could choose to stitch in a hat and draw out stitches until someone has a Bingo on their card. We will play a few games and there will be prizes.
I hope that you will join us for some or all of the 2026 programs. If you have any questions or comments please contact Becki (Programs) at raadams1@comcast.net or call at 303-718-2248.
December 2026 – Holiday Program. Chapter Pot Luck and ornament exchange.
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