CLASSES
CLASSES ARE THE HEART OF THE GUILD!
Come join our classes:
- learn something new
- refine your technique
- join the Independent group to do research in our library
- plan your new project
The camaraderie is great, no matter how you approach it. Class Info
MEMBERSHIP
FULL MEMBERSHIP
- (includes registration for fall and winter classes, workshops etc.) $85
ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP
- (includes afternoon programs, workshops, mailings etc.) $40
For more details on how to become a member or to register for classes please click here.
AFTERNOON PROGRAMS
Our Afternoon Programs are open to all. We start at 1 pm sharp and run to about 2 pm. Please join us.
Sept 18 Sit and Stitch
This first program will be a chance to catch up with old friends after the summer and to meet some new guild members. The stitch project will be provided; no worries. Just enjoy!
Oct 2 Guest Speaker: Angela Grasse
Angela Grasse will be presenting a trunk show highlighting her journey as a fabric artist and hopefully inspire all of us as we start this new year of stitching.
Oct 16 Stash Sale!!
Usually we do this event in the winter but this year we are moving it to the fall so our snowbirds can participate. They have expressed the wish to contribute and to shop and have some of the fun of the sale. You all know what you need to do!
Nov 6 Remembrance Day: 100th Anniversary of the end of WW1
We will be making “bleuets” or cornflowers which are used similar to our use of the poppy. They became a remembrance symbol for the veterans in France at the end of WW1. Wear your poppy. Come and learn more and make a bleuet.
Nov 20 Learn a new stitch
Learn the Bayeux stitch, a fill-in stitch widely used in the famous Bayeux tapestry. This stitch will be useful to you too.
Dec 4 Mystery Project
You don’t ask! And we don’t tell!
OPEN HOUSE
Open House is a beautiful Fibre Art show with about 50 artists each showing a few works. For 2019, the show will be on Tuesday, April 23rd from 1-5 pm. As well as the work of the Guild members, you will see demonstrations of different styles of embroidery, throughout the afternoon. Relax in the Tea Room with friends or fellow enthusiasts. Handmade greeting cards will also be for sale. Frame them for yourself or give them to someone special!
NEWS
- Mike Parr Embroidery
October 13, 2018
We are fortunate to have arranged a 2 day workshop with Mike Parr for November 15 & 16, 2018. This is a great chance to gain some skill working with both silk and gold. The provided kit gives all the materials to make a small minaudiere-style purse but, once you’ve stitched it up, you can decide what it will become. Now that CEG Guelph’s own members have had their chance to sign up, we are opening this workshop up to the public. Skill level: Intermediate. Cost is $200 which includes 2 days of instruction, lunch both days and full kit with minaudiere, silk threads, silk dupione, gold threads. Contact cegguelph@gmail.com
- ONN Challenge
September 9, 2018
Are you up for the ONN Challenge? When the Ontario Network of Needleworkers get together, they like to show off what they
can do. This year, the Challenge is “Gathering Together”. This could mean a group project. Or did you think of smocking? Or ???The Challenge projects from all the Guilds will be displayed together at the Annual Meeting of the ONN on October 26th. Are you up for the challenge?
