Your next opportunity to see work from our Guild will be at the Black Sheep Festival of Contemporary Fibre Art. That will be on Sat July 7th at the Elora Centre for the Arts from 10 am to 6 pm. Check it out! There’s lots to see and do!
We’ve received an email from Anne Kelly letting us know about her Travel Tags project, which was in London, England. If you are interested in participating the Canadian show, have a look at Anne’s blog for the details. If you include your address, tags will be returned to you once the show is over. You […]
Here’s a little item that might interest you: Embroidery Stash Estate Sale to benefit the Canadian Embroiderers’ Guild Kitchener Waterloo When and Where Saturday, June 9 9:00 am to 3:00 pm 84 Avondale Avenue South, Waterloo, Ontario Terms of sale: cash only Prices range from 25 cents to $50.00 Contact Information Maria Email: mbrstitch@rogers.com
Our Open House was a big success with a few hundred visitors who enjoyed the embroidery and packed the Tea Room. Classes will resume in September. If you missed Open House, catch us at the St. Jacobs Quilt and Fibre Art Festival from May 22-25 or at the Black Sheep Festival of Contemporary Textile Art […]
We’ve received a note from St James Cathedral in Toronto about a show by textile and mixed media artist Hilary Rice. The show runs at St James from Thurs May 10 to Sun May 20. For more information check the poster here.
The Guelph Tool Library is putting out a call for sewing machines and sewing tools to go to the far North. For more information, see this Guelph Mercury article. Pat B will be donating. If you also have a machine that you would like to donate, Pat would be happy to deliver it for you […]
Canadian Embroiderers’ Guild London has now opened up their summer workshops to non-members. This year they have 5 days of Crazy Quilting with Judith Baker Montano, 2 days of Nature Narratives with Alice Vander Vennen and 2 days of Indigenous Beaded Artworks with Katherine Boyer. All workshops are in early June. Check the CEG London […]
Meetings and classes begin again on Tuesday, January 16th at 9 am (library/coffee) with announcements/classes at 9:30 am. Most meetings are 2 weeks apart except for one 3 week gap between Jan 30 and Feb 20.
Our Nov 21 meeting will be our 5th class. Stay for the Afternoon Program – the magnetic needle minder. We’ll also have the mobile sharpening service Sharp My Knife outside. We invited SMK so we could get our sewing scissors back to their best. They take cash or cheque only. Nov 28 is an extra […]
