GLR Seminar 2014

April 13-17, 2014 at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Link HERE to Early Registration form/information + class info.     Early Registration form - Link HERE.

Visit GLR Web site for further details - Link HERE

GLR calendar

Calendar of Upcoming Events

2013
04/08/13– 05/31/13	Windy City Chapter Exhibit Exhibit of Chapter Projects from the past year, along with Individual Projects, at the Logan Square Library Location: 3030 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL, 60647 Get Directions from  Hosted by the Windy City Chapter

Website Link HERE

Ohio State Day

Celebrate Spring's Beauty with the Needle Arts Guild of Toledo on Saturday, July 27, 2013 

9am - 4:30 pm

at Nazareth Hall, 21211 W. River Rd. (State Route 65), Grand Rapids, OH 43522

Additional information - Link HERE

Registration / flyer -  link HERE

Questions?  Contact:
Needle Arts Guild of Toledo 

Illinois State Day

The Needle's Nest Chapter invites you to the EGA Illinois State Day Workshop 

on Saturday, August 17, 2013 

at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 930 Higgins Rd., Schaumburg, IL 60195.

Registration form / flyer - link HERE

Additional Information - Link HERE

Per GLR Web Site

Calendar of Upcoming Events

2013
03/01/13– 03/31/13	Exhibit of Needle Arts A display of talent by the members of Needle's Nest Chapter, Schaumburg, IL, held at the Palatine Public Library. Location: 700 N. North Ct., Palatine, IL, 60067 Get Directions from
04/28/13– 05/02/13	GLR Seminar 2013 – Hoopin' it up in the Circle City The seminar will be held at the Indianapolis Mariott East Location: 7202 E. 21st St., Indianapolis, IN 46219 Get Directions from  View the Seminar Brochure (10 pages - 1.8Mb) or get the Registration Form (2 pages, 253Kb). Contact: Trish Hickman Phone: 317-848-3689 (before 8pm Eastern) Hosted by the Indianapolis Chapter

GLR: Fall Meeting

Great Lakes Region

Fall Meeting

will be held

Indianapolis Marriott East

7202 E 21st

Indianapolis, IN

Registration Deadline

August 23rd

Registration Form

PROJECT:

Autumn Indiana

Designed by Toni McKelley

GCC Course Selection thru GLR

Each year, the GLR

selects EGA Group Courses (GCC) for the

members to take.

The 2012 courses

are:

Roses

Blackwork

Star Studded Samplings

Blackwork 

Floral Whimsy

Beading

Blue Heaven

Tamari

Florentine + Tulips

Canvas

How Tos of Swedish Naversom

Naversom

Moonlight Sonata

Hardanger

Spring Splendor

Silk and Metal

Summer Dream

Stumpwork

Crewel Choices

Crewel

Registration Deadline:

November 1, 2011

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Comments + Questions,

Link to Registration Form

HERE

New Web Site

Check out the 

Great Lakes Region

NEW

website.

Direct Link here:   http://www.ega-glr.org/index

GLR Seminar - 2013

Hoopin' it up in the Circle City

being held in Indianapolis, Indiana 

April 28 - May 2, 2013. 

Link to Classes ...

Includes :

Deanna Powell, Beading - double peyote + other techniques (not glue)

Deanna Powell, Beading, 22" spiral necklace

Diane Clements, Reticello on 32 ct linen

Diane Clements, Box + Accessories, multiple stitches 32ct linen

Michelle Roberts, canvas - goldwork + beading, needlepoint

Marsha Pompay Gomola, Stumpwork - sewing accessories 34 ct linen

Marsha Pompay Gomola, raised embroidery

Dorothy Lesher on Congress Cloth, silk threads

Lynn Payette on Congress Cloth, Mult techniques, layering + painting

Toni Gerdes on Congress Cloth - blackwork

Toni Gerdes on Congress Cloth - silk + gold

Michele Roberts, Goldwork on silk ground

Marnie Rittner - Silk/Metal threads on Silk Moire

Catherine Jordan - Victorian Journal, Multiple stitches + fabric painting

Catherine Jordan - Miniature scene for necklace, variety of techniques

Gail Carolyn Sirna - Nine Techniques, various grounds

Photos + Class Descriptions HERE

Early Registration Information (pdf file)

Pre-registration deadline:  May 25, 2012

Great Lakes Region

March 2012 newsletter is available.

Direct Link:   

http://www.ega-glr.org/Newsletters/GLRNews0312.pdf


Save the Dates:

2012
July 28:  Michigan State Day hosted by the Marshall Chapter

Sept 22: GLR Semiannual Meeting at the Indianapolis  
Marriott East


2013 
April 28-May 2:    Hoopin’ it up in the Circle City
 GLR Seminar,
 Indianapolis Marriott East
Indianapolis, Indiana

sorry ....

I forgot to put the link up earlier ....

the Great Lakes Region

December 2011 issue

of the newsletter is available.   Follow the link.

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Plz note Needle Artisans (NANI)

in the Community Outreach section

(with photographs)!!!

Reminder ....

Registration deadline is November 1, 2011

for GLR course sign ups

To review the selected courses

Follow this link:

2012 Correspondence Course Selections

Questions should be directed

to Kris Kyles, GLR CC Coordinator

September 2011 Issue
is available on-line.

Wooden Boxes

A new 

GLR Fundraiser 

announced.

Wooden boxes for needlework.

Which "make great gifts"

Price range:  $25-$45.00

More information can be found on the

GLR Web Site

Pulled Thread Workshop

(Information + photo from GLR Newsletter)

Jane Ellen Balzuweit will present Woven Ribbons, a pulled thread workshop, at the GLR Semiannual Meeting.

September 24, 2011
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Indianapolis Marriott East
Indianapolis, IN

Woven Ribbons (see photograph in the GLR June Newsletter)is worked on 25-count white Dub-lin linen in size 8 and 12 white pearl cotton.

The design fits a 3.5-inch Sudberry box, or may be fin-ished as a needlebook or pincushion.

In addition to the fabric (a six-inch square) + threads (10 yards each of the No. 8 and No. 12 pearls), the Woven Ribbons kit will include full instructions with a photo, and a needle.

Students should bring a 4- or 5-inch hoop. Kit cost is $13.50; teaching fee is $15.00 per student.

The registration form for Jane Ellen’s class is on page 9 of the GLR
June Newsletter

Deadline: August 4, 2011

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Those who participate in the class will have the benefit of experiencing Jane Ellen’s presentation, but they will also have permission to take the project home and teach it to their EGA chapters.

Jane Ellen asks only that instructions be purchased from her. Information on ordering will be available at the workshop.

Jane Ellen holds two teacher’s certifications with EGA: Pulled Thread and Counted Thread, and she is author of a current EGA correspondence course. She has taught at various Na-tional seminars and for Guilds across the United States and Canada. Jane Ellen has also taught ANG correspondence courses and cyber classes, and has designed for both Rainbow Gallery and Kreinik Thread companies. She was recognized in 2000 as the Great Lakes Region Educator of the Year. She owned and operated a needlework store for twenty-six years in Dayton, Ohio.

GLR News

The Great Lakes Region
June 2011 newsletter is on-line.
or direct link:
http://www.ega-glr.org/Newsletters/GLRNews0611.pdf

Correspondence Courses for 2012

Correspondence Courses for 2012

In its continuing mission to stimulate the appreciation of embroidery and to advance the highest standards of excellence in the practice of embroidery, EGA offers many educational opportunities through its Correspondence Courses. Chapters are not able to offer every course that would meet all the interests of every member of their group. To that end, the GLR underwrites the cost of a selected group of classes each year that will allow chapter members to pursue their interests without having to form a group from their home chapter. The GLR CC Coordinator serves as the liaison between the class participants and the designers/teachers. You will not have a local group leader and you will be stitching on your own.

Registration Deadline: November 1, 2011

You will receive your manuals in January or Feburary 2012.


Spring Splendor
Silk and Metal
Designer:Kay Stanis
Cost: $60.00

Floral Whimsy
Beading
Designer: Peggy Wright
Cost: $68.00

How To’s of Swedish Naversom
Naversom
Designer: Phyllis Maurer
Cost: $70.00

Florentine and Tulips
Canvas
Designer: Gail Stafford
Cost: $60.00

Moonlight Sonata
Hardanger
Designer: Cindy Valentine
Cost: $70.00

Roses
Blackwork
Designer: Carol Algie Higginbotham
Cost: $60.00

Star Studded Samplings
Blackwork Sampler
Designer: Ilse Altherr
Cost: $62.50

Crewel Choices
Crewel
Designer: Judy Jeroy
Cost: $60.00

Summer Dream
Stumpwork
Designer: Luan Callery
Cost: $60.00

Blue Heaven
Temari II
Designer: Barbara Suess
Cost: $70.00

Additional Information here:
http://www.ega-glr.org/corresp12.htm

Stitch Down in Titletown

2912 GLR Seminar

Hosted by
Green Bay Area Chapter EGA

April 22-26, 2012

Green Bay, Wisconsin

Pre registration form + Seminar Booklet

2011 GLR seminar

For those members attending

the 2011 Great Lakes Region Seminar

Stitching by the Falls

April 3‐7, 2011

Have a terrific time
and tell ALL when you get back!!!

per GLR newsletter:

"Remember, even if you’re not registered for a class, all region members are welcome to “visit Camp” to shop the boutique or bookstore as well as attend Merchandise Night on Wednesday eve-ning, April 6 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. We invite you to join us!!!"

GLR News

March 2011 GLR Newsletter

available on line

Link here

or

direct link:

http://www.ega-glr.org/Newsletters/GLRNews0311.pdf

Oh, so fun to read about our chapter
outreach programs in the GLR news!



I noticed they are still looking

for a volunteer to take care of the fundraising items:

"GLR Fundraising
Please consider volunteering!!

On the heels of that announcement I must remind you...we have boxes of tote bags in my house with money tied up in them not earning any return. In able to utilize these wonderful bags, they need to be available to the membership. We must have a chairman to handle fundraising. These bags are truly wonderful. I am using two of them and cannot stress enough how wonderful they are. So...one more time I am pleading...we desperately need someone for this position. "


I have one of their bags + it is terrific!
Nice size, great zipper top, keep all my
travel gear inside without spilling in the car ; )

Contact: Corinne C, Region Director,
if you are interested in purchasing
a tote bag --- or being a volunteer
to take over this fundraiser