News and Happenings

• Did you know that EGA offers several Special Interest Groups open to both members and non-members alike? Currently available are groups for Beading; Counted Thread; Metal Threads; Silk, Metal, and Surface; Stumpwork/Dimensional/Mixed Media; and Surface Embroidery. For more information, go to the EGA website by clicking HERE.

• Have you heard about the America’s Tapestry project? Each of our 13 original colonies will be represented in a stitched panel depicting a special event in its history. Find out what North Carolina’s panel represents and how you can stitch on it: Read this article by Gail Smith, our CAR Region Director and the NC Director of this project by clicking HERE.

• Piedmont Chapter hosts Laura Smith’s Batik to Stitch class! Registration now open to all! Click HERE to see details.

• Get the newest issue of RegioNews, the CAR newsletter! Read about what some of our chapters are up to. Find out what happened at our region retreat. Access the first of the handouts from our series of Teaching Tables. Click HERE for the newsletter.

• Now available! Don’t miss this chance to hear the latest news about our organization. To find out what EGA has accomplished and what plans are in the works, you can now access the latest Semi-Annual Update from the EGA Board of Directors by selecting “Videos” from our Quick Link menu or by clicking HERE.

• Have you had any interesting chapter program or projects?  Have you found a good way to do community outreach?  Writing up these activities for publication in our CAR newsletter, RegioNews, is a great way to share your ideas with other chapters in the region.  Submit your articles to website@egacarolinas.org

• If you have not yet subscribed to our region’s mailing list, please send a message to website@egacarolinas.org.  You don’t want to miss any of our upcoming events or announcements!

• Chapter Presidents: The monthly CARPZ meetings of CAR Chapter Presidents with Gail Smith, our Region Director, is scheduled for the third Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM.  If you can not attend, please ask one of your other members to attend in your place because a lot of information is shared in these sessions.