Oatlands WIPGO

 Oatlands will be running it's own WIPGO in 2025. Details will be attached to the November/December newsletter.

For those who are unfamiliar with WIPGO, it started on Facebook as a way to make progress on your works in progress.

I participated in 2021 and all my projects were EGA classes! I made great progress the first few months, even finishing some. But I kind lost track half way through the year. I'm hoping with your encouragement to do better. 

I admit that I have a huge amount of WIPs to choose from. So it may take the entire month of December to sort out my board.

November Stitch in Public

 

Stitch in public on November 12th at the Reston Barnes & Noble cafe at 2:00 

October Meeting

 We'll be meeting at the Herndon police station at 9:30 on Saturday.

Photo is an eBay find of a kit I stitched forty years ago for my then future brother and sister in-law. I think I'm going to remove the stitching and start over. 

October Stitch in Public

We'll be stitching in public at the Reston Barnes & Noble cafe on October 8th at 2 p.m.

Stitch in Public

We'll be stitching at the Reston Barnes & Noble cafe Wednesday, September 18th at 2.

Anyone else decorate their laptops? 

Needlework Faire

 Registration is open now for the 2025 National Seminar in Dallas.

https://egausa.org/event/ega-national-seminar-2025/

Needlework found in our cabin in the country

August Meeting

 

We are meeting at the Herndon police station, 

397 Herndon Pkwy

At 9:30 for social time

Right down the road from the new Herndon Moo Thru 

Picture of dark chocolate and orange creamsicle for inspiration! 

August Stitching in Public

 Tuesday afternoon at two at the Reston Barnes & Noble cafe! 

July Stash Sale

 I see the weather forecast for Saturday is sunny and 85 °. As we are usually pushing 100 for these meetings, I am thrilled.

We are meeting at the Cale Community Center 4615 Stringfellow Rd in Chantilly.

Lynn did a reconnaissance drive by and offers this advice for those of us driving south on Stringfellow.

U-turn at Melville so that you're now heading north and it's the first right.

Vote!

 Exercise your right to vote! Now is the time to cast your vote for the National Board of Directors positions of President, Treasurer, Director of Membership and Marketing, and Director of Education, as well as for some bylaws updates. It’s easy – simply log in to your Profile and click the Vote Here button. All current members of EGA – whether chapter members or members at-large – are eligible to vote in this national election. Biographies on each of the candidates are published in the June 2024 issue of Needle Arts.

Stitch in Public

We are scheduled to Stitch in Public on Wednesday evening at 6:30 at the Reston Barnes & Noble cafe.

Stitch in Public

 Tuesday, the 9th, at 2:00 p.m. at the Reston

Barnes & Noble cafe.

Will I finish my Presidents' Challenge? Maybe I'll bring it Tuesday, maybe not. 

2024 Retreat

 Sewing Wild Oats for 2024 has been declared a success. Lots of stitching on the July President's Challenge happening. 

Favorite Meal

 For me, it's breakfast!

We have such a delightful time here. Got to visit with Margie. 

Sewing Wild Oats

First sunrise of summer 2024.

 Leads to first coffee of summer. 

Stitch in Public

 Tomorrow night at the Barnes & Noble cafe in Reston, we'll be stitching in public at 6:30.

My newest start bought in Honolulu in 2015. 

May Stitch In

Stitch in Public this week 

Tuesday 2-4

Wednesday at 6:30

at the Reston Barnes & Noble cafe

 

 

Dragon!

 Looking forward to tomorrow's class with Tanya Bentham! 

April Meeting

Almost time for our April meeting. We will be at the North County Government Center in Reston at 9:30 for social time. 

Donna regrets that she's had tremendous difficulty putting together hardanger directions so we are stepping back from that program this month. If she can figure it out, we'll revisit this in the future. 

We'll be having a stitch in and we have some fun discussion topics! 

Photo is Charland Designs Welsh sampler current progress. 
 

April 9th

 Stitching in Public at the Reston Barnes & Noble on April 9th at 2. I'm having dental surgery in the morning and will most likely not be there. 

Finished an eyeglass case. 

March, No Madness

March Meeting is at the Herndon police station starting at 9:30.

A few of our members entries at Woodlawn. 

April class concept

It's a needle book. 

Thread Keep

 From the September 2022 issue of Needle Arts

An easy stitch. Thanks to Pat, I've mastered the colonial knot. 

February Meeting

 Our February meeting is Saturday, the 24th at the Herndon police station. We'll be practicing our colonial knots on Pat Olski's thread keep from the September 2022 issue of Needle Arts.

Waking up in Ocean City

 

It's January and time for Camp Wannastitch!