Cozy season is here!

SAVE THE DATES!

Needles & Blooms Live Registration Demonstration
• Wednesday November 4  |  7 – 8 PM
• Friday November 6  |  10 – 11 AM
• Saturday November 7  |  2 – 3 PM

November 9, 2026  |  12 PM
Needles & Blooms: Online Registration Opens

May 13 – 16, 2027 
NER 2027 Seminar
Needles & Blooms: Celebrating 50 years of NER EGA

Registration Opens November 9 for Needles & Blooms: Celebrating 50 Years of NER EGA!

Registration for our 2027 New England Region Seminar, Needles & Blooms: Celebrating 50 Years of NER EGA, opens at noon EST on Monday November 9 for NER members!  Registration opens on Monday November 23 for non-NER members and all others. 

Information about seminar Classes, the Shelburne Museum Tour, Studio Time, Lectures and other events, including some very helpful FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), can be found on the Region Seminar 2027 page of the NER website.  If you prefer, select the Download Brochure button on the website to open the Needles & Blooms Seminar Brochure with complete details about our seminar in one document.   

Seminar registration is online – and it’s fast and easy!  The Seminar Brochure lists everything you need to know before you start the online class registration process, plus six steps to follow once you get started.  And since online seminar registration is new for many of us, we’ve scheduled three Online Registration Demonstration sessions where we will walk through these steps and answer your questions.  Join us on Zoom for one (or all three) of these sessions:   

• Wednesday November 4, 7 – 8 PM
• Friday November 6, 10 – 11 AM
• Saturday November 7, 2 – 3 PM

Click Needles & Blooms Registration Demonstration to join, or select the Click to join button on the NER website Region Seminar 2027 page.  The same link will be used for all three sessions.    

If you have any questions about Needles & Blooms or the online registration process, please send an email to Deb Damrell (ard@ner-ega.org ), NER Assistant Region Director/Education and Needles & Blooms Co-Chair. 

NER PHD Stitch-Ins

Why should you join a PHD Stitch-In this month?

• Meet other NER members
• Learn what others are stitching and get ideas for future projects
• Get answers to your stitching questions – best practices, resources, new tools, etc.

And those are only three of the many reasons! 

PHD Stitch-In Zoom links are on the PHD Stitch-In page of the NER website – join us! 

• Third Friday morning of each month from 10 AM to noon
• Fourth Sunday afternoon from 1:30 – 3:30 PM

Questions?  Contact Deb Damrell, Assistant Region Director/Education (ard@ner-ega.org). 

INTERESTING WEBSITES

2026 EGA Annual Meeting

Click here to watch the 2026 EGA Annual Meeting, held on Sunday October 11 during the National Seminar in Orlando, FL.  Or watch it on the EGA YouTube channel.  Topics include:

• Reports on ongoing initiatives and shared news of upcoming programs and changes from EGA National leaders
• Installation of the newly-elected officers for EGA: Vice-President, Secretary and Director of Bylaws
• EGA Strategic Planning for 2026 – 2031

EGA Virtual Lecture Series

Once a month, EGA offers a virtual lecture (via Zoom) featuring guests speaking about culturally diverse embroidery techniques and textile traditions.  EGA members may purchase access to individual lectures during the month prior to each lecture.  In addition, an annual, discounted lecture pass is now available for all 12 lectures scheduled for 2027.  Go to the Virtual Lecture Series page on the EGA website for complete details. 

Lectures that will be featured in 2027 include:

• A Crewel Discussion with Hazel Blomkamp and Phillipa Turnbull
• Humor in the Bayeux Tapestry with Dr. Gale Owen-Crocker
• America’s Tapestry: From Idea to Exhibition with Stefan Romero
• AI in Embroidery – An Update with Anne Oliver
• Professional Embroiderers with Tricia Wilson Nguyen
• The History and Mystery of Tambour Beading and Embroidery with Dr. Robert Haven