2025 Programs

Sat. January 25:  Zoom lecture with Claudia Dutcher Kistler, Dutch Treat Designs, on Bristol Multicolored Samplers 

Tues. February 11:  Zoom lecture with Kim Ivey on Regionalism in American Samplers in the Williamsburg Collection

Sat. February 15:  All-Day Stitch-In

Sat. March 15: General Meeting, Presentation of the Mary Ann Clark sampler, and Stitch-In

Thurs. April 3:  Zoom lecture with Lianne Van Leyen on A Chronological Study of 1897 Schoolhouse Samplers’ Collection

Wed. April 9: Zoom lecture with Katie Strachan on Needlework Caskets and 17th Century Needlework Education

Sat. April 12: 30th Anniversary Party; Seasons 52 restaurant

Sat. May 17: Stitching at the Mill

Sat. May 31: All-Day Stitch-In and Silent Auction

Sat. June 28: Zoom Workshop with Cissy Bailey Smith, Gentle Pursuits Designs

Project: Sampler Stories Huswif

Sat. July 26: Christmas in July Stitch-In and Silent Auction

Sat. August 16: Zoom Workshops with Robin Shapell, Samplerbird Stitchery Designs

Workshop A, The Queen’s Crowned Pincushion & Flower Garden Pins

Workshop B, The Queen’s Crowned Scissor Fob

Sat. August 23: Celebration of Ohio, World Cross Stitch Day and Silent Auction - All-Day Stitch-In

Sat. September 13: Tour of the Christian Waldschmidt Homestead and Stitch-In

Sat. September. 20: Zoom lecture with Jacob de Graaf, Modern Folk Embroidery, Northern Dutch Samplers: Five Centuries of Sampler Making in Friesland and Groningen

Sat. October 4: Barbara Hutson of Queenstown Samplers In person presentation only.

Sat. October 18: All-Day Stitch-In and Auction

Wed. October 29: Zoom lecture with Stacy Whittaker on Samplers in the Vassar College Collection

Sat. November 15: Zoom General Meeting and Stitch-In

Members are asked to bring past guild anniversary samplers, guild projects, class projects, SALs, round robins, etc., as we look back on the last 30 years.

Only the general meeting will be via Zoom.

Sat. December 13: Holiday Party (Sign-up required)

All times are Eastern Time.