2026Programs

Thur Jan 8 7pm: Programs 2026 Zoom. Welcome to QCSG 2026 Programs and Events: A Year of Stitching, Learning, and Growing Together. Come enjoy an evening of conversation and stitching as we share our exciting upcoming Programs and Events. Special guest, Robin Laukhuf of Olde Willow Stitchery, will introduce her reproduction of Mary Moore’s Sampler for our 2026 SAL (Stitch Along) 

Wed Jan 14 10am: Zoom Lecture. Tricia Wilson Ngyuen of Thistle Threads, “The Workers Behind the Work: 17th Century Caskets & the People Who Made Them.” 

Sat Jan 24 10am-4pm:  All-Day Stitch-In 

Tues Feb 17 7pm: Zoom Lecture. Katie Strachan of Katie Strachan Embroidery, “Masterclass in Materials.” 

Sat Mar 14 10am-4pm: General Meeting and All-Day Stitch-In 

Tue Mar 17 7pm: Zoom Lecture. Dawn Cook Ronnigen of Collector with a Needle, “Childhood Needlework and Learning.” 

Sat Apr 18 10am-4pm:  All Day Stitch-In 

Tue Apr 21 7pm-8:30pm:  Zoom Lecture. Claudia Dutcher Kistler of Dutch Treat Designs, “Sudbury Hall Samplers” 

Sat May 2 10am-4pm: Lecture and Workshop (Zoom option available) Rae Niles of Red Barn Samplers will present a morning lecture, “A Walk Through Time and the Samplers From the Past” and an afternoon Workshop, “Roses are Red and the Wacky Phrases Found on Samplers.” 

Sat Jun 27 10am-4pm:  Workshop (Zoom option available) Sylvia Stecker of Running with Needles and Scissors, “Tiny Huswife.” 

Sat Jul 25 10am-4pm: All Day Stitch-In “Christmas in July” 

Sat Aug 15 10am-4pm: Lecture and All-Day Stitch-In. (Zoom lecture option available) Shellie Fry of Antique Needleworkers presents a reproduction she has designed of an Antique Museum Sampler. Shellie will have patterns of the Museum Sampler as well as a trunk show of her designs available for sale. 

August TBD: Tour Cincinnati Museum Center’s Sampler Collection. Tour will also include admission to the Museum for the day. 

Wed Sep 9 11am:  Zoom Lecture. Dr. Lynne Anderson, a Professor of Education who launched into the Study of Schoolgirl Samplers. She is the Founder and President of the International Sampler Consortium and the Director of the Sampler Archive Project. She will present the lecture, “By Land and By Sea: Schoolgirl Samplers Reveal Women on the Move.” 

Sat Sep 26 10am-4pm: All Day Stitch-In 

Thu Oct 1 7pm: Zoom Workshop. Cyndi S., “Stitching on Silk Gauze.” 

Fri Nov 6 10am-4pm: Workshop. Join the QCSG and Guest Designer, Ellen Chester of With My Needle, for a class celebrating the Semiquincentennial, “Long May She Wave.” Learn to make a needlecase featuring the American flag with each stripe done in a different stitch. 

Sat Nov 7 10am-4pm: Workshop. Ellen Chester of With My Needle presenting, “A Most Engaging Needlebook,” featuring a variety of specialty stitches and made to resemble a Jacob’s Ladder Toy. 

Sat Nov 14 10am-4pm: General Meeting and All-Day Stitch-In 

Sat Dec 12: Holiday Luncheon – location and time TBD. (Registration required) 

All events listed in Eastern Time.