Programs

All Programs are held at Country House, 4830 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, DE 19807 unless otherwise stated.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS:

Third Quarter 2025:

Wednesday, September 17.  We continue work on our boros and make a booklet from our Zokin and the pages of the stitch sampler.  Location:  Country House, Wilmington, DE

Tuesday, August 12.  The EGA Study Box on Surface Embroidery will be the source for studying surface stitches beyond the running stitch.   We will work on several pages of a stitch sampler.

Wednesday, July 16.  We will learn about boro, a vintage Japanese mending technique that uses cloth patches and the running stitch to repair clothes, and will make a small version called a Zokin.  These days the boro technique has become a way to do fiber art.  Basic fabric and threads are provided.  Bring your sewing equipment.

PAST PROGRAMS:

Second Quarter 2025:

June 10.   A field trip to Blue Santa Beads in Media, PA to make a chatelaine and shop for special beads for our projects.

May 14.  The program theme was ‘Pincushions’.  Members brought unique pincushions for Show and Tell and then we all stitched on a design for a strawberry pincushion designed just for Brandywine.

April 10.   Toni Gerdes spoke to us via Zoom about newer threads, embellishments, applique, needlefelting and other fiber techniques to use in our canvaswork.  The Delaware panel of the America’s Tapestry was brought to the meeting.

First Quarter 2025:

March 12.  We stitch a band sampler of various cross stitches which were taught as a THAP (Take home a project) at Camp Wannastitch.  Most of us created a needlecase from this sampler.

February 3.  We saw a Powerpoint presentation on the extensive needlepoint on view throughout the house of Christopher Lloyd, famous for the gardens he created at Great Dixter in England.

January 21.   Mid-Atlantic Region Director Donna Pence visited the Brandywine Quarterly meeting and reviewed for the membership the various grants, scholarships and competitions available through National and MAR.   We also heard about Camp Wannastitch and the plans for America’s Tapestry project.