What We Do

Past Activities

The list below illustrates the various activities in which our Guild Members have participated. Please click on the titles below for a description of the activity.

• 2016 Festival of Textiles Event at Lang Pioneer Village
• 2016 Needle Arts Fair – The Cataraqui Guild of Needle Arts
• Art Gallery of Peterborough Tour
• Christmas Luncheon 2015
• Christmas Luncheon 2016
• Christmas Luncheon 2017
• Christmas Luncheon 2018
• Christmas Luncheon 2019
• Christmas Luncheon 2020
• Christmas Luncheon 2021
• Creative Hands on Festival
• Eighth Annual Artist Trading Card Exchange 2013
• Festival of Broken Needles
• Fibre Arts Festival and Sale 2017
• Fibre Arts Festival and Sale 2018
• Fibre Arts Festival and Sale 2019
• Fibre Arts Festival and Sale 2022
• National Stitch-In-Public Day 2015
• National Stitch-In-Public Day 2016
• National Stitch-in-Public Day 2017
• Northumberland Hills Stitchery Guild 30th Anniversary
• Ontario Network of Needleworkers Novice
• Oshawa Fibre Art Show
• Peterborough Public Library Display 2014
• Peterborough Public Library Display 2015
• Pioneer Button Club: 55th Anniversary Celebration
• President’s Summer Challenge 2014
• President’s Summer 2021 Challenge – Summer Toys
• Quinte Needlearts Guild of Belleville Workshops
• Spadina House – Downton Abbey Exhibit

Guest Speakers

Guest speakers are a welcome addition to our meetings.  Please click on the titles below for a description of our guest speaker presentations.

• Roger Miller – Button Man
• Ross Jackson – Photographing Embroidery
• Pam Pilkington – Ethnic Embroidery

Programmes and Workshops

The list below illustrates the many programs and workshops in which our Guild Members have participated including workshops led by our own Guild Members or by invited teachers.  Please click on the titles below for a description.

• Autumn Tree Incorporating the Picot Stitch – November 2021 Programme Project
• Creating an Assemblage – Alice Vander Vennen
• Bowls and Vessels
• Canvas Work Scissors Pocket with Fob
• Embroidered Boxes
• Embroidered Felt Crows
• Embroidered Postcards 2021
• Embroidered Star Cards
• Embroidering on a Fabric Collage
• Felting for Embroidery
• Glistening Webs – Canvas Work
• Interpreting a Theme – Postcards
• Make Do and Mend
• Mapping Projects
• Needle Case With Enclosed Scissors Pocket
• Painting and Embroidery Embellishment on Fabric Workshop
• Sashiko Stitching
• Silk Painting Workshop
• Silk Paper Workshop
• Scissor Fobs
• Snow Dyeing
• Stumpwork Holly Workshop
• Summer 2021 Program Challenge – One More Postcard Challenge
• Summer/Fall Program 2021 – The Biscornu
• The Pebble Adventure, Encrusted Calico
• Zentangle Workshop – Kim Mather