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
- Christmas Luncheon 2022
- Christmas Luncheon 2023
- Creative Hands on Festival
- Eighth Annual Artist Trading Card Exchange 2013
- Embroiderers’ Association of Canada – Seminar Group Project Award – 2023
- 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
- Fibre Arts Festival and Sale 2023
- Fibre Arts Festival and Sale 2024
- Hutchison House Exhibit – Embroiderers’ Guild of Peterborough
- 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
- Ontario Network of Needleworkers Challenge – 2021-2022
- Ontario Network of Needleworkers Open House – May 4, 2024
- 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
- President’s Summer 2022 Challenge – Collage
- President’s Summer 2023 Challenge – Finish Something Old or Do Something New
- President’s Summer 2024 Challenge – Make A Small
- 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.
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
- Blackwork Sampler Project
- Blackwork Workshop
- Botanical Dyeing and Printing Day
- Bowls and Vessels
- Canvas Work Scissors Pocket with Fob
- Colour on Cloth Playday – November 2022
- Embroidered Boxes
- Embroidered Felt Crows
- Embroidered Postcards 2021
- Embroidered Star Cards
- Embroidering on a Fabric Collage
- Felting for Embroidery
- Glistening Webs – Canvas Work
- House and Garden Project
- 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
- Scissor Fobs
- Seasons Sampler: Textural Stitches
- Silk Painting Workshop
- Silk Paper Workshop
- Silk Ribbon Workshop
- Snow Dyeing
- Studio Art Quilts Association (SAQA) Trunk Show
- Stumpwork Holly Workshop
- Summer 2021 Program Challenge – One More Postcard Challenge
- Summer/Fall Program 2021 – The Biscornu
- The Pebble Adventure, Encrusted Calico
- Wooly Play Day – March 20, 2024
- Zentangle Workshop – Kim Mather
Types of Embroidery
Our members are experienced in many types of embroidery. Please click on the titles below to read a description of the technique and photographs of members’ work in that particular technique.