General Meetings

Upcoming Meetings

We meet every second Thursday on zoom. Our brief business meetings start at 6:30 pm PT, and the program follows at around 7pm.

We'd love for you to join us! Here are our some upcoming programs:​

October 9, 2025, General Meeting, 6:30pm 

Guest Lecture by Relics in Situ "Who Wore What"

In the Elizabethan era, embroidery was important to everyone -- not just the wealthy, but the middle class and even rural laborers.  And it wasn't just hobby but a way to show status as well as extend the life of clothes.

This lecture, an expansion on the paper Relics in Situ presented to the "Centuries of Cloth" conference at University of Cambridge, is an exploration of needlework created, worn, or owned at different socio-economic levels: in other words, who created or owned what kind of needlework in the laboring, middling, gentry, and noble classes in early modern England.

We will look at the rich and detailed material culture of this time period through portraits, illustrations, letters, and close-ups of extent pieces of needlework.

November 13, 2025, General Meeting, 6:30pm 

Guest lecture by Jane Ellen Balzuweit, “Casalguidi Embroidery”  

The author of various GCC and Petite Projects with EGA, Jane Ellen, will introduce us to the Italian whitework embroidery technique, Casalguidi, which Jane Ellen learned from her grandmother.  She will discuss and show examples of this embroidery style, and will then demonstrate the basic stitches.  Come with some linen and floss and practice as you watch her, or just listen and try it on your own.

Visit the EGA National website to learn a little bit more about what Jane Ellen is up to.

December 11, 2025, General Meeting, 6:30pm

It's our Annual Holiday Party with the traditional ornament exchange, fundraiser, and potluck!

And we'd love to hear from you about anything you would be interested in learning or exploring!