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|  | CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY CHAPTER NEWS
 April
2025
 WEBSITE ADDRESS: 
www.crvc-ega.org
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We have a very full agenda ahead -- Mark these dates on your calendar
 Tuesday, May 6, 2025 -- CRVC Board Meeting at 10 am
 on Zoom -- contact 
Judie for Zoom link
 
 Tuesday, May 20, 2025 -- Deadline for "Garden Day" Surface Embroidery pattern on fabric
 
 Saturday, June 7, 2025 -- CRVC Meeting & Program
 "Garden Day" Projects -- in person at 
Thistle Needleworks and on Zoom
 
 Friday, July 25, 2025 -- Deadline for registration for "Blue Hills" workshop
 
 Tuesday, September 9, 2025 -- CRVC Board Meeting at 10 am
 on Zoom -- contact 
Judie for Zoom link
 
 Saturday & Sunday, October 4 & 5, 2025 -- CRVC Meeting & Workshop
 "Blue Hills" workshop with Dawn Donnelly
 
 November 1-30, 2025 -- CRVC Display at Granby Public Library
 Theme for 2025 is "Favorite Techniques"
 
 Tuesday, November 4, 2025 -- CRVC Board Meeting at 10 am
 on Zoom -- contact 
Judie for Zoom link
 
 Monday, November 24, 2025 -- Deadline for registration for "Zelda the Zebra" workshop
 
 Saturday, December 6, 2025 -- CRVC Meeting
 To be Announced
 
 Saturday, January 31 & March 7, 2026 -- CRVC Meeting & Workshop
 "Zelda the Zebra" with Toni Gerdes
 
 
 
 
CRVC Meetings and Stitch-Ins --
CRVC Meeting
Saturday, June 7th, 2025     "Garden Day" Projects
 
To be held at Thistle Needleworks  and on Zoom -- 10am - 4pm
 
Choose one of four Spring-y projects to stitch with friends:
 
CRVC Meeting
Saturday & Sunday, October 4th & 5th, 2025     
"Blue Hills" workshopwith Dawn Donnelly
  
Blue Hills Stitches/Techniques:  Exploring handmade paper by painting, wetting, tearing and cutting it 
into shapes.  Working with Reverse Square Herringbone, French Knots, Branscombe Edge, Criss Cross Hungarian, 
Butterfly chain Stitch, Oriental, Rhodes Stitch and creating a fake Bullion.
 
Design size:  6¼" x 8¾" 
Ground Fabric:  14 Count Mono Canvas 
Class Length:  2 days 
Skill Level:  Intermediate/Advanced
 
Kit fee:  NER Region members - $150 
             Non-NER region members - $170
 
Plans for lunch for Saturday and Sunday, and Saturday night dinner will be announced at a later date.
 
Deadline for registration – July 25, 2025
 
To be held at the Seabury Retirement Community , Bloomfield CT.
 
The class fee is covered by CRVC using funds granted 
by the NER Region from profits of the 2023 national seminar.  See the coupon at the end of this newsletter.
 
CRVC MeetingSaturday, December 6th, 2025     To be Announced
 
 Details to follow.
 
CRVC Meeting
Saturday, January 31st & March 7th, 2026     
"Zelda the Zebra" with Toni Gerdes
 Zelda is an exuberant Patchwork Zebra with her stripes of many 
colors.  The jewel tone color palette makes Zelda exquisite.  Zelda’s "false" eyelashes will 
have her flirting with you.  Several Rainbow Gallery metallics, Caron threads, Straw Silk & Planet 
Earth Threads, along with beautiful beads, will be used to create her captivating design.  The stitches 
will include old favorites, as well as a few surprises.  The background will be a white-on-white diagonal 
pattern that emphasizes the design and enhances Zelda’s whimsical personality.
 
Technique:  Canvas Embroidery on 18ct. White Mono canvas 
Level of Proficiency:  Intermediate 
Design Area:  11" x 9" 
Kit Cost/Contents:  $175; line drawn canvas, instructions, threads, and embellishment
 
This workshop will be in person at Thistle Needleworks  and on Zoom.
 
See the coupon at the end of this newsletter.  The deadline for registration is November 24, 2025.
 CRVC Display
 
It's never too early to start thinking about which of your pieces you'd like to see in our next display, 
which will be November 2025 in the main branch of the Granby (CT) Public Library.
 
The theme this time around is Favorite Techniques .  Sure, we enjoy learning new things, but 
we all have a favorite (or two) that we return to again and again, be it canvas work, blackwork, Japanese, 
surface embroidery, ribbon, beading, or cross stitch.  At our first display in Granby 14 years ago, 
we had examples of 26 techniques!
  
We'll be collecting pieces in October and returning them in early December.  Drop-off and pick-up 
options will be publicized in September.
 
All members are welcome to attend CRVC Board meetings.
 These meetings are held via Zoom.
 Contact Judie at least 24 hours in advance at 
JudieStichr@aol.com
 for the links to these Zoom meetings and other CRVC Zoom meetings.
 
 All members are welcome to attend the Pequot Colony Stitchers meetings.
 These meetings are held via Zoom.
 Contact Stephanie at least 24 hours in advance at
 StephThorp@sbcglobal.net
for links to these Zoom meetings.
 
Members -- send
 pictures of your
 finished pieces
 to Judie to be
 included in the
 next newsletter
 
**** Activity at the Outreach event at the Granby Public Library on April 1 ****
 Table #1 at the Cossitt Branch
 of the Granby Public Library
  Table #2 at the Cossitt Branch
 of the Granby Public Library
 
 
  
  
    | CRVC Program Registration Form"Garden Day" Projects -- June 7th, 2025
 In person at Thistle Needleworks and on Zoom
 Mail the completed form and check payable to CRVC-EGA to:Linda Berry, 343 Seabury Drive, Bloomfield, CT 06002
 lindaberry343@gmail.com
 Deadline: May 20th, 2025 for Surface Embroidery pattern on fabric only
 Surface Embroidery project in the September 2024 issue of NeedleArts
       
                  ____ I will attend the meeting - please bring my pattern to the meeting -- $5.00____ I will not be attending the meeting - please mail the printed fabric to me -- $8.00
 
 Name:     
      __________________________________________________________________
 
 Address: 
      __________________________________________________________________
 
 Email:      
      __________________________________________________________________
 
 Phone#:  
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    | CRVC Program Registration Form"Blue Hills"with Dawn Donnelly -- October 4th and 5th, 2025
 At the Seabury Retirement Community, Bloomfield CT
 Mail the completed form and check payable to CRVC-EGA to:Linda Berry, 343 Seabury Drive, Bloomfield, CT 06002
 lindaberry343@gmail.com
 Deadline: July 25th, 2025
 "Blue Hills"with Dawn Donnelly
       
                  ____ $150.00 (NER member)____ $170.00 (non NER member)
 
 Name:     
      __________________________________________________________________
 
 Address: 
      __________________________________________________________________
 
 Email:      
      __________________________________________________________________
 
 Phone#:  
      ________________________________________
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    | CRVC Program Registration Form"Zelda the Zebra" with Toni Gerdes -- January 31st and March 7th, 2026
 In person at Thistle Needleworks and on Zoom
 Mail the completed form and check payable to CRVC-EGA to:Linda Berry, 343 Seabury Drive, Bloomfield, CT 06002
 lindaberry343@gmail.com
 Deadline: November 24th, 2025
 "Zelda the Zebra" with Toni Gerdes
       
                  ____ Kit fee: $175
 Name:     
      __________________________________________________________________
 
 Address: 
      __________________________________________________________________
 
 Email:      
      __________________________________________________________________
 
 Phone#:  
      ________________________________________
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