What's New -- CRVC-EGA

Chapter News

Pequot Colony Stitchers: The Pequot Colony Stitchers, a group of CRVC members primarily in south-eastern Connecticut, meet irregularly via Zoom at 10am on the third Wednesday of each month. All CRVC members are welcome. Contact Stephanie Thorp at stephthorp@sbcglobal.net at least 3 days in advance to be sent the Zoom link for meetings.

America's Tapestry

Have you heard about America's Tapestry?

The Connecticut Panel is now being worked on in Connecticut.

The stitching area of the Connecticut Panel of America's Tapestry is approximately 36" x 48". Click here to see addition information about the Connecticut Panel.

Our members are welcome and, indeed, urged to add their talents to this piece. Contact Laura Kasowitz at Hartford Stitch (laura@hartfordstitch.com or 860-785-3093) for more information.

CRVC Display

The theme is Favorite Techniques, and you can see the pieces shown in a secure display area at the Granby Public Library, 15 North Granby Road, Granby, CT. The 2025 display is on exhibit November 1-30.

In conjunction with our November display at the Granby Public Library, CRVC will host a come-one, come-all stitch-in at the library. It will be from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM on Saturday, November 15. If you can make it, bring along whatever you're working on for a couple of relaxing hours of stitching and chatting with library patrons. Wear a name tag, please!

A recent stitching project done by one of our members.... (click on the image for an enlarged view)

"Crewel Peacock" stitched by Tere Foley

Early CRVC History
Back in the early days, CRVC was led by an executive board that consisted of the president, vice president, recording secretary, corresponding secretary, treasurer, and 4-6 directors. The “worker-bees”, if they may be called that, were the program chair, newsletter editor, hospitality chair, and others who cannot be remembered (sorry). These members attended board meetings but did not participate except to give a report of their activities.

Members can renew their membership online. Please go to the National EGA website – "EGAUSA.org" and click "Join Us" for instructions.

Select Connecticut River Valley (CRVC) as your primary chapter. Have your EGA member number handy.

National Dues $55, CRVC dues $15, New England Region dues $3. Total annual membership $73. For additional information, please contact Linda Berry, CRVC Membership chair, 860-521-9709 or lindaberry343@gmail.com.

Plural members will still send their CRVC dues directly to Linda Berry.
Plural Membership, Primary Chapter in New England Region $15.
Plural Membership, Primary Chapter not in New England Region $18.
Please send check payable to CRVC-EGA directly to Linda Berry, 343 Seabury Drive, Bloomfield, CT 06002.

CRVC Plural Members can use the CRVC Plural Membership Form.

For many years CRVC had a library of needlework books. Several years ago, the decision was made to dissolve the library and sell off the books.

The remaining books from the CRVC library, as well as other books and needlepoint canvases that have been donated to the chapter, are now available for purchase. The available items can be seen/ordered as listed below.

The proceeds from the sale of these items will come to CRVC with the funds going into the education fund. You can make a purchase at a really good price and benefit the chapter at the same time.

A Special Offering

A recent donation for our fund-raising efforts is a needlepoint of the University of Connecticut crest. It is more than three-quarters stitched, and the threads to complete it are included. AND it is mounted on a scroll frame, so it is all set to go. Once completed, it would make a beautiful pillow or framed piece for a recent, not-so-recent, or soon-to-be UConn graduate. The crest is 9 1/2" diameter; stitched area is 11 1/2" square.

For sale to benefit CRVC -- best offer over $30.00. Please contact Ways and Means Chair Judie at JudieStichr@aol.com. And thank you in advance!

CRVC Pre-Internet

If you have, or remember once owning, a CRVC 3-ring binder like this one then you will remember when it held a copy of the CRVC By-laws as well as the membership list. And............... you might have kept your copies of the newsletter in it, since it was published in 5.5" x 8.5" form, hole-punched, and mailed to every member. The newsletters had cover art and “spacers” between the paragraphs of news that were drawings from member Lynn Payette.

During 2025, CRVC Board Meetings will be held via Zoom on the first or second Tuesday of odd-numbered months. All members are welcome.
Contact Judie Solomon at JudieStichr@aol.com or 860-633-7281 if you want a Zoom invitation to any meeting. See the Master Calendar for actual meeting dates and location.

CRVC Website
In the spring of 2003, when she was CRVC president, Julia Harvey approached a member’s husband whom she knew had created a website for that member’s business, asking if he would create and maintain a website for the chapter. He agreed and, to this day, is the webmaster for the chapter. As an adjunct to that job, he also sends out each CRVC newsletter via email and adds it to the website.