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Upcoming Meetings

Note: We are still scheduling Zoom presentations each month. We hope you will enjoy these presentations, enjoy seeing each other and the projects started and finished. As soon as the libraries are able to allow groups to meet again we will go back to our regular programming! Stay tuned!

Meetings begin at 10:00 AM (Zoom room opens at 9:45), unless otherwise stated.
Details and Zoom link will be sent via email in advance of each meeting.

Saturday April 27, 2024 Program: Relics in Situ "Collections at the British Library:" The British Library has one of the world's leading collections of historic embroidered book bindings. From lavishly embroidered red velvet presentation Bibles owned by kings to the tiny, palm-sized gems worked in silk and metal threads representing a wide variety of needlework techniques.

We will get up close and personal!
 
Saturday May 25, 2024 Program: Judith Tyner presents, "Geography in Silk and Wool: Embroidered Maps and Globes" Judith will show examples and talk about schoolgirl samplers and embroidered globes that were made in the late 18th and 19th centuries in England.

This will be Judith's first time lecturing for us. Don't miss it!
 
Saturday June 22, 2024 Program: Relics in Situ visits us again. Continuing the theme of embroidered book bindings, they will treat us to a visit to the Huntington Library.

This is a fascinating gem tucked away in San Marino, CA. Besides lush gardens and a museum, they have an undigitized collection of 16th and 17th century embroidered book bindings made of silk, metal and textural raised work. This is a collection few people know about and fewer get to see.