A message from EGA Outreach

My friend Valorie is the National Outreach Chair for the EGA (Embroiders' Guild of America). I asked her to post a guest post, and it's also her first blog entry! (By the way, rather ironically, I know Valorie from my ANG (American Needlepoint Guild chapter.))

I'll turn it over to Valorie:

Hello Blogathon Readers,

This is my very first blog entry. So I made it for a good cause. EGA Outreach is such a vital part of our organization. How else can we let the public at large know we exist? Let them learn about embroidery, how to do embroidery, and eventually love the art of embroidery so that it becomes an integral part of everyone's life? We don't remember past civilizations fondly because of their political systems. We remember them for their Art, fine art and decorative art of which embroidery is an exceptionally apt example.


When you are stitching on a Kissing Pillow to give to a soldier or that soldier's family, you are carrying on an incredible tradition of enriching someone's life with the art of embroidery. This is the second part of Outreach, doing good works with the talent of your hands and heart. You all should be proud of yourselves, as I am of you all, for giving so generously.

Valorie Perkins Rice
EGA National Outreach Chair

The EGA National Outreach Page is here and has more information about what is being done for outreach on a national level.