Category: Needlework Seminar


The Exemplary 2023 – Best of Show

Each year at The Exemplary, the Best of Show (Jean Taggart Award) is selected from First Place winners in all categories except Japanese Embroidery. The 2023 Best of Show winner is Rustle of Winter stitched by Helen Gottschalk. Here is…

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The Exemplary 2023 – Popular Choice Award

Each year at The Exemplary, the Popular Choice Award is selected by visitors to the exhibition. Each visitor is eligible to cast one vote, and the piece receiving the most votes receives this award. The 2023 Popular Choice Awardee is…

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Creating a Teaching Piece: All that goes on behind the scenes. Part 2 – Materials Preparation

by Lois Kershner, NAN Director of Teachers’ Certification This article first appeared in NANthology, the NAN newsletter, in fall 2021. Part I described the planning activities that go into turning an idea into a design developed as a teaching piece. Yet to…

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Creating a Teaching Piece: All that goes on behind the scenes. Part 1 – Planning

by Lois Kershner, NAN Director of Teachers’ Certification This article first appeared in NANthology, the NAN newsletter, in summer 2021. Sometimes I have an idea that I think would be lovely to stitch, but as a teacher, I have to think…

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Teaching Needlework Using Skype

By Dawn Donnelly and Denise Beusen This article first appeared in NANthology, the NAN newsletter, in fall 2014. Recently, we had the chance to experiment with using Skype to pilot a needlepoint class. Denise’s Minnesota ANG Chapter piloted Dawn’s 2-day class,…

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