Embroidery and Stumpwork with Raven Fagelson - October 2025 Meeting
Raised embroidery, charity quilt updates, elections, show and tell, and Q3 challenge entries
It’s been quite warm even though it’s already October. You might not want to use a quilt every night, but it is the season for making them. We’ve been quite busy working on our own projects and being invited to participate in others. If you were at the meeting or checked out the slides you will see that we’ve had multiple offers for different projects in and out of state.
One of those projects is “America’s Tapestry” - a multipanel embroidery project featuring contributions to the American Revolution. The local leader of the Pennsylvania Panel was also our presenter for October. Raven Fagelson is a certified embroidery instructor, artist, and embroidery guild member. She gave a presentation about stumpwork and raised or embossed embroidery for our October program.
Raised embroidery pieces by Raven and literature regarding its construction
Our members have been busy working on multiple charity quilts and had plenty to show at our show and tell.
Elections are happening in January. If you are interested in holding an office for 2026 please check your email for details about how to get on the ballot.
Show and Tell
Charity Quilt Progress Updates
October 2023 Meeting Recap
Fall has officially arrived and this month’s program was all about weaving. Fabric weaving, to be more precise. Let’s review the business portion and then check out some pictures of the work everyone did!
President: Mary explained that there are some proposed by-law changes that have been put forth. You can find a button to the proposed document as well as the current by-laws in the Members-Only portion of the site. Please check with Gail or Cheralee for the password if you can’t remember it or can’t locate the July email that contained it. These proposals should be reviewed in time for the November meeting where we will be voting on them.
Judy Irvin has agreed to be the election officiate again this year. All of the leadership positions can be applied for by a member in good standing of at least one year. (Social Media is an exception to the one year rule.) Job descriptions are in the current by-laws and you can reach out to any leader to ask what all their job entails. Submissions are due by the end of the day, Friday, November 24, 2023. Voting will take place at the January General meeting in 2024.
Last year’s community quilt, Meet Me At the Point, has found a home with the women’s shelter that we made totes for earlier this year, Women’s Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh! Thanks again to Michele for all of her hard work and all of the members that participated in the creation of that quilt! This year’s quilt, based on Deco, has been pieced and is going to be quilted. It has been entered into the Community Quilt category at QuiltCon 2024. We’re waiting for a final look and the answer to our submission.
Programs:
Erin shared the techniques for different styles of weaving as well as tools you can purchase or make at home.
REMINDER:
Q3 Challenge was limited palette quilts. You can now find that gallery at our Challenge page.
Q4 Challenge is to include weaving in any project. Due at the January 2024 meeting.
Q1-2024 Challenge is Temperature Quilts, due in April 2024.
We’re trying something new in November. The first 20 minutes of the meeting will be a social time for members to catch up and chat. The doors will still open before 1pm and the business portion of the meeting will begin immediately afterwards.
December is our holiday party. The swap item this year is a thread catcher. Links to some projects are in the October slides, and in the Challenges Highlight on Instagram.
January 2025 General Meeting - elections, UFO Challenges due, Show & Tell