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| The American Needlepoint Guild, Inc. http://www.needlepoint.org/
The Embroiders' Guild of America, Inc. http://www.needlearts.com |
| Marjorie Littlejohn Needlework |
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| The American Needlepoint Guild, Inc. http://www.needlepoint.org/
The Embroiders' Guild of America, Inc. http://www.needlearts.com |
| Marjorie Littlejohn Needlework |
The American Needlepoint Guild, Inc. (ANG) is an educational, non-profit organization whose purpose is educational and cultural development through participation in and encouragement of interest in the art of needlepoint. ANG defines needlepoint as any counted or free stitchery worked by hand with a threaded needle on a readily countable ground. Membership in ANG is open to all stitchers, amateur and professional, novice and experienced, and everything in between. The only criteria for membership are a love of needlepoint and a desire to learn more about this popular art.
Founded in 1958 as the American Branch of the Embroiderers' Guild, London, The Embroiderer's Guild of America, Inc. was incorporated in New York State in 1973 and is known affectionately as EGA. Today the Guild's Headquarters are in Louisville, Kentucky. EGA is open to ALL stitchers...beginner, intermediate and advanced. EGA is a non-profit, educational, charitable, non-discriminatory organization. EGA has more than 20,000 members, and over 350 chapters across the United States and Canada, as well as members-at-large. The chapters are grouped within 13 regions.
