Needle Arts Focus Group

We share ideas and show off our creations and inspire each other!

This is a group that loves to do needlework, whether it be hand embroidery, hand applique, cross-stitch, hardanger, slow stitch…..almost anything that can be done by hand with needle and thread! We share ideas and show off our creations and inspire each other! We generally meet the second Monday of the month.

In February 2024 we were given this challenge. We had to use everything in the kit and the project needed to stay small. Here’s what our members came up with.

  • Deb Kjelland
  • Sara Pruett
  • Challenge Kit
  • Debbie Persoon-Bement
  • Collette Arkens
  • Marge Kaufer
  • Susan Kahle
  • Leslie Hall
  • Sandy Evans
  • Jenifer Jensen
  • Susan Lomen
Reverse Applique, Sandy Evans
Karen Newman for Festival of the Trees
Janet Finnesgard, Couching showing both front and back.
Janet Finnesgard
Janet Finnesgard, embroidered Mittens
Karen Newman for Festival of the Trees
Leslie Hall, Embroidered Pincushion
Group shot of Embroidered Purses from our class last fall!
Daphne Soleil
Janet Finnesgard
Collete Arkens, Embroidery on Wool
Collette Arkens
Daphne Soleil, Embroidered Purse