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Meetings & Events

Saturday, April 11, 2026 – 10:30am to 1pm

We’ll be working creating a Maple Leaf Dorset button.

Event: Spring Festival 2026 at UVic

A day long event of stitching and socialising!

Saturday, April 25, 2026 – 9am to 4:30pm

Lunch, coffee, tea and snacks included – find registration form here

Registration deadline extended to May 18, 2026

Saturday, May 9, 2026 – 10:30am to 1pm

To be determined.

Event: City of Gardens Quilt Show & Sale

Come by the EGV desk and say hello!

May 8, 9 & 10, 2026

Pearkes Rec Centre (3100 Tillicum Road)

Find more information here

All meetings held at:

Eastern Star Hall
3281 Harriet Rd, Victoria

Click here for map

Come stitch with us!

Whether you’re an intermediate stitcher or just wanting to get started, the Embroiderers’ Guild of Victoria (EGV) invites you to join us at a monthly meeting. Share your skills and creativity within a friendly, structured group.

Our members share an avid interest in all the needle arts. These include techniques such as crewel, canvaswork, hand embroidery, machine embroidery, lace making, smocking, counted thread work, cross stitch, surface embroidery – literally anything done with a threaded needle.

General Meetings

Our meetings are held on the second Saturday of the month from September through June from 10:30am to 1pm. They include a short business meeting, a “show and share” time, and either a speaker or a program related to the needle arts. Learn more about our meetings and other benefits of membership.

Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

Expand on your area of interest with our Special Interest Groups:

Canvas (second Wednesday of each month – from 1pm to 3pm)
Design (third Wednesday of the month – from 9:30am to Noon)
Goldwork (third Wednesday of the month from 7pm to 9:30pm)
Hardanger (first Wednesday of the month – from 7pm to 9:30pm)
Lace (fourth Wednesday of the month – from 7pm to 10pm)
Sampler Saturday (third Saturday of each month – from 1pm to 3pm)
Sashiko & Boro (fourth Thursday of each month – morning or evening option)

Community Involvement

Guild members are involved in:

sponsoring prizes at the Saanich Fair
producing embroidered pieces for a variety of charitable organizations
conducting embroidery workshops for Embers, Guides and Scouts
the “Wee Care” outreach project at the Victoria General Hospital which provides hand embroidered and smocked gowns grieving parents whose babies do not survive
the Stitcher to Stitcher outreach program sews tote bags and needlebooks which are filled with basic needlework supplies, including fabrics for stitching and floss, which are sent to various areas of the world that need them
mentoring young stitchers at monthly Youth Group meetings
hosting members’ exhibitions