In 2011, a group of embroiderers from Sweden founded World Embroidery Day to 'acknowledge and promote the craft of decorating fabric using a needle to apply thread or yarn.
My guild, the Trillium Embroidery Guild, decided to commemorate the day by stitching in public in a beautiful local park - Lakeview Park in Oshawa on the shore of beautiful Lake Ontario.
It was yet another stinking hot day and I almost didn't attend but from past experience I knew it is always a bit cooler down by the lake so I made the effort to go.
I found my group at the appointed spot - about halfway between the gazebo, restrooms, and the lakebank. There are so many mature trees, there was lots of choice about which they'd sit under. We brought our camp chairs and lunches and spent several hours, stitching in the shade, chatting, and enjoying the cooling breezes off the lake.
I'm so glad I wasn't a weenie and decided to go after all. it was a lovely day.
Saturday is our regular, monthly stitch day which is held on the first Saturday of the month. Although our evening guild meetings are only held from September through June, we attend our once-a-month stitch days all year round.
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