News and Announcements

General Chapter Meeting

NEW LOCATION! We meet in person at The North Clairemont Recreation Center, 4421 Bannock Avenue, San Diego CA 92117. Please park on the East side of the Adult/Senior Center.

The general meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. AND THE DOORS OPEN AT 6 P.M. but the date is the same! It’s on the SECOND Tuesday of every month.

Need a "Lunch and Learn" or team building exercise for your team?

Contact us for a fun needlepoint session @ info@sdang.org

November Program

Ever ask yourself “Can I be a Master Needlepointer?”  Well our very own Jan Woolsey will take us on her journey through the ANG Master Needlepointer Program.  In short, as per the ANG website, the Master Needlepointer Program is a qualification process for needleworkers wishing to demonstrate their technical excellence using needle and thread. Two levels of recognition can be achieved, The Master and Senior Master Needlepointer. There are four steps for the initial certification beginning with basic techniques and progressing to intermediate and advanced stitches, both needlepoint and counted thread, and the use of textural stitches and color to produce depth.

SDANG celebrates the art of needlepoint! 

SDANG celebrates the art of needlepoint!  Needlepoint’s history can be traced as far back as 1500 BC in ancient Egypt; through European tapestries completed by Royal and aristocratic families; through our grandmothers’ pillows, seat cushions, and Christmas stockings; and now into a revival filled with an explosion of stitches, colors and creativity trending on TikTok.  Now you can see needlepoint as 3D ornaments, standing figures, and purses to name a few.

As SDANG members, we promote our art by teaching, demonstrating, and showcasing why needlepoint is currently popular to people of all ages in many countries. If you stitch on painted canvases, counted or line drawn canvases or cross stitch, there’s a place for you!

Interested in learning?

We provide kits and instruction to anyone interested and hold events marketing needlepoint to the public. We sponsor workshops and programs that bring Nationally recognized artists and experts to San Diego and to all our members around the country through the latest technology.   As we stitch together, we not only create amazing art, we also create lifetime friendships.  Come join us!

Our Monthly Meetings

  • offer opportunities to make friends with like minded members took off period
  • provide training in new techniques and tools
  • offer insights into the background and future of the art
  • often include expert guests and original designs

Our Members

  • are beginners, experts and everything in between.
  • attend workshops with nationally known designers and teachers.
  • socialize and stitch together
  • pay reduced prices for workshops and events
  • must be members of the American Needlepoint Guild with added benefits
  • keep up to date with a monthly newsletter and the Needle Pointer Magazine.

Needlepointing around the world

Come back monthly and see who is needlepointing, and where!

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