Welcome

Monthly Meetings are now hybrid — come in person or Zoom in online!

Muchas Manos is a group of stitching enthusiasts.  We get together from 7-9pm on the 3rd Monday of every month (except December when we have our holiday party) for our main meeting.  Please stop by a meeting to say hello and meet us. What happens at the main meeting?  You can:

  • meet other folks making stuff with needle and thread
  • get help with your project
  • ooh and aah over other people’s creations
  • show off your own creations
  • plus, enjoy some dessert

We also get together for social stitching — it helps create time for stitching in our busy lives if you can put something in your calendar. We have 5 online chat and stitch sessions each month. When we can book free meeting space at a library we add some in-person chat and stitch events as well. Our upcoming events page has exact dates, times, and locations.

Any questions?  Want to contact someone before you stop by?  Email us.

2024 WIP Challenge

2024 WIP Challenge Logo

For 2024, we are doing a WIP (works in progress) Challenge. Every member picks 5 WIPs and numbers them 1 through 5. Each month we draw a number and everyone works especially on that WIP to see how much progress they can make when they focus on that project. It’s a lot of fun and adds some motivation to work on those older projects you have hanging about.

Please follow along on our Pinterest board to see all the updates. Below you can see some of our most recent progress photos.

  • 2 done, 4 to go
  • Pine Mountain Designs. Had in my purse as an emergency stitch piece. Decided it was time to finish!!
  • From Needlework Galleria 2021
  • Progress through April. Year long project recording the high temperature in San Diego in 2024
  • All stitching is done! Now on to the finishing -- not my strong suit but I am going to give it a go.
  • Good amount of progress on this one!
  • Just a little bit of progress
  • Didn't touch this one
  • Not much movement on this one
  • I completed all the stripes on my Star Spangled Sampler. Each red and off-white stripe is made up of different stitches. Also each of the blue squares was stitched with a different stitch. The white stars on top of the blue squares are larger than the similar golden yellow stars on some of the rows. I have now started on the words. They are time consuming because they are cross-stitched over one, and they take a toll on my eyes and my concentration.
  • Knowing that I am sending this for evaluation is definitely slowing me down and causing me to rip out more than usual. I am happy with it so far, but am not going to finish in the 6 month window at this pace.

About the Embroiderers’ Guild of America

Muchas Manos is a part of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America, Inc., (EGA), a 501(c)(3) organization. The EGA’s mission is to inspire passion for the needle arts through education and the celebration of its heritage.  Which types of embroidery do EGA members do?  Here are some examples:

Appliqué, Blackwork, Brazilian Embroidery, Canvas Embroidery, Color & Design, Conservation of Textiles, Contemporary Embroidery, Counted Thread Embroidery (including Cross Stitch), Crewel Embroidery, Cutwork Embroidery, Drawn Thread Embroidery, Ecclesiastical Embroidery, Fabric Embellishment, Fine Handsewing, Goldwork, Hardanger, Hedebo, Lacework, Machine Embroidery, Metal Thread Embroidery, Mixed Media Embroidery, Needlepainting, Needlepoint, Painting and Dyeing Fabrics, Patchwork, Pulled Work, Quilting, Redwork, Schwalm Embroidery, Shadow Work Embroidery, Silk Embroidery, Smocking, Stumpwork, Surface Embroidery, Threadpainting, Tenerife Embroidery, and Whitework.

The EGA offers a wide variety of opportunities to take classes in your favorite (or a new) technique.  These opportunities range from online classes to one-day workshops to week-long seminars. Some are hosted by individual chapters, others by the region, and some are national.  You can choose whichever fits your interests, lifestyle, and budget.  Our local workshops can be found here.

The EGA is comprised of 12 regions.  We are part of the Pacific Southwestern Region (PSR).  Our region is home to members in chapters located throughout Arizona, Southern Nevada, and Southern California.

Thank you for visiting.