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St. John’s Lutheran Church

Designer: Leslie Poker

Embroiderer: Marjorie Campbell

Year Created: 1988

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Designed by R.F. Garf and Sons, St. John’s Lutheran Church is one of
Knoxville’s prominent late Gothic Revival buildings. Built in 1913, the
church stands in the Historic District at Emory Place and Broadway and
features Gothic elements such as exterior buttresses, Gothic arches on
windows and doorways, and sixty-one stained glass windows with stone
tracery. St. John’s is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Knox EGA

Stitching & Beading in the Foothills of East Tennessee

The mission of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America is to inspire passion for the needle arts through education and the celebration of its heritage.

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EGA is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment for stitchers of any experience level, age, race, ethnicity, nationality, ability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, or other background to develop their skills and express their creativity through the needle arts. EGA affirms the commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA).

Embroiderers’ Guild of America

About the National Organization

The mission of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America (EGA) is to inspire

passion for the needle arts through education and the celebration of its heritage.

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EGA is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment for stitchers of any experience level, age, race, ethnicity, nationality, ability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, or other background to develop their skills and express their creativity through the needle arts. EGA affirms the commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA).

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To Learn More 

To learn more about EGA, please visit https://egausa.org.

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EGA’s National Headquarters are located at 501 Baxter Avenue, Suite 200, Louisville, KY, 40204. To contact someone at EGA’s National Headquarters, email egahq@egausa.org.

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Site last updated 31 March 2026.

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