About Me

Gay Ann Rogers, Needlework

I have been a needlework designer/teacher since I was young which was, alas, a long time ago.

At first I painted needlepoint canvases, then I fell in love with counted work on a study-trip in London. I survived  EGA Certification in canvaswork and later served on the Certification Committee - twice.

For the last 25 years I have taught needlepoint primarily at seminars for EGA, ANG and Callaway Gardens School of Needle Arts.

I have also spent a lot of time writing about needlework. By the early 90’s I had written four books and too many magazine articles to count here and in London. My book, An Illustrated History of Needlework Tools, was even translated into German.

I am an avid collector. My husband says it is in my genes, as my mother and both of my grandmothers were collectors. In addition to needlework tools, I collect lace and white work, cameos and lately greeting cards from the 1920’s and 30’s.

My favorite assignment of the last few years: writing about Audrey Francini whose work I greatly admire. Audrey stands on a needlework pedestal and so does Betty Chen Louis. Thank you to both of them for their inspiration and friendship.

In March 2008 MacSoph (my computer) came into my life and I have been an Apple Groupie ever since. MacSoph and I go to school at the Apple Store each week and that’s where she and I learned how to do Queendom Website.

Gay Ann

Me, in class at EGA National Seminar in Pittsburgh, Oct 2009

How Queendom Website got its name.

Not long after MacSoph and I started our website, a friend said to me, your website is just like your own little private kingdom. I replied, yes it is, but it’s not a kingdom, it’s a Queendom and I am Queen.