The Leonida Leatherdale Award (LLA) is administered by EAC/ACB on behalf of WEG. It is given for an original design or adaptation which takes the traditional art of needlework and raises it to new heights. The winners will be chosen by popular vote from specific entries to the LLA category in the EAC/ACB Members’ Exhibition at the seminar. All those attending the Members’ Exhibition will be eligible to vote.
From 2014 to 2018, and in 2020 and 2022, the LLA was not offered.
Leonida Leatherdale Award History
The Leonida Leatherdale Award was instituted by WEG in honour of the founder of the Embroiderers’ Association of Canada, Inc./Association canadienne de broderie, Inc. – Leonida Leatherdale – to celebrate the best in embroidery from the members of EAC/ACB. The symbols of the Leonida Leatherdale Award are the evergreen tree, the sun, and the horizon. These elements will constitute a perpetual theme for the physical Award regardless of how they are applied. The evergreen tree is symbolic of EAC/ACB, alive and growing; the sun signifies the members; and the horizon represents their challenges and growth.
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2024 LLA 3rd | designed and stitched by Stacey Owen RSG | Original Autumn Leaf | Photo by Jeannette Luttmer
2024 LLA 2nd | designed and stitched by Sue Thomas VT | Original Fields Aplenty | Photo by Jeannette Luttmer
2024 LLA 1st | designed and stitched by Kim Beamish VT | Original Untitled | Photo by Jeannette Luttmer
2023 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Marcella Pedersen, RSG | Original Marco Polo Blessings
2023 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Kim Beamish, VT | Original Masquerade
2023 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Diane Scott, MNAG, TGS | What I Learned at Seminar
2011 LLA 3rd Place tie | designed by Lynn Payette and stitched by Diana Kelly, LCSG/GTAL, Dollard-des-Ormeaux | Almost Spring
2019 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Armande Jones, Edmonton | Wine Country
2019 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Jennie Wolter, Calgary | White Canvas Purse
2019 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Beryl Burnett, Winnipeg | Pumpkins & Beets-Louis Comfort Tiffany
2013 LLA 3rd Place | designed by JEC and stitched by Nancy Tozer, LCSG/GTAL, Pointe Claire | Eternal Grace
2013 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Marina Pastushenko, LCSG/GTAL, St. Lazare | Reticello Sampler
2013 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Beryl Burnett, Winnipeg | Pansies
2012 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Helen McCrindle, West Vancouver | Sentinel of Hollyburn
2012 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Joanne Moon, Duncan | Fragile Beauty
2012 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Barbara Adshead, Qualicum Beach | Whiskers
2011 LLA 3rd Place tie | designed and stitched by Marina Pastushenko, LCSG/GTAL, St Lazare | Hardanger Diamonds
2011 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Marina Pastushenko, St Lazare | Silin Mat
2011 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Sue Thomas, Peterborough | Splendid Isolation
2010 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Kit Gates, Winnipeg | Crocus
2010 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Diana Sheppard, Mt Lehman | My Stitching Album
2010 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Pamela Tremeer, Parksville | Afternoon
2009 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Marcella Pedersen, Cut Knife | Sunrise, Sunset
2009 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Pamela Tremeer, Parksville | Needlepainting
2009 LLA 1st Place | designed by JEC and stitched by Nancy Tozer, LCSG/GTAL, Pointe Claire | Camellias-Traditional Japanese
2008 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Deanna Bertelsen, Victoria | Magnolias
2008 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Pauline Garratt, Campbell River | Landing Crane
2008 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Pamela Tremeer, Parksville | Purple Place
2007 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Pauline Garratt, Campbell River | Mayan Experience
2007 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Pat Findlay, Winnipeg | Tree of Peace
2007 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Carol English, Brandon | Coming Home
2006 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Carol English, Brandon | Unknown
2006 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Joyce Buchanan, St Albert | Unknown
2005 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Ann Dudley, Scarborough | Unknown
2005 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Caroline Morrison, Toronto | Band Sampler in the Style of 17th Century English Samplers
2005 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Pamela Tremeer, Parksville | Unknown
2004 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Shirley Mae Collis, Shawnigan | Cherry Dawn
2004 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Pamela Tremeer, Parksville | Serendipity
2004 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Maureen McFarlane, Victoria | Londonderry Air
2003 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Vicki Cheeseman, St John's | Dragonfly
2003 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Margot Walking, Dartmouth | Ehrman's Embroidery Shop
2003 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Marion Preshing | Karahanna
2003 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Dale Edwards, West Hill | Frost Fire
2002 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Dianne Nicholson | 5 Festival Boy's Day
2002 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Joyce Davis, Saskatoon | Squatter's Shack
2002 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Beth Andrew, Pense | Love
2002 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Edith Rolf, Edmonton | Mixed Media
2001 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Susan Harrington, Victoria | Inspired by Monet
2001 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Judy George, Calgary | The Scots and the Norwegians Square Off
2001 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Dianne Kazakoff, Calgary | Hardanger Teacloth
2000P LLA 1st Place Professional | designed and stitched by Margaret Van Erve, Ottawa | Morning Mist
2000 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Merydie Fjarlie, Moose Creek | Silver Linings
2000 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Phylis Watson, Moncton | Christening Gown
2000 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Tamara Meitens, Niagara-on-the-Lake | Minute of Orff's
1999 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Pat Weatherley, Qualicum Beach | Marguerite's Garden
1999 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Anna Dones, Toronto | Heron
1999 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Doreen Rainer, West Hill | Kana-Hana
1998 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Margaret Van Erve, Ottawa | Spring Thaw
1998 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Dale Edwards, West Hill | Dresden Sampler
1998 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Edith Rolf, Edmonton | Tundra Symphony
1998 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Jo An (Glen) Allan, Victoria | Spirit of Victoria
1997 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Peggy Kimble, Nannose | Sake Box Worked in Silks
1997 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Wendy Ossenton, Vancouver | Dragonfly and Berries
1997 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Edith Rolf, Edmonton | A Stitcher's Garden
1996 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Vena Meitens, Sudbury | Trilogy of the Souls
1996 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Deborah Blackmore, Peterborough | Crazy Quilt Vest
1996 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Mary Sustrick, Edmonton | Harvest Memory
1995 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Grace Cockburn, Joan Kjargaard, Thea Wapala, Deborah Yorke, Saanichton and Victoria | A Welsh Dragon
1995 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Margot Lindsay, Saskatoon | Abundance of Seed Pods
1995 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Jane Evans, Grandora | Birches Along a Portage
1994 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Paula Gautier, LCSG/GTAL, St. Lazare | Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder
1994 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Betty Liefl, Niagara Falls | Hands Across the Border
1994 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Mary Sustrik, Edmonton | Rivers of Friendship
1993 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Margaret Ward, North Vancouver | Birch Trees
1993 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Betty Liefl, Niagara Falls | Flight of the Butterflies-Quilted Wall Hanging
1993 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Margaret Ward, North Vancouver | Alpine Meadow
1992 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Anna Dones, Toronto | Main Sailing in a Boat
1992 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Jo Hewitt Nickel, Winnipeg | 3D Flower Garden
1992 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Armande Jones, Edmonton | Sailboat on a Sew Viewed from an Ice Cave
1991 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Gay Walker, Dundas | 3D Waterfall Quilting
1991 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Anna Dones, Toronto | Silver Ram
1991 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by June Bradford, Toronto | Meeting Place
1990 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Cathy Coleman, Victoria | Eggs in a Basket
1990 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Lillian Vivian, St John's | Yellow Trout at Home
1990 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Betty Liefl, Niagara Falls | The Loon
1989 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Margaret Tewnion, Calgary | Scene of Lake Louise
1989 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Shirley Collis, Shawnigan | Basket of Flowers
1989 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Joan Crowdis, Victoria | Lace and Silk
1988 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Ann Bernard, Toronto | Jacobean Flower-Crewel
1988 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Karen Asfaq, Truro | Golden Frog
1988 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Sandra O'Reilly, Sault Ste Marie | Renaissance Lace
1988 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Shirley Collis, Shawnigan | Sampler of Reticella Lace
1987 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Vena Mietens, Sudbury | Tray: Days in My Life
1987 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Anna Marie Winter, Regina | Optics and Illusions
1987 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Gay Walker, Dundas | Box for a Geologist
1986 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Heather Graham, Etobicoke | Dancing Butterflies
1986 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Vena Mietens, Sudbury | Seaside
1986 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Joy Godfrey, Keene | A Centerpiece
1986 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Anne Bernard, Toronto | English Country Garden
1985 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Mary Peterson, Winnipeg | The Buffet Hardanger
1985 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Hannalore Walters, St John's | Winterscape
1985 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Peggy Kimble, Nannose | Mossy Bands
1985 LLA 1st Place
1984 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Mary Mort, LCSG/GTAL, Montreal | Scene in Crewelwork
1984 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Janice Routley, Regina | Golden Dragon
1984 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Doris Robinson, Scarborough | Butterfly on a Brick
1983 LLA 3rd Place | designed and stitched by Jane Jeffries, Calgary | Louise Dancing
1983 LLA 2nd Place | designed and stitched by Jennifer Whittlesey, PEI | Mixed Media
1983 LLA 1st Place | designed and stitched by Janice Routley, Regina | Chrysanthemum