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Exhibition was a triumph

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We were thrilled at the response to our Biennial exhibition.

Raffle winners 2025 are :

Patchwork Throw: Althea (Geelong Grove)

Pamper Hamper: Soo McLure

Bollard: R Justus

Chocolate Hamper: M Hammond

Cards and Box: Rachel Kirby

Gourmet Hamper: Anne Boland

Stitch Painting Kingfisher: Gail Spong

Winners of our 2025 Challenges are :

People’s Choice: Felicity Gallina

Individual Challenge: Liandre Hawkes & Marjorie Kavanagh ( first ever draw)

Group Challenge: Patchwork Plus Guidance Group (Florist Display!)

Join us for our Embroidery and Textile Art Exhibition 2025

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We’re Excited! Our Embroidery and Textile Art Exhibition is just a month away on September 13th and 14th ! Gather your friends and join us. Not only are our collective talents on display, there will be a Gift stall, Book stall, Destash table, Raffles, Refreshments and Retrospective displays covering many years’ work by two of our talented members. See the progress of Geelong’s World’s Longest Book and our guest tutor Jennie-Marie Tempest will have her amazing work on display.

Ex poster 2025 web finalDownload

Embroidered Botanicals Class with Jeanne-maree Tempest

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As an extra to our Geelong Branch Biennial Exhibition “THE ART OF THE NEEDLE” : Traditional to Contemporary we are excited to announce this special Embroidered Botanicals Class

13th & 14th Sep 2025 9am – 4pm

$150 EGV members, $175 non members, plus $10 kit

Fee Includes entry to EGV Geelong Biennial Exhibition

Bookings close July 31st 2025

Join fibre artist Jennie-maree Tempest in this two-day workshop. Learn how to stitch embroidered botanical sculptures using free motion machine embroidery, wrap wires in fabric and thread as stems, stitch and stiffen fabric to make leaves. Learn all the tricks and tips to make a beautiful bloom. You will have the option of making either a Callistemon (Bottle Brush), Lavender, Daisies or Banksia Spinulosa, but you will learn the process for each of the four specimens.

To register and receive the requirements list and details, phone 0427 819 713

or email geelongthreads@gmail.com

Supper Room, Geelong West Town Hall,

153 Pakington Street, Geelong West, Victoria

Jeanne-maree Tempest Flyer download

“A Whyte Christmas” Exhibition at The Heights, Aphrasia Street, Newtown

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The National Trust of Victoria have asked the Embroiderers Guild, Geelong Branch to be part of the Whyte Christmas Exhibition at “The Heights” Aphrasia Street Newtown from July 14th to August 4th [Wednesdays to Sundays]

We have been busy sewing gift tags and making many decorations for the Black, White and Gold Christmas tree. It will be stunning!

Embroidered pieces will be displayed in several rooms of the house. Aprons in the kitchen and some beautiful bags in the dressing room. Guess what’s in the bathroom?

Bring your friends and enjoy a “Cold Christmas” with us and the National Trust ! https://embroiderygeelong.org/events/

Looking Forward

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We’ve almost come to the end of the year but our branch and our groups are all planning great times for 2024

An example of Thread Painting by Liandre Hawkes
(see classes for a beginners version)

Some great Classes and workshops have been scheduled.

Our Groups have lots of activities planned: GeeTAG is going with “A Sense of Place” and will be producing postcard sized pieces for a box or a book. Slow Stitch has a series of mini stitch demos, very helpful for beginners, some techniques for colour and design and some sessions just for fun. Counted Thread are making this the year of Hardanger. Canvas work will explore more of Jean Hilton’s fascinating and tricky stitches. Artisan Books will work on their techniques sample book and produce all sorts of amazing bound items. Patchworkers are exploring blocks using Boro and Sashiko stitching.

What a lot of activity. Do join us – there must be something for every body in that line up!

To Join The Embroiderers Guild, Victoria go to the web site and make sure you join the Geelong Branch. Our main meeting is 10am-2pm, 2nd Monday of the month at St David’s Church Hall, Aphrasia Street in Newtown. Evening group is on the second Tuesday.

Our Exhibition 2023 has Up, Up and went !

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We enjoyed a very successful weekend with many visitors and an impressive array of beautiful exhibits.

The Group Challenge winners “Ocean Grove Group” with their entry Dandelions

The raffle proved popular and the results are:

Chocolate Heaven.    Liz Davis  

Hardanger Cloth.       Carol Reeve

Health and Beauty.    Sally Hare

Green Vessel.            Geyle Tong

Gourmet Indulgence.  Karen Thornton

Blackwork.                 Lis Nyssen

Patchwork Quilt.        Margaret Neill

Winners of the awards for their work are:

People’s Choice Award:   Marion Dines   Boro hand stitched Quilt

Individual Challenge:    Liandre Hawkes Embroidered Owl

Group Challenge:       The Ocean Grove Group   Dandelions

Thanks to all our members who entered work which made our exhibition such a success.

Our hard working committee and the volunteers who worked at the weekend are also due an enormous vote of thanks.

I wonder what the theme of our next exhibition in 2025 will be? Watch this space!!

There is Something in the Air!

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That’s the theme for the Challenges in our exciting Exhibition of Embroidery and Textile Arts. Our Phoenix is finally rising from the Ashes and the exhibition is here.

To be held on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th September at the Geelong West Town Hall in Pakington Street, from 10am to 4pm

Will the Canvaswork group triumph again, or will another group take home the coveted Group Challenge Trophy? Individual members will also enter work specially designed to meet the challenge. Public votes will determine the most popular items in the show.

Our members will be demonstrating different types of embroidery and you might even have a go yourself.

See many styles of embroidery from Slow Stitch and Sashiko to Counted threads, Canvaswork, Patchwork, Art Quilts, Fabric books and Creative Explorations. Find little Rabbits, Dragonflies and even maybe a Monkey!

We have been busy making delightful handmade items for the Gift Stall and there will be Refreshments available to give you a second wind. Raffle prizes are gorgeous!

Put the dates in your diary – Bring all your friends to this exciting and artful show! Entry $10 for adults, includes Raffle ticket.

A New Year of Stitching

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We have started the year on a high note with a new committee elected at our recent AGM. Congratulations to President Trish VanKuyk and to Alana Young, Ann Horne, Christine Casey, Jenny Bakos, Leonie Lister, Margaret McDonald, Pauline Veale, Sue Patterson and Vicki Smart who will form the 2023 committee.

Classes have begun and most of our groups have now had their first meetings for the year. For more information about these please go to their pages: CLASSES and GROUPS

A collection of recent embroideries

We have already planned several special activities, The first is an introductory class at the Geelong West Library on Friday 31st March. This is open to the public so anyone can join in.

We will be – Sharing Stitches also at the Geelong West Library on Friday 21st April during the National Trust Heritage Festival. There will be a display of our work and demonstrations of stitching and a chance to try out your own skills.

Our long awaited Exhibition 2023 “UP UP AND AWAY !” will be held on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th September at the Geelong West Town Hall

Something New for your Stitching Pleasure

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We always have great classes available to members. If you are interested in any of these please contact our classes co-ordinator Meg Pyburne.

Machine Embroidery, Flowering in Red, Kogan stitched phone cover or Purse, Mandela and Dorset Feather Stitchery

Mandala : Surface Stitchery taught by Jenny Bakos.
Wednesday, June 8th at South Barwon Community Centre, Mt Pleasant Rd, Belmont.
Designing your own work need not be difficult. Use pencil and paper to make two simple designs that are suitable to stitch with surface stitchery. You could frame them or make a needle case or box top. Workshop Cost $25.

Flowering in Red : Drawn Thread taught by Christine Burton.
Make a scissor fob, a pincushion or a needle roll.
Saturdays, 2nd and 9th July at South Barwon Community Centre, Mt Pleasant Rd, Belmont. 9:30 for 10am until 3pm. Class Cost $90 plus kit.

Intermediate Certificate in Machine Embroidery – taught by Leonie Lister.
6 lessons on Saturdays, 23rd, 30th July, 20th August, 3rd, 24th September, 22nd October and hand-in day on 19th November at South Barwon Community Centre, Mt Pleasant Rd, Belmont. 9:30 for 10am until 3pm.
You will learn Free Machine Embroidery, complete a folio of work and will finish with a project of your own design.
Cost $290, for the 6 lessons ( able to be paid in instalments)

Complete 3 Intermediate Level subjects and you will be awarded the Guild’s Intermediate Certificate

Kogan Stitched Purse or Phone Case : taught by Marion Dines.
Wednesday, July 13th at South Barwon Community Centre, Mt Pleasant Rd, Belmont. 9:30 for 10am until 3pm. Learn Kogan Stitching (Japanese Darning) to decorate a purse or phone case. Workshop Cost $25 plus kit.

Dorset Feather Stitchery : taught by Gillian Norris.
Thursday, 25th August at South Barwon Community Centre, Mt Pleasant Rd, Belmont. 9:30 for 10am until 3pm. Learn the basics of this simple stitch and use it on a small project of your choice.

Contact Meg Pyburne 0478 616 215 for any more details or to sign up.

Out and about

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Samite Sampler – Fragments by Alison Snepp

We have a couple of activities coming up that you might like to join in.

For the National Trust Heritage Festival we will have a Display of some of our work, Traditional and Modern at Belmont Library, High Street Belmont. Wednesday 27th April from 10am to 4pm

We will be there doing some stitching and would love to have people to talk to.

Dijanne Cevaal

Dijanne Cevaal will be our guest speaker at our next Sit and Sew on Monday May 9th. She is well known internationally for her Travellers Blankets and her series of female Sentinelles. She has worked on printmaking on fabric to embroider. She is going to bring some of her prints and fabrics for us to buy so don’t miss out. Visitors are welcome so bring your friends.

Our meeting starts at 10am and goes until 2pm. Bring your lunch and join us at St David’s Church Hall, Aphrasia Street, Newtown.