Category Archives: Displays/Exhibitions

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/

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

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.

Congratulations to our Raffle winners

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Even though we were unable to have our exhibition we did draw the raffle as tickets had been sold.

Congratulations to all the winners

1st # 0251 Brenda Ryan
2nd # 0339 Jacqui Willox
3rd # 0032 Sacha Kavanagh
4th # 0311 Pauline Mackenzie
5th # 0069 Gayle Bechaz
6th # 0180 Jenny Lidell
7th # 0162 April Jacobi
8th # 0305 Jenny Bakos
9th # 0273 Angelika Butler
10th # 0222 Claire Bolster

We hope to have our exhibition some time in the future but not sure just when at the moment. Keep watching – we’ll let you know!

Up Up and Away, Cancelled again!

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Once again we have been prevented from running our excellent exhibition.

We have sadly decided that it is too much of a gamble to go ahead. It is too much to ask our volunteers and loyal visitors to be exposed, with the numbers of covid cases on the rise in our neighbouring areas. Extensions of the lockdown now seem likely.

The raffle will still be drawn as advertised and if you have tickets please hang on to them.

We hope that you will get to see the wonderful artworks that we have been creating at some time in the not too distant future when our Phoenix finally rises from the ashes.

Stay tuned and stay safe!