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An invitation to join the Mixed Media Journal Club

Stitching and Beyond is pleased to support the Mixed Media Journal Club with southern member, Ursula Harris. The Club is open to all interested in learning mixed media skills. We’ll use a journal to experiment with colour, design and techniques giving you the confidence to tackle larger projects. You can see what participants made in the last Journal Club here…

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October Monthly Gathering in the North and South

Our next monthly gathering is Monday, 20th October 2025. Meeting venue information for both groups, as well as highlights from previous gatherings, can be found here. Come along for as long as you wish and share works in progress, books, workshops, materials, and inspiration. For images from the September gatherings, check our latest gallery. What’s been happening up North? Northern…

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Let’s Explore –Social Stitch Day

October 5th 2025 @ 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Information on what to bring can be found here.  September Let’s Explore – Embellishment. Being such a busy time with preparations for our upcoming Out of Hand exhibition, it was decided to postpone our exploration into machine embellishment (also known as machine felting). However, Heather kindly brought in her embellishing machine…

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Learn new skills

TEXTILE BIENNALE AND ESZTER BORNEMISZA Eszter Bornemisza Eszter is returning to Hobart, 28-30 January, to challenge us to explore “Fusion – Combining Paper & Fiber “. This workshop fortuitously coincides with Glenys’s third International Art Textile Biennale at Moonah Arts Centre. What a feast! Be inspired by Eszter’s artist statement. Take the opportunity to extend your skills and vision alongside…

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Where is the Challenge?

Challenge Both the 2024 Bottom of My Garden and 2025 Hidden Stories will be on display at our Out of Hand Exhibition until close.  Bottom of My Garden will then be at Glenorchy Library from the 8th to the 29th of October. 

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Take a Drive North

Opus 4 – Four women … four viewpoints… four ways  Four contemporary artists working with fibre to visually explore and respond to the idea of landscape. Our practice and approach is varied, from stitched collage … machine quilting… stitched prints to sculptural forms. We challenge the viewer to see landscapes as both vista and micro form.  ‘Bin Chicks’ at Heart – We…

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A New book, a Documentary and a Newsletter.

A New Book in the Library For the Kantha enthusiasts, a beautiful and informative addition to the library by Ekta Kaul. You might rise to the challenge of moving from unembellished utilitarian Kantha to embellished Kantha after reading this book!. A Short Documentary The Quilters is about men in a Missouri maximum-security prison who design and sew beautiful, personalized quilts…

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Tasmanian Made

Rosny Farm -The Schoolhouse Rethink/refine/remake Designmade inc. 29 Aug – 21 Sep 2025 11:00am – 5:00pm Wednesday – Sunday 31 Aug 2025 Exhibition Launch 2:00pm To celebrate their 10th anniversary this exhibition brings together works that reflect a decade of development. Each object is a snapshot of a maker’s evolving practice — shaped by experimentation, reflection, and refinement over time.…

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September Monthly Gathering in the North and South

Our next monthly gathering is Monday 15th September 2025.  Meeting venue information for both groups and highlights from previous gatherings can be found here. Come along for as long as you wish and share works in progress, books, workshops, materials and inspiration. For images from the August gatherings, check our latest gallery. Effective immediately: Partial Closure of Kingston Learning Centre…

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