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Our next monthly gathering is Tuesday, 17th February. Please note the change of day and venue…………..at the Kingborough Women’s Club (KWC) Rooms. For information on how to locate the venue and what to bring, click here. The Tuesday 9-1 gathering will continue to be $5 per person to attend at KWC. If members are ONLY attending the Tuesday meeting and…
Our next monthly gathering is Monday, FEBRUARY 16th, 2026 @ 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM. Remains the 3rd Monday of the month, same location in Riverside, Launceston. Details on what to bring, highlights from the previous meeting, and where to find us are here.
Upcoming workshops. Some places are still open in the workshop by Irene Manion Printing in Relief, May 9, 10, 11. This is the ideal mothers day gift, opening your eyes to experimenting with ways of building up textured 3D surfaces, using stitch and appliqué techniques on your sewing machine. Please Note: Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances the upcoming Deborah Campbell…
Coming Exhibition: Circle of 4+ will have an exhibition of their work in the Baihai Centre from early February 2026 for six weeks. (Exact date is not known yet). The theme of the exhibition and thus the work displayed is Circles. All members of Circle of 4+ are members of Stitching and Beyond. .
A New Workshop for 2026 Stitching in Relief with Irene Manion will run from May 9th to May 11 at Makers Workshop, Moonah Arts Centre. To learn more and book, click here. TEXTILE BIENNALE AND 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…
Monday November 17th saw the Northern Group’s last stitching gathering for 2025. Next time we meet will be our end-of-year luncheon in Launceston on December 8th. We resume meeting 17th February 2026. However, there are plans to do some excursions in January to provide opportunities for sketching, painting and photography out of doors to inform our new work. This year…
Our next monthly gathering in the south is on Monday, 8th December 2025 – please note that this is a week earlier than usual, owing to Christmas. Come along for however long you wish and share your works in progress, experiences, books, workshops, materials, and inspiration. Meeting venue information for the southern group, as well as highlights from previous gatherings,…
Before you book for 2026 click here to see what members created in the Sense of Place workshop with fellow member Judith Burns. 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…
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…
Judith Burns is a City and Guilds-trained textile designer and embroiderer, who makes textile art on Anaiwan and Gumbaynggir country in northern NSW. Her recent work focuses on ways to