Embroiderers Guild, Victoria - Mildura Branch

Welcome to The Embroiderers Guild, Victoria - Mildura Branch.
It’s true that we stitch so much more than pretty doilies!
We love embroidery in all its forms; diligently reproducing beautiful traditional work, and actively pursuing new ideas, fabrics, threads and techniques to produce contemporary work 🧡

Alice Gove, our creative and inspiring member, won both the 2023 and 2024 judges’ awards at The Embroiderers Guild, Victoria state-wide exhibitions in Melbourne for her extraordinary techniques and effects. We are all so lucky that Alice generously shares her imaginative ideas during Summer School every year, with themes including 🦋 3D Insects, Buttons, Gourds, Hyperbolic Crochet, Steampunk, Liberated Canvaswork and Woven Flowers. Photos of these original artworks are published in hard-cover books and these are a source of motivation and pride.

While Alice thrives on trialling new ideas and sharing these with our members throughout the year, we also organise state and national tutors to teach us a variety of new skills and projects.

We are proud of our successful initiative that welcomes beginners by teaching them to sew on original designs of ‘chirpy little birds’ 🌳🐥 on a leafy branch. Six basic stitches are taught to novices and more advanced stitches are taught to those with some experience. It’s popular because there is a choice of stranded cottons and fabrics in colourways to suit each individual. These finished artworks are framed or made into cushions or bags and it's been a joy to see so many happy newcomers.

We really enjoy sitting and sewing together and there’s always a lovely hum of chatter and people moving around to compliment others on what they are sewing. 🧵 It's important to us that everyone feels a sense of belonging, value and support. 'Being part of a community can have a positive effect on mental health and emotional wellbeing. Community involvement provides a sense of belonging and social connectedness. It can also offer extra meaning and purpose to everyday life.' https://www.headtohealth.gov.au/meaningful-life/connectedness/community

We come and go whenever it suits us on our sewing days, Wednesdays and Fridays and we get together when we can on Sundays 1-4pm. Notification is via our fortnightly newsletters. Whether a beginner or experienced stitcher, we meet you wherever you are on your stitching journey. Please call, email or pop in to say 'Hi' and you will be warmly welcomed. 😊