My granddaughter was delighted at the Queensland Embroiderers' Guild Exhibition when she recognized my cushion displayed in one of glass cabinets. The cushion was stitched during a Stitch Along organized by the guild at the time of the COVID lockdowns.
It usually sits in our entrance hall on a chair that originally belonged to my grandmother.
There is more about the embroidery, the SAL, and the chair in previous blog posts that can be accessed by clicking the link to the post My Cushion is on My Grandmother's Chair.
On display at the exhibition there were almost a hundred embroideries! With the wide range of embroidery techniques exhibited there was plenty of inspiration for everyone who was able to visit. Unfortunately photography was not allowed so there are no photos that I can share. For those interested in older embroideries, upstairs there was an 'embroidery museum' - a collection of exemplary work embroidered by Guild teachers, as well as carefully curated items that have been donated to the guild archives, including wedding dresses.
The other aspects of visiting the exhibition that my eleven year old granddaughter enjoyed were choosing and casting her vote for her favourite embroidery, shopping at the second hand 'shop' for small kits, and having permission to scan the embroidered QR code that she immediately spotted. She was curious to see whether or not it would work. To her surprise and amusement it did. Besides searching for my cushion that she knows so well, being able to actively participate in the various activities at the exhibition made it a more memorable and fun morning.
In my next blog post I'll show you a couple of small embroideries that I completed recently. They were finished in time for the exhibition but we didn't see them. More about that next time. 'Till then happy stitching!
