Workshop and Events Calendar

Mar
15
Date: Sunday 15th Mar 2026  09:30 AM - Sunday 16th Aug 2026  03:00 PM
Location: Alfred Cove
Details: This beautiful bauble is designed and decorated with ten of our lovely West Australian Wild Flowers by Ada Langmead.  Read More...
Jun
14
Date: Sunday 14th Jun 2026  09:30 AM - Sunday 11th Oct 2026  12:00 PM
Location: Alfred Cove
Details: Looking for the perfect excuse to dust off those UFOs, tackle your WIPs, or finally turn those PHD's (Projects Half Done!) into proud finishes? Join us for GIFD – Get It Finished Days!!! At Guild hall - from 9:30am to 12:00 midday, on the following dates: 12th April 14th June 9th August 11th October  Read More...
Jun
20
Date: Saturday 20th Jun 2026  10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Location: Alfred Cove
Details: Embroiderers' Guild Winter Warmers Market Day  Read More...
Jul
4
Date: Saturday 4th Jul 2026  09:30 AM - 03:30 PM
Location: Alfred Cove
Details: Who doesn’t enjoy a lovely surprise? Come and find out what the surprises are that we have planned for you! You will also enjoy a relaxing day, meeting with friends and fellow embroiderers. Everything will be provided for you, including a delicious morning tea and lunch. We will give you a complete kit ready for you to stitch and enjoy the results to take home. Just come along and enjoy a fun day with other like minded embroiderers!  Read More...
Jul
7
Date: Tuesday 7th Jul 2026  09:30 AM - Wednesday 8th Jul 2026  12:00 PM
Location: Alfred Cove
Details: JETS are The Embroiderers Guild of WA’s Junior Embroidery and Textile Students. Classes are held on two mornings in the April, July and September/October school holidays.  Read More...
Jul
12
Date: Sunday 12th Jul 2026  01:30 PM - Sunday 9th Aug 2026  04:00 PM
Location: Alfred Cove
Details: The motif of delicate, mismatched floral porcelain tea cups and saucers mimics mid-20th century tea sets. Traditional linework embroidery evokes a nostalgic, home-made charm. The combination of soft pastel blues, pinks and yellows is consistent with colour schemes of the 1950’s and 1960’s kitchenware. Each tea cup is stitched in a different embroidery stitch and shade of brown. The delicate floral patterns are worked in mismatch shades of colour with small metallic embellishment.  Read More...
Jul
24
Date: Friday 24th Jul 2026  09:30 AM - 01:30 PM
Location: Como
Details: The Guild's Annual Social Event for 2026 will be Baubles, Bangles and Beads - a brunch of fun and frivolity with friends  Read More...
Aug
1
Date: Saturday 1st Aug 2026  09:30 AM - Sunday 2nd Aug 2026  03:30 PM
Location: Alfred Cove
Details: This design has been created to fit into the lid of a commercially produced wooden tea box, but of course you could use it in many other ways too! It contains a variety of traditional and modern canvas work embroidery stitches, yielding an abundance of flowers, leaves, butterflies, dragonflies and geometric motifs  Read More...
Aug
30
Date: Sunday 30th Aug 2026  09:30 AM - Sunday 6th Sep 2026  03:30 PM
Location: Kingsley
Details: A white linen drawstring bag, featuring a design of Australian wildflowers. Deerfield embroidery used stitches that were economical with thread and hard wearing. Jacobean style flora and Elizabethan coiled stems are also a nod to its roots. It is worked in a range of green stranded cotton thread.  Read More...
Sep
5
Date: Saturday 5th Sep 2026  09:30 AM - Saturday 12th Sep 2026  03:30 PM
Location: Kingsley
Details: Create a smocked Christmas Ornament using smocking stitch combinations, silk floss, metallic thread, and pleated dupion silk fabric  Read More...
Sep
17
Date: Thursday 17th Sep 2026  09:30 AM - Friday 18th Sep 2026  03:30 PM
Location: Greenwood
Details: An introduction to Lace making by using Tape Lace Making. Borris Lace is a unique Irish lace and has been revived fairly recently by Annette Meldrum who has agreed to teach this technique to us while she is here in Western Australia.  Read More...
Sep
19
Date: Saturday 19th Sep 2026  09:30 AM - Sunday 27th Sep 2026  03:30 PM
Location: Kingsley
Details: Carrickmacross Lace is a delicate and enchanting Irish craft dating back to 1820. The Carrickmacross bookmark is a beginners piece that will give you an introduction to how this lace is made.  Read More...