The Embroiderers Guild, Victoria (they have added Australia to their links, to avoid confusion with the Embroiderers Guild, Victoria in Canada) is having it members' exhibition starting next Saturday. It is usually held in October but that didn't happen because of the dreaded virus. And lockdown. So this year's one is in March, none in October, 2022 is planned for October. )Plenty of time to get to and make some pieces.)
The exhibition, Stitch Brilliance, will be on for two weeks, visitors welcome. You don't even have to book in prior to turning up.
We have been receiving works and hanging them this week. There are not as many exhibitors this year but many of them have put in multiple entries, so it is not that much smaller than previous years. The standard seems particularly high - maybe the really dedicated embroiderers were able to beaver away.
I know I found it hard to do my usual practice and I have found that many members have been doing things that are absorbing but not necessarily up to their usual creative level - the effort to come up with an idea, design it , and then work out how to do it is a different energy from that required to actually make it - well, it is for me. I have seen quite a few embroiderers knitting at our Zoom meetings.
The exhibition is going to be wonderful, the standard of the entries is great!!
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