Victoria 2024 Dates
03 February Mandy Ginsburg-Embroidery Guild; Worked on Beading Australian Ballet
Costume + Members presentations: 1. New finds; 2. Anything of special
interest to you from the holidays; 3. First tool collected which started you
collecting
02 March Wesley Hall Not available; ZOOM MEETING instead - Dolls Houses with Greg
06 April The Needlework Tapestry Guild of Victoria; topic TBA
04 May Lesley Uren -Foundation member of Embroiderers’ Guild: Tales of my
antique sewing boxes
01 June Bobby Pearce : Little reflections of Art, culture and society through buttons
06 July Karen Kearney : Miser Purses
03 August Nicci Kissane : Australia’s Great International Exhibitions (1879 to 1897).
Tools and Textiles. Nicci will speak on EIGHT Exhibitions
07 September AGM & 3 talks by members : 1. Clay thimbles; 2. Back in time-Card Boxes;
3. My Mother of Pearl collection
05 October Susan Webster : Evolution of Sewing Thread in Britain 1789-1862.
Research by NTCSA member Molly Pearce, Sheffield, England.
02 November TBA : Aprons
07 December Jan Harris : Liberty of London; plus Christmas afternoon tea (bring a plate to
share)
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New South Wales 2024 Dates
10 February Kerry Easton: A Needleworker's Favourite 'Toy' - the Chatelaine Show & Tell: All things Chatelaines.
11 May Lara
Moo – Foraging for Antique Textiles and Notions (at 11:30 am)
Show & Tell: Results
of My Foraging plus Lee Bateman Thimble Roundup,
including a
recently discovered 300 year old thimble
10 August Clare Muzzatti: Trinity House Work Boxes. Then
Needlework Tools and Accessories (Before 1800) by a bevy of speakers -
Christine Erratt, Kerrie McDonagh, Lee Bateman and Marlene Arditto.
Show & Tell: My earliest needlework pieces
12 October The SALES MALL, plus Sizing It Up - Measuring Sticks and Tapes for
Needlework, Marlene Arditto and Lee Bateman. Show & Tell: Tape Measures
14 December PARTY TIME - Australian Christmas Carols in Needlework Tools with
Kerry Easton. Show & Tell is Australiana in Needlework tools and ornaments.
BYO lunch; tea & coffee available
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South Australia 2024 Dates
07 February PETER LANE -cultural collector, historian, author : “CROCHET – what women
made, used, wore or were given”. Show and Tell - Items of Crochet
03 April CATHERINE BUDDLE – acclaimed textile artist &
graphic designer “METAMORPHOSIS”. Show and Tell Hand made items.
29 May (** New speaker ) CHELE PLUMRIDGE - "Central Asian embroidered baby
caps, their meaning and origin".
07 August MEREDITH OLSSON –machine embroidery artist MACHINE EMBROIDERY
& ITS ORIGINS. Show & Tell Machine embroidery articles
02 October DON LOFFLER – historian and author “LIFE IN 1948- rationing post war”
Show & Tell Ration books, tin of spam
27 November Christmas lunch commencing 12:30pm. Please bring a platter to share
Show & Tell : Christmas related articles.
You
are all encouraged to bring along any item relevant to the
theme of the day for "Show and Tell'. There will be a sales table at each meeting - please bring
your priced articles.
Disclaimer : You are responsible for your items at all times.
A plate of afternoon tea is welcome. Bring your friends who are interested in collecting needle work tools and would like to join the group. A donation of $3 is required to cover our Hall rental costs.
Subscriptions
to be a member
of our parent society, the Needlework Tool Collectors Society of Australia, are $30 per year. A monthly newsletter "Snippets" is mailed to all members, who are welcome to attend our group meetings. Send your subscription to NTCSA (details on this form )
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You might also be interested in knowing some of our 2010 - 2017 Meeting Topics. They're in .pdf format and were:
VICTORIA Topics
NEW SOUTH WALES Topics
SOUTH AUSTRALIA Topics