Australia Students

Australia Students

Australia Students

The Embroiderers' Guild of Queensland was founded in 1968 to promote the art of embroidery and allied arts, keeping needlework skills alive.

Along with its embroidery classes, run in Brisbane and regional Queensland for both beginners and advanced crafters, the Guild has accumulated an extensive range of needlework pieces. The Guild Collection, as it is known, numbers more than 2500 items. It chronicles world best needlework techniques from Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, China, England and the Balkans, as well as documenting Australian trends and practices.

Housed in a heritage-listed former Freemasons' Lodge on the bustling inner-Brisbane Brunswick Street, the Embroiderers' Guild of Queensland's collection of heirloom pieces has been recognized by the National Library of Australia as being of national significance and granted status as a teaching museum.