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NEW MEMBERS WELCOME: First meeting free.
ENTRY FEE: $5.00 entry fee (cash), tea and coffee supplied
BRING: a name tag, Show and Tell items (new creations or old favourites), morning tea to share.
Textile Taster: Tea Towel Collage
Last year the vintage tea towel collection of our member, Annamaria was exhibited at The Logan Historical Museum and a collection of Queensland place inspired tea towels was shown at The State Library the year before. These humble kitchen items are becoming something more than an overlooked sign of women’s work.
At this meeting we will experiment with collage inspired by Margie Creek’s small works made with vintage tea towels.
There will be no tutor but leading the activity will be Ann, Kathryn and Annamaria.
We will cut and glue fabrics making a small textile collage. Stitch can be added but this is experimenting with colour, layout, and composition. It will be simply playing, sampling, exploring and experimenting.
Please bring
- Tea towels , softer and worn with time or crisp and new. Ragged and with holes so you are happy to cut up. Maybe one with a image you like
- Fabric scissors and smaller embroidery scissors
- Cereal box cardboard or linen as backing to determine size
- Other fabrics that go well as you see in the image some chicken scratch work on gingham, so perhaps check fabric, crochet lace edges
- Glue stick or fabric glue
- Threads both embroidery and sewing if you wish to add this to your piece
- Some ephemera such as rickrack, braid, bias binding.
| Date | Sat 8th Feb 2025 9:00 am |
| End Date | Sat 8th Feb 2025 12:00 pm |
| Location | BVAC Hub, Tarragindi |
Social meeting: NEW MEMBERS WELCOME: First meeting free.
ENTRY FEE: $5.00 entry fee (cash), tea and coffee supplied
BRING: a name tag, Show and Tell items (new creations or old favourites), morning tea to share.
| Date | Sat 9th May 2026 9:00 am |
| End Date | Sat 9th May 2026 12:00 pm |
| Price | $5.00 |
| Location | BVAC Hub, Tarragindi |
Includes Queensland Branch meeting and AGM, National AGM
Social meeting: NEW MEMBERS WELCOME: First meeting free.
ENTRY FEE: $5.00 entry fee (cash), tea and coffee supplied
BRING: a name tag, Show and Tell items (new creations or old favourites), morning tea to share.
June activity: Textile Stories
Bring along a textile piece that you have from around the world, from your travels or a gift from another, or one that has been in your collection. A keeper. A teller of tales. Tell us the story, the provenance, the reason it appeals and any research you may have done around the particular textile.
Listen to stories that connect us to family, culture, traditions, special places and memories.
| Date | Sat 13th Jun 2026 9:00 am |
| End Date | Sat 13th Jun 2026 12:00 pm |
| Price | $5.00 |
| Location | BVAC Hub, Tarragindi |
ATASDA members will have a display of beautiful textile works for sale as part of the BVAC Pop-Up Shop held at the Auditorium at Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha.
Opening hours:
Friday 10am to 3pm
Saturday 9am to 4pm
Sunday 9am to 3pm
| Date | Fri 26th Jun 2026 10:00 am |
| End Date | Sun 28th Jun 2026 3:00 pm |
| Location | The Auditorium Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha Brisbane |
Social meeting: NEW MEMBERS WELCOME: First meeting free.
ENTRY FEE: $5.00 entry fee (cash), tea and coffee supplied
BRING: a name tag, Show and Tell items (new creations or old favourites), morning tea to share.
Textile Taster: make a sheet of silk paper
Betty Bull will show us the technique sometimes called 'silk fusion'. it allows you to play with soft silk fibres (and/or merino wool tops) to create a versatile piece of fabric that can be used as the base for many projects, such as journal covers.
Betty will provide textile medium, silk threads, merino wool tops, silk hankies etc, dishwashing liquid, tulle, paper towels.
Please bring: 4 clothes pegs and 1 small paint brush or foam roller.
| Date | Sat 11th Jul 2026 9:00 am |
| End Date | Sat 11th Jul 2026 12:00 pm |
| Price | $5.00 |
| Location | BVAC Hub, Tarragindi |
“Preservation” Exhibition 5-17 September 2026
Presented by ATASDA NSW in conjunction with Primrose Paper Arts and NSW Calligraphers
Come along and see the stunning works produced by the members of ATASDA.
Works for sale, etc.........
All welcome!
| Date | Sat 5th Sep 2026 |
| End Date | Thu 17th Sep 2026 |
| Location | The Garden Gallery |
Textile artist Wendi Trulson will present a one day workshop on 5 September at BVAC.
Eco Dyeing Workshop: Leaves, Stitches & Stories
'This work
shop is an invitation to slow down, share, and connect—through hand stitching, mindful making, and discovering the quiet beauty in imperfections.
Together we’ll explore the alchemy of the dye pot, where humble gifts from nature—onion skins, flowers, leaves, bark, and even everyday kitchen scraps—transform into magical marks.
You’ll create your own concertina book filled with nature’s imprints. Stitch into the pages, leave your own marks, or fashion a pocket or two for gathered treasures. Then, guided step by step,
I’ll show you how to eco-dye the concertina book with vegetation and let the simmering pot reveal its secrets.
Come ready to play, to notice, and to let nature write its story on your cloth and paper.'
| Date | Sat 5th Sep 2026 9:00 am |
| End Date | Sat 5th Sep 2026 4:00 pm |
| Price | Cost of workshop $150 |
| Location | BVAC Hub, Tarragindi |
Includes Queensland Branch meeting
Social meeting: NEW MEMBERS WELCOME: First meeting free.
ENTRY FEE: $5.00 entry fee (cash), tea and coffee supplied
BRING: a name tag, Show and Tell items (new creations or old favourites), morning tea to share, your white shirt for our Shirt Tales challenge.
Textile Taster: Weird fabric folding, led by Cathie and Sue
Please bring: needles, embroidery scissors and a pale neutral coloured sewing thread.
Optional if you have them: fine non-permanent fabric marker, pins or clips, bone folder (or seam roller, old rewards card for pressing a crease), mini iron and ironing mat.
| Date | Sat 12th Sep 2026 9:00 am |
| End Date | Sat 12th Sep 2026 12:00 pm |
| Location | BVAC Hub, Tarragindi |
Social meeting: NEW MEMBERS WELCOME: First meeting free.
ENTRY FEE: $5.00 entry fee (cash), tea and coffee supplied
BRING: a name tag, Show and Tell items (new creations or old favourites), morning tea to share.
| Date | Sat 10th Oct 2026 9:00 am |
| End Date | Sat 10th Oct 2026 12:00 pm |
| Location | BVAC Hub, Tarragindi |
Social meeting: NEW MEMBERS WELCOME: First meeting free.
ENTRY FEE: $5.00 entry fee (cash), tea and coffee supplied
BRING: a name tag, Show and Tell items (new creations or old favourites), morning tea to share.
| Date | Sat 14th Nov 2026 9:00 am |
| End Date | Sat 14th Nov 2026 12:00 pm |
| Location | BVAC Hub, Tarragindi |
Includes Branch meeting and Christmas Party
Social meeting: NEW MEMBERS WELCOME: First meeting free.
ENTRY FEE: $5.00 entry fee (cash), tea and coffee supplied
BRING: a name tag, Show and Tell items (new creations or old favourites), morning tea to share.
| Date | Sat 12th Dec 2026 9:00 am |
| End Date | Sat 12th Dec 2026 12:00 pm |
| Price | $5.00 |
| Location | BVAC Hub, Tarragindi |
Social meeting: NEW MEMBERS WELCOME: First meeting free.
ENTRY FEE: $5.00 entry fee (cash), tea and coffee supplied
BRING: a name tag, Show and Tell items (new creations or old favourites), morning tea to share.
| Date | Sat 12th Dec 2026 9:00 am |
| End Date | Sat 12th Dec 2026 12:00 pm |
| Location | BVAC Hub, Tarragindi |
Social meeting: NEW MEMBERS WELCOME: First meeting free.
ENTRY FEE: $5.00 entry fee (cash), tea and coffee supplied
BRING: a name tag, Show and Tell items (new creations or old favourites), morning tea to share.
| Date | Sat 9th Jan 2027 9:00 am |
| End Date | Sat 9th Jan 2027 12:00 pm |
| Location | BVAC Hub, Tarragindi |
Social meeting: NEW MEMBERS WELCOME: First meeting free.
ENTRY FEE: $5.00 entry fee (cash), tea and coffee supplied
BRING: a name tag, Show and Tell items (new creations or old favourites), morning tea to share.
| Date | Sat 13th Feb 2027 9:00 am |
| End Date | Sat 13th Feb 2027 12:00 pm |
| Location | BVAC Hub, Tarragindi |
Social meeting: NEW MEMBERS WELCOME: First meeting free.
ENTRY FEE: $5.00 entry fee (cash), tea and coffee supplied
BRING: a name tag, Show and Tell items (new creations or old favourites), morning tea to share.
| Date | Sat 13th Mar 2027 9:00 am |
| End Date | Sat 13th Mar 2027 12:00 pm |
| Location | BVAC Hub, Tarragindi |
Social meeting: NEW MEMBERS WELCOME: First meeting free.
ENTRY FEE: $5.00 entry fee (cash), tea and coffee supplied
BRING: a name tag, Show and Tell items (new creations or old favourites), morning tea to share.
| Date | Sat 10th Apr 2027 9:00 am |
| End Date | Sat 10th Apr 2027 12:00 pm |
| Location | BVAC Hub, Tarragindi |
Social meeting: NEW MEMBERS WELCOME: First meeting free.
ENTRY FEE: $5.00 entry fee (cash), tea and coffee supplied
BRING: a name tag, Show and Tell items (new creations or old favourites), morning tea to share.
| Date | Sat 8th May 2027 9:00 am |
| End Date | Sat 8th May 2027 12:00 pm |
| Location | BVAC Hub, Tarragindi |
Social meeting: NEW MEMBERS WELCOME: First meeting free.
ENTRY FEE: $5.00 entry fee (cash), tea and coffee supplied
BRING: a name tag, Show and Tell items (new creations or old favourites), morning tea to share.
| Date | Sat 12th Jun 2027 9:00 am |
| End Date | Sat 12th Jun 2027 12:00 pm |
| Location | BVAC Hub, Tarragindi |
