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Brisbane Branch Meeting December and Christmas Party

Queensland Branch meeting will be held.

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.

Please bring your creations for our TASTY TEXTILE MORSELS challenge to display.

Our December meeting is a combined Branch meeting and Christmas Party, so the celebration will last until 3pm.
Dress in Christmas cheer

Please bring: your own plate and cutlery, plus whatever food you agreed to bring to share. 
A glass for punch
Your item for our Tasty Textile challenge
Secret Santa: As usual we will have a Secret Santa present swap. If you wish to be involved please bring a handmade item, value between $10-$15, (please wrap it anonymously).

Christmas Activity: Roseanne Rentz will be creating Christmas cards with the group at our last meeting for the year. Please bring along:

  • Paper cutting scissors. 
  • Ruler.
  • Pencil.
  • Craft glue for gluing paper.
  • Double sided foam tape (to raise an image).
  • Stanley Knife or piercing tool to lift sticky gemstones. 

Please do not stress if you don’t own some of these items. We can share what we have.

Date Sat 13th Dec 2025 9:00 am
End Date Sat 13th Dec 2025 3:00 pm
Price $5.00
Location BVAC Hub, Tarragindi
Brisbane Social Meeting January

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.

Our new challenges will be launched at this meeting.

 

Date Sat 10th Jan 2026 9:00 am
End Date Sat 10th Jan 2026 12:00 pm
Price $5.00
Location BVAC Hub, Tarragindi
Brisbane Social Meeting February

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 with your response to the latet prompt:
Lucy Lockett lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it

Textile Taster:  Indigo dyeing (Part 1) with Judy Worsley
Indigo

Participants will need to bring
.  Half a meter of cotton 
.  Top stitching thread if they have it .. if not a thicker sewing thread and some needles which can be used with the thread they have brought. 
.  A couple of stencils they like .... simple rather than complex.
.  An HB pencil or a washout pen to draw their design onto the cotton.
 
Time: 1.5 to 2 Hours.
Judy will demo some techniques and then dye some of these examples. The rest of the time can be spent sewing their designs onto their fabric.
 

 

Date Sat 14th Feb 2026 9:00 am
End Date Sat 14th Feb 2026 12:00 pm
Price $5.00
Location BVAC Hub, Tarragindi
Brisbane Branch and Social Meeting March

Our Queensland Branch Meeting will be held.

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 with your respose to the latest prompt.

Textile Taster: Indigo Dyeing (Part 2) with Judy Worsley

Indigo
Judy will bring an indigo vat, and everyone can dye their fabric that was prepared at the February meeting. The indigo dyeing will take place outside the studio.

Please bring: SUN HAT/ SHIRT, gloves, apron, pegs or safety pins so people can identify their work once it is dyed, plastic bags to take home your work in and a small tray to carry around your dyed work so the concrete is not stained.

 

Date Sat 14th Mar 2026 9:00 am
End Date Sat 14th Mar 2026 12:00 pm
Price $5.00
Location BVAC Hub, Tarragindi
BLOOM: Stitch, Create, Design

BLOOM: Stitch, Create, Design is an ATASDA exhibition and gallery shop at Richard Randall Art Studio, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha.

Bloom: Stitch, Create, Design features textile artworks created by fourteen artists from the Brisbane branch of Australian Textile Art and Surface Design Association. They have created artworks using a wide range of styles and techniques to fit the theme of nature and botanicals, to fit in with the venue of the beautiful Botanic Gardens.

BLOOM Stitch Create Design copyFree parking.

Open Tues 10-4
          Wed 10-4
         Thurs 10-4
          Fri 10-4
          Sat 10-4
          Sun 10-4

 

 

Date Tue 24th Mar 2026 10:00 am
End Date Sun 29th Mar 2026 4:00 am
Location Richard Randall Art Studio
Brisbane Social Meeting April

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 11th Apr 2026 9:00 am
End Date Sat 11th Apr 2026 12:00 pm
Price $5.00
Location BVAC Hub, Tarragindi
Brisbane Social Meeting May

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
Entry Rego/Payment - Preservation" 2026 Exhibition

“Preservation” Exhibition 5-17 September 2026
Be part of this wonderful opportunity to exhibit your work in a beautiful gallery in the heart of Sydney.

Complete Registrations/Payment for each entry (max of 3)
Pay
via credit card using the register button below, to must login to register.
You must also fill, sign and submit an Entry Form. For more information and to download an Entry Form

If submitting multiple entries, please pay for each piece in a separate registration.

TO REGISTER - first log in as a member then go to the Details page of this event and select Register

Would like to enter but not a member? - Join Us

Date Tue 30th Jun 2026
End Date Tue 30th Jun 2026
Price Members-Only Exhibition - Fee $25 per piece

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All ATASDA members are invited to participate

Garden Gallery, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney

5-17 September 2026

For more information and entry form go to www.atasda.au/nsw/exhibitions

in conjunction with Aust. Soc. of Calligraphers and Primrose Paper Arts

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