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Latest Photos

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Above, from our annual display at the East Maitland Public Library, 2022

CLASS SELECTION DAY June 2019

From our recent East Maitland Library display, May 2019
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Some of our members enjoying a class held by Marie Cant

Class Selection Day 2019

At the 2019 Maitland Show, we sponsored several prizes

The first meeting at our new venue, the Telarah Bowling Club

From Our Archives

Close up of a cloth from the Nell Pyle collection.
Cloth from the Nell Pyle collection.
Embroidered supper cloth features two threads stitched together to create a variegated effect, from the Nell Pyle collection.
Milk jug cover. Nell Pyle collection.
Tape lace. Nell Pyle collection.
Embroidered Doily. Donation from Anne Buckley.
An embroidered chair cover.
Ribbon embroidery from founding member Norma Bambach with a photo of our six founding members taken on our 10th anniversary.
Fairy Knitting, 1940 era stitched by Esmeralda Robinson, mother of member Margaret Spice.

A Collection of Maitland Embroiderers Group Photos

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Since the seventeenth century, haberdashery has been sold to the public in many forms. This Pedlar Doll represents an early method of selling their wares. As these ladies walked through the streets and markets, the manner in which they carried their stock was quite ingenious.