September 6, 2023
An embroidery workshop with a difference attracted 20 eager participants – and thousands of dollars worth of specialist equipment – to Kingaroy last week.
The three-day workshop, held at the South Burnett Enterprise Centre, was led by Jane Grove who travelled from Townsville to share her skills in computerised machine embroidery.
Computer embroidery involves a specialist computer sewing machine stitching a design on to fabric, following a pattern which has been uploaded.
It produces professional-looking work in a fraction of the time of hand sewing, but still requires great skill and patience from the operator.
The workshop attracted craftspeople from as far away as Blackwater and Moura … and there was a waiting list!
The amazing thing is that the workshop was booked out simply by word-of-mouth, with nil advertising.
Jane, who describes herself as a “freelance educator”, met Kingaroy resident Beryl Cann in 2015, and since then Beryl has been urging Jane to hold a workshop in the South Burnett.
The pair put their heads together to organise the event which ran from Friday to Sunday.
