June 13, 2026
The annual two-month Queensland Winter Craft Festival was officially launched by South Burnett Mayor Kathy Duff on a chilly Friday evening recently at the Kingaroy Regional Art Gallery.
The festival has been hosted every June and July at the gallery since 2016.
The 2026 event, dubbed “A Crafty Mix in ’26”, officially opened on June 5 and will run through until the end of July.
Local craftspeople take over the gallery spaces as well as hosting a series of hands-on workshops in the 1913 Council Chambers building.
(Details about these workshops – which have limited spots – are available from the Kingaroy gallery).
The June exhibition features pieces created by the Tangled Threads group in the main gallery, including large fibre art wall hangings.
Works by the “The 2 Susies” ie. Sue Flintham and Susie Woltmann are in Gallery 2 under the title “Fire & Threads”.
The front gallery features a range of pieces, including Fabergé-style eggs by decorator Trevor Mitchell.
These exhibition will be replaced in July with “The Battle Of The Quilts” in the main gallery, works by Tania Rae Corbet in Gallery 2 and Lyn Kenny in Gallery 3.
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Quilt Trail
A highlight of the annual Queensland Winter Craft Festival is always the Quilt Trail, which this year will be held on the weekend of July 18-19.
There are nine events happening, from Kingaroy to Wondai (see the full list, below).
The various venues will be open from 9:00am to 4:00pm, on Saturday, July 18; and from 9:00am to 2:00pm on Sunday, July 19.
(The popular Wooroolin De Stash Day is on the Saturday only!)
Refreshments will be available at some venues, including the Kingaroy and Wondai art galleries, however some of the hosts may not have EFTPOS facilities so purchases will have to be made in cash.
Quilt Trail Hosts:
- Batik Fabrics Online – Wooroolin Memorial Hall, Alexander Street, Wooroolin
- Cooinda & Nanango Quilting Group – Kingaroy Town Hall, Glendon Street, Kingaroy
- EPP Fanatics – Wooroolin QCWA Rooms, Alexander Street, Wooroolin
- Kingaroy Regional Art Gallery – 126 Haly Street, Kingaroy (Battle Of The Quilts winner announced 10:00am on Sunday)
- Kingaroy QCWA & Maidenwell Quilters – Kingaroy QCWA Rooms, 122-124 Kingaroy Street, Kingaroy
- Quilters Rest – 562 Weens Road, Gordonbrook
- Somethings Country – 18 Alford Street, Kingaroy
- Wondai Regional Art Gallery – Haly Street, Wondai
- Wooroolin De Stash – Wooroolin Memorial Hall, Alexander Street, Wooroolin (Saturday only)
