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Welcome to our website
Welcome to the ANZEG website and world of New Zealand embroidery. We hope through visiting this website you will be enthused to seek further information about the Association or how you can become more involved in embroidery by joining one of our 59 guilds spread from the far north to the deep south. To view embroidery exhibited at the recent
ANZEG Conference held in Hamilton go to the Gallery
page of this site, and to view the winners of each exhibition
and for details of the conference to be held in Christchurch in 2012, go to the Conference page of this website. The Association offers classes at all levels to members with both local and international tutors, and those that seek further challenges can work through a New Zealand Certificate of Embroidery. National and local exhibitions are held regularly showcasing the wealth of experience and talent we have in this chosen art form. We trust that if you are a beginner stitcher or more advanced or looking for a challenge that you will contact us through this website or a guild in your area. President's Message The long hot dry summer continues. It has started to bite hard for many and my thoughts go out to those members in the farming community who are really struggling with the very dry conditions. I hope by the time you receive this issue of Threads you have had some rain and things are looking brighter. I am sure we all love a challenge and a celebration, and this being Conference year we as embroiderers can do both. July sees many of us gathering in Hamilton for Waikato Conference 2010. At such times we can look back and remember those that have given time and talent to guide us through the years to where we are today. I’m sure they never envisaged that we would grow to today’s numbers and give pleasure to so many. Embroidery always attracts attention whether in an exhibition or one just quietly stitching – people always stop, look and ask questions. We need to all encourage others to join us, especially young people as they are the future of our Association. I also challenge you all to take part in the exhibitions at Conference. You still have time to put your talents to good use, and I look forward to seeing your pieces in the exhibitions. By becoming more involved in an organisation we learn more about the background, the people involved, the opportunities available and we make new friends. It is now only a few weeks until Conference 2010, and I am already thinking about those that I have met in my travels around the country and will renew friendships with, the new things I will learn, exhibitions to visit, our generous sponsors, and in doing so I also thank and appreciate the Waikato Conference Committee and all they are doing for us, they need our support as much as we need them. The Travel Study Grant application for this year closes in May. I do trust that if any of you are planning to attend a course or are thinking of doing some more study that you will put a proposal forward. This grant can be a help towards travel or tutor costs. Your Regional Reps or the Education Co-Ordinator have application forms. I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at Waikato Conference. I know it will be a happy, busy week of stitching, good friends and taking home lots of memories. Happy stitching.
Margaret Erskine
President.
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