The Embroiderers’
Guild, Queensland Inc.

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Library

The Guild’s Library contains an extensive collection of over 2,500 books and magazines on all forms of embroidery, and related areas such as textile arts and patchwork.

It provides members with a wonderful resource for designs, learning skills, and ideas. New resources are added to the Library each year through purchases and through generous donations from members and friends of the Guild.

Library books

The library books can be found in two ways.

  1. The catalogue is printed out twice a year and placed in folders on the Library Desk. The folders are for Authors, Titles, and Subjects.
  2. The catalogue is on the Librarything website. It is more up to date and more comprehensive.
The library catalogue is a list of all our books
View the catalogue

Instructions to use the catalogue

Borrowing from the Guild Library

Only financial members of the Guild can borrow library resources. Members of the public and students with an interest in embroidery are welcome to access resources, but only in the Guild Library. Contact the Guild to organise a time.

Country members are invited to contact the Guild to request the loan of library resources.

Contact the Guild via email or phone
info@embroiderersquildqld.org.au
(07) 3252 8629

The Guild Library guidelines
  • New books are displayed on the Library Desk for members to browse and reserve.
  • Guild members may borrow 3 books and 3 magazines for 4 weeks. Extensions to loans can be requested from the Librarian by email.
  • Use the RETURNS drawer in the Library Desk when returning loans or finishing browsing.

Magazines

The Guild holds current subscriptions to numerous magazines. Older magazines for which the Guild does not have current subscriptions are also available.

Guild Library magazines are shelved by their title and are available for loan. Please be aware that some magazine issues are missing, are on loan or were never received.

Magazines with current subscriptions

Embroidery, the textile art magazine

Published by Embroiderers’ Guild UK

1955 to date (from Vol.44, 1993 -Vol.52, 2001 it was called World of Embroidery).

Inspirations

Published by Inspirations Studios, Australia
1993 to date

Needlepoint Now

Published by Needlepoint Now, Oregon, USA
No.4, 2004, Vol. 8 2006 to date.

Piecework

Published by Long Thread Media, USA
Vol.5, 1997 to date

Stitch

Published by Embroiderers’ Guild UK
2000 to date

Textile Fibre Forum

Published by Artwear Publications, Australia
1988 to date

Threads

Published by Association of NZ Embroiderers’ Guilds Inc.
1984 to date
Older magazines

Jill Oxton’s Cross Stitch & Beading

Published by Jill Oxton
no.20 1995 to no.90, 2014

Rakam

An Italian magazine which is no longer being published, no.10, Sept 2005 to no.7/8, Jul/Aug 2016.

Sampler Antique and Needlework

Published by Hoffman Media, USA
no.14, 1999 to no.79, 2015.

The Embroideress

Published by Pearsall and Company and the Old Beach Linen Company of Ireland
We have most of these magazines. They are very fragile and for use in the Library only