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ESSENTIAL INFO
If you purchase a ticket for this course, all the information on this page will be emailed to you with your ticket.
👥 Suitable for: Adults only 18+
📍 Venue: Bellingen High School (mobility aid accessible)
📈 Level: BEGINNER to INTERMEDIATE skill level
⏰ Schedule: Mon–Fri, 9am – 4pm (5 Full-Days)
🏷️ Extra costs: This course has a cost of $25 for materials
Required skills & experience
Students will need to be able thread a needle and tie knots.
All embroidery stitches used will be taught from scratch, so no previous embroidery experience is required.
This course involves working with fine threads and manipulating small pieces of fabric. It is unsuitable for people with vision issues or people who have limited movement or dexterity in fingers, hands and arms.
Supplies that will be provided by your tutor:
Cost of $25 includes:
Printed instructions and stitch guides
Threads
Yarn
Vessel (tins, tea cups or jars)
Assorted base fabrics
Small amounts of other consumables (e.g. wire, wadding, glues)
NOTE: Supply costs will be collected by the tutor before Camp Creative.
Supplies that you need to bring to class
All materials will be supplied, but students are welcome to bring any embroidery supplies they may already own such as:
Embroidery hoops
Needles
Sharp scissors
Please do bring:
A small notebook or sketchbook for sketching designs.
If you would regularly use a magnifier or neck light for crafting you may find it useful to bring along.
Learning outcomes
Students will leave with a small self-designed moss and mushroom artwork in a small vessel (tin, cup or jar).
COURSE PLAN
DAY ONE
Students are introduced to materials and will learn ‘base’ hand embroidery stitches.
DAY TWO
Introduce dimensional elements, learning to make ferns and mushrooms.
DAY THREE
We step through how to design your own artwork using techniques learnt on day 1&2, and start creating.
DAY FOUR & FIVE
Students focus on creating their own artwork, and learn finishing techniques
COURSE TUTOR
Mary McMillan
Mary McMillan is a self-taught hand embroidery artist. Growing up in regional NSW, Mary was first introduced to embroidery as a child, being taught basic stitching by her mother.
During the lockdowns of the 2020 pandemic, she rekindled her love of the craft and began selling her work through local craft markets. Inspired by the abundance of moss, lichen and fungi in the New England region she has developed techniques to recreate these natural elements in thread and fabric and combine these with found objects such as wood.
Since 2024 she has been exhibiting her stitched artworks in local galleries around the Armidale region. Most recently her work was selected to be part of the 2026 Collective exhibition at the Inverell Art Gallery.
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