‘What A Weekend’ Tutors
Julie Clemett
Julie began embroidery at an early age taught by her mother and grandmother and inspired by household items made by her grand- and great-grandmothers. She has a wide range of embroidery interests, mostly counted thread embroidery styles, and loves to learn more about traditional embroidery and then use the techniques in modern ways. Julie
enjoys passing on this learning, and helping students develop their own talents.
Trish Hughes
A passion for needle and thread have been with Trish for her whole life. Counted work is top of her list of favourite techniques and she has taught locally, nationally and at conferences. This ceased for the last 6 years of her 10 years on ANZEG Executive but now that her 10 years is over, she has returned to her passion – passing on her knowledge to others.
Anne Jaquiery-Newall
Anne grew up in Wanaka, a perfect place that helped grow her
creativity. She has a passion for designing, sewing, beading, and stitching. After many years of attending embroidery classes, she is now a tutor, able to pass on the wonderful knowledge that she has learned over the years.
Christine Richards (McGuigan)
Chris is an experienced embroidery and textiles tutor to students of a range of ages and experiences. Through years of teaching and studying textile crafts she has developed a deep understanding of how to empower students to explore their own potential and to
discover the joy of creating in their own style.
In her classes students are encouraged to use their own stories or experiences to create memorable and personal work by incorporating memorabilia. Chris’s engaging teaching style makes her classes fun and rewarding.
Chris has taught WAW events, including fabric paper making, hand and machine embroidery.
Andrea Old
Andrea was introduced to embroidery as a teenager by her mother and has belonged to Auckland Guild for thirty years. Her preference has
always been for counted work on both linen and canvas, and geometric shapes rather than figures, landscapes or flowers. In recent years she has been designing her own pieces and become confident with colour. Andrea teaches regularly at her own guild and other Northern region guilds.
Shirley Pygott
Shirley has tutored embroidery classes for more than 18 years in Guilds and events throughout New Zealand and on 3 international cruises. She was the ANZEG travelling tutor in 2019. Shirley utilises a wide variety of techniques in her work, and enjoys applying traditional methods in modern and experimental applications.
She has completed the ANZEG Diploma of Embroidery Teaching, and has won many regional and national
exhibition awards. She is known for her low stress
approach in her classes.
Fiona Crowther-Aker
Fiona is a Member of the Aoraki Embroiderers Guild . She has found her place in needlework creating new designs and playing with colour. Especially when she finds a thread she can’t resist or an idea that gets stuck in her head. When teaching classes she is sharing “How I Stitched It” .
When designing for classes she tries to keep in mind several key things: technique, design, thread, the end product, who will stitch it, time restraints,
cohesive instructions and will it be too overwhelming for some students . For her students, she wants them to be relaxed, have fun and enjoy the process of needlework and what we can create.
Sue Swann
Sue has always enjoyed working with her hands and has dabbled in a variety of different crafts over the years
finally finding her niche in embroidery. For the last 30 years she has been exploring the different techniques and styles, initially by taking classes in different techniques until she reached the point where she wanted to design her own pieces. At this point she began her
journey through City and Guilds Design and Craft. She enjoys the challenge of designing a piece and then translating the design into a piece of art. In recent years, she has also enjoyed working with fellow embroiderers and watching them work her designs.