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ANZEG | ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND EMBROIDERERS' GUILDS INC
ANZEG Threads magazine
The Association of New Zealand Embroiderers' Guilds produces a magazine every six months featuring the best of New Zealand embroidery, news from Guilds all over New Zealand and special features on different embroiderers and techniques.
Threads was first published in October 1980 and started out as a black and white issue of 28 pages.
It is now 68 glorious full colour pages full of embroidery delights. It comes out every April and October. Subscriptions are welcome.
< Our latest issue, #93 | October 2026, includes:
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Conference 2026 'Threads of Connection' review
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Profiles on Amarjeet Nandhra and Ann-Marie Anderson-Mayes
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Two ANZEG Outstanding Award recipients
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Janine Heschl: Painting wildlife with thread
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Learn a new stitch: German buttonhole
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A free pattern: Harris Tweed pincushion
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Fun puzzle page
plus lots of other news from New Zealand's Guilds...
Our next issue comes out in APRIL 2027.
Please send articles to the Editor before FRIDAY February 26.
For more information please contact the Threads Editor:
Margaret Rietema
email: editor.threads@gmail.com
To advertise or subscribe contact:
Amanda Sherman
email: embroiderynzwebsite@gmail.com
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COVER: WEIGHED DOWN BY TRADITION by Jo Dixey of Wellington Embroiderers’ Guild. Having had such a traditional embroidery training, sometimes when I try to create very contemporary pieces of embroidery it’s hard for me to fight against the weight of that tradition. Traditional Jacobean crewelwork and surface embroidery. 270x310mm including figure. Conference 2026 OPEN Traditional: The Ties That Bind – First.
COVER: WEIGHED DOWN BY TRADITION by Jo Dixey of Wellington Embroiderers’ Guild. Having had such a traditional embroidery training, sometimes when I try to create very contemporary pieces of embroidery it’s hard for me to fight against the weight of that tradition. Traditional Jacobean crewelwork and surface embroidery. 270x310mm including figure. Conference 2026 OPEN Traditional: The Ties That Bind – First.