Entries Close 31st Jan for stitched and bound

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Only two days left to get your entries in for the stitched and bound exhibition. The entry form is only available from the WAQA website until midnight Saturday 31 January 2026. You can submit an entry form even if your piece is not quite finished as the jurors will use your photographs to select entries for showing at the exhibition. Remember you may enter up to two works for $35 (WAQA members) or $45 (non-members).


Midland Junction Arts Centre (MJAC) will host the 2026/27 stitched and bound exhibition from 1 May 2026 until 28 June 2026. This will be followed by a Tour of the exhibition to a number of regional galleries.

Esperance All Done!

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Recently the stitched and bound exhibition travelled to its first stop Esperance.
Which had about 40 visitors on opening night! What a wonderful start to the regional
tour of the 24/25 exhibition. Some comments from that exhibition are below.
From here the exhibition will travel to the Goldfields then further afield. Looking
forward to the reaction there for this wonderful exhibition.

We had a wonderful night with approximately 40 in attendance, including
representatives from Esperance Bay Rotary club and Michael and Gillian Florisson
(sponsors).
The Cannery is honoured to have this exhibition in Esperance, art director
Marcia Leonard said not just because it features textile artists from all over
WA but especially because the selected works in two by Esperance artists.
“we were absolutely blown away with it all so of course when the proposal
came up to the board they said yes”

A few photos from the opening night in Esperance

Exhibition Opening Night

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It was a wonderful exhibition opening night last night at the Midland Junction Arts Centre (MJAC).

As attendees arrived they were met with a drink, name tag and invited to mingle. Then MJAC Director Jenny Haynes welcomed everyone and introduced American Quiltmaker Maria Shell who opened the exhibition with a lovely speech. She was followed by Marilyn Clarke Murphy who thanked all involved in the exhibition especially the artists.

The exhibition is on at MJAC until the 14th July. Please take the time to visit and support our local textile and quilt artists. Don’t forget to drop by the Veranda Studio to see the the Artists in Residence at work!

Exhibits Have Been Selected!!

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Emails have been sent to all those that submitted a piece for stitched and bound this year with an letter providing the results of the jurors’ deliberations.

Congratulations to those whose pieces were selected and commiserations to those whose pieces didn’t get in.

If you received your letter, please ensure you reply to the email acknowledging receipt of the letter as the committee wants to be sure all entrants are aware of the outcome of their entry.

If you haven’t received your letter, please check your junk/spam folder just in case, otherwise contact Susan Sheath or Marilyn Clark-Murphy on waqasandb@gmail.com.