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Meredith Woolnough

Embroidered art for nature lovers

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Hi, i’m Meredith

A visual artist and teacher based in Newcastle Australia. I love to explore the natural world through a unique form of sculptural embroidery. Welcome to my world!

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See through an artists eye

Come along with me as I explore the natural world through embroidery. Join me on this journey and receive sneak peeks and special VIP previews of new collections when they are released.

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Buy Original Art

Meredith releases collections of new original embroideries a few times a year. Click the button below to see what she has been making lately.

See available work here

Learn from Meredith

The SCULPTURAL EMBROIDERY online course is where I share all that I know and love about freehand machine embroidery on water soluble fabric. All my tips, tricks and techniques in one place.

The next class begins February 16th 2026

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Free Online Course

Join me in the ‘Introduction to Freehand machine Embroidery’ online course and try your hand at this fun, creative way to draw with your sewing machine. Its a great way to test out the technique on your machine (and also test me out as a teacher)

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The latest from Meredith’s Instagram page

Colourful chaos on the desk today as I try to figure out a colour scheme for my next embroidery. 

I have also been playing with a set of ‘colour cubes’ by @sarahrenaeclark to help spark colour ideas. Not sure if they are helping of just
I just realised I never shared these photos. These are the nine mini leaf pieces from my recent collection prior to mounting. There is something really fun about working small and I love that I can hold them in my hands like a precious treasure. 

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So close to finishing the stitching on this ‘Paper Nautilus’ piece! 

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Making progress - slowly - and with some headaches along the way. 

My beautiful machine is having some issues at the moment and it’s really testing my patience. She’s snapping threads like crazy and with no clear reason or pattern (that
Loving how this colour fade starts 😍 deep purples through to dusty pinks. 💜💗 

This piece maps the pattern of ridges on an argonauts egg case, depicted in the vibrant colours that the animal itself can produce. Argonauts (which are pelagic octopus

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