Allthreads Embroidery

20/08/2026

As promised, here are some more photos of the embroideries on the Red Dress. It is on exhibition at the Museum of Brisbane until the 13th September and entry is free. As it won't be returning to Australia, be sure to visit it while it is here! Kirsty will be giving a presentation on the 13th August by way of a finale event. Tickets still available.https://events.humanitix.com/celebrate-the-finale-of-the-red-dress-in-australia-with-a-presentation-by-artist-kirstie-macleod

09/08/2026

Yesterday when I visited the Museum of Brisbane to spend time with the Red Dress, I was asked questions about the Australian panel and how it came together. I decided to put together a short video from some of the photos taken while we worked on the Red Dress from the first planning meeting to the finished panel. This was our journey.

06/08/2026

Celebrate the finale of the Red Dress in Australia at a presentation by Kirstie Macleod on the 13th September. This presentation will be held in the Sherwood Room, Brisbane City Hall from 2.30pm to 4.00pm. At 5.00pm the exhibition closes so this is your last chance to see and experience the Red Dress before it returns to the UK. Kirstie's presentation will leave you with a long-lasting memory of the amazing journey this dress has taken. Tickets on sale now!

Join Kirstie Macleod for an inspiring artist talk celebrating the Australian finale of The Red Dress and its extraordinary global embroidery journey.

05/08/2026

Allthreads will be closed on Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th August 2026 so that we can carry out a stocktake. Wednesday is a public holiday, and we would ordinarily be closed, so hopefully this won't cause too much inconvenience.

27/07/2026

A walk with Kirstie Macleod through White's Hill Reserve this afternoon did not disappoint! 4 wallabies , 3 koalas, and a kookaburra in a gum tree! A fitting end to her first trip to Australia!
(The wallabies were camera shy and didn't stay long enough to get good photos)!

27/07/2026

Over the next few weeks I will share images of some of the embroideries on the Red Dress with you so that those of you who cannot make it to Brisbane to see it in person, can still enjoy and be a part of our excitement.if you are able to make it to the exhibition at the Museum of Brisbane please visit! It is so much more inspiring and powerful in person! ♥️ #

27/07/2026

We have a limited number of signed copies of Kirstie Macleod's catalogue The Red Dress available instore and online now!
https://www.allthreads.com.au/products/the-red-dress-catalogue?_pos=3&_sid=8da54eeeb&_ss=r

26/07/2026

Kirstie Macleod has been staying with me the last few days and so I was able to take a closer look at the gorgeous garments that have been loaned to her by Ka-Sha for this tour snd which you may have seen her wearing to various events in Warwick and Brisbane. Ka-Sha is a clothing brand in India - their garments are exquisitely sewn with meticulous detail! The patterns in the fabric are sewn, not printed - even the labels are hand stitched in tiny chain stitches! And so I share them with you! While Kirstie signed books and catalogues, I admired her outfits!

26/07/2026

Today Allthreads Embroidery and the Queensland Women's Historical Association hosted a presentation by Kirstie Macleod for 112 attendees!
Everyone was touched by the stories Kirstie shared about the embroiderers and the journey of the Red Dress and her dedication and commitment to this project!
Special thanks to Kirstie for the presentation, to Aunty Raelene Baker for her welcome, to the Qld Government for sponsoring this public event so that it could be free, and to everyone who attended!

26/07/2026

WOW! What a weekend with the Red Dress!
Yesterday morning many of the Allthreads Community who stitched on our panel of the Red Dress were reunited at the Museum of Brisbane! Our panel was embroidered in 2019 and much has changed in the lives of the embroiderers since then.
Every one of us was in awe of what Kirstie has achieved through this project and how magnificent the Red Dress is! It was both fabulous and surreal for us to all gather around the dress and to know we are part of a project that is making a huge impact to the lives of so many women and that wherever the Red Dress goes, a little bit of us goes with it!♥️
Special thanks to the Museum for organising this viewing for us!