World's Worst Wagga Quilting Workshop

Join Fiona and Ruby from the World’s Worst Wagga Guild for a joyful quilting workshop that celebrates imperfection and creativity. Explore inspiring waggas from the National Wool Museum Collection, learn scrap quilting techniques, and create your own mini quilt in a relaxed, welcoming setting. Whether you're new to quilting, want to repurpose sentimental fabrics, or just try something fun, this hands-on session is for you. 

All materials and equipment are provided, but feel free to bring your own fabrics to personalise your piece.

No experience needed—just a love of fabric, storytelling, and making with heart.

About the Artists

The World’s Worst Wagga Guild was established in 2023 on unceded Wurundjeri-woiwurrung  Land by Fiona Waters and Ruby Hoppen. Fiona and Ruby are wonky scrap quilters who focus on sustainable textile practices and bringing people together. World’s Worst Wagga Guild works to democratise art making, foster community connections, promote wellbeing, reduce textile waste and increase people’s creative confidence.

Fiona’s work expresses their queer identity, and Ruby’s seeks to reveal the experience of single motherhood. They believe that giving it your ‘worst’ can in fact be giving it your ‘best’ – this is why the Guild was named after the ‘world’s worst wagga’ which lives at the National Wool Museum! It is a quilt that was declared the worst in the world but is now an important piece of Australian quilting history.