Jacqui Thomson of Milton, New South Wales, is a founding member of the Narrawilly Proggers and the Australian Rugmakers Guild.
In 1994, Jacqui was instrumental in helping Miriam Miller set up the Narrawilly Proggers and since its inception, has maintained the group’s journals, documenting all the rugs made by group members. With Miriam, she has travelled extensively around the world and throughout Australia and New Zealand to make contact with other rug makers.
Jacqui is also a member of The International Guild of Handhooking Rugmakers and in 2009 travelled to the Triennial Conference of TIGHR in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, to become part of the TIGHR Board when Australia became host country for the next three years.