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New Round of Summer ONline fiber art classes

Hey everyone, Hope everyone is having a great summer and staying cool especially if you live near me in South Carolina. My new round of online classes start July 1st. I will be offering 3 classes. All are 6 lessons/6 weeks and the cost is $60.00 for each class. Taking sign ups now. ;) http://www.creativechick.com/classes.html Monoprinting July 7-Aug 11, Organic Design July 15-Aug 12th Fiber Collage July 6th-August 10 Live Large, Dream Big & Laugh Often!! Susan ;>… Continue

Added by Susan R. Sorrell on June 28, 2009 at 4:39pm — No Comments

newest issue of fibreQUARTERLY Volume 5 Issue 2 Sring/ Summer 2009 is now on line

Volume 5 Issue 2/ Spring/ summer 2009 is now on line, with the title Entrepreneurial Textiles this double issue looks at the Inspired Design: Jacquard and Entrepreneurial Textiles conference which took place in Hendersonville, North Carolina this past January. Using the conference as a base we offer profiles of eight Canadian designer makers working with industrial or hand techni… Continue

Added by joe lewis on June 28, 2009 at 4:34pm — No Comments

Textile & Fiber Art Fair in Iowa

The Central Iowa Arts Association is hosting the Textile & Fiber Arts Fair July 11th at the Fisher Art Center in Marshalltown, Iowa. Booths are available -- criteria and application info at http://www.centraliowaartsassociation.com/ Continue

Added by Bonnie Samuel on April 10, 2009 at 10:06pm — No Comments

Spring Online classes 2009

Hey everyone, I have posted my classes that I have on CreativeChick.com post on my blog ready for sign ups. I will also have sign ups on my website later this week too. The classes can be found at www.chatterbox.creativechick.com and I will be teaching 3. I haven't sent out my March newsletter yet,but will be doing that this week. ;) *Felt Pins April 15 and 22nd $24.00 *Doodle Designs April 15-May19 $60.00 *Fertile Earth May 26-June30 $60.00 I will announce the other classes that I will be tea… Continue

Added by Susan R. Sorrell on March 22, 2009 at 4:27pm — No Comments

Announcement Ten-4-Ten Fiber Artists Collaborative

I have big news! Please visit this new website.

ANNOUNCEMENT Fiber Arts Collaborative Opening Exhibit January 10, 2009 Founder- Debbie Babin Ten-4-Ten TEN artists create~4 works of art~ TEN inches squ… Continue

Added by Debbie Babin on January 11, 2009 at 1:29pm — No Comments

New Textile Art Group (TAG) study organized FREE all are welcome

I have a yahoo group StudioQuilts-Goldilocks and friends I organized a study group (TAG Team) last Sept. We studied Art Quilt Workbook by Jane Davila and Jan Waterston. It was very successful. There was enough interest to continue. In addition I decided to add a second study. So, we now have TWO groups which are "teams". Team 1-studies Art Quilts in general Book Title: Color and Composition by Katie… Continue

Added by Debbie Babin on December 20, 2008 at 5:00pm — 2 Comments

Looking for a workshop...

for a group of artists? Perhaps I can help you... I offer a wide range of workshops, including those that are described below. And there are more to follow; if you are familiar with my work, you will know that I work in mixed media and paint as well as textile, so I can offer a wide range of technique and process workshops. If you don't see it here, why not email me and ask about it, as I specialise in bespoke workshops. I love working with groups, but limit the size to twelve at the most. I ca… Continue

Added by marion barnett on October 8, 2008 at 7:49am — No Comments

My "studio"

I am doing a textiles unit through Open Uni this study period. We have an exercise to do where we use stitch to produce a small detailed study of an aspect of our studio/living space. I have started by taking some photos of my studio.

I love that i have a space to mostly call my o… Continue

Added by Vicki Dunk on September 16, 2008 at 9:23pm — 1 Comment

Shows in New Braunfels and Rockport

Just a teaser here -- any Texans in sight, please visit our "Unframed" fiber arts exhibit in New Braunfels at the New Braunfels Art League gallery downtown through August 30. Seven fiber artists have presented a gallery full of innovative and interesting work -- art dolls, art cloth, art quilts, wearable art and more. Also, I have a small solo show this month, through Sept. 6, at the Rockport Center for the Arts -- mermaids, beach dreamers, altered jean jackets and more. I'd love to know if anyo… Continue

Added by Susie Monday on August 14, 2008 at 9:39am — No Comments

New Textile Challenge Site

Hi there all, well, you might already be aware that I have started a new challenge site, it is called Tricia's Textile Challenge. We have 15 members to date and we're doing fine, there are some very talented people already on this site so it's quite exciting, go take a look and if you'd like to join let us know. Well, I said I would blog about the piece I made for the first challenge. I can't seem to add a photo here so I will put the pictures in the general photo album. The first challenge… Continue

Added by Tricia on May 20, 2008 at 11:02am — No Comments

New Textile Challenge Site

Hi there, If you're needing another challenge then come along and take a look at mine. I have decided to open one myself. I thought that it would be lots of fun. The address is: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TriciasTextileChallenge/ Just copy and paste if it doesn't work after a click. I want it to be a nice friendly relaxed place to share our passions for our creativity. We will do swaps, and loads more besides I hope as it develops. Tell me what you think if you do drop by and don't be afra… Continue

Added by Tricia on May 13, 2008 at 4:10pm — No Comments

Exquisite Corpse Unshrouding Soon--and second round proposed!

We are SO close to the "unshrouding" of the first round!!! The last deadline is/was Aug 25, but we have some pieces that have only one square left to finish before they go back to the "owner". The group is amazing (18 players)and i can't wait to see the finished works! Counting myself, i have 5 people interested in playing in a second round for the Exquisite Corpse project. If you are interested, please let me know. If you *do* commit, you MUST follow the rules, and be aware of postal costs, de… Continue

Added by arlee barr on April 11, 2008 at 1:04pm — 1 Comment

From My Gallery of Work.

I created "Bubble Knit" in 2006 after taking a short course in Surface Textiles at the London College of Fashion. I had become very interested in learning how to machine knit and different felting processes and in particular how they could work together to create te… Continue

Added by Saras Texture Crafts on March 25, 2008 at 5:29am — No Comments

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