Textiles on the Town: Summer Classes / Shop TC for Mom's Day

In This Issue

SPRING / SUMMER CLASSES NOW ONLINE

LIBRARY EVENT

MOTHER'S DAY SHOPPING

GARAGE SALE WRAP-UP

MEMBER NEWS

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Education

Visit by Author Carol James

Tuesday, May 21,

noon - 1 pm

Author Carol James of

Fingerweaving Untangled and Sprang Unsprung will discuss her journey as the 'SashWeaver,' history and a variety of items, such as a hat, mittens, vest and shawl created using sprang technique. Plus, she will share her re-creation of the sash George Washington received from British General Braddock during the French and Indian Wars. This piece will be included in the Mount Vernon Museum in Washington D.C. It will be a wonderful opportunity to see this piece up close before it is handed over to the museum's permanent collection.

Plan to come early or stay late, or drop by after 5 pm to watch Carol demonstrate these unique techniques throughout the day at the Weavers Guild. Demonstration schedule: 10 - 11:30 am, 1 - 2 pm, and 4 - 7 pm.

This program is part of the Textile Center Pat O'Connor Library Author Lunch Series. Copresented with the Weavers Guild of Minnesota.

Shop for Mother's Day at Textile Center

Garage Sale Wrap-Up

BY THE NUMBERS:

1 giant barn loom purchased
2 chock-full U of M ReUse Center aisles
9 hours of frantic textile buying
11 Textile Center staff members with hoarse voices & blisters
63 auction items for sale
125 volunteers who generously gave of their time
1,000 skeins of yarn donated by a single individual
1,585 shoppers, more than last year!
$40,000 in funds raised for Textile Center programs
Endless gratitude earned

Member News

Linda Snouffer -botanical prints -

St. Paul Art Crawl

April 26-27-28, * Fri 6-10, Sat 12-8, Sun 12-5

Northern Warehouse Studio 206
308 Prince St St. Paul, MN

www.stpaulartcrawl.org

Now on View: an online art exhibit featuring new work by Ingrid Restemayer

InitiativeArtwork.blogspot.com

[email protected] /

612-396-3947

Restemayer's large scroll series was created with funding from an Artist Initiative Grant by the Minnesota State Arts Board. It features works with images of animals used as pseudo-illustrations paired with a surface covered in fields of French knots. The work is indicative of her mixed media/fiber work which incorporates traditional embroidery techniques, dyed papers and hand-pulled intaglio prints combined through collage.

Minnesota Quilters May Meetings

Thursday May 2: "Studio Organization", 7 pm

Nancy Wick will give a presentation chock full of tips, tricks, and inspirational ideas for taking your sewing space from cluttered to organized.

Saturday May 4 "It's not a Quilt Until It's Quilted", 10 am

Wick speaks on thread and batting selection, marking quilt tops, and preparing quilt layers for the machine quilting process. Learn tips to help you overcome your fear of machine quilting and/or take your quilting to the next level.

MQ meetings at St. Lawrence Church, 1203 5th St SE, Mpls

612-436-0449; [email protected] or http://www.mnquilt.org

Cost: $5 for nonmembers; free to MQ members