SPECIAL EVENT: Carol James in Person
Tuesday, May 21 ● Free and open to the public
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The author of Fingerweaving Untangled and Sprang Unsprung will participate in the Textile Center Pat O'Connor Library Author Lunch Series. James will also share her re-creation of the sash George Washington received from British General Braddock during the French and Indian Wars. This Textile Center preview will be the ONLY opportunity to see it up close before it goes to the permanent collection of Mount Vernon Museum outside Washington D.C.
Author lunch: noon to 1 pm. Bring your lunch; light refreshments provided
Drop-in schedule of sprang technique demonstrations in the Weaver's Guild: 10 - 11:30 am, 1 - 2 pm, 4 - 7 pm
This program is copresented with Weavers Guild of Minnesota
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Art quilt exhibition organized by the Fiber Artists Coalition
Opening night reception: Friday May 17, 6 - 8 pm
Free and open to the public
Also coming to Textile Center's Pat O'Connor Library Gallery
and studio space May 17 - July 20
 PAUL O'CONNOR: Remembered
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 Our May - August education schedule is now online. Classes and Summer Camps are filling up. Register today!
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Mother's Day Gifts Galore . . .
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Minnesota Contemporary Quilters (MCQ)
Next Meeting: 6:30 pm, Textile Center
Flaun Cline from the Modern Quilt Guild will speak about modern quilting. This quilting characteristically uses bold colors and prints, high contrast and graphic areas of solid color, improvisational piecing, minimalism, expansive negative space, and alternate grid work. http://www.mncontemporaryquilters.net/
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Volunteer in the Textile Center's Dye Garden!
Work with other Textile Center and Weavers Guild volunteers to maintain our dye garden and its assortment of plants used in natural dyes. Volunteers should be able to commit to one day a week for the duration of the growing season. Prior experience with dye plants is useful, but not required. Contact Cedar Phillips for more information or to sign up as a garden volunteer: [email protected] or 612.436.0464 |
