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July Shop Special

Celebrate Textile Center's 20th birthday all year with a monthly Shop Special! Textile Center & Guild members: Save 20% on Harrisville Designs fiber art kits. These award-winning kits are made in Harrisville, New Hampshire, where woolen yarn has been spun in mills since 1794. Harrisville Designs has been owned and operated by the Colony family since the 1800's. Choose from weaving, needlework, rug hooking, knitting, crocheting, and more, for a variety of ages. Now through July 31 or while supplies last. (No other discounts or coupons apply to the special offer.)

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A new collection of Shibori-dyed apparel designs have arrived from Minneapolis fiber artist Lee Bradford.

Upcoming Classes

Spotlight on New Sewing Classes
Textile Center has classes for beginners, masters, and everyone in-between!

Sewing Machine Maintenance
Tuesday, July 22, 6-9 pm

Fasteners From B to Z
Wednesday, July 30, 6-9 pm

Member News

Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Juried Competition

Deadline: July 7, 4:30 pm

The fine arts department of the Minnesota State Fair presents an annual art exhibition that is the result of a juried competition. Participation is open to all living residents of Minnesota, and each may submit one work for consideration. Only those works selected by the jurors are displayed in the Fine Arts Center during the State Fair. Registration is required. Eligible artists must register their work. http://www.mnstatefair.org/competition/fine_arts.html

Crochet Twin Cities meeting

Saturday, July 12, 1 pm
@Textile Center
http://crochettwincities.blogspot.com/
This month's meeting is a workshop to help anyone with questions about the CAL (crochet-a-long) sweater - or any other crochet project you might be doing! See our website for more details - be sure to check out our Meeting Calendar page for other upcoming events. If you have questions about this class or our group, send to

[email protected]

Icons: Fashion, Film & Rock 'n' Roll

Presented by Cult Collective, co-presented by Commonwealth Properties

August 9, 8 pm

Secret Location revealed to ticketholders only

An incredible interactive evening celebrating rock 'n' roll fashion icons. Guests will enjoy all-inclusive entertainment including craft cocktails and locally brewed beer, appetizers by Chef Patrick Scot Moore, runway fashion by twelve local fashion designers, short films by Sound Unseen, dj set by artist Venus de Mars, and live music set by a secret buzz band. Tickets are very limited for an intimate experience. General Admission $60; VIP $85. www.iconsmn.com

https://www.facebook.com/events/1404843073130703/

New Technology From Textile Center

Did you know...?

Textile Center's website offers virtual galleries, where you can see slide shows, video lessons, artist interviews, and more.

We have also just launched a Textile Center Pinterest account, featuring our gallery exhibitions, Shop artists' work, and other things we at Textile Center like. Now there are more ways than ever to stay connected!

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