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August 2021 E-Newsletter - Week 4

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Oswald Home Laundry by Susan Lentz, thru 10/7, Once and Again: Alterations, Charlotte, NC

Around the Region

Thru 8/27 - 2021 Atlanta Quilt Festival Juried Exhibit, Atlanta, GA
8/28 - Wet Felted Funky Vessel Class, Blairsville, GA
8/31 - 9/5 - Selvedge World Fair, online
9/1 - Fiber Arts: Shibori, Creative Dyeing and More classes start, New Albany, MS
Thru 9/11 - Shelter 'n' Paste, Mableton, GA
Thru 9/14 - Stone Portraits and Sacred Stonescapes and Sew Many Quilts: Celebrating 30 Years of the National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY
9/18 - Indigo Dyeing Workshop, Charleston, SC
Thru 9/19 - Lawn Party: From Satin to Seersucker, Charleston, SC
Thru 9/25 - Warp & Weft, Pembroke Pines, FL

Opportunities

8/31 - Fiberart International 2022
9/3 - National Collage Society's 37th Annual Juried Exhibit
9/24 - Yarn/Rope/String and Excellence in Quilts
10/1 - John C. Campbell Folk School Student Host and Work-Study applications due
10/19 - SAFF Fiber Arts Competition
10/29 - Excellence in Fibers VII
10/31 - The Artist’s Question ... Answered in Fiber (SAQA)
11/1 - Master Artist Apprentice Program FY2022
11/1/21 - 2/15/22 - Complexity 2022
12/8 - New Quilts from an Old Favorite 2022
1/10/2022 - Sacred Threads
2/5/2022 - Mixed Media Exhibit
2/12/2022 - Yardage Exhibit
2/26/2022 - Wearable Art Exhibit & Fashion Show
3/4/2022 - Basketry Exhibit
Ongoing - The Appalachian Center for Craft is receiving exhibition proposals.

SEFAA Class Highlights

Above, three September classes, you don't want to miss!

Hand Printing on Cloth with Natural Dyes on 9/18 and 9/19 (in-person): Screen print, block print, paint, and/or stencil on cloth with natural dye print pastes.
Design Your Own Crochet Border on 9/25 (virtual): What better way to find the perfect border for your next crochet or knit project than to design your own?
Creative Mending on 9/26 (in-person): Explore a variety of useful hand-sewing techniques including darning, boro-style patchwork, and duplicate stitch for knits, and learn to make invisible repairs, simple repairs, and beautiful repairs.

Below, images from this month's Simple Shibori class with JoEl Logiudice (top) and our tour of the Ruth E. Carter exhibition at SCAD Fash (bottom).

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