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Carole Tait Stanley taught ancient civilizations for a decade following graduation from the University of California, Berkeley. The study of history stimulated her interest in the visual arts. After teaching art and starting a new business, she continued to sketch andpaint, design and execute needlepoint canvases and create wearable art fashions. Residing and working in Eastern Europe and Russia expanded her design horizons. Artistic recognition included a first place award in a Los Angeles Unified School District contest and a show and sale at Tubac Center for the Arts in Arizona. Carole lectured at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as a Member of the Docent Council. As a member of the international honorary women's professional organization, Delta Kappa Gamma, she received special recognition for her work in Eastern Europe and Russia. Today she maintains a handcraft business in a home studio offering for sale duvet covers, throws, jackets and other wearable art constructed with appliqued fabrics.
Carole's creations are individually designed wearable art garments. Her designs, executed on special fabric, are trademarked. “Flora Series” jackets and vests will be available for sale, and each contains unique features. The exterior fabric is hand-appliqued stone-washed cotton from India. Her source, K&I/Kosha Collections, employs villagers and their families in various locales to complete the complex process. Each fully-lined interior is machined linen or linen-like fabric. One size fits Small-Medium-Large, creating a loose-fitting small or a more traditional fit for large. The jacket sleeves fold up into cuffs to accommodate different sizes and arm lengths.
Carole's creations are individually designed wearable art garments. Her designs, executed on special fabric, are trademarked. “Flora Series” jackets and vests will be available for sale, and each contains unique features. The exterior fabric is hand-appliqued stone-washed cotton from India. Her source, K&I/Kosha Collections, employs villagers and their families in various locales to complete the complex process. Each fully-lined interior is machined linen or linen-like fabric. One size fits Small-Medium-Large, creating a loose-fitting small or a more traditional fit for large. The jacket sleeves fold up into cuffs to accommodate different sizes and arm lengths.
Toni Wade
Toni Wade
Toni loves color! Sewing, crocheting, and knitting were childhood projects. Temptation came in the form of a lovely handspun yarn that had all sorts of things spun into it. So, she learned to spin then discovered she could dye yarn in crockpots. This is the activity she really enjoys, mostly in the summer on her back porch. Toni's Cavalier King Charles Spaniels like to help, and so far, she's only dyed one set of paws! Acid dyes in the crockpots work beautifully on wool and silk. Last summer she ventured into dyeing cotton and rayon yarns with fiber-reactive dyes. The weather was so hot she could solar heat the fibers, but she also steamed and microwaved some. For dyeing, BFL/silk roving is her fiber of choice. Toni belongs to four weaving guilds but doesn't classify herself a weaver. She has a small cricket loom that she's warped twice. Weaving with over-dyed fabric is now calling her.
Seattle Sky Dyeworks
Seattle Sky Dyeworks is owned and operated by Sarah Lukes, a California native who found herself in Washington six years ago. She instantly fell in love with the culture of the Pacific Northwest and was intrigued by life in big-city Seattle. Missing the California sunshine, she founded the Dyeworks to bring vibrantly colored yarn to this overcast wonderland. All of Sarah's yarn is produced in North America, with her newest base, Fura, made from local Romney Wool. All Dyeworks products are available for purchase on Etsy at link below and in select yarn shops throughout Puget Sound.
Seattle Sky Dyeworks specializes in kettle-dyed yarns and fibers in colorways based on the sights and sounds of Seattle. Sarah also offers a unique collection of handmade products such as buttons, metal shawl pins, lampwork stitch markers, drop spindles, and dinosaurs!
Seattle Sky Dyework's Etsy Shop
Seattle Sky Dyeworks specializes in kettle-dyed yarns and fibers in colorways based on the sights and sounds of Seattle. Sarah also offers a unique collection of handmade products such as buttons, metal shawl pins, lampwork stitch markers, drop spindles, and dinosaurs!
Seattle Sky Dyework's Etsy Shop
Quilting Foxes
Denny Fox
Quilter and shopkeeper Denny Fox has been deeply involved with the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum for many years, and through special exhibits and events has met many exceptional quilters. Every two years a group of 20-25 Japanese quilters, masters and their students, pack their bags with their recent masterpieces and fly to Western Washington. Their three-month exhibition at the Museum offers an incredible array of color play, design, technique, and execution, each quilt a year or more in the making. These dedicated artists sparked Denny's interest in all things Japanese. Their quilts nurture her soul and help her find her own personal expression. Quilting Foxes is Denny's effort to share what she loves about Japanese quilting. The traditional Japanese culture and its artistic history have a calming affect that is difficult to define but easier to feel. Serenity and beauty of the natural world, skill and commitment of the traditional artists, the value of hospitality and honesty are just a few themes of the essence that is Japan. Denny hopes she can inspire more quilters to explore the call of Japan through her fabrics, patterns, and kits.
Denny specializes in original sewing and quilting kits imported directly from Yoko Saito, one of Japan’s most beloved quilters and authors, along with Yoko’s patterns and books. Also, look for yardage, fat quarters, “mochi” charm packs and “sushi rolls” in a wide variety of Japanese indigo and taupe fabrics. Denny's traditional sashiko instructional kits, Yoko Saito kits, and supplies are also very popular with shoppers.
www.quiltingfoxes.com
Denny specializes in original sewing and quilting kits imported directly from Yoko Saito, one of Japan’s most beloved quilters and authors, along with Yoko’s patterns and books. Also, look for yardage, fat quarters, “mochi” charm packs and “sushi rolls” in a wide variety of Japanese indigo and taupe fabrics. Denny's traditional sashiko instructional kits, Yoko Saito kits, and supplies are also very popular with shoppers.
www.quiltingfoxes.com
Margot Myers
In 2004, Margot developed her business in her student housing kitchen while completing her MFA in printmaking. After finishing her degree requirements, she moved back to her home state and expanded her line of patterns and products. She began marketing them online and in local farmers' markets around Washington State. As her business has grown over the years, her offerings have continually grown, too. Margotbianca fabrics are now produced by her, with the assistance of several interns, at her new public location in Bellingham: Runaway Press. You can purchase Margotbianca fabrics at the Bellingham Farmers' Market, the Anacortes Farmers' Market, margotbianca.etsy.com, Runaway Press, or at special local fundraisers such as StashFest.
Margot's line of functional, handcrafted batik fabrics is designed to add beauty to everyday tasks. Much of her work has been turned into ready-to-use tools for your kitchen, table linens or simple accessories. She also creates fabric yardage in various fibers, fat quarters and iron on patches. Each piece of fabric is hand printed with hot wax, hand dyed and then boiled to remove all residual wax. This traditional batik process creates a durable, beautiful fiber that can withstand years of use and washing. All of Margot's fabrics can be machine washed, and most can be dried in the machine. All of her fabrics are natural fibers, and her linens, hemps and some cottons are organics. Mary Pettus
After a career in public relations and museology, Mary now focuses on expressing her creativity in numerous ways and mediums. For the past several years she has provided cards, pins and matted pieces to the shop at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum. The merchandise she offers for StashFest is a reflection of her life-long interest in textiles and design. From her early years making doll clothes to her teenage years making posters for athletic teams, she's loved creating objects for her personal and others’ enjoyment.
Mary has expanded her product lines from paper and wood to textile items, including pincushions, bags, eye masks, sachets and pin and earring sets. These products will be available at StashFest as well as a selection of Haori kimonos and other vintage Asian treasures. |
Marbled Arts Suzi Soderlund
In 1995 Suzi Soderlund found a book about how to marble on fabric at a quilt show in Alaska. The process fascinated her, and after her first experiments she was addicted. Soon she had more hand marbled fabric than she could ever use, and in 2004 Marbled Arts was born. Creating hand marbled fabric is magic for Suzi because the finished design is always a surprise! Her fabrics inspire her to create unique quilts, wearable art, and fiber art.
Marbled Arts offers a large selection of luscious hand marbled fabrics as well as snow dyed and stenciled fabric. Finding the perfect colors for each hand marbled piece can be a challenge. Suzi usually uses a combination of six colors. A fair amount of fiddling around is needed to get the right mix. Colors often change as they dry, and 15 days is needed to properly cure the fabric. If not dried long enough, the colors do not adhere properly and the time, work, and fabric is wasted! Cured fabric is washed, dried, and ironed. The process takes about three weeks from start to finish. Unique, vibrant, one-of-a-kind fabrics for quilts, wearables, or any fiber creation result from this process. Also available at Marbled Arts is an eclectic collection of paintstiks, stencils, patterns and notions. Their hand dyed bamboo socks and batik scarves make perfect gifts! www.SuziSoderlund.com www.Marbled-Arts.com 
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Anita Luvera Mayer
Anita Luvera Mayer
Anita is an internationally recognized weaver and versatile fiber artist, designer, and author. She was first introduced to weaving in 1955 when her mother-in-law gave her a floor loom as a wedding gift. Her focus on weaving contemporary garments began in 1972, and she has focused the last ten years of her work on women's stories. Although she still weaves, her creative fiber work has evolved to include many types of innovative surface design techniques as well as incredible beadwork, embroidery, freeform knitting, and crochet. Inspired by ethnic and historic garments, Anita designs original clothing in her Anacortes studio, infusing the work with her creative spirit. She believes there should be something magical and unique in what we wear each day. Also an accomplished author, she's contributed to national fiber arts magazines and has written several books, including Clothing from the Hands That Weave,featuring endless possibilities for fabric. Creative Cloth: Designing and Embellishing Handwoven Fabric, a DVD published by Interweave, showcases Anita sharing her unique, colorful processes and approach to a textural, creative wardrobe. Her work has been included in national and international shows as well as one woman retrospectives.
Lois Ireland Creates
A lifetime working in clay, glass and other media creating functional art describes Lois' passion. With a math and computer science degree in her pocket, she then earned a Ceramic Technology diploma from John Abbott College. She's continued her creative education with numerous advanced workshops in clay and glass. The pleasure of her process is paramount, so the results make people smile. "Do what you love, love what you do " is the mantra Lois shares.
Lois' main offering is lampwork beads. These special beads are crafted using a centuries-old process called lampworking. Rods of colorful glass are melted with a special torch. Liquid glass is spun around a mandrel and decorated while red hot, always in motion, to create cheerful, unique beads. The forms are generally abstract, not your everyday round bead! Lois' clayworks now includes pendants, buttons and knitting bowls. She works mostly in porcelain because it takes the details so well. These pieces may be affixed to textiles or incorporated into hand-crafted jewelry. She also creates kumihimo cords that work with her beads or can be added to textiles. Her distinctive felted work is currently abstract designs to be used as embellishment. Abstract is the general direction and color the major consideration.
Lois' main offering is lampwork beads. These special beads are crafted using a centuries-old process called lampworking. Rods of colorful glass are melted with a special torch. Liquid glass is spun around a mandrel and decorated while red hot, always in motion, to create cheerful, unique beads. The forms are generally abstract, not your everyday round bead! Lois' clayworks now includes pendants, buttons and knitting bowls. She works mostly in porcelain because it takes the details so well. These pieces may be affixed to textiles or incorporated into hand-crafted jewelry. She also creates kumihimo cords that work with her beads or can be added to textiles. Her distinctive felted work is currently abstract designs to be used as embellishment. Abstract is the general direction and color the major consideration.
Debbie Krell
Debbie Krell
Debbie's path to dyeing began while pursuing a degree in Fashion Design and having to find fabric in the right colors and patterns to construct her garments. She wanted organic, free-flowing patterns in saturated colors on low maintenance fabrics, and spent a great deal of time trying to source these materials before finally deciding to craft them herself. Once Debbie began dyeing she realized her passion for surface design transcended her original plan for dyeing exclusively for apparel. Her fabrics are used as art panels for stand-alone wall pieces, apparel, accessories, interiors, and quilting. She specifically enjoys the collaborative nature of supplying fabric to artists for use in their own projects. She still spends time sourcing fabrics, but now only looks for quality and fabric characteristics when dyed. StashFest 2016 will be the first public showing of Debbie's subtle colors and organic symmetry on fabric.
Debbie's tie-dyed fabrics are designed to be versatile. Unlike other art forms, with tie-dye you only get one shot at perfection. She uses only high quality cottons suitable for quilting, fashion, interiors, and stand-alone wall art. Her fabric in the kaleidoscope style has been described as resembling a stained-glass window with the sun shining through from behind. Using the ice-dye technique with Procion MX dyes, she creates a range of organic patterns and floral motifs in contemporary color ways. Each piece is completely unique and impossible to replicate.
Debbie's tie-dyed fabrics are designed to be versatile. Unlike other art forms, with tie-dye you only get one shot at perfection. She uses only high quality cottons suitable for quilting, fashion, interiors, and stand-alone wall art. Her fabric in the kaleidoscope style has been described as resembling a stained-glass window with the sun shining through from behind. Using the ice-dye technique with Procion MX dyes, she creates a range of organic patterns and floral motifs in contemporary color ways. Each piece is completely unique and impossible to replicate.
Catherine Knowlson
Catherine Knowlson is intrigued by the simplicity and intricacy of shibori a Japanese technique of creating designs in dyed fabric. It’s a dye-resist technique of binding fabric to create areas where the dye will not penetrate. It’s easy for her to get lost in the labyrinth of stitching, wrapping, gathering, folding, clamping and dyeing. Catherine has experimented in several arts and crafts but has always comes back to fiber arts. She learned shibori through self-study of pieces of cloth, pictures, and books as she worked closely with her constant companions – trial and discovery. She is a CPA with a bachelors degree in business. You’ll find her stitching shibori on silk or cotton during her bus commute to and from the office or working in her garage that serves as her indigo dying studio.
Kimono Blossom
Ako Shimozato
Ako Shimozato, owner of Kimono Blossom, Japanese Textiles Reinvented, lives on the south end of beautiful Whidbey Island. Over many years of traveling back to her native Japan, she has learned to appreciate the history and culture of Japanese fabrics. She attributes this to her mother teaching her to cherish Japanese kimonos made of many different silk fabrics that are woven, dyed, and embroidered. Ako also learned from quilters Miwako Kimura, Kazuko Yoshiura, and Sachiko Yoshida whose quilts have been admired by many at the La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum. Miwako taught her much about Japanese fabrics, Kazuko is her mentor for sashiko stitchery, and Sachiko taught her to recreate vintage silk into many different art forms and useful items. A long-time member and current Vice President of the Board of Directors of the La Conner Quilt Museum, Ako coordinates the biennial visit to La Conner by internationally recognized Japanese fiber artists.
Ako offers vintage Japanese textiles, such as kimono fabrics, cotton yukata and tenugui fabrics. She encourages textile artists to use her fabrics to create wearables, accessories, quilts, and fiber art with the distinctly Japanese feel. She also carries traditional sashiko threads, needles, and natural indigo-dyed fabrics used for sashiko stitchery.
Ako offers vintage Japanese textiles, such as kimono fabrics, cotton yukata and tenugui fabrics. She encourages textile artists to use her fabrics to create wearables, accessories, quilts, and fiber art with the distinctly Japanese feel. She also carries traditional sashiko threads, needles, and natural indigo-dyed fabrics used for sashiko stitchery.
JJ Handworks Jane Schreven
Jane Schreven started designing and creating buttons with a friend 26 years ago. Her friend's name also began with a J, and J.J. Handworks was born. They launched their business selling their unique work at machine knitting shows. They soon went their separate ways, but Jane kept the name, J.J. Handworks and quickly became known as the Button Lady. When her boys were young she was able to stay home, make buttons and jewelry, and sell them at shows on weekends. Along with buttons and jewelry, she's been deeply into knitting, spinning, and weaving. On the advice of a friend, Jane applied to be a vendor at a Quilters Anonymous Quilt Show. Before long, she was buying coordinating fabrics and designing and making buttons and jewelry to match. She also started offering wearable art patterns to coordinate with her fabrics and buttons. In 2007, she purchased the Pavelka Design Pattern Company which she still owns. The fun, funky patterns complement her buttons and jewelry perfectly. After 26 years of traveling extensively, Jane now only vends about twice a year at local events. Her work is available for purchase at the Quilt Museum Gift Shop. Jane hasn't retired, though; she's a territory supervisor for Hallmark Cards and enjoys the Pacific Northwest, the lifestyle and the attitude, from her home with family in Lynnwood.
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Maggie Hawk
Maggie Hawk moved to La Conner from Arizona less than a year ago. Her first visit to the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum was for the Caryl Bryer Fallert exhibit. She said she was blown away by the quality of the exhibits she saw and was immediately a big fan of the Museum. She began coming to the Fiber Friday event and has also now become a volunteer.
Maggie has always had an interest in the fiber arts and loves textiles in all their many forms. A knitter for many years, she then began to quilt and has tried many other fiber art techniques since. Beth Chatt-McGurranAll her life Beth has been exposed to and encouraged by artistic people, starting with her parents, Orville and Pat Chatt. She's always loved exploring and developing her creative side. When she discovered the idea for her signature baskets she kept wondering, “How can I make these my own?” She believes she's done that really well! Beth thoroughly enjoys making her baskets and really enjoys seeing the smile on people's faces when they discover and purchase them as gifts or for their own use.
Beth uses fabric scraps, yarn, buttons, and anything else she finds interesting, to create colorful embellished fabric baskets. Beginning with a length of fabric-covered cording, she spirals the cord into the basket base then works steadily upward and outward to form the desired shape. They're one-of-a-kind and perfect for a variety of uses in places where they'll be seen and appreciated. The baskets are wonderful for use in an art or quilting studio to hold all the bits and pieces we all accumulate! |
I Imagine
Beth Heffernan
Paper quilts are Beth Heffernan's own invention. She developed the concept by melding her deep appreciation for fabric quilts with techniques she read about in Vikki Pignatelli's book Quilting Curves. To appreciate how each piece of paper contributes to the whole, the viewer must see the piece in person. In her "other life" Beth is a scientist and co-owner of Objective Experiments, a training and consulting firm in Bellingham, proud mother of two launched adults, beader, reader, and happy wife of her dear supportive husband Bill.
Beth creates each paper quilt by meticulously cutting and fitting collected paper in the same way a quilt top is pieced. The paper is a single layer image when complete. She adores pattern and color and joyfully chooses just the right paper for each and every part of the final image. Carefully matted and framed to accentuate each paper quilt's character, she does not use glass so the viewer can clearly see the real nature of the paper. Like quilters collect fabric, a great aspect of creating these cherished individuals is finding the paper in a variety of sources, all recycled from magazines and old books.
Beth creates each paper quilt by meticulously cutting and fitting collected paper in the same way a quilt top is pieced. The paper is a single layer image when complete. She adores pattern and color and joyfully chooses just the right paper for each and every part of the final image. Carefully matted and framed to accentuate each paper quilt's character, she does not use glass so the viewer can clearly see the real nature of the paper. Like quilters collect fabric, a great aspect of creating these cherished individuals is finding the paper in a variety of sources, all recycled from magazines and old books.
Hyde & Reed
Jane Hyde
Jane Hyde has been happily weaving functional baskets since 1985. Weaving, teaching, presenting and sharing the age-old art of basket weaving has become her life's work. While living in Maine she took a class from a local shop, fell in love with the art, and was on her way! Her Navy family moved every few years, and this skill became a movable career. Through the years she's always discovered ways to grow in skill and passion. Teaching has evolved into a major focus of Jane's basketry journey. Each year she instructs over 400 elementary school students and over 100 adults in the fine art of basket weaving. She now works from her new home on Fidalgo Island overlooking Guemes Channel.
Jane creates handwoven baskets with a purpose from reed and sea grass and occasionally some hardwoods. Neutral basket colors, reflecting the raw materials used, are often highlighted with colorful dyed or stained accents. Although Jane's baskets, in a wide variety of shapes, colors, and sizes, look too beautiful to actually use, they're durable and designed for years of everyday use. The idea and act of creating beautiful, functional vessels to organize, store or contain items brings Jane great joy!
Jane creates handwoven baskets with a purpose from reed and sea grass and occasionally some hardwoods. Neutral basket colors, reflecting the raw materials used, are often highlighted with colorful dyed or stained accents. Although Jane's baskets, in a wide variety of shapes, colors, and sizes, look too beautiful to actually use, they're durable and designed for years of everyday use. The idea and act of creating beautiful, functional vessels to organize, store or contain items brings Jane great joy!
Judith Harper
Judith Harper
Always a fiber arts enthusiast, Judi began with 12 pairs of slippers for Christmas gifts then advanced to baby quilts for friends and relatives. While living in Portland, a friend presented her a gift certificate for a fused-glass class. Another hobby was born! In 2005 Judi moved to Anacortes where she discovered the Fidalgo Island Quilters. Later, an avid member invited her to a beading group, and yet another hobby was born! Earrings and necklaces were not her thing, and she gravitated to beaded pins and buttons. Her first experience in formal sales of her work was at the Anacortes Senior Center where she'd learned to bead. Judi's professional career had been in sales, so interaction with her clients, at a variety of venues in Northwest Washington, is great fun and motivation to taker her creativity to new levels.
Judi offers a variety of fashion essentials, primarily buttons and beads, for fiber artists who love embellishing their creations. All her designs are absolutely original. Her handmade buttons, both fused glass and beaded, add appealing focal elements to wearable art. Add a fused glass or beaded pin to complete the fashion statement. Judi's beaded pins are hand sewn, not glued, for durability. Accessorize further with a one-of-a-kind needle-felted scarf, and contain small treasures in one of Judi's decorative beaded pockets.
Judi offers a variety of fashion essentials, primarily buttons and beads, for fiber artists who love embellishing their creations. All her designs are absolutely original. Her handmade buttons, both fused glass and beaded, add appealing focal elements to wearable art. Add a fused glass or beaded pin to complete the fashion statement. Judi's beaded pins are hand sewn, not glued, for durability. Accessorize further with a one-of-a-kind needle-felted scarf, and contain small treasures in one of Judi's decorative beaded pockets.
In honor of Judith, who passed away recently. Judith was a long-time supporter of the Museum and we will miss her.
Molly Gerhard Molly Gerhard
Molly has been a fiber-holic all her life. Her mother taught her basic embroidery andcrochet stitches while she was still a pre-schooler, and in the 4th grade, she added knitting and machine sewing to her skill set. Needlepoint was a favorite for years. Then she learned to spin in the 1970’s and weave in the 1980’s. Along the way, she also mastered beadwork, dyeing, and other surface embellishment techniques. She's been offering her work at weavers' guild sales and museum fundraisers for decades.See part of her stash of raw materials at StashFest!
Vintage Patterns: Are you fascinated by vintage garments? Check out Molly’s patterns from the 1960’s to 1980’s to see if your favorite style is there. She also offers knitting patterns from the same era if you want more nostalgia in your wardrobe. Hand-spun Yarns: You can't find hand-spun yarns among the commercial varieties. If you want to add that special spark to your current project, see what Molly's brought to StashFest. You may also find the perfect yarn for your next project. And think of all the creative ways to use small quantities of yarn – scrapbook embellishment; couching for a quilt, wall hangings, purses, accessories, ribbons and bows for packages. The possibilities are endless! Hand-dyed Yarns: Looking for a special accent for a weaving project? Molly's hand-dyed cotton and wool yarns can add that stripe in the warp or weft that makes your project a real treasure. She also offers a selection of both commercial and hand-spun yarns that are hand-dyed. Spinning Fibers: Spinners and felters are often searching for that special fiber or color. Molly spins superfine Merino and has a limited number of hand-painted rovings for StashFest. She's also experimenting with hand-dyed batts that combine wool with mohair, silk, or other dyed fibers in her stash. Don't miss seeing her original combinations of fibers and colors for your spinning or felting needs. Marcia Derse Marcia Derse
An established modern fiber artist and fabric designer, Marcia works from her studio on Whidbey Island. For the last two decades, she has perfected her techniques for creating unique pieces of hand-dyed and hand-painted fabrics and has designed commercial fabric for the last five years. She brings a completely new vocabulary of color to the quilting world. Her collections for Windham Fabrics are harmonious groupings that represent a central idea or concept. She draws her themes from the seasons or her travels or sometimes simply a new texture in her environment. Marcia is a frequent mainstay at the country’s most prestigious fabric shows and art fairs.
Marcia starts with a blank canvas – a bolt of muslin, fabric dyes, and the primary colors in silkscreen paints. The world is her palette. When she sets to work, she gathers colors, images and objects from everywhere. Anything that catches her eye, outdoors or in the studio, becomes an artist's tool: pine cones, spoons, brushes, homemade stamps, and bamboo pens. She applies paint with abandon, exhausting the cups of color, trying every combination. Each piece of fabric is a fresh, innovative arrangement of color, form, and texture. www.marciaderse.com |
Cate Grinzell Cate Grimzell
Living in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Cate has the San Juan Islands and Puget Sound as natural inspiration for her jewelry and button designs. For years she has enjoyed creating unique pieces for friends and family. Now retired, she has the precious time and energy to explore more of her creative side.
Cate creates jewelry and buttons from bronze and silver components, then adds natural gemstones and pearls to produce heirloom-quality pieces. Her materials of choice are labradorite, quartz, kyanite, garnet, citrine, rhodochrosite, pink quartz, pyrite, green jasper, and rhodonite. Garments of any style will be complemented by Cate's buttons and jewelry, individually designed with natural and geometric accents. Flair Designs Malris Kuusela
Marlis Kuusela attended the University of Washington and graduated with a secondary Art Education degree. In 1991, she created the airbrushed fabric business called Flair Designs. With over 25 years of experience, she has been published in prestigious national quilt and airbrush magazines. Her fabrics are popular around the world, and she's participated in national and international shows. Currently, she teaches elementary Highly Capable students and sttends two national sewing shows a year. Her fabrics are collected by a growing audience that appreciates the subtle, rich effects that airbrushing has on fabric.
Flair Designs creates hand painted cottons and silks for the discriminating wearable artist and quilter. Marlis, owner and artist, airbrushes every piece by hand and coordinates the unique fabrics into 14 distinct color families. Fabrics are heat set and color fast for hand washing. In addition to airbrushed fabrics, Flair Designs sells buttons, embellishment materials and patterns to create distinctive fiber art with elegance, style, and flair! Contemporary QuiltArt Association
The Contemporary QuiltArt Association is a group of over 100 artists, collectors, teachers and writers who see fiber art as an exciting medium of expression and a viable contemporary art form. Their members and their creations have received numerous awards, honors and special recognition from prestigious regional, national and international organizations. CQA members, individually and as a group, are active in promoting recognition of the art quilt as a natural component of the fine arts.
The CQA Collection is an assemblage of the unique and diverse textiles created and collected by many member-artists. They offer a wide variety of fabrics that have been hand dyed, hand painted, discharged, distressed, screen printed, or stamped. Expect to find a wide array of vintage antique and ethnic fabrics collected from around the world.
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 Dorothy Skea
Dorothy Skea is an Artist/Fashion Designer specializing in truly one-of-a-kind fashions. With her background in tailoring, trained in Hong Kong, she designs and drafts her own patterns that are flattering on most age groups and on most body shapes. Dorothy's fine finishing reflects her extensive experience. She creates new pieces each year that will mix and match with her previous collections. Purchase one of her garments, and she will become your personal wardrobe planner, designer and tailor all wrapped in one!
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Dorothy designs and creates distinctive ladies' garments with multiple seams for a perfectly tailored fit. Her mix-and-match technique, using older inventory and new fabric, results in attractive textures and patterns. She begins with white rayon/silk devore fabrics and applies two dyeing processes, first fiber-reactive dye to produce color for the rayon print, then over-dye in acid dye to produce the silk background color. This two-part process yields an exciting fabric! Timeless and flattering for mature women with discriminating taste, her designs are equally appropriate for business or casual wear.
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Fabric of Life Nonprofit
Fabric of Life was formed in 2002 as a non-profit international development entity. Its primary purpose is to support cooperative development projects that directly impact the quality of life for families in developing countries. The organization supports three primary activities: micro-credit programs, access to education, and access to affordable health care.
Projects focus on improving the quality of life through sustainable, appropriate technology that respects and honors local traditions and cultures. The objective is to form cooperative partnerships that promote self-help and that build people's self-esteem and independence. Development philosophy: We believe people know their own needs. We believe in people's capacity to help themselves. We believe that development is about encouragement, learning, strategic experimentation and partnership exchanges. Your purchases directly help impoverished African women create their own success stories.
Richly dyed African print scarves, dazzling spilled bead necklaces and other jewelry, book bags, and fat quarters. As you browse the collections, notice the combinations of colors, patterns and appliqués. Look closely and you might see the young women of the Here je Center smiling as they unveil the kaleidoscopic tie-dyed and wax-stamped prints they create. Listen, and you might hear their voices over the hum of sewing machines, discussing fabric selections for bags and scarves, or the soft, steady rattle of the jewelers' beads. Imagine the proud apprentices depositing profits into their savings accounts—and realizing their dreams for a better life.
Fabric of Life jewelry made by Hèrè jè Center graduates is also available at the Seattle Art Museum Gift Shop. It's a great way to support SAM and the Fabric of Life. You can find fair-trade goods from the Hèrè jè Center and cooperatives around the world at the Fabric of Life Boutique in Edmonds, Washington.
www.fabricoflife.org
Projects focus on improving the quality of life through sustainable, appropriate technology that respects and honors local traditions and cultures. The objective is to form cooperative partnerships that promote self-help and that build people's self-esteem and independence. Development philosophy: We believe people know their own needs. We believe in people's capacity to help themselves. We believe that development is about encouragement, learning, strategic experimentation and partnership exchanges. Your purchases directly help impoverished African women create their own success stories.
Richly dyed African print scarves, dazzling spilled bead necklaces and other jewelry, book bags, and fat quarters. As you browse the collections, notice the combinations of colors, patterns and appliqués. Look closely and you might see the young women of the Here je Center smiling as they unveil the kaleidoscopic tie-dyed and wax-stamped prints they create. Listen, and you might hear their voices over the hum of sewing machines, discussing fabric selections for bags and scarves, or the soft, steady rattle of the jewelers' beads. Imagine the proud apprentices depositing profits into their savings accounts—and realizing their dreams for a better life.
Fabric of Life jewelry made by Hèrè jè Center graduates is also available at the Seattle Art Museum Gift Shop. It's a great way to support SAM and the Fabric of Life. You can find fair-trade goods from the Hèrè jè Center and cooperatives around the world at the Fabric of Life Boutique in Edmonds, Washington.
www.fabricoflife.org
Jerlyn Caba
Jerlyn Caba
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