AUSTIN FIBER ARTISTS EXHIBIT

   

TEXTILE TWISTS IN TWENTY TEN
Location:  Tokyo Electron America
               2400 Grove Blvd.  
               Austin, TX  78741
               (Grove runs off Montopolis Ave. in southeast Austin)
Dates:      Opening Reception - February 24, 2010 - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
                Exhibit can be viewed thru April 1, 2010 each weekday, M-F, from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Ruthie Powers Workshop – Houston

Houston Area Fiber Artists
PRINT PLAY WITH DYE  with  Ruthie Powers 
Saturday, March 13, 2010 
9 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Bayland Community Center
6400 Bissonnet , Houston, TX 77074
$40/50 (members/non-members) Workshop Fee
$20 Materials Fee (incl. 3 yds. PFD Cotton)

We will use various printing techniques to dye cotton fabric, including stamping with sponges, rubber stamps(including some large format of her own design) and household items to create patterns in multiple colors and layers. You will end up with a bag of fabric to take home
to "batch" overnight, then wash out in the morning.

This workshop is great for those who have never dyed as well as more experienced dyers who want to learn new techniques with a group. We will play and have fun.  
                                                                                                  
At the workshop, Ruthie will have cotton PFD (prepared for dyeing) fabric in two weaves for $5.00 per yard, plus some silk scarves at cost.    

For samples of her work see her blog at http://ruthiepowers.blogspot.com/         
Her rubber stamps can be seen at www.nextsignals.com  
                                                    
To sign up for this workshop or more information, email Mary Ann Littlejohn at malittlej@earthlink.net .

MEMBER NEWS - February

The “Art in Fiber” exhibit at the Copper Shade Tree Gallery in Round Top opens Friday night , February 5, at 5:00pm.  The exhibit consists of over 90 pieces by 23 Texas artists, many of whom are SAQA members.

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LOGGERHEAD -Gay Young Ousley

Quilting Florida Natural ll opens this weekend at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, Florida.  The show hangs until April 25 and includes a piece by Gay Young Ousley entitled LOGGERHEAD.   Each quilt in the show depicts some element of Florida's environment.