Fabric Embellishing The basics & beyond
  Fabric Embellishing the basics and beyond This book is the team work of Ruth Chandler, Liz Kettle, Heather Thomas and Lauren Vlcek.  Lots of color photos, embellished gallary quilts and a spiral bound cover! Gotta love it! Instructions are easy to follow, inspiration right next door and even better is if you experiment with all the techniques they explain how to create a resource book. Our Altered Art group will start our books according to Liz- (one of our favorite Ann

Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery
The Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery is located in the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, Virginia, Studio 18. This is a destination not to be missed if you are in the Northern Virginia, Washington DC area.  I have been a member for over 15 years. We have approximately 70 member artists who are required to work 13 days per year, pay a commission and membership fee.  Each show, (we have 10 per year) requires that every single item passes the approval of 2 judges. So we submit work that is juried- and it is not a cake walk. Each show the entire gallery is emptied, artwork picked

Fabric Sale
Anyone who has visited my booth, shop, or meets me for all of 5 minutes knows that I a am a gatherer. My idea of a wonderful day is going to estate sales, flea markets, and thrift stores. It is torture when I can’t go gathering. So what that means is that I will be marking down some items in order to make they more affordable for you to purchase, thus giving me space and money to go buy MORE!! Here is the start: These fabrics a

Shows! Shows! Shows!
October 2009 Artistic Artifacts vended at 2 shows this month- First was the Sewing and Quilt Expo in Chantilly, Virginia. 

Artistic Artifacts at Houston Festival 2009
Aritistic Artifacts’ booth number is: 1257/1259 Located in the Cloth Paper Scissors section of the show floor.  Look up for the banner to guide you to the exciting mixed media section of Houston Festival. We  have many new products in the charm, metal stampings and beads, ephemera, hand dyed silks- great for silk paper making- New hand dyed vintage fabrics and trims  The author Liz Kettle will be in the Artistic Artifacts’ booth- her book will hopefully make the plane from the printing press in time for autographs during Festival.