For 2008/09 I ran the wearable/wall challenge for my guild and it was very interesting what the members came up with. This year 2009/10 I am doing a Recycle, reduce, reuse challenge, The members will be contributing to the challenge by bringing in their leftover fabric,batting,used clothing and other fabric like material (tyvek,etc.. ).
In the last couple of years I have been experimenting with wearable art. I made clothes when I was in my teens and twenties and I hated cutting out the patterns . I discovered that cutting patterns out of "fabric" I created was gratifying and took the tedium out of the pattern cutting process ! I continue to experiment with a variety of backings and battings for my "fabric" pattern pieces, using everything from sweatshirt material to lightweight fusible interfacing. Wearable art is my brave new world!In 2007 I began doing Wearable Challenges and submitting my work for shows that had a Wearable category . I won my guilds wearable challenge in 2007 and two of my vests were accepted into the Machine Quilters Expo in Manchester, NH for the 2008 show. I Modeled both vests at the Machine Quilters Expo Fashion Show in 2008.The Navajo Ladies vest won 3rd place in the Casual Vest category. This year I entered a woven vest at the Machine Quilters Expo and the Fiber Fiesta in Albuquerque, NH. I won a third place at MQX in the vest category, but no ribbon at the Fiber Fiesta, oh well,, better work on my technique!

craft interests: fashion, quilting, restyle, sewing

Member Since: 11/23/2009