Worcester Original Sewing & Quilt Expo

Posted on 13. Apr, 2010 by Gail Yellen in Blog

Had a wonderful 3 days at the Expo last weekend (April 8, 9 and 10th). It was great to see lots of old friends and make some new ones too. I loved teaching my classes and working at our booth–and we were busy! Thanks to Pam, Carol and Mary Beth for all of their help (and to Jennifer)! I didn’t get a chance to check out the other vendor booths until late Saturday afternoon and there were a lot of terrific ones.

Visited with Joyce of TSC Designs (Tsukineko Inks) http://www.teacherstamp.com/ and watched a very cool demo of a technique I’m going to experiment with very soon. It involves shaving cream, inks and fabric. Stay tuned–it’s amazing.

When I told her that I hand-dye ribbon using Tsukineko Inks and that the latest edition of The Counterpoints Jacket features rayon lining that was also hand dyed, she came over to our booth to photograph it. I went to town “gusseying up” this black linen/cotton blend jacket.

It is embellished with beaded hand-dyed ribbons woven through the fabric with my “Un-Beweavable” technique (more about that later), and “Windows” with Swarovski crystals suspended in them for “window dressing.” I also created a built-in brooch with the crystals sewn on the left front.

Here’s a shot of the back left. You can see the large round crystal suspended in the “window.”