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Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery

Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery showcases those who take the craft of embroidery where it’s never gone before, in an astonishing, full-color display of embroidered art. Hoopla rebels against the quaint and familiar embroidery motifs of flowers and swashes, and focuses instead on...

Leanne Prain

VPL event

Image by Andrew Braun, Creative Commons

I’ll be at the Vancouver Public Library (Central Branch) on Monday night talking about subversive craft and demonstrating the ‘Photo Feelism’ project, designed by Siobhan Long, from Hoopla. This is a free public event where you can embellish a postcard with stitching.

Here are the official details:
November 7, 2011
Vancouver Public Library
Central Library, 350 W. Georgia St.,
Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye Rooms
7:00–9:30 pm

This is a fun craft. Here are some examples made by attendees of the craft bar in San Francisco last month:

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2 Responses to VPL event

  1. Sylvia9000 says:

    I wish wish WISH I was in van to make it to this! Sounds like so much fun!
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