Monthly Archive: July 2009

Jul 17

Kathy York’s Shipping Advice

Kathy gave the AFA members at Wednesday night’s meeting great advice on safely shipping quilts–or at least minimizing the risk of damage and loss. Some of the highlights of Kathy’s talk was her demonstration of how to pack a quilt.  First, be sure you invest in a good corrugated cardboard box intended for shipping that …

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Jul 14

Raffel Prizes for attending 3 Etsy Austin Events

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I will have flyers to hand out at the meeting tomorrow so if you can’t attend my event you only have to go to 2 other salons to get in on the prizes.

Jul 12

Austin Fashion Week

I have been invited to participate in Austin Fashion Week going on from July 13-19th . Several members and I from Etsy Austin got together to help make our parties stand out among the 130 that will be going on this week. I was paired with Baldwin Beauty School 3005 S Lamar Blvd # 109D, …

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Jul 03

Metaphoric Fibers Call for Entry 2010

The Textile Center in Minneapolis has a call for entry for a juried exhibit – “Metaphoric Fibers:Untamed Knitting & Crochet.” “The artwork for this exhibit will be a fiber abstraction of the artist’s alternative perception of an everyday reality.” Exhibit dates: March 5 – April 17, 2010 Entries due: August 17, 2009