Austin Fiber Artists


Monthly Meetings

My town hall meetings are with friends and neighbors, fellow Americans. We engage. —Sheila Jackson Lee

Austin Fiber Arts Creation - Windows by Sheri McCauley
Monthly meetings are always held on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 4622 S. Lamar Blvd (south of Westgate, before Brodie Lane). Our meetings start at 6:15 PM with the re-charge zone. This is an opportunity to learn a new technique (most of the re-charge programs are hands-on) or listen to artist describe in the technique with examples step by step.

Each month our meetings have a variety of interesting elements related to fiber art.

At 6:45, we have our show and tell segment. Members show current works that are in progress or have been completed. Many members use this time as an opportunity to get feedback about works in progress or ask for possible solutions when they encounter a technical difficulty that they want to overcome. At 7:00, we have a short business meeting. The current group president leads the meeting and current board members give brief monthly reports as needed. Our program and workshop chairs update the group on future events or workshops in the planning stages. This part of the meeting typically lasts no longer than 30 minutes. At 7:30, the monthly program begins. The program can be on a variety of topics of interest to fiber artists. One program involved a talk with fiber artists was an expert on lace making, another one was from an artist who was an expert on book binding and making. Our program chair is always open to suggestion for future topics that might be of interest to the group.

February Meeting- Artist Sue Gilliam

February Meeting- Artist Sue Gilliam

Austin artists Sue Gilliam will speak about her wonderful fiber art and her artists journey.  Raised in New Zealand, Sue is still influenced by the be […]

A Special Delivery Of Fun: Fiber Postcards

A Special Delivery Of Fun: Fiber Postcards

  The January meeting’s mini-workshop for making fiber art postcards resulted in a bumper crop of fun and mailable art.  Picking through ta […]

January Meeting: Miniworkshop on Making Fiber Art Postcards

January Meeting: Miniworkshop on Making Fiber Art Postcards

We will start 2015 off with a workshop meeting, making fiber arts postcards or greeting cards.  Combine snips and scraps of whatever materials you hav […]

December- Time to Celebrate Another Successful Year!

December- Time to Celebrate Another Successful Year!

Come to the December meeting to socialize and discuss this year’s fiber activities.  This has been a very active year, with several shows we can […]

November Meeting – The Jurying Process

November Meeting – The Jurying Process

Seattle area silk painter Beverly Pedersen will provide insight into the jurying process.  She will explain how she evaluates art for inclusion into j […]

October Speakers Combine Fiber Art with Breast Cancer Awareness

October Speakers Combine Fiber Art with Breast Cancer Awareness

Fiber arts can be wearable arts, worn by a model and sent down a runway. The Breast Cancer Resource Center (BCRC) selected a gala runway show as their […]

September Meeting – Robb McKenzie Demonstrates Papermaking

September Meeting – Robb McKenzie Demonstrates Papermaking

Robb McKenzie is an artist, turned technologist, turned artist, who primarily paints and draws, but enjoys exploring new techniques and processes…such […]

August 2014 Meeting SAQA

Our August speaker is Vou Best, who will talk on behalf of the Studio Art Quilt Association (several AFA members belong to this organization!)  Active […]

July 2014 Meeting – Fun Time To Dye

July 2014 Meeting – Fun Time To Dye

The July meeting will have a mini-workshop instead of a program. We will be playing with Colorhue dyes; an instant dye for silk. Colorhue is non-toxic […]

June 2014 Monthly Meeting

June 2014 Monthly Meeting

Rekh & Datta: A Modern Block Print Collection by Rebecca Layton She will discuss the techniques she learned during a year of study in India.  Her […]