Textile Events for Wellington

Coast to Coast Open Day - 20th November

Quilts from around the Wellington Quilt groups. Show and tell etc.
Horticultural Hall, Lower Hutt,

Back from japan

Hi everyone
I am back from Japan and planning to go again in January, this time to Okinawa. I have even timed it this time so I can go to the Tokyo Quilt Show. Although currently I haven't actually got a plane ticket back as all the 'airmiles seats' are full at the moment. I have managed to book to get the whole family home to NZ except myself.

The latest trip included Kyushu Island including Kurume (splash dyed ikat fabrics), Kanazawa (fancy stencilled kimono) and Bunka Womens University textile museum in Tokyo.

The next post wil have the textile related events for Wellington.
Clare

kansai airport

Im on the move again and cant easily update the whats on pages. Nor can I find the key which does apostophes. The one I found gave me a smileｙ。
Will do my best to add info as I am travelling first one week in Busan in Korea then Kyushu Island, Japan and then HOnshu. clare

Fabricabrac

Fabric-a-brac is happening in Wellington on 13 November.
Sat 13 Nov, 9am-1pm
St Anne's Hall, end of Emmett St, Newtown, Wellington

Details on www.fabricabrac.co.nz. Thought you might be interested as there's lots of great fabric for sale. There's still tables available for those who want to sell too!(actually I have that in the side column too, maybe not visible enough)

Bookmaking exhibition
Toi Poneke (Wellington Arts centre, Abel Smith St)
1-24 October
9-7.30 weekdays, 10-4 weekends

Meissen Kimono Exhibition
Expressions Gallery
Upper Hutt

Pinestream Quilters Show
Expressions Gallery
Upper Hutt

Wellington Quilters exhibition

Wellington Quilters exhibition

Fri 1 to Sun 10 Oct 2010

10am - 4pm daily 10am - 8pm Thursday 7th October

St Patricks College , Kilbirnie $5

Yoshiko Wada class

Yoshiko Wada recently taught a class on Boro and indigo dyeing in Nelson and  is currently teaching a class in Porirua. Today she showed a method of removing the sericin from silk and then dyeing it. The dye takes in the areas that are degummed in a different way to the gummed areas. Tomorrow she will be talking about shibori on wool and 'fulling'.

Changes to my blog

I have not been a good blogger so have decided to change the theme of my blog to more of a 'Whats On' in New Zealand. Please bear with me if you are reading this while I rearrange the format and get the 'What's On' section up to date. I also hope to add to the permanent 'Things to See and places to go' section bit by bit.

Currently in Wellington - WOW show. The Wearable Art Awards.
I missed the date to buy tickets and found they were all sold out. However, I found there are still a few tickets if you go up to the counter at the TSB Arena in Wellington and ask if there are any tickets available. I got a seat for the awards night and was so close to the stage I could almost touch the garments. Pretty good for such short notice.