Friday, December 2, 2011

2 showings of interest in Melbourne for December


Tinning St gallery, Lot 5, Tinning St Brunswick, Vicoria, 3056. 
Open Thursday - Sunday 11 - 5pm.  Phone 0422 180 232.tinningstree.blogspot.com
Gathering - a group show of emerging textile practitioners presenting the culmination of several years exploration using diverse textile techniques and materials, including printed, woven, knitted and manipulated works.  
Gathering celebrates the endless possibilities of working with textiles.  15th - 18th December.  Opening Night December 15th, 6 9 pm.
Have added this text as the pamphlet below is hard to read.

Saturday, October 29, 2011

CHRISTMAS MEETING

The meeting scheduled on November 5th has been cancelled.

Our Christmas meeting will be held on December 10th as the hall was booked for the 1st Saturday.
We have a challenge for the December meeting for attendees to make a "Christmas item"  there will be a prize given out.  Don't forget items for our trade table.
Please bring a plate of food to share for lunch.
Raffle prize is a hair and beauty pamper at Aveda in Richmond worth nearly $400.  Tickets are $2 each of 5 for $8.
Hope to see you all there.  If you cant get to the meeting and would like to buy raffle tickets contact Barbara at  <irelandbe@gmail.com> or Fran at fairiesrme@gmail.com

2012 we have some exciting workshops booked and some to be confirmed more details on these later.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

"Hot Stuff" Heat Tools Workshop Flyer

Here's the flyer for our upcoming Heat Tools and mediums workshop. It's only just over 2 weeks away so book now! For more information see the article on our last blog post by clicking here.

To book call Barbara Ireland on 0419 396 695. Click on the flyer to enlarge.





Tuesday, August 16, 2011

'Hot Stuff #1' Workshop Sep 3 2011 with Neroli Henderson. Learn how to use heat guns, synthetic fabrics, Tyvek, Angelina fibre and Textiva (fantasy film).

Announcing ATASDA Vic's first ever own workshop! Learn heat materials and techniques to add zing to you next textile art or multimedia project. We will be painting and distorting Tyvek plastic and then layering synthetic fabrics with Textiva (fantasy) film and Angelina fibres, stitching a resist and using heat guns for impressive (and easy!!) results.

You will leave with your own heat distressed mini quilt and a knowledge of how to incorporate each of those materials and techniques into your own work.

Hot Stuff #1 with Neroli Henderson (artist and author)

Date: September 3rd

Time: 11am to 3pm

Where:  
Hartwell Church Of Christ Hall, cnr of Milverton & Highfield Rds Hartwell. (off Toorak Rd)


Cost: $40 for ATASDA members, $45 for non-members.  $5 materials fee if needed.

Materials lists will be emailed to all who enrol.

To book call Barbara: 0419 396 695


You will be making something that could look like this:


And turning it into something that looks like this:


some close ups:



We really hope to see you there! It's late notice and ATASDA Vic's first own workshop, so we've kept the costs down. Take advantage and book in!

To see more of this talented tutors work visit Neroli's website  or blog.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

MEETING PLACE

The Victorian Group of ATASDA now have a permanent meeting place  
all meetings will be held here on the 
1st Saturday of each month except for January.
 the Hartwell Church Of Christ Hall 
cnr of Milverton & Highfield Rds Hartwell.  
(off Toorak Rd)
This venue is on the ground floor and easily accessible. 
10.30am - 3.30pm
Entry Fee $5.00
Bring your own mug, lunch, hand work something for Show and Tell.  We also accept donated items for our Trade Table.
The workshop with Gayle D'Angelis at Warburton www.retiedattire.com 
on August 13th has a few vacancies 
if you are interested contact
to reserve your place.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

CHANGE OF VENUE

The next meeting of ATASDA Vic Group will be held 
on MAY 7TH 
at the Hartwell Church Of Christ Hall 
cnr of Milverton & Highfield Rds Hartwell.  
This venue is on the ground floor and easily accessible. 
10.30am - 3.30pm
Entry Fee $5.00
We are having a Home Warming lunch.  Please bring a plate of food to share.  Any items for the trade table to boast our finances are welcome.
Show and Tell of Hand Made Name badge with ATASDA and Your Name or a mug bag.

4th June we will have the Maharajah's Garden travelling suitcase exhibition on display.  Tell your friends, family neighbours etc to come and see this wonderful exhibition.
2nd July  Guest Speaker Jenny Scott from Aurifil Threads. www.alwaysquilting.com.au/ThreadsOnline
 
For financial members apply to join the ATASDA Yahoo Group.

Their will be an August meeting as well as a workshop with Gayle De Angelis in Warburton  
11am to 3pm 15- 20 people.  
Cost to be advised later.

March Meeting

An interesting workshop was held by Gayle De'Angelis from Warburton.   Gayle has a business called Retied Attire were she makes wearable art out of ties and scarves.   This was a hands on workshop where we all had such fun.  Greg Carolyn's husband was on hand to video all the goings on.  This video will be available for loan from our library.
Gayle works out of 'The Sheila's Shed' 6 Ferndale Rd Wardburton Melway Map 290 F2
web site www.retiedattire.com.




Left.  Helen modelling a waistcoat


Right The back of waistcoat

left.  this a bag folded out flat.
right.  the flap folded over
Left  Sarah modelling a long coat
Right  the front of the coat.
left. A coat with a special name which I forgot the name of.
Right.   a pinny for a stitcher.
Right Rose modelling the back of a different waistcoat
 Right Rose showing the front of the waistcoat
 Left Gayle arranging a coast on Sarah
 Left more adjustment necessary
 Right.  Hands on part of the workshop.  We choose our own scarves and ties.  With the help of one of dressmaker models that Gayle had thoughtfully bought along Sarah and I worked on this cape made from 6 scarves and 2 ties.
 Right. The back of the cape Sarah and I worked on.
 Raewyn working on hers and Carolyn's masterpiece.

Left. Carolyn showing it on the model

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Report from February meeting

Finally I am able to do this report only a few days until our next meeting which is on this Sunday March 26th the meeting will be held at the Oakleigh Hall Drummond St Oakleigh.  Committee at 10 a.m general members at 11a.m until 3.30p.m.


The guest speaker for March was Felicity Hopkins with a wonderful display of her work and her story through Art quilts. 
www.textileseahorse.blogspot.com  
Felicity did email me a file but I can't work out how to load it here yet.

Some photos from Show and Tell when you click on the photos to enlarge the description is at the top left of the photo.









Tuesday, February 1, 2011

February Meeting

The meeting for February will be held on  Sunday February 27th at 11.00am to 3.00pm at the Oakleigh Community Hall, Drummond St Oakleigh.
It is the hall adjacent to the Library.  (When standing facing the library it is the hall on the left hand side.)
Plenty of parking, short distance from Oakleigh Station, Monash Freeway of Warrigal Road.

This may change as we are trying to find a venue free on the 4th Saturday of the month, SO WATCH this SPACE.  As of today Feb 12th we have had no luck in acquiring a venue for the 4th Saturday.
I have sent invitations to those who have attended the meetings so far and left their email addresses to join our Yahoo Group, if you receive one of these invites from fairiesrme that is me Fran Cox.

Guest Speaker for February meeting is Felicity Hopkins
http://www.textileseahorse.blogspot.com
.
BYO mug and lunch and we meet in the room upstairs.
$5.00 entry fee.  There will be a raffle.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

January Meeting

The first meeting of ATASDA Vic will be held on SUNDAY January 23rd at Oakleigh Community Centre Drummond St. Oakleigh from 10 am.
BYO lunch and mug.  Teas and coffee provided.
See you all there.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

November Meeting

We were not able to book the room at the Box Hill Arts Centre for the November meeting.
We have decided that November should be a committee and planning meeting which will be held at 2Doors Down 159 Fitzroy St St. Kilda at 1.00 pm.   Come along with ideas backed up by photos/pamphlets/webpages etc for artists who you would like to learn from.  Any member who would like to join the committee from 2.30 o'clock onwards for a Christmas drink is welcome.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

October Victorian ATASDA Textile Art Meeting

The October meeting of our new Victorian ATASDA group was attended by 25 ladies.  Artist and designer Neroli Henderson gave an informative talk on the inspirations and techniques behind her unique art quilts using a slide slow and many of her original works to demonstrate.

More photos to be posted over the next few days. 

Discussion was held during the meeting reguarding what techniques members would like to see featured in workshops during 2011.  If you have any suggestions please add them to the comment section below.

We are also looking for books to add to our Victorian library for members to borrow. If anyone has any textile based books or magazines they would like to donate to our proposed library please let us know or bring them along to the next group get together in January. Any fibre or textile related books or magazines will be welcomed!

Some interesting items were shown and talked about in Show and tell:

Jenni Strachan's colourful notebook covered with paper serviettes and embellishments

QAYG bag made with scraps embellished with various stitching, ties etc. by Kristen Delandra

Linda Steele made this after a discussion on Monet with Waverley Art Quilt group. Hand dyed, variegated background fabric with strips of green layered to indicate waves and leaves overlaid with tulle and machine stitched.

Felted badge made by Cas embellished with a small flower

One of Virginia Fricker's felting test pieces with foreground created with a needle felting machine. 

 If you are a financial member of ATASDA and live in Victoria you are welcome to join our Yahoo Group by sending a request to the following link.
ATASDA_Vic-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Monday, October 18, 2010

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

October Meeting

Our next Victorian ATASDA meeting will be on Saturday 23rd October 10.00am – 2.00pm at the Box Hill Community Arts Centre 470 Station Street, Box Hill VIC 3128.  (Melways Ref Page 47 D10  between Canterbury and Whitehorse Rds) limited parking on left hand corner of street.
Please bring a mug and lunch as there are no shops near by.
 

CHALLENGE
The first Victorian challenge will be to create your own name badge. 
Criteria your name must be clearly readable and ATASDA must feature clearly somewhere in the creation. 
See the website www.atasda.org.au for further information or leave a comment on this post.

Looking forward to seeing you all there