12/12: Modern Women of Sewing Handmade Crafternoon at NYPL
Saturday, December 12th – Handmade: Crafternoon at the New York Public Library
Time: 2:00 to 4:00pm
Join us this Saturday in a new room (with a fireplace!) as we welcome Heather Ross, author of Weekend Sewing and two other textile mavens: Denyse Schmidt, author of Denyse Schmidt Quilts; and Liesl Gibson of Oliver + S, will all be on hand to talk about what inspires them and share some books they’ve discovered from the libraries collection.
And as usual, we’ll have lots of amazing library books to look at as well as some supplies. But we recommend that you bring your own scissors, needle and thread, and a square foot of fabric of your liking if you want to be sure you can whip something up on the spot.
Copies of Crafternoon and Heather and Denyse’s books will be available at the The Library Shop. So buy a book in support of the library and get it signed on the spot!
Location:Stephen A. Schwarzman Building , 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue
NEW ROOM: Trustees’ Room (Room #206, located in the southeast corner of the second floor)
Admission: Free
Links: http://www.nypl.org/blogs/2009/09/18/december-12ths-handmade-crafternoon
http://heatherross.squarespace.com/weekend-sewing-gallery/weekend-sewing-photos-by-john-gruen/
http://www.dsquilts.com/
http://oliverands.com/
And if you’re at all on the fence about attending, take a look at these gorgeous photos of our very first Handmade Crafternoon at the NYPL taken by the talented Shira Kronzon. They’re the perfect proof of the joy of Crafternoon.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shirakronzon/sets/72157622936429606/