The Lakeshore Fiber Arts Guild’s next meeting will be on
Wed., January 4, featuring Barbara Norlin on “Tweeking Your Clothing,”
at the Holland Area Arts Council, 150 East 8th St., Holland, MI
49423, starting promptly at 6:30pm with social time beginning at
6pm. Non-members are asked to pay $5
toward the speaker’s fee.
Holland
resident Barbara Norlin will present her unique method of altering
clothing. Norlin explains that “my
mother never taught me to sew. I learned
from watching her. That was the
beginning of my interest in sewing. I
would take scraps of fabric to make doll clothes and I’m still making doll
clothes for craft sales and art fairs.
I’ve always loved a sewing challenge.
Often I will purchase something from a sale rack either too large or too
small, then alter it to fit me. I’ve
done this for other people also such as doing alterations for a local dry
cleaners for 10 years.” She will have
before and after pictures of garments she’s altered for clients as well as her
own clothing and looks forward to attendees bringing their own garment
questions.
The
Lakeshore Fiber Arts Guild invites anyone interested in the textile fiber arts
to their monthly program meetings held the first Wednesday of each month at the
Holland Area Arts Council. For more
information, visit the guild’s blog at
http://lakeshorefiberartsguild.blogspot.com or contact jgould1526@gmail.com or
616-878-1526.
Example of an altered skirt that was way to big.
