Please note that the January meeting is the 9th not the 2nd due to the Holiday.
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The Lakeshore Fiber Arts Guild’s next program meeting will be on Wed., January
9, featuring Jennie DeVries presenting “A
Passion for 1940s Fashion: Collecting and Recreating the Looks of the 40s Using
Original Patterns, Notions, and Inspiration” at the Holland Area
Arts Council, 150 East 8th St., Holland, MI 49423, starting promptly
at 6:30pm with social time beginning at 6pm. Guests are asked to pay $10 to defray
speaker’s costs .
Jennie DeVries sews many of her own garments using
vintage patterns, fabrics, and notions in order to create the look of the 1940s.
The patterns are from the mid-30s to the late 40s and are German, French, and American
in origin. This will be an exciting opportunity to see these garments as Jennie
DeVries wears them, and to find out how she uses the patterns and vintage
jewelry to create her distinctive look.
With
a history degree from GVSU and summers working on her parents’ Gold Barn
Blueberries farm north of downtown Holland, DeVries developed a fascination for
historical garments. She attends living
history events around Michigan and discusses her vintage clothing on her blog,
theuglydame.blogspot.com.
Lakeshore
Fiber Arts Guild members are unique individuals with a wide range of interests
and experience in many areas including weaving, spinning, papermaking, dyeing, garment
design and sewing, quilting, beading, dollmaking, surface design, wearable art
clothing design, and many more.
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,
September through May, at the Holland Area Arts Council. For more information, visit the guild’s blog
at http://lakeshorefiberartsguild.blogspot.com or contact at jgould1526@gmail.com
or 616-878-1526.
Please note that the January meeting is the 9th not the 2nd due to the Holiday.
