{"id":1640,"date":"2014-01-19T11:43:04","date_gmt":"2014-01-19T16:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=1640"},"modified":"2014-01-19T11:43:04","modified_gmt":"2014-01-19T16:43:04","slug":"from-fabulous-natural-fibers-to-flamboyant-fabric-the-craft-and-art-of-hand-spinning-and-weaving-amy-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/from-fabulous-natural-fibers-to-flamboyant-fabric-the-craft-and-art-of-hand-spinning-and-weaving-amy-brown.html","title":{"rendered":"From Fabulous Natural Fibers to Flamboyant Fabric: the craft and art of hand spinning and weaving –Amy Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nAmy Brown will talk about making fibers into fabric at\r\n\r\nSouth Georgia Growing Local 2014<\/a>:\r\n

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\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nThis lecture\/ workshop will explore making yarn, thread, and cloth.\r\nPreparing the natural fiber, the hand spinning process, and\r\n\u00a0weaving will be demonstrated. There will be a \u00a0hands-on\r\nintroduction to many different natural fibers \u00a0and a discussion of\r\ntheir individual characteristics which may be used to enhance a\r\nfinal cloth. A few spindles and wool will be available if you would\r\nlike to try out what you have learned . \u00a0Inexpensive spinning and\r\nweaving tools that are easy to make will be discussed so you can get\r\nspinning and weaving right away. \u00a0Though the emphasis in this hour\r\nand a half is on spinning for weaving, discussion will also include\r\nspinning for knitting, crocheting, lacemaking, embroidery, and\r\nsewing. Come and join us and learn to turn your cotton fields, pet\r\nhair, sheep wool, and other fabulous fibers into unique cloth that\r\nyour friends will admire.\u00a0\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\nHer speaker bio:\r\n

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\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nI grew up loving textiles, learning my colors, \u00a0playing with my\r\nmothers buttons and threads as she sewed for her three daughters.\r\nShe gave me scraps of her fabric at an early age to make my own doll\r\nclothes and I completed my first embroidery when I was 5 years old.\r\nI earned my B.S. at the University of Georgia in Home Economics. My\r\nstudio work is focused on researching and drawing from historic\r\ntextile techniques such as lace making, spinning, weaving, dyeing,\r\nembroidery, and sewing while putting them into a modern context. I\r\nalso am \u00a0fortunate to \u00a0have a job that combines this love of history\r\nand textiles and the desire to preserve them for future\r\ngenerations!\u00a0\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nShe works for the\r\n\r\nLowndes County Historical Museum<\/a> in\r\n\r\nTextiles<\/a> and Research.\r\nCome to\r\n\r\nSOGALO2014<\/a> and hear Amy Brown explain fibers to textiles!\r\n

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