Fibrefest 2016 Booth

Fibrefest 2016 in Almonte, Ontario was a grand success! I feel honoured to have met so many creative, cheerful, supportive people! There were tons of great conversations over the span of the weekend. Even my mannequin was feelin' fabric festive, decked out in a doily top to go with her Seamstress Fruit skirt.

I covered up the puck-scuffed boards of the Almonte Arena with some Canadiana a.k.a. some fabric in my With Glowing Hearts collection. How appropriate, with hockey sticks and all.

Voilà--the Creatively Graceful booth in all its whimsical glory! I absolutely adore setting up vignettes for shows.

I draped With Glowing Hearts on a vintage ironing board.

A vintage wooden ladder held fat quarters and pillows of my designs, such as Single, Buttons, and Frolicking Fleecy on Linen Cotton Canvas Ultra.

Aaaand...I have chosen the winning names for the Almonte collection...*drum roll*...

Congrats to Susan Schmidt, Jayme Vallieres, Shelley Scott, and Heidi Lowry for their winning titles! You will be receiving an 8" by 8" cotton swatch of your fabulously named designs in the mail! The whole collection is available in my shop as fabric, wallpaper, and gift wrap. A huge thank you to every textile enthusiast who contributed, and overall to everyone who visited the Creatively Graceful booth!

Fibrefest 2016 Day 1

What a day of enthusiastic conversations with cheery people! I could talk about surface pattern design forever, so it's a good thing there's another whole day for the show! Fibrefest is on again tomorrow from 10am to 4pm. The Creatively Graceful booth is in the Almonte Arena at 182 Bridge Street, Almonte, Ontario.

Contest: Name the Almonte Collection!

It's an honour to be the Featured Artist at Fibrefest, a celebration of textiles, this year! I'd love to have my booth engage the diversely creative citizens of Almonte, and Almonte-lovers, hence, my Almonte Collection in need of names. The naming contest will take place at the Creatively Graceful Surface Pattern Design booth at Fibrefest this weekend. I will select my favourite titles from the ballots for the 4 designs in the collection and the winners will receive a free 8" by 8" cotton swatch of their fabulously named design. However, if you want to jump the gun and order the designs pre-titling, by all means, the 4-piece collection is available as fabric, wallpaper and gift wrap in my shop. The designs in need of clever titles are Almonte #1: architectural tidbits of Almonte

Almonte #2: the gingerbread balcony on Mill Street

Almonte #3: corn, textile fibres, and water on a denim-like background

Almonte #4: the bricks of the Black Watch Tobacco wall arranged in an Aztec style pattern in honour of Almonte's namesake Mexican general, Juan Almonte. Hint: I love a good pun, so the wittier the better!

Feel free to swing by Fibrefest this weekend and drop your best names on a ballot at the Creatively Graceful Surface Pattern Design booth! It's Saturday September 10th from 10am to 5pm and Sunday September 11th from 10am to 4pm. The admission is $5 and the Creatively Graceful booth will be set up at the Almonte arena location, 182 Bridge Street, Almonte, Ontario. Hope to see you soon, and happy brainstorming! 

Fibrefest September 10-11 2016

Mark your calendars! Fibrefest, the 21st annual celebration of everything textile-related in Almonte, Ontario, is coming up! It's Saturday September 10th from 10am to 5pm and Sunday September 11th from 10am to 4pm. The admission is $5 per person. Feel free to swing by the Creatively Graceful Surface Pattern Design booth!

Toronto 2016: Interior Design Show

Here are some snapshots from the eye-catching booths at IDS!

If this were my floor...

My friends and I had a nice chat with the rep for Jan Kath Carpets.

He told us that this rug was hand-woven using a photograph from the Hubble Space Telescope as the base pattern. Fun fact: Carrie Fisher has it in her living room!

Miele

Habitat for Humanity

Voting for Beauti-Tone's Paint Colour of the Year--I voted for the white. They were giving away free mini-can samples of the 4 colours in the running! Note the scalloped back wall made of paint can lids.

My friend Isa, who snapped this photo, and I were admiring this floor.

Urban Barn

UpCountry

Marble and gold!

DXV

Creekside

Urban Barn...oh that brick!

DXV

The rest area--isn't that scalloped chair awesome?!

Marble and copper!