Roz Aylemr screen printing, image transfer Vancouver Guild of Fibre Arts, VGFA, Canada, textile arts guild, fabric art guild, dyeing, weaving, surface design, printing, art textile group British Columbia, dolls, quilts
Vancouver Guild of Fibre Arts, VGFA, Canada, textile arts guild, fabric art guild, dyeing, weaving, surface design, printing, art textile group British Columbia, dolls, quilts
Vancouver Guild of Fibre Arts, VGFA, Canada, textile arts guild, fabric art guild, dyeing, weaving, surface design, printing, art textile group British Columbia, dolls, quilts
Vancouver Guild of Fibre Arts, VGFA, Canada, textile arts guild, fabric art guild, dyeing, weaving, surface design, printing, art textile group British Columbia, dolls, quilts
Vancouver Guild of Fibre Arts, VGFA, Canada, textile arts guild, fabric art guild, dyeing, weaving, surface design, printing, art textile group British Columbia, dolls, quilts
Vancouver Guild of Fibre Arts, VGFA, Canada, textile arts guild, fabric art guild, dyeing, weaving, surface design, printing, art textile group British Columbia, dolls, quilts
Vancouver Guild of Fibre Arts, VGFA, Canada, textile arts guild, fabric art guild, dyeing, weaving, surface design, printing, art textile group British Columbia, dolls, quilts
Vancouver Guild of Fibre Arts, VGFA, Canada, textile arts guild, fabric art guild, dyeing, weaving, surface design, printing, art textile group British Columbia, dolls, quilts
Vancouver Guild of Fibre Arts, VGFA, Canada, textile arts guild, fabric art guild, dyeing, weaving, surface design, printing, art textile group British Columbia, dolls, quilts
Vancouver Guild of Fibre Arts, VGFA, Canada, textile arts guild, fabric art guild, dyeing, weaving, surface design, printing, art textile group British Columbia, dolls, quilts
Vancouver Guild of Fibre Arts, VGFA, Canada, textile arts guild, fabric art guild, dyeing, weaving, surface design, printing, art textile group British Columbia, dolls, quilts



Anne Hunt
Pavemente
felted wool

Interesting Links
If you would like to contribute links, please email Paula O'Brien. Any links that would be of interest to our members are welcome.

Websites by guild members
Pavelka Design - mixed media artwork, sewing patterns for interesting clothes
Judy Alexander - fibre artist
Kirsten Chursinoff - textile artist, machine embroidery
Anni Hunt - textile artist
VGFA blog

BC Artists and Designers
Favorite Things
bags, hats & clothes straight from the cottage by BC designer Leslie Gladman

Violette's Folk Art - colorful folk art in White Rock
Fibre_Essence_Gallery_- a Vancouver based gallery
featuring a variety of work by local textile artists
Surface Design Group - features some VGFA members

Interesting Places in Vancouver
Urbanity - local wearable artists' art, currently featuring works by Angelika Werth. Imports gorgous Oleana knitwear from Norway. 207 Abbott Street
Bed - 100% cotton dyed bed sheets and duvet covers in more than 54 colors! Fabulous!
2151 West 4th Avenue.
Ruby Dog's Art House - Wonderful resources for altered books, and collage artworks. 4738 Main St. between 30th and 32nd.
Dressew - The biggest selection of trims, zips, fringe, buttons in Vancouver. Also fabric, notions and great costume bits. 337 West Hastings Street.
Maiwa Handprints - Loveley clothes and textiles, great textile supplies and books, workshops, too. The Net Loft, Granville Island.
VancouverArtShow.ca - "Vancouver's most easily-browsed display of fine art for sale"

Textile Artists
Jo Deeley Textiles & Art - Gallery of textile art, design and installations from UK-based artist Jo Deeley
Nancy Eha Bead Creative- embellished quilts & garments
Jane Sassaman - intricate floral quilts

Pattern Companies
Purrfection Artisic Wearables

patterns up to plus sizes, fabrics, stamps & more
Critter Pattern Works

wonderful animal quilts by Deborah Konchinsky
Saf-T-Pockets
practical travel clothing
Carol Lane-Saber Designs
Oriental influenced fabrics & patterns

Lorraine Torrence
pieced clothing
Park Bench Patterns
cute styles of easy to wear clothing

Sewing & Embellishment Resources
Cyndi's "High Fiber Diet"- links for fiber artists

Sew-Ergo
- tilting table for better sewing machine ergonomics & healthy bodies
Hand dyed Fabric at Textile Art
Hand Dyed Fabric
Denver Fabrics - 'We have the largest selection of sewing and quilting notions on the Internet"
J J Handworks - millefiore Fimo buttons & jewelry
Porcelain Rose
- PO Box 7545, Long Beach, CA, 90807- fantasic porcelain buttons
Mail Order Thread by SULKY
Quilter's Resource Inc
suppliers of all kinds of good things for the sewing room
Quilter's Warehouse - online resources

Sewing & Fitting Instruction
Conselle
- Judith Rasband, fitting advice

Margaret Islander Sewing Systems
- great educational instruction

Great magazines!!
Look for all of these on local newstands or in fabric stores.
Threads
Sew News
Ornament

Fibrearts
Surface
Belle Armoire
Cloth Paper Scissors

Stamper's Sampler

Selvedge

Inspiring Artistic Sites
MacKenzie Childs - Inspiring furniture
Oilily - a colorful store, good eye candy, clothing for women and children

Dolls
Gail Wilson's folk doll furniture kits - charming kits for wooden dolls & doll furniture

Karen Soma Infinity quilt

Karen Soma Infinity quilt

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Sharmini Wirasekara
Diego Rivera necklace
beading

 

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