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Inhabitat DIY Spring Greening Contest

Spring arrives this Friday and Inhabitat is encouraging all eco crafty types to dust off the winter blahs with their spring greening DIY household/furniture revamp contest. Not only is this a good way to spruce up the old nest, but you can also win a nice juicy gift certificate to the online Inhabitat Shop. Vrroom vrroom, glop glop..Do hear drills and glue guns getting rev-ved up?

> Abigail on 03/18/09 #

Make Something Tonight!

Artists Brece Honeycuttt and Donna Huanca are hosting "Make Something" at the ISE Cultural Foundation at 555 Broadway here in NYC tonight from 6pm-8pm. The event is in conjunction with Global Fabrics Common Threads (on view though April 9). Bring your spindles, needles, hooks, if you dare.

> Abigail on 03/18/09 #

Whip Up 2009 Calendar

Support fellow crafty folk by giving this super cute Whip Up 2009 calendar for the holidays. Great Indie projects by 13 featured artists and clever art direction, too!

> Abigail on 11/13/08 #

Conscious Style Fashion Event at the V&A

This weekend is an all-out Conscious Style/Ethical Fashion blow-out at the V&A in London. Spend a DIY eco fab Sunday in 'cut and sew', 'build a sustainable fabric dress' and clothes swap workshops. More info here.

> Abigail on 11/06/08 #

INHABITOTS How-To Green Halloween Contest

Calling all super crafty families & peeps. The totally design-rad Inhabitots is sponsoring an (eco) fab Green Halloween Contest where readers simply have to share their eco-savvy ideas for greening Halloween this year. Leave a clever comment and be in the running for some pretty sweet treats! You know you want an owl onesie for you know-hoo!

> Abigail on 10/14/08 #

Urban Fiber Flotsam

Hey street urchins! Check out Urban Fiber Flotsam at Conflux 2008 this weekend here in NYC. I will be spinning flotsam from the street into fiber and recycled gold!

> Abigail on 09/11/08 #

How to be Patriots...

...by swaddling icons of the American agricultural landscape with recycled fabrics as bandages. I heart Catherine Bouzide and Danny Mansmith! 'Tis fiber fireworks!

> Abigail on 07/02/08 #

Mildred's Lane Showing

For anyone who is a fan of artist/clothier J. Morgan Puett and her crafty enterprise at Mildred's Lane, check out the new exhbit at Alexander Gallery (opens tonight, 6/18!) for evidence of 'making it' in the sticks.

> Abigail on 06/18/08 #

No Idle Hands

Don't miss the 'No Idle Hands' film showings and video documentaries on fiber art and DIY (textile) handicraft curated by Sabrina Gschwandtner of Knit Knit on Tuesday, June 10th @ Light Industry. Includes work by Yayoi Kasuma, Elaine Reichek, Cecilia Vicuna, Alee Peoples, and Faythe Levine. Presentations begin at 8pm. $6 at the door.

> Abigail on 06/07/08 #

Fiber & Ephemera Salon

There will be an art/fiber salon TONIGHT (5/28) from 6pm-8pm @ Pocket Utopia in Brooklyn. The topic? Fiber+Ephemera+ Feminism (Boys welcome!). Great opportunity to see Brece Honeycutt's work and visit a real live SOCIAL space...other than FaceBook, MySpace, Twitter, etc. Return to the tactile!



> Abigail on 05/28/08 #

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