More Art! All Wearable! (Our second Wearable Art show)

We are currently gearing up for our second Wearable Art show of the holiday season.

The show is called "pieceWORK" and it's being held on November 25, at the Gladstone Hotel, in Toronto, between six and 10 p.m. at night.


As always, we're offering some unique and one-of-a-kind items for sale.



Our vests, in particular, which feature Maypole Weaving (TM)
are a great way to jazz up an everyday outfit for a night
on the town.  They are particularly good way transform
a business suit when you are going out straight from work,
and also offer a great option if you're traveling but don't
have a lot of room in your suitcase for party finery.

Another option we have is a tunic.  Again, these feature either Maypole Weaving or applique designs and are the perfect way to transform a sweater and jeans when you are going out.

Volunteer sporting a Glamor Wrap

We are also offering our Glamor Wraps (TM), in a range of colors.  Everyone who sees our wraps exclaims: "What a great idea!"  because they really do offer an elegant look - combining the drape of a shawl with the practicality of a jacket - when you have a dinner, theater or similar evening out  but don't want to take off the comfortable slacks and sweater you have on. (The photo shows one of the volunteers from our last Wearable Art show, sporting a Glamor Wrap in amethyst; boa is her own).


There are several vendors taking part in the show, which coincides with the Hard Twist/Obsession fiber art exhibit on for several weeks at the Gladstone Hotel. 

NB: The Opening Reception for the Hard Twist show is the same night as the pieceWORK show. Don't be put off by a crowd in the second floor lobby. The vendors are in rooms along the perimeter of the second floor.   Details about the location below.

Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen St. West
Toronto, ON
(one block east of Dufferin)

Deborah in Autumn Leaves

416/531-4635

Autumn Leaves tunic

If you need to contact me or Harobed Designs directly, links are available via our website as follows:
www.deborahcsawyer.com/dcs_006.htm
Copyright Deborah C. Sawyer

Craft Shows - Two weeks in a row!

Cooking - it happens to the best of us!

This holiday season, Harobed Designs is taking part in two one-day Craft Shows, which are both on Mondays!

Washable silk, styled from remnants

As both offer daytime as well as evening shopping, we hope to see a lot of people coming out to take a look at what's on offer.

Mama Bear & Papa Bear aprons

For these shows, I am offering a number of aprons and hostess pinnies.  Within the apron category, I'm offering several of what I call our "Team Family" aprons, which come in four sizes, Papa bear, Mama bear, and two sizes of Baby bear.  These aprons are a great way to let 'little helpers' feel included, and to instill some good work habits.

Within the hostess pinny category, I have several made of various wash and wear fabrics.  I even have washable silk.

This year, I'm also offering an environmentally-appropriate option,
in that I have made aprons using remnants from other sewing activities,
notably from the making of jackets.

Normally, these remnants would find their way to landfill at some point, although the fabric is perfectly good; it's just that they are not large enough to make garments with. The aprons have, therefore, been pieced together and are available in stylish black-and-white designs.  Check out the photos!

As for the shows themselves, here are the details.

Monday, November 14, 2011.
4 to 8 p.m.
Bialik PTA Boutique Night.

Location: Bialik Hebrew Day School.
2760 Bathurst St.
Toronto, ON
Bialik is on the Bathurst Street bus route, and there is parking available at the school as well as Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue at 470 Glencairn nearby.
On site phone: 416/721-1765

Detail, washable silk

Monday, November 21, 2011.
10 to 9 p.m..
Mistletoe Market 2011.

Location: Royal St. George's College.
120 Howland Ave.
Toronto, ON
Royal St. George's is in the Annex and is easily reached from the subway and various bus routes.
School office: 416/533-9481

Copyright Deborah C. Sawyer

Wearable Art Shows - 2011 events

Earlier in 2011, I posted a "teaser" on my blog (6/21/11: What's She Up To Now?) in which I showed examples of the appliques I had made and hinted how I'd be using them.

One of the photos I posted back then showed leaves; the first two photos in this current post show how I've used them.


Now that we are on the eve of the holiday arts and crafts fair season, I can take the wraps off my activities as my first Wearable Art Show is this Saturday, November 5.

As the photos show, I'll be offering a variety of tunics, wraps and hostess pinnies which fall within the category of wearable art. All are unqiue, one-of-a-kind pieces made by hand. Many are also environmentally-friendly, as they are made using remnants from my clothing manufacture and smaller pieces of fabric or trim that would otherwise have gone to waste.

I am also introducing a line of clothing items - also one-of-a-kind - made using woven fabric and notions. I refer to this as Maypole Weaving (TM) as it reminds me of the Maypole and the ribbon weaving which resulted, from the maypole dancing  we did at school when I was younger.


The November 5 show is at:

Burlington Art Centre
1333 Lakeshore Road
Burlington, ON L7S 1A9

(near Brock Street and Lakeshore Road)

Access from the QEW via North Shore Boulevard.

Phone: 905-632-7796

As this event is a fund-raiser for the BAC, there is a $5 admission fee.

I'll post an update about my next Wearable Art show later in November.