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Maker Faire Austin 2007
Big Bold Embroidery
Maker Stage , Saturday 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Austin-based artist and entrepreneur Jenny Hart will present a slide show of her embroidered portraits and talk about her innovations in embroidery design. Hart is an artist, author of three titles with Chronicle Books (Sublime Stitching Craft Pad out Spring '09) and founder of Sublime Stitching."
Web site: http://sublimestitching.com
Tags: Embroidery, Crafts, Art, Sewing
About the Maker(s)
Jenny Hart
Jenny Hart is the founder of Texas-based Sublime Stitching, the little company that rocks the needleworking industry. Jenny is an internationally published artist/illustrator, an award-winning author of two titles for Chronicle Books and a founding member of the infamous Austin Craft Mafia.
Due to an overabundance of bunnies and dull, outdated instructions, Jenny independently founded Sublime Stitching in 2001, taking embroidery where it had never gone before: with hip and stylish Embroidery Patterns and the first all-in-one Embroidery Starter Kits. Her instructions entertain and educate a new generation of crafters who've never held a needle and thread and re-inspire veterans with fresh designs. Sublime Stitching's innovations with embroidery were met with worldwide attention and hordes of loyal crafters, thankful for something to stitch other than geese in bonnets.
Jenny's own works in embroidery have been exhibited and published throughout Europe, South America, Mexico, and Japan. Her work has been featured in zines and publications that include SPIN, JANE, Real Simple, Rolling Stone, BUST, ReadyMade, Family Circle, Entrepreneur and The Wall Street Journal. Her hand-embroidered portraits are included in the collections of the Roger Miller Museum, actress Carrie Fisher, comedian Tracey Ullman and Elizabeth Taylor. Jenny's work includes collaborations with the Flaming Lips and The Decemberists (because embroidery rocks).
Jenny lives and works in Austin, Texas, where she runs Sublime Stitching full blast, but not without the help of a small and dedicated staff. And, she tries to embroider every day..
http://sublimestitching.com
Maker Faire is sponsored by:
10am-6pm Saturday and 10am-5pm Sunday
Avoid the lines: buy tickets in advance!
Tickets available online or at the Austin Children's Museum
