Discounted Fiber Art Sale This Saturday

Artist Zita Simutis. Photo by Cindy Cotte Griffiths

People are going to be lined up at the door before the Wearable Art/Fiber Art Show and Sale even opens. That’s how popular this one-day event has become.

Where else can you get one-of-a-kind handcrafted fiber art at a discount? Usually these pieces are for sale in studios and galleries. You can save on wearable art, jewelry, scarves, shawls, hats, wall hangings, hand-dyed yarn, and hand-dyed fabric.

You never know where this show will lead you. Four years ago Zita M Simutis visited the show and was inspired. She saw real felt for the first time and said, “I have to do that.” Now she’s a member of the Fiber Art Studio in VisArts at Rockville, producing wonderful felt pieces.

Wearable Art Fiber Art Show and Sale
Saturday, November 6, 2010
9:30 AM until 4 PM
Saint Mark Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Road, Rockville MD (directions)

The Back Room will have overstock supplies and equipment for weaving, knitting, spinning, dyeing, surface design, and quilting. They’ll be racks of thread and yarn along with buckets of beads for sale.

Janet Stollnitz, one of the founders of the event, said the sale was originally held in Garrett Park but moved to Saint Mark’s last year to have more room. Having a suitable space for the Back Room is the most important part of choosing the location.

All of the artists are members of the Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery. This is the one time the artists from the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria venture across the river to sell their work. These are good pieces of quality work. Almost everything will be sold by the end of the day so arrive early, very early!

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