BC Artists and Designers
Directory of Sunshine Coast, BC Artists - artists and galleries om the Sunshine Coast, BC
Favorite
Things
bags, hats & clothes straight from the cottage
by BC designer Leslie Gladman
Violette's
Folk Art - colorful folk art in White
Rock
Vancouver Guild
of Fibre Arts
Interesting Shops &
Resources 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. A real fabriholic's treasure
trove!
Maiwa
Handprints - Lovely clothes and textiles, great textile
supplies and books, workshops, too. The Net Loft, Granville Island.
Dr. Sketchy Vancouver - Fun life drawing sessions with a burlesque attitude.
Inspiring
Artistic Sites
Cirque
De Soleil - performance group
MacKenzie
Childs -
Inspiring furniture
Oilily
- a colorful store, good eye candy,
clothing for women and children
Nancy
Eha Bead Creative- embellished quilts & garments
Jane
Sassaman - intricate floral quilts
Sewing
& Embellishment Resources
Deborah
Gayle Sales - sewaholics jewelry
Cyndi's
"High Fiber Diet"- links for fiber artists
The
Quilting Channel from VidBook.com- learn quilting with video-enhanced
guides
Sew-Ergo
- tilting table for better sewing machine ergonomics & healthy
bodies
Hand
dyed Fabric at Textile Art
Fabrics
to Dye For - hand dyed fabrics
Denver
Fabrics - 'We have the largest selection
of sewing and quilting notions on the Internet"
J
J Handworks - millefiore Fimo buttons & jewelry, home of Pavelka Design sewing patterns
Porcelain Rose - PO Box
7545, Long Beach, CA, 90807- fantastic porcelain buttons
Mail
Order Thread by SULKY
Fairfield
Processing- makers of quality quilt batting
Quilter's
Resource Inc- suppliers of all kinds of good things for the
sewing room
Quilter's
Warehouse - online resources
Sewing Hardware - Sewing Themed Cabinet Knobs and Pulls for sewing enthusiasts
Sewing
& Fitting Instruction
Conselle
- Judith Rasband, fitting advice
Margaret
Islander Sewing Systems - great educational instruction
Interesting
textile and surface design 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
Dolls
Gail
Wilson's
folk doll furniture kits - charming kits for wooden
dolls & doll furniture
Monique
Motil - exotic dolls
Interesting wearables
Gallery
of Wearable Art - New York City
Mycoanna -
exotic recycled knitwear
Indian
Summer Leather- origami leather bags
Pavelka's
Big Family Adventure Sailing from British Columbia to
Mexico for 9 months |
