Wednesday, September 11, 1991 - North Shore News - 44

Creative sewing festival expands to western Canada.

FROM HAUTE couture to home decor, Canadians are eager to do it themselves, says Rita Krim, president of International Showcase Associates Inc.

She should know, having just taken her popular Creative Sewing and Needlework Festival on the road for its first regional show in Halifax. The Festival, which has delighted over 85,000 home sewers, needleworkers and crafters in Toronto in the past three years is now coming to the West Coast.

If che enthusiasm of attendees in Halifax is any indication, the Festival will be well received from coast to coast. “The response was phenomenal,” says Krim, “from exhibitors, both retailers and suppliers, and visitors. They told us a show like this was long overdue and they hoped it would continue as an annual event.”

Krim'’s company, International Showcase Associates, which

produces the festival, is a business success story about a company that’s expanding during shaky

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economic times. Krim credits much of her success to the current trend to “cocooning”, spending more leisure time at home.

“People want the way they dress and their home environment to reflect their personal raste. And they enjoy it themselves, using methods, products, and skills that get the job done quickly, simply and economically,” says Krim.

The Creative Sewing and Needlework Festival (whose policy it is to promote Canadian businesses only) gives people the opportunity to discover, learn and buy che latest supplies, services, trends and techniques for sewing, knitting, quilting, spinning, weaving, embroidery, needlepoint, petit point, cross stitch, crocheting, smocking, folk art, stencilling and more.

In addition to both retail and manufacturers’ exhibits, the festival offers over one hundred free how- to demenstrations in everything from sweater finishing techniques to computerized serging and how to

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For the beginner there's the Crafts Plus Magazine Hobby Discovery area where Singer introduces people to sewing, Fabricland teaches about buttons, zippers and hems; and Fanny's Fabrics demonstrates quick tips for crafts and home decorating.

The show also offers activities for children. Boys & Girls eight to 12 years of age are invited to discover the satisfaction of creating at the Husqvarna White “Kids Can Sew” workshop, where they can sew, serge and personalize a T-shirt.

Highlighting the festival will be an informative keynote seminar series which combines locak, naticna! and international experts. Among the 24 topics in this series are presentations by: © Jan Larkey, author of Flatter Your Figure, who will enterrain with her innovative approach to charting the individual figure without using measurements; © Linda MacPhee, co-founder and creative director of MacPhee

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Workshops teaches people how to make their own designer accessories, and how ta recycle old jeans into a quilted coat; ® Lynette Ranney Black of Palmer Plersch Associates, will demonstrate creative serging for che home, and give tips on how to design the ultimate sewing room; ® Shirley Scott, author of Canada Knits: Crafts and Comfort in a Northem Land, talks about Canada's knitting heritage; *Sharon Templeton, whose custom creations are often featured in such magazines as Canadian House & Home, Flair and Window Fashions will cover quick and easy window treatments; * Ann Boyce, noted quilting expert will lecture on hwo to sew unusual fabrics and threads. ®Gina Brown, International teacher and expert needlewoman will reach about Battenburg lace, Brazilian embroidery, duplicate stitch and decorative stitches on needlepoint canvas.

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So mark your calendar now to attend the first annual Creative Sewing and Needlework Festival on September 13, 14 & 15 at the Pacific Showmart Building, PNE grounds, Vancouver.

Pre-registration is available for all keynote seminars, which is the only festival feature requiring an additional fee. Keynote seminar passes are $35 and include two-day festival entry, Jan Larkey's seminar and any three serninars.

General admission is $8 at the door and $7 in advance. Seminar passes and advance tickets may be ordered by calling the festival office in Toronto at (416) 470-7057, or from local fabric, yarn, and craft stores including Fabricland and Fanny's Fabrics.

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