One of my personal favorite things about CRAFTED is their weekly hands-on workshops. And with all the quilting going on, this weekend’s DIY sessions are a natural choice: embroidery. Both today and tomorrow, CRAFTED’s “Creation Station” hosts an “embroidery basics’ class with step-by-step instructions. The class price is listed on their website as five dollars.
Still just can’t get enough of quilting? OK, there’s more. On Sunday, you’ll also get to meet Latifah Saafir, the “Quilt Engineer”! According to the Los Angeles Quilt Show’s website, the exact time she’ll be on hand is still to be arranged. However, there’s also a listing of “12-1pm” for her presentation.
Of course, with all the special events, I almost took for granted what makes CRAFTED special in the first place. As a year-round crafts marketplace, they’ll also have: more than a hundred gifted and eclectic artists, exhibiting their work for sale; food trucks; and live music. (Blues singer/songwriter Chuck Alvarez stops by this Sunday afternoon, to do the honors.)
And at 4:00 Sunday afternoon, CRAFTED hosts the “grand finale” of this inaugural Los Angeles Quilt Show and Fiber Art Fest: the closing reception and awards. Can’t say that I envy the judges their job–choosing just one winner, in each category, has to be a tough decision!
CRAFTED at the Port of Los Angeles hosts the first annual Los Angeles Quilt Show and Fiber Art Fest, currently in progress, this weekend. Tickets are available through Eventbrite, and hours are 11 am to 6 pm, Saturday, August 2 and Sunday, August 3. CRAFTED is located in Warehouse Number 10, 112 E. 22nd Street, near Miner Street, in San Pedro.