good news for milliners from a related textile arts field

Yesterday, I spent the afternoon checking out the quilt show and vendors market at the 2011 North Carolina Quilt Symposium. Quilting is a hobby interest of mine, long time readers of this blog will recall that I have covered past symposiums in here and reviewed quilt exhibits and museums as well. I think though, even if I did not myself quilt, I would still attend these museums and exhibitions and symposia for the same reasons that I follow the fashion industry, textile science industry, fiber/surface design arts, etc.–you never know what you may come across that can be used in your own area of arts!

And so, not only did they have an enormous exhibition hall full of beautifully made quilts, but I discovered some vendors whose contact information and products I picked up for my own nefarious millinery devices... ( Read more... )