All good things must come to an end.
But Tennessee Presents Textiles was a blast.
Check it out.

Power of the Pocket (2010)

A pocket is a container of things.
It can conceal and protect,
Be invisible or a showcase,
Offer security and warmth.
How does your pocket empower you?

Rachel Clark, quilt artist, was a guest presenter at the Tennessee Presents Textiles Wearable Art Style Show
November 13, 2010

Borders and Boundaries (2008)

Borders. Boundaries. Edges. Margins. The rim, the brink, the fringe.
That line between fashion and function, expression and experience, hoops and hoopla.
Explore the frontier, expand your fiber limits, experience Tennessee Does Textiles.

Traditions Transformed: A Coming Out Party (2007)

Mary Lou Scohier, jacket Linda Jarrett scarf	Jean Volrath, vest Annie Sherrill, scarf Dinah Rose, purse	Liz Spear and Neal Howard coat
Dianne Totten jacket	Pattarawan Satthapong	Children's clothes by Julia Reedy
Shereen Franklin ruana	Judith Krone	Nina Tie
Veronica Ortega, vest		Finale

Spice It Up (2006)

Food Fashion Fun	Friday Gallery Crawl	The windows of Tellico Plains never looked better.
Saturday runway show	Some of our artists on stage. Bob Hardin and Hilarie Burke	Felted vest and bag by Linda Jarrett
Heart Beet shawl by Judith Krone	Children's clothes by Ann Doherty	Spicy Stories
Leather Cape by Bob Hardin	Celebration Coat by Liz Spear	Scarves by Geri Forkner Bag by Hilarie Burke, Jacket by Christine Stanton, Shawl by Lynn Nicherson
Coat by Christine Stanton	Coat by Chrisitne Stanton	Coat by Judi Gaston Triangle Shawl and Mobius by Shereen Fraknlin
Judith Krone Lynn Nickerson	Dianne Totten, bag by Dinah Rose Judith Krone Chrisitne Stanton

Aprons with Attitude (2005)

Using aprons as a metaphor for women’s work, a juried show of aprons will be displayed at
Weaving Arts Studio, Margaret’s Yarns Down Under in Monroe, GA, and the Athens Arts Center in Athens, TN.

Three selected pieces will be modeled and many will be for sale. A percentage of sales
from this art show will benefit the Women’s Wellness and Maternity Center in
Madisonville, TN, and proceeds of the event will benefit the arts through the
Monroe Area Council for the Arts. This is a Surface Design Association sponsored event.

Aprons With Attitude	Apron Stories interpreted by Circle Modern Dance
Never Done by Janet Yost	Imprisonment by Emily White	Rust Never Sleeps by April Marie Hale
Felt hat "Pungency" by Lisa Klakulak Ocean Ripple Cape by Sarah Simpson	Dee VanAsdale's apron	Garments by fashion design sutdents from Rangsit University, Bangkok, Thailand
Vest and scarf by Christine Stanton	Poncho by Ann Doherty Purse by Amber Williams	Child's coat and hat by Ann Doherty

Friday, November 12, 2004

For Hazel … on the occasion of her first public performance… The Twelfth of November, Two Thousand Four A.D.

First there was Eve, weaving her leaves…then the daughters of Eve covering their bodies with animal skins….
admiring each others’ efforts to make each garment more beautiful….
learning to spin hair and wool and plants into fibers…learning to weave plastic into clothing….
wearing silk and cotton and linen and nylon and spandex. Teaching their daughters and granddaughters.
Hazel, you are the future. When you are my age, you may be clothing your body in woven colored lights and perfumed gasses…
you may be wearing clothing that’s alive and lives on your body in symbiotic harmony….
pet tee shirts who eat dead skin. The world you will live in is unknown to us today but for sure,
women will be weaving the way they always have…
weaving materials into clothing and weaving words into rhymes and weaving the world together,
working to weave “Peace On Earth”….
the way they always have.

“There was an old woman
tossed up in a basket…
Nineteen times as high as the moon.
And where she was going
I could not but ask it.
For in her hand she carried a broom.
“Old woman. Old woman. Old woman,” said I.
“Oh, whither, Oh, wither, Oh, whither so high?”
“To sweep the cobwebs out of the sky.”
“May I go with you?”
“Aye…. bye and bye.”

Pictures from 2003 Show

Monday, November 10, 2003 was a unique day for Tellico Plains.

Artists specializing in clothing, jewelry, herbs, flowers, and gourmet food have combined their talents
to present the first annual Wearable Art Fashion Show and Luncheon. Local chefs and herbal experts
worked together to prepare a gourmet luncheon. Award winning fiber artists from Tennessee and
Atlanta created one-of-a-kind garments, scarves, hats, bags, and jewelry that will make individuals
stand out from the crowd.

Jacket by fiber artist Christine Stanton	Scarves by fiber artist Geri Forkner	Featured Necklace by Elisabeth Baerreis
Featured Fiber Art by Lisa Klakulak	Cathy's Tellico Mules	Bob Hardin's Leather Coat
Ajeet and Bob	Modeling Christine Stanton's woven vest and felted hat
	Red Coat by Linda Jarrett