PNCA and Etsy are hosting the first in a series of community craft nights next Tuesday! Make something, meet new people and help craft a community in a positive, creative environment.
Craftacular!
A Community Craft Night
August 31, 6-8 pm
The Lab at Museum of Contemporary Craft
724 NW Davis St.
Supported by Etsy and the Cyan PDX Cultural Residency Program.
Get your craft on summer camp-style with vintage-inspired merit badges! Torie Nguyen and Cathy Pitters from Crafty Wonderland will lead a workshop guiding you through the steps to make embroidered patches that will bring you back to your days at scout camp. The project involves taking fabric circles and embellishing them with simple embroidered images depicting your favorite activities—think camping, biking, sewing, etc. Fabric pens will also be on hand for those who don’t feel handy with a needle and thread. Come join us for some old school fun!
Torie Nguyen and Cathy Pitters run Crafty Wonderland, Portland’s semi-annual art and craft extravaganza, and are both members of the collective PDX Super Crafty.
Torie makes jewelry under the name Totinette when she’s not taking care of her daughter. She is passionate about handmade goods, mid-century modern architecture, tea, and planting flowers.
Cathy is a mom, artist and seamstress. She runs her business, Bossa Nova Baby, out of her flamingo pink craft bunker in her basement. She creates one of a kind, vintage-inspired clothing and accessories that she sells in shops and craft fairs across the country.
I’m interested in the Etsy workshop Tuesday but I don’t see a place to sign up. Is it necessary to sign up or do we just show up at the event?
My daughter recently attended the Etsy workshop in Brooklyn and loved it.
Karen, please feel free to just show up Tuesday night and participate. No sign-up is necessary.