Posted Mar. 27, 2013 SALT LAKE CITY – West Elm and Craft Lake City welcome Gentry Blackburn of Frosty Darling to the West Elm Salt Lake City store to teach hand stitched applique pillows.
On March 27, 2013, Blackburn will teach workshop participants how to hand stitch their own applique pillow. Participants will use basic hand sewing to create their pillow and stitch on the applique. The workshop is $10 and pre-‐registration is required. Participants can register at http://skl.sh/16uYauh.
Blackburn is a crafter and painter, and former owner of the downtown Salt Lake City boutique Frosty Darling. With a passion for the nostalgic, pop-‐culture and kitschy, Blackburn paints and sews her way through many colorful and artsy wares including plush animals, bottle cap jewelry, felt brooches, pennants, vintage fabric aprons and more.
West Elm, a home furnishings retailer who helps and engages customers to shape their personal style in their homes, will host the third class of the West Elm and Craft Lake City DIY Workshop Series. They continue their partnership with Craft Lake City, and their mutual goal is to compel participants of all skillsets to indulge in their creative sides to produce art and stylized home accouterment.
Those interested in future workshops can follow Craft Lake City on Skillshare.com to be notified when a new workshop is posted. There is a $10 materials fee for each workshop, pre-‐registration is required. West Elm Salt Lake City is located in City Creek Center at 51 S. Main Street. For more information or promotional materials, please contact: Angela Brown, Executive Director: 801.487.9221, angela@craftlakecity.com; Karamea Puriri, Marketing Manager: 801.487.9221, karamea@craftlakecity.com.
About CLC: Craft Lake City is a 501-‐C3 charitable organization. Craft Lake City’s mission is to educate, promote and inspire local artisans while elevating the creative culture of the Utah arts community through science, technology and art. In an effort to keep the community active, educated and aware of the local DIY culture, Craft Lake City hosts monthly workshops, gallery shows, fundraisers and an annual festival to promote regional spending with independent artisans and businesses. Craft Lake City was started in 2009 by Angela H. Brown, editor and publisher of SLUG Magazine, as a way to showcase Utah’s growing DIY community. The 2012 Craft Lake City festival welcomed over 200 vendors and 15,000 attendees at the Gallivan Center in downtown Salt Lake. The festival’s fifth year commences in 2013. Craft Lake City will expand the annual gathering into a two-‐day format on Friday, August 9 and Saturday, August 10, 2013.
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