Hoopla Workshop, Auckland

Those clever people at Toggle, Esther Lamb and Shelley Simpson are holding a sewing/embroidery/stitch-art workshop at Artstation this week. Designed to bring these traditional skills into the realm of modern art, Hoopla sounds like lots of fun. Here's the low-down from the organisers:

10 am - 3pm
27 February - 5 March 2008
Artstation, 1 Ponsonby Road, Newton, Auckland

$5 pp individual / $4 pp for groups
Closing afternoon tea: 3-6pm, Wednesday 5 March 2008

"Hoopla! is a week long creative workshop and exhibition that takes the traditional craft of embroidery into the realm of contemporary art...

...Participants are invited to come and create art works using stitch, embroidery hoops and a selection of fabrics, felt shapes, buttons, sequins and thread ... can either join one of the stitch workshops or visit the parlour to stitch in their own time. Adults, teenagers, children and families are welcome to participate...

Feel free to come along at any time between 10am and 1.30. We will be there to help you with creating your own artwork in stitch."

More info here