Events

Upcoming events:

Unexpected Embroidery with Leanne Prain at Plush Workshops DIY OR DIE
January 30, 2013. 6:30-8:30 PM

A beginner embroidery skills workshop. Participants will embellish a cotton tea towel using Sublime Stitching patterns.

Cost: $35 (includes all materials and use of tools). Register in advance by phone (604 708 5199), in person at Plush (4296 Main Street
Vancouver) or book online at PlushOnMain.com

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Past events:

2012 Speaking Engagements and Workshops

The North Shore Embroidery Guild – North Vancouver
Subversive Embroidery Lecture
November 8, 1012 | 10 AM – 12 PM
St. George’s Church, North Vancouver

Got Craft Holiday Fair
December 8 & 9, 2012
Croatian Cultural Centre, Vancouver
Embroidery on card workshop

Kamloops Art Gallery
Yarn Bombing Kamloops
Workshop, presentation, and information session
September 29, 2012 1-3 PM
‘Yarn Bombing 101′

Mini MakerFaire Vancouver
June 23 and 24th, 2012
All day at the P.N.E.
Participating Maker

Leanne ran a community embroidery table. 100 people contributed to a unique canvase.

Website: http://vancouver.makerfaire.ca

April 12, 2012 | 7-9 PM
‘Yarn Bombing 101′
LuLu Series: Art in the City
Richmond City Hall
Council Chambers

Leanne spoke about about Yarn Bombing at Richmond, BC. She taught 80 adults to create ‘pom-pom bombs’.

Book Tour 2011

Leanne was on the road during the fall of 2011 to spread a little bit of Hoopla to the east and west coasts.

September 2011

September 19, 2011
Yarn Bombing & Hoopla Presentation
White Rock Public Library
15342 Buena Ave Vista
White Rock, BC V4B 1Y6
7 pm

Download the White Rock event poster.

September 22, 2011
Official Hoopla Book Launch
Spool of Thread
101-649 E. 15th Ave. (at 15th and Fraser)
Vancouver, BC
7 pm

September 27, 2011
Hoopla Presentation and Book Signing
Type Books
883 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario
6–8 pm

Download the Type Books event poster.

September 29, 2011
Hoopla roundtable with contributing artists Richard Saja, Erin Stanton, Textile Arts artist-in-residence Annie Coggan-Crawford, and Iviva Olenick.
Textile Arts
505 Carroll Street
Brooklyn, New York
7 pm

Download the Textile Arts event poster.

October 2011

October 2, 2011
Presentation, book signing, and stitch and bitch with special guest Takashi Iwasaki.
McNally Robinson
Winnipeg, Manitoba
2 pm

October 6, 2011
Craft Bar, Museum of Craft and Folk Art
51 Yerba Buena Lane
San Francisco, California
6–8 pm, Admission $5 at the door

Download the Craft Bar event poster.

October 8, 2011
Yarn Bombing and Hoopla Presentation and Book Signing
Nine Rubies
28 E 3rd Ave # 100
San Mateo, California
5–7 pm

Download the poster for Nine Rubies here.

October 10, 2011
Hoopla Book Signing with artists Penny Nickels and Johnny Murder
In Other Words
14 Northeast Killingsworth Street
Portland, Oregon
6–8 pm

Download the event poster here .

October 11, 2011
Assemble Gallery and Studio
7406 Greenwood Avenue North
Seattle, Washington
Yarn Bombing & Hoopla Talk, craft and book signing
6–8 pm

Download the Assemble Seattle event poster.

October 22, 2011
Bowen Island, BC
Hoopla Talk with Artist Sarah Haxby
The Gallery at Artisan Square
Doors open at 4:30 pm. Event until 7 pm.

November 2011

November 7, 2011
Vancouver Public Library
Central Library, 350 W. Georgia St.,
Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye Rooms
7:00–9:30 pm

Craft demo and visual talk on Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery

November 23, 2011
Eco-Salon with Joy Kogawa House for the Arts Alliance of Vancouver
Roundhouse Community Art and Recreation Centre
7:00–9:30 pm

A case analysis of a community yarn bombing of the cherry tree at Joy Kogawa House. Participants can also knit or crochet a cherry blossom for the house.

November 26, 2011
Courtenay Branch, Vancouver Island Regional Library
300-6th Street
Courtenay, BC
2:00–3:00 pm

Author talk and book signing. Yarn Bombing and Hoopla event.