Weaving with Levi Strauss and company

Bring us your tired, your faded, your frayed and worn... BLUE JEANS. And, learn how to use them in weaving at the March 5 meeting of the Riverbend Fiber Arts Guild.

The meeting program will be a hands-on workshop to make fleece throws, walker tote bags, and using blue jeans in weaving. Please bring scissors and old blue jeans to cut up to the meeting. The guild is also requesting the following for its community service project:

• bib overalls
• old trophies 
• silky rectangular scarves.

February 26 is the 182nd anniversary of Levi Strauss' birthday. A German immigrant and entrepreneur, Strauss was an American textile industry visionary who co-invented one of the most popular pieces of clothing in the world—blue jeans.

In addition to Levi... Lee, Liz Claiborne, GH Bass, Gap, Wrangler, Bill Blass, Ralph Lauren and your Calvin Kleins are all invited to attend Saturday's meeting.

image source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss