Saturday, 15 November 2008, members of the Network for Wearable Art met at the Quilted Heart in Vacaville, bringing to the table many tips about techniques.  Diane Nyman, Co-Program Chair offered many examples of her vests made by using Rosemary Eichorn's method of Collage.  Visit Rosemary's site at SewJourn for a list of her workshops.  Diane demonstrated techniques using various sewing feet on her sewing machine to apply beads and piping, and also she showed how to use the Fast Turn Tool.   I'm not sure if they are still available, but the ETSY site is where I found this image.

Later in the program, a WHISPER Challenge was discussed.  From what I could gather, it was based on a game:

There’s a game children often played — the Whisper Game. A group sits in a circle, and someone whispers a phrase or short story in the next person’s ear… who then retells the story to the next person…. who passes it on to the next….

Eventually, the last person tells the group what s/he heard, and hilarity ensues. It’s downright amazing how radically something can change.

In the visual fiber art WHISPER Challenge, the first person on the sign up list was shown a photograph.  That person whom I will call #1 translated her interpretation of the photo into a flat two dimensional visual work.  Once #1 finished, it was then passed onto the next participant, #2.  And so on.  The only person to see the actual inspiration photo was person #1 until the piece had completely gone around the circle list.  It was said the participants were amazed at the result. 

Various web sites were mentioned:

• American Sewing Group in Sacramento
• Folsom Quilt and Fiber Guild (They have a Fashion Show each day of their Quilt Show 6, 7, and 9 Feb 2009)
• Cloth Carousel — Fabric Store in Winters CA
• Poozles Fiber Art, Reflections of the Soul —  Pamela Day Creates one of a kind felted items among other gorgeous pieces.  (I met Pamela at the Textile Arts Sale in 2007, and was very taken by her enthusiasm and her incredible work.) 
• Leslie Riley, Lalas Land — Check this link for her teaching schedule
• Cloth Paper Scissors publication
• Quilting Arts Blog with The Lowdown On Long Beach Quilting Arts  
• Studio Art Quilt Associates
  

From the Quilting Arts blog (click the image to visit the blog):
The effervescent and talented Jane LaFazio models her outfit before the runway show: