FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact: Jenny Jones, Marketing Director

612/436.0464 or jjones@textilecentermn.org

www.TextileCenterMN.org

Textile Center Presents

15th Annual World's Largest Textile Garage Sale

Thousands Expected at the U of M's ReUse Program Warehouse

Donations: Thursday, April 9

Preview Sale: Friday, April 10

The Big Sale: Saturday April 11

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, March 2015--The biggest textile garage sale is back! Last year over 2,000 participated, and this year's event promises to be bigger than ever.

For the Sale, individuals and businesses donate mountains of fabric, yarn, threads, notions, kits, patterns, magazines, tools, beads, buttons, and even unfinished projects. Textile Center collects the materials for resale at the University of Minnesota ReUse Program Warehouse. The event also includes a silent auction for sewing machines, sergers, looms, knitting machines, and other specialty textile equipment.

All items have been donated by the community for reuse by the community, with proceeds benefiting Textile Center and surplus materials going to schools and nonprofit organizations. The Garage Sale redistributes materials and equipment valued at over $50,000--thereby diverting waste from landfills as well as providing an affordable way for artists, students, and craft enthusiasts to purchase raw materials. The Garage Sale is also a zero waste event.

Donations of materials:

Accepted Thursday, April 9, 10 - 7

at U of M's ReUse Program Warehouse

883 29th Ave SE, Minneapolis

The Preview Sale:

Friday, April 10, 6 - 8 pm

Admission $35 / $25 members

The Big Sale: Admission $1

Saturday April 11, 9 am - 4 pm

-Specialty Textile Equipment Silent Auction: ends at 2 pm

-Bag sale (everything that can be stuffed into a paper shopping bag for $2): 3 - 4 pm

About Textile Center

Textile Center is unique as America's only national center for fiber art. Community resources include exceptional fiber art exhibitions, classes for all ages and skill levels, an artisan shop, professional-grade dye lab, natural dye garden, and the largest circulating textile library in the country.

Now in its 21st year, Textile Center was originally formed by a group of fiber artists and arts patrons desiring a place to come together and celebrate the region's vibrant textile community. Fiber art encompasses a wide range of forms, both creative and crafted, including weaving, quilting, knitting, sewing, dyeing, felting, needlework, lace making, basketry, beading, soft sculpture and multi-media pieces. With a mission to honor textile traditions and promote excellence and innovation in fiber arts, Textile Center is a dynamic hub where people come together and create, learn, share, explore, and be inspired by fiber art.

University of Minnesota ReUse Program

The University of Minnesota ReUse Program collects surplus office furniture, supplies, equipment and parts from throughout the Twin Cities Campuses and makes them available to University departments or individuals for purchase. During the Sale, ReUse Program Warehouse will also be open to shoppers with items such as desks and chairs, file cabinets, white boards, tables, and more. umn.edu/reuse