Barbara Brecher, a local fiber artist and owner of I Felt Fine Design is honored to be invited to participate in her third Craft2Wear Show presented by the Smithsonian Women’s Committee.
The show will be held in a new venue, the Smithsonian Arts & Industries Building, Mall Entrance 900 Jefferson Drive, SW, Washington, DC.
Local fiber artist, Barbara Brecher.
This show is considered one of the finest wearable art shows in the country. More than 70 artists from around the country will showcase their work. Attendees will find one-of-a-kind American contemporary wearable art including jewelry, leather and clothing.
Brecher will be featuring her colorful silk and wool one-of-a-kind materials which are transformed into jackets, scarves and other pieces of apparel. A section of her booth will contain wedding clothing including jackets, capes and scarves.
The Craft2Wear Show will take place September 26-28 10am-5pm. Sunday’s hours are 10am-4pm. For more information, please visit smithsoniancraftshow.org/craft2wear.
In 2024-2025 Brecher was invited to participate in juried shows on the East Coast including: Smithsonian Craft2Wear Show, Washington, DC; Creative Crafts Council 35th Biennial Exhibition at Strathmore Mansion, Bethesda MD; Flourish, dArt Center, Norfolk,VA; Artists & Collectors Dinner: Botanica, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, MA; Art Speaks, Bay School, Mathews, VA; CAC Juried All Media Show, Cross Roads Art Center, Richmond, VA and Arts on Main’s 2025 Annual Juried Show.
Fall Garden is a jacket made with handmade viscous paper and other fibers wet felted onto a wool and silk base.
She is a co-op artist at the RAL Art Center in Kilmarnock, Virginia where she has won numerous awards for her fiber work.
Over the last 20 plus years, Brecher has worked to develop a unique felting process. Through her innovative dying and painting techniques, and thoughtful, creative designs, she makes it possible to quite literally wear a piece of art! She layers fibers and silk on a base of silk and attaches everything together by wet felting the materials together with fine merino wool. Each piece displays a lively range of vivid color and captivating texture. To see more of Brecher’s work visit: ifeltfinedesign.com.
Garden Cape is made with various materials including silk and wool wet felted onto a silk and wool base.
For more than 20 years Barbara owned a graphic design and marketing firm, Brecher Design Group, in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, where she produced award winning designs. Her clients included National Geographic, The American Red Cross and numerous corporations and non-profit organizations.
From 2013-2021 she served as the Executive Director of the Steamboat Era Museum in Irvington, Virginia. During that time, she directed the restoration of the Potomac pilothouse and designed the museum’s exhibits.
Barbara grew up in Boston MA and is an avid Red Sox fan. She lives in Lottsburg, VA with her husband Michael Geissinger, a photojournalist, and Marvin, a Northern Neck rescue dog and Mayor of Doctors Point Road.
