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Friday, June 6, 2014

Beautiful Early Summer Day in Chicago

It is a beautiful early summer day here in Chicago. A good day to be outside and eco-dyeing! :)

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About Me

Frannie: ******************************* Just realized I had not updated my bio in quite a while, so if it looks a bit different it is because I touched it up a bit. As much as it makes me shudder to say this, I have approached the dreaded middle-age years. So, no longer in the spring of youth but not yet a crone... lol! I have a great many interests (e.g. Anthropology, Art, Photography, Textiles), but at the moment I am concentrating on fiber art (felting and dying fabric in particular). I came to the world of fiber art going on about 9 years ago and have still not exhausted my interest or fascination with textiles and fiber. I sell my felted art at various artisan & craft shows and the occasional art gallery show. I am still taking art classes here and there. I think at this point I should probably call myself a professional student. LOL! I am also a member of the Surface Design Association as well as the Illinois Rep. for the SDA (and the administrator for the SDA- IL blog which can be found at http://illinoissda.blogspot.com/).

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The Copyright Thing

It goes without saying that all original photographs, text, and images are owned and copyrighted by me. Please be respectful and contact me if you wish to use any of the above. Chances are good I will say yes.

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Washing Instructions For Nuno Felt Items

Hand wash with lukewarm water and gentle soap (Castille Soap, Dawn Dish Soap, Olive Oil Soap, or Clear Shampoo for example). Do not wring; squeeze water out gently and roll in towel to get excess water out. Block out on towel and air dry. Iron if needed on a silk setting if the fabric the wool is felted through is silk (which most of my stuff is). Do not iron at a higher setting than Wool even if felted through cotton scrim or you risk scorching the wool.

Surface Design Association

Fiber Art Now Magazine

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Wish List

World Peace Would Be Nice Too While I Am Wishing
A Few Million Dollars
A Big House With A Yard To Call My Own
A Large Unshared Studio of My Own

Favorite Things

A Glass of Reisling White Wine
A Large Latte Hot or Cold
Cats Sunning Themselves
Cheese Blintzes
Clouds
Coffee Hot with Cream
Colorful Sunsets
Dye
Fabric
Felt
Indigo
Ink
Kittens
Maple Syrup
Maple Trees
Mist & Fog
Natural Fibers
Pancakes
Pine Trees
Rainbows
Silk
Sleeping In
Texture
Thai Food
The Northern Lights
Thread
Vivid Colors
Wool
Yarn

Labels

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Resources

Caravan Beads
Crown Mountain Farms
Dharma Trading Company
Marr Haven Wool Farm
Misty Mountain Farm
New England Felting Supply
Pacific Wool and Fiber
Piiku
Thai Silks
Wild Turkey Felt Woolworks
Yarn Barn of Kansas, Inc.

My Blog List

The English Kitchen

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Living and Dyeing Under the Big Sky

About the Dust at Burning Man - This is me at the temple on our first full day, Tuesday. Also known as Tutu Tuesday. We knew there would be dust. We came prepared with goggles and dus...
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Anthropology.net

Homo erectus in South Africa: Outnumbered 10 to 1 - A skull fragment from Drimolen pushes the adult Homo erectus record back to 2 million years ago, among far more Paranthropus.
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::More Whiffs, Glimmers & Left Oeuvres::

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Travel, Fibre and Thread

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3 days ago
contemporary embroidery

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needled

Playtime - Although my dad did not take photography particularly “seriously” and would never regard his images as constituting, in any sense, an “archive”, the photog...
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Shibori Girl

Past and Present - I’m taking a little time inside to do what I can -escaping the heatwave we are having which is making it just too darn hot to work out in the garagio where...
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Musings of a textile itinerant

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Anaj's Kreatives Tagebuch

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Tanglewood Threads

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Beth's Blog

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Filz und Garten

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True Stitches

Refugia: Part 2 - Wayne Mercier and Alyssa Semczyszyn of Thrums, playing spinning wheel generated electronic music. Photo by Trevor Gear The Gabriola Arts and Heritage Cen...
9 months ago
Tales of a Kitchen Herbwife

Autumn's Bounty - After summer’s heat, the change in both daylight hours and temperature comes as an unwelcome shock. This year’s abundant harvest brings an added workload...
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Threads Across the Web

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CultureBy - Grant McCracken

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Fiber Art Calls for Entry

The International Biennial Symposium Conference and Exhibition on Textile and Fibre Art "Scythia" - *DEADLINE: February 1, 2025 (ONLINE) * * 12th International Mini Textile and Fibre Art Exhibition "Scythia"* Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine June 3-17, 2025 Th...
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The Textile Blog

NEW BOOK: - *PENELOPE TREE* THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL FROM THE ICONIC 1960s SUPERMODEL MOONFLOWER BOOKS | HARDBACK | 23RD MAY |£18.99 *JOHN LENNON ON PENELOPE T...
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woodblock dreams

Time to Start a New Blog - Dear readers. I'm moving my blog! It's been 19 years since I started Woodblock Dreams blog, and there are over 900 posts here. It's a valuable collecti...
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Pin Tangle

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2 years ago
Art With a Needle

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2 years ago
bee creative

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Spirit Cloth

still standing - [image: 20230413_183033]
3 years ago
Moonlight and Hares

Bluebell Woods and a Little Bird Magic -
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loveFibre

A story - Once upon a time a shy snail met a vibrant yellow and they fell deep into conversation. I am yellow. Gold, lemon, acid, bright, sunshine. I am the colour...
4 years ago
Riihivilla, Dyeing with natural dyes

Krapin siemeniä - Madder seeds - Kylvin ensimmäistä kertaa värimataraa eli krappia (*Rubia tinctoria*) 2008 ja lisää 2009, 2010 ja 2012. Se on talvehtinut hyvin ja viihtynyt kaikki nämä ...
4 years ago
Art and Quilts, cogitations thereon

Quilt recycling! - Does this ever happen to you? You work and work and work on a piece and feel sure it's just right...and go to all the trouble of quilting and binding and s...
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Sallygardens Smallholding

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Crazy for Fiber

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6 years ago
Deborah's Journal

Exhibiting Your Quilt At International Quilt Festival in Houston - *Updated for 2022* In December of 2020, International Quilt Association was dissolved and the judged show known as World of Beauty was moved under the organ...
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magsramsay

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Japanese Textile Workshops 　日本のテキスタイル　ワークショップ

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AND SEW IT GOES

And... - Happy New Year! Once again, instead of making New Year’s resolutions, I have chosen a word for the coming year. This started at least 10 years ago, when ...
6 years ago
downunderdale

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6 years ago
not all those who wander are lost

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6 years ago
Paris Parfait

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7 years ago
Art That's Felt

Testing - Fall is here and walking has begun again in earnest After all, time heals all wounds And now I have only scars I don't show them much and I’ll not talk ...
7 years ago
Felt Inspiration

Tribute to Fran - It has been two years since I have written a blog post but felt I needed to write more than just a Facebook post about the creation of my 'Tribute to Fran'...
7 years ago
Akemi Nakano Cohn

- *Further Evidence: The Art of Natural Dyes exhibition* May 28-July 14, 2019 Penland Gallery in North Carolina Curated by Catharine Ellis (guest curator, arti...
7 years ago
abigail doan

Prairie Editions | 2019 - woven palm raffia vessel by Monica Hofstadter | photo: Abigail Doan Several months have passed since my May artist residency at The Jennings Hotel in Jos...
7 years ago
Illinois SDA

- My piece, Sunrise, Sunset #2, is included the group exhibition at the Penland Gallery. https://penland.org/gallery/2019_horn-gallery_further-evidence/ de...
7 years ago
wake robin

time and change in balance - i have put my name on a piece of paper~ a purchase agreement selling my oldfarmhouse and moving to the place i've been calling home, if all goes to plan. th...
7 years ago
serendipity

Craft with a Capital C has moved to www.lboartstudio.com - I moved from Chicago to St. Louis 5 years ago, soon after I felt it was time for another change. I've moved all my blog content over to a new website I've ...
7 years ago
kaizen journey

fruits of the earth - I read somewhere that mushrooms are the fruits of fungus trees that grow below ground. Another reason to find them enchanting. I can't identify all these ...
7 years ago
Going to Pieces

In which an Old Dog Learns a New Trick - So, have you seen how people are using rulers for machine quilting on domestic sewing machines? I guess it's been common in the long-arm world for quite ...
8 years ago
Robin Ferrier

I’m safe - It’s been a worrisome week. My beloved little state has been under the threat of a hurricane. Lane, or Lame as we sarcastically call it, brought wind, rain...
8 years ago
albedo

8th natural dyeing anniversary sale - To celebrate my loyal customers who have supported me through this adventure, i am offering 20% off EVERYTHING in the shop–that includes sale items, Art an...
8 years ago
Rough Around the Edges

Getting my Bearings - The problem with stepping out of blogging for a while is it feels impossible to catch up. I've been on a whirlwind of travel and art classes and my thou...
8 years ago
Lisa Pressman Art Blog

Words from Artist Paula Overbay - So happy to have Paula Overbay on the blog this week. I have been a fan for quite a while. The Pale Blue Dot for Carl Sagan 11x16 inches Acrylic on Paper...
8 years ago
Fiber Art and Craft

seeing stars - Roots, tendrils, and tangles often appear in my imagery and I render them literally. In more recent work, I couched bits of cloth and thread in stabiliz...
8 years ago
Terry Jarrard-Dimond Studio 24-7

Self Critique - Learning to Evaluate Your Own Work - Part 5 - A few weeks ago I received a request to repost this article series. Enjoy The name of this series is "Self Critique - Learning to Evaluate Your Own Wor...
8 years ago
This and that...my random thoughts

Pistil stitch and fake pistil stitch - Happy Friday, friends!! Days have been busy with packing,disposing and donating stuff for the impending move. But the last couple of weeks we had to take ...
8 years ago
jezze

Ahem..... - I've become one of those people who has to say: "Sorry I haven't posted here in a while, but I've been busy on Instagram." I'm posting there fairly oft...
8 years ago
Sweetpea Path

Inspire :: Izziyana Suhaimi - When an image evokes an immediate question, it is doubly powerful when the name of its series evokes yet another. *The looms in our bones #6* ~ featuring M...
8 years ago
Threads of Loveliness

Creative Workshops In My Studio Between New Year and Easter - Workshops for you to participate in at my studio in central Wolverhampton Lots of lovely creative workshops planned for early next year. Please contact me ...
8 years ago
Chad Alice Hagen

- News from this lovely IKEA desk.... I'm putting this info right on the blog post window so it's not missed. I am consolidating my teaching this year and a...
8 years ago
On My Desk: Creative folk share the stuff on their desks

5 Manfaat Sayuran Oyong Bagi Kesehatan - *On The Desk* - Sayur Oyong atau yang biasa dikenal juga dengan nama Gambas adalah salah satu komoditas sayuran yang minor. Oyong memiliki satu kelompok tu...
8 years ago
brushes and cloth

New Work - "Along the Eastern Edge" This summer past ... saw another visit to Newfoundland, also a favourite place of mine to see and smell the ocean air, hear t...
9 years ago
Journaling the Journal

- *“Quilters **will surely be fascinated by the stunningly beautiful quilt and cushion that my lovely friend (Clare Boomer) has made to support ‘* *PAPYRUS* *...
9 years ago
Wool love-functional fiber art

Yarn-Embellished 'Patches' Tote- Part 7 - During the final felting... ...care is taken... ...
9 years ago
Wind from the East

A Review for Hiroko's Book - Isn't this a big review for Hiroko's book? I am so glad her book has got such a big appraisal.
9 years ago
Creative Diary - a colourful research

Repairing a moth-eaten Wool Plaid - The work of insects can be discrete and quick. Now I chose matching colors from my crewel wool to weave small patches over the holes.
9 years ago
Ancient Artist: Developing an art career after 50

Selling Art On Sites Like Craigslist - Being able to make some money from your art is an important skill, you need food, shelter, and other care that will keep you alive and healthy enough to pe...
9 years ago
dyeing 2 sew

New Beginnings! - I have been really bad about keeping up with the Blog! Very remiss of me but there has been so much going on and a lot of my news and chat gets reported on...
9 years ago
studio 78 notes

soup weather in June and a little more - DISCLAIMER: Blogger is giving me grief tonight, which you will see by the varying sizes of the type. Yep, soup weather and it's almost June! The weather...
9 years ago
Textile Goddess

Problems with blogging - …. so, now at least I know why I can’t post pictures to Blogger using my usual App "Picasa has been folded into Google Photos, and in the course of th...
9 years ago
Dreaming Spirals

Shibori Bag - I finally used this piece of my shibori fabric! You might remember I had a yard of this design printed on Spoonflower Eco Canvas fabric about a year ago....
9 years ago
Sarah Louisa Whittle

Hand Knitted Shawls Made in Cornwall - I have just added these two lovely shawls (below) to my Etsy Shop. Shawls are great for wearing all year round but especially lovely in Spring and Summer w...
9 years ago
糸で/ Ito de/ By Thread

Mother’s day was yesterday - At this point, I’m simply marking the day (it was yesterday) and will come back to thoughts later. But I’m including a quote from my youngest sister, a pos...
9 years ago
colored thread

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9 years ago
Gunnel´s blog

Sista inlägget - Denna bloggen är nu över tio år, snart elva. Och det är länge sedan jag gjorde några inlägg. Jag kommer att låta bloggen vara kvar här, men är du nyfiken p...
9 years ago
Studiofelter

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9 years ago
Fiberart Musings

Open the Window - I'm continuing to explore the concept of personal loss, how it affects the people left behind, how it affects those on the periphery, the coping mechanism...
9 years ago
Looville

EIR ENFERMERO INTERNO RESIDENTE - enfermero interno residente enfermeria enfermeria interno residente eir enfermero interno residente ministerio enfermero interno residente 2016 enfermero in...
9 years ago
Wild Somerset Child

It's so long since I have posted !! - *"Deeper then ever plummet sounded"My celebration of Shakespeare's finalspeech in 'The Tempest'*All my supportive and lovely readers may wonder what has...
9 years ago
Joetta Maue

Change. - It has been about a year since I last posted here and you can see a dramatic decrease over the year leading up to that post. I struggled with having noth...
9 years ago
marionjoy

surface exhibition with rose reber 26oct - 13nov 2016 -
9 years ago
Clasheen by Nicola Brown

Another online workshop launches and some FAQ - Next post I promise to share images of my wonderful holiday in Portugal followed by a super two day private class in Lisbon. for now though I’m very excite...
9 years ago
The Natural Surfaces Zine

Introducing my Newest Online Class!!! Colors of the Earth! - Introducing Colors of the Earth!!! Classroom Officially Opens on October 17th! To Celebrate I'm offering a 10% Discount off the online class Colors of...
9 years ago
ART SPACE

Celebrating your work - Here's a thought? Have you been tempted to self publish a book, but don't know where to start? If you have considered putting your photo images in book for...
9 years ago
Joanne Mattera Art Blog

Chromatic Space in Lower Manhattan - . "From the rigorous flatness of hard edge painting to the celestial expanse of color field work, color can enhance or defy the flatness of the canvas, and...
9 years ago
Lillstreet Textiles Blog

Natural Dyes - Join one day workshop, "Natural Dyes from Coffee to Marigold". May 1 (SAT) 10am-4pm Marigold is used to extract dyes. It is not strong for list fast, so i...
10 years ago
Kayla coo

Updates and Stitching - Hello, It's nearly March and I'm busy getting work ready for different events and exhibitions which are not far off now. In a few weeks time, I'm look...
10 years ago
Red 2 White

Printing on Paper - I have been printing with plant pigments on paper over the past few weeks. You can see some of the results on my Flickr I seem to be going in gentle circle...
10 years ago
petalplum

the art of art - Here's some truths…. I grew up in a very very extremely creative home. I was supported in my artistic, creative wishes… My parents helped, pretty hands-o...
10 years ago
Stitching with a Shimmy

This Blog Has Moved - This blog has now moved to http://GoldenCircleDesigns.com. Please update your links. If you are looking for a specific page, replacing “StitchingwithaShimm...
10 years ago
The Funky Felter's News & Tips

Free Printable Craft Tags for Crocheters - Do you crochet and need some adorable little labels for your handmade crafts? Try these printable 2-1/2 x 1 inch rectangle tags for your handmade crochete...
10 years ago
ANDREA GRAHAM - Feltmaker

Progress..Back at it! - After a busy couple of weeks getting other business matters organized I am back at it while I have a window! I know that I can pick away at the 3d element...
10 years ago
Notes from The Rookery

My adventures in Incense - Witch Hazel (Hamamelis x intermedia 'Jelena') Those of you who have followed me for a while will know that I am obsessed with plants, and particularly th...
10 years ago
ThreadStory

The slump! - The holidays behind me now. The sad year that was 2015 gone. The anxious moments at the end of December are now a part of the past, well mostly. Husban...
10 years ago
Plays With Needles

Pine Needling - Last weekend I was away from home stitching with friends in Chincoteague, Virginia. It was a wonderful, relaxing few days away where we stitched all ...
10 years ago
studio notes

- *New Artwork, New Exhibition* I hope you will mark your calendars and stop by to see the show! Each piece was inspired by the natural world around me and ...
11 years ago
Desert Candy حلويات الصحراء

Baking with Einkorn Flour + Homemade Pizza - [image: photo 2-2] If you've been reading here for a while then you'll know that I like to experiment in baking with different flours. That sometimes resul...
11 years ago
Carol Sloan

Succulent Sketch - Sketch in a box.
11 years ago
Pamela Price Klebaum BlaBlaBlog

what they saw - This piece was in my recent Proverbs show. Some friends went crazy over it. One of them is gaga over hummingbirds, and said that was the first thing she sa...
11 years ago
artists who blog

100 Days of Creative Courage - *100 Days of Creative Courage is a creative online course that will celebrate the final 100 days of 2015!* Over the past 5 years, I've collected over *1...
11 years ago
ULLABENULLA

Making Art, Caregiving and Loving my Mother who has Dementia - It's been six years now, since my Mother was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. Within months Dad quickly became full-time caregiver, and I took on th...
11 years ago
Primrose Design

sign of spring - I always know it's May because the lilacs are blooming. Even though I lived in an apartment complex as a kid, and you wouldn't expect nice plantings, we ha...
11 years ago
Art by Jeanne Beck

Jeanne Beck Blog Moved to jeannebeck.com - Change is good, right?! That’s been my motto in art and life, even when change has chosen me instead of my choosing it. But choosing a new CMS website ...
11 years ago
fiberhart

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11 years ago
Ragged Cloth Cafe, serving Art and Textiles

Jasper Johns Gray: Looking and Seeing (by Clairan Ferrono) - Can you always articulate why you like or dislike a piece of art? I can’t. Several years ago, when the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago had ju...
11 years ago
Elbereth's Elegant but Eccentric Embellishments

Musings - Inspiration. Part imagination. Part perspiration. The mind works. The body lazes. Work and play. Play and work. You must work to see, And play to work. Tr...
11 years ago
Janae Easton at Platypus File

Come visit my new blog at www.platypusfile.com - Thank you all for following my musings on life and Platypusfile here at blogspot. I have officially merged my blog and website as one at my newly updat...
11 years ago
Hooked On Felt

Sick...and Tired of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Jim and I have both been sick with some kind of virus that makes the room spin. Really bad for the first 24 hours, but lessens as time goes by. Finally l...
11 years ago
Sue Smith's Studio

- Wide Open, 20 x 24, 2015 Wide Open is a more contemporary take on the traditional landscape, and represents the blending of land forms and atmosphere...
11 years ago
Art Journal---A Creative Journey

Welcome new readers! - Check out new blog posts here at my new website and blog space. I have been doing some natural dyeing on silk and now I am stitching on raw silk for a coll...
11 years ago
material witness

Patricia Kathleen Chauncey passed away on Tuesday, 13th January, - Patricia Kathleen Chauncey passed away on Tuesday, 13th January, Her memorial service is *Patricia Chauncey; A Celebration of Life & Art* Saturday, 24 Jan....
11 years ago
Existential Neighborhood

Evolution is Good! - After a long hiatus, during which I created art work, and continued to write, lecture, and teach workshops, I am pleased to announce a switch to a new form...
11 years ago
Jane Fulton Alt

Notes on New Orleans - Notes on New Orleans As I take leave once again, I can’t help but reflect on my attachment to this city. She has seen me thru many poignant times. Night...
11 years ago
Denise Aumick ~ Wild Thread Studio Art Quilts ~ Life Among The Textiles

A New Year and Some New Work. - Happy New Year and Holy Crap! I haven't blogged since May???? I knew it had been awhile but was surprised at how long the while really was. I have been bus...
11 years ago
DeeplyFelt Studios

Today I am grateful for technology - After a long weekend of telling so many who love me this news I haven't got another call in me. In May 2013 I had an ovarian cyst removed. Only, on exam...
11 years ago
We Three, Ginger cats tales

Cat Walk - It took years, but finally I found a publisher with the heart to publish Cat Walk. This is a love story to Pembrokeshire and to cats. It can be bought from ...
11 years ago
drop cloth

The Book...It's Coming Soon! - I was surprised to come back from my honeymoon and find an e-mail from a friend letting me know that my book is now available for pre-order on Amazon, wi...
11 years ago
Fanciful Alice... writing, travelling, crafting, dreaming...

New Home - Hi and thanks for visiting. My blog is no more! but you can view some of my professional nature and travel articles, along with book news, here: *Alice...
11 years ago
stitching in the sun

LET’S MAKE A START ON DIPLOMA: MASKS WILL BE MY THEME - First ideas for my theme The universal use of masks among very different peoples and historical ages in religion, funerary ceremonies, theatre, popular ...
11 years ago
Adventures in Thread

Moving on - It's been an eventful summer. After much soul searching. I've made a decision that Adventures in Thread has run its course. This year, despite making chang...
12 years ago
In Filz gefasste Seelenhüpfer

Filzbild: "Erweiterung des Geistes" oder "Variationen in Kindererziehung" - Das ist nur ein Detailfoto. Da gibt es noch mehrere. Sogar ein gesamtbild. Komm und schau bitte HIER. Klick auf die Bilder, dann werden sie natürlich grö...
12 years ago
Red Thread Studio

New Post on Textile, Pattern, and Surface Design Books - Hi all - I posted an overview of some of the books I've collected on textile, pattern, and surface design on my art blog. I still haven't found an ideal bl...
12 years ago
kirin notebook - textiles, design, craft

Ready and waiting... - *Last day in the studio before maternity leave* So, I look pretty happy in this photo, but I tell you what - one week later, now that my due date has com...
12 years ago
Apron Thrift Girl

saying goodbye - I began Apron Thrift Girl in what feels like a lifetime ago. It started one cold, June (it was Seattle after all) night. My blog became a wonderful place t...
12 years ago
Arlenesfelt

First Project - With the assistance of You Tube videos I was able to figure out how to warp this loom. Elizabeth Wagner, a weaver and textile designer, has produced a se...
12 years ago
oh, what a world, what a world...

Another new beginning... - I have started a new blog called art bite, set to launch on April 1, 2014....set your bookmarks and/or follow me at... lorraineglessner.wordpress.com...see ...
12 years ago
marchi wierson

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12 years ago
Taylor's textile trials

The internet is scary!!! - Posting this to help this lady out!!!
12 years ago
Kitty Grrlz Knits & Spins

Some new yarns for Fall - I haven't been spinning as much as I should due to aches and pains, but I've managed to spin up a few new handspun yarns in perfect Autumn/Fall/Halloween ...
13 years ago
TextileXplorations

The last, last post… - Having a John Farnham moment… Yes, I’m back from Broome and Essential Textile Art is once again open to the public. I’ll be putting more items online as I ...
13 years ago
Subversive Stitchers: Women Armed with Needles

Review of novel: Small Town Lies by Charlie Hudson - We all have our own taste in books and read for a variety of reasons – mostly to learn and grown and be entertained, I suspect. As one who has reviewed boo...
13 years ago
fiberstudio

A Diversion - I haven't got much to report on the in the art department because I have been immersed in genealogy. My Mother began doing the family history back in the 7...
13 years ago
Roberta Ranney

The Blue Horse - The Blue Horse, 18" x 22" My sister's yard was home to many strange and interesting items - mostly acquired at garage sales. I'm not sure where the blu...
13 years ago
Art in the Studio

Some Artists at the 2013 Encaustic Conference Hotel Fair - The hotel fair is an exciting component of the wonderful annual International Encaustic Conference organized by Joanne Mattera with Cherie Mittenthal of th...
13 years ago
inleaf

until then… - I am here to say goodbye and hello—all in the same breath. This blog is moving house and I hope you will come along for the ride. The new blog now resides...
13 years ago
Permutations in Fiber

Blog Moving - Hi Everyone - I really appreciate everyone who follows this blog and I hope you will still want to follow me over on Wordpress. I decided it was easier to ...
13 years ago
Marr Haven Wool Farm Blog

Calendar says Spring???? - . The Sand Hill Cranes, Robins and Red Winged Blackbirds have returned; the daffodils are about 4 inches out of the ground but it is snowing. One of the pe...
13 years ago
Felting in Fibrespace

Giveaway Time - http://www.facebook.com/fibrespaceuk I'm having a little giveaway over on Facebook, anyone can enter as I will post out anywhere in the world. I'm givin...
13 years ago
Marion Mitchell Embroidery

Stitching by the inch - Well here I am again. Just popped out of the other side of weeks of constant work making up orders from a Trade Fair back in January and suddenly we've rea...
13 years ago
To dream to stitch

I don't live here any more - I have moved to here Maggi Birchenough
13 years ago
Featuring Felt

Long time no post! - I haven't written anything here for ages but just came across some pictures and this video clip which may well be of interest so thought I'd post them for ...
13 years ago
Val's Musings

Magical beings - Last year I took an online workshop with Jane Davenport in Australia - who teaches mixedmedia art. (janedavenport.ning.com) This particular Workshop wa...
13 years ago
PataPri News

PataPri blog is moving. - here is my new website/blog. www.patapri.com
13 years ago
Elsa Mora

My New Website -
13 years ago
Purple Fan

- I've been making some fun shoe ornaments! *Terri Lynn Heinz, of Artful Affirmations*, published a pattern for Marie Antoinette shoes made of paper. ...
13 years ago
Painted Threads

I've Moved...My blog That Is! - Exciting News! Even though I was under the weather and up to the rafters in boxes, I've been busy! I decided to take the plunge and move my blog to a host...
13 years ago
Growing Colour Tyfu Lliw

Harvesting Colour - I seized a rare sunny day with dryish plants to start harvesting my dye plants Gensita tinctoria - dyers green weed- this I am drying Some of my gensit...
14 years ago
No Matter Where I go...I ALWAYS Meet Myself There!

- The pen has been busy again lately. Below are a couple of recent pieces of 'found poetry' and some altered anatomy pages. developing foetus brain The ...
14 years ago
To Dream to Stitch

FOQ 2012 photos on my website - I have added my FOQ photos on my website blog. If you would like to see them please click this link
14 years ago
Hand Embroidery Network

Animal Ball -
14 years ago
Seamless Skin

RELOCATION - This will be the last entry on the blog. New address is chitlincircuitstudio.blogspot.com. I still have to learn the ins and outs of blogspot...but I will ...
14 years ago
Drawing a line in time

A Reminder - Just a reminder that I have moved my blog now to wordpress and have incorporated it into my website. I miss the ease of blogger, but am sure I will get the...
14 years ago
Felt Inspired

I'm Baaaack..... - Yowza. It's been a long time since I've posted . Where to start, where to start... I'll soon be posting my 2012 show schedule as it develops. This is ...
14 years ago
The Burrow's Studio Blog

The Burrow Takes NYC: Burrow Reunion Tour! - To celebrate Lucy's natal day, Nora Megabus'd down to New York (after attending a wedding in Boston) to spend 48 hours on a whirlwind Burrow adventure thro...
14 years ago
Rayela's Fiber Focus

A Package from Costa Rica - *Costa Rican coffe: a gift from Silvia of Galeria Octagono* Yesterday I got a nice package in the mail: a gift from one of our TAFA members, Silvia of...
14 years ago
World Shibori Network

WSN blog has moved! - We're tying up loose ends around here (end of year cleaning?) and moving the blog over to the website. This blogspot will remain alive, just not maintained...
14 years ago
Stitch and Tickle

Happy Thanksgiving! - A quick hello from Berlin where we are spending a few days in between two weekends in London. Funny to be in a place where you don't understand a word.. We...
14 years ago
Mendofleur

Holidays - I always wondered why merchants would put up decorations before December. It just seemed way too early for something that is already too commercialized. No...
14 years ago
my life

- Well, this is what Ive been doing for the last few weeks.... making lots of parts!!! It will be interesting to see what all these parts become! Im alway...
15 years ago
Zquilts

BLOG MOVE - Dear Friends: In order to represent my eclectic obsessions better I have moved my blog to a new address. I would very delighted if you choose to join me,...
15 years ago
louisewestlacedesign

- New website launched - http://www.louisewestlacedesign.co.uk
15 years ago
Textile Arts Resource Guide

Textile Masterpieces created by The Materialistics - These are INCREDIBLE and were created by The Materialistics - a group of British textile artists! *Ed Munch's The Scream - knitted by Norma Box* *Picas-Se...
15 years ago
Sadie Jernigan Valeri

"Message in a Bottle" Session 5: Monochromatic Underpainting - *8 x 10 inches* *oil on panel* *work in progress* *see the previous post here*
16 years ago
pia jane bijkerk

paris: extras, part two… - So what else was I going to tell you about on this last trip? Oh yes, my experience of making the book for Aunty Joyce. Well, it wasn’t so much a “book” as...
16 years ago
BJ Parady Fiber Art Notes

200 posts and I'm out of here... - Well, only out of Blogger. I've been told that it's better to host one's blog on one's own website (mainly by Alyson B. Stanfield). But then Google went an...
16 years ago
Daily Visuals

November 29, 2009 - Late November is always a period of contemplation for me. I am not a big fan of extravagant holiday events and if I didn't have a daughter and a mother I ...
16 years ago
Wright Camera Club

Wright Camera Club Member Sings Opera! - Well, not quite. Dominick M. Maino sang with the Resurrection Choir that lent support to artists who have sung at the Chicago Lyric Opera, San Fransisco Op...
17 years ago
www.erickmercer.com

Le Flash October 2nd 2009 - www.erickmercer.com www.katiewaugh.com http://leflash-atlanta.com
17 years ago
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