With lots of hits and misses in weather, our April weavers gathering took place at Barb and Harry's place on what seemed to be an actual spring day. Good thing I didn't know then about the ice storm that would come later that week, that left me and many others without power for close to [...]
There is always so much to see at Elin and Bob's beautifully renovated farmhouse.  Filled with art work and Elin's weaverly aesthetic it is always a visual treat and with the smells of moussaka baking in the oven I knew we were in for a culinary treat as well. Every moment, from walking out to [...]
Novembers 2nd Monday gathering found a van load of fiber friends traveling to LaCrosse, to Kathy's sweet northside home. As always it is fun to see the spaces that inspire us to weave or create. Kathy's Glimakra loom was threaded with a lovely rayon chenille fabric, soon to be a piece of wearable art. I [...]
This year's fair was a whirlwind of...well...wind, lots of great music, food and the best part, great people. Both friends, returning customers and fellow artists whose works never fail to inspire. It's probably good that I didn't have much time to walk around, at least from my pocketbooks standpoint. My boothAlpaca, wool, cashmere cowlPeople watching [...]
Early June found fellow weaver Kathy of Riverweave Studio and I sharing a booth at Artspire in LaCrosse, WiFriday night kicked off with the unveiling of La Crosse’s newest art piece, The Trompe l’oeil Mural by nationally-known artist, John Pugh. This is on the west wall of the Pump House. With 5 different stages of [...]
Catching up on some springtime pictures, on the hottest day of the summer so far. It was glorious fun making my daughter wait for her piece of her favorite, strawberry rhubarb pie, while I took some(lots) pictures. Posted with Blogsy
With 2 fairs coming up I can't decide if I need to dye or sit at the loom and build some inventory.So far dyeing is winning, I still can't believe how long it takes to label and organize everything. This weekend I will be at the Driftless Area Fibre Faire in Mineral Point and June [...]
Octobers weavers gathering was at my house last month. As always we are equal amounts fiber and food; mixed with friends, and that is about all I can say about that.Barb's mittensOur table is always a mixture of food and fiberSusans' scarfDenise is having a mini garage saleMichelle is making books using recycled papersand some [...]
domestic goddesses unite, originally uploaded by kindred threads.one more batch to go
This is always a sweet fair, with great music, lots of interesting food and many familiar and friendly faces. It doesn't hurt that the art fair organizers treat the artists like royalty, throwing an incredible feast Saturday night and keeping us going with handouts of tasty apples and water throughout the fair. Other than having [...]
