When your hands are aching because of the embellishments you...
When your hands are aching because of the embellishments you’ve been adding to a felt painting (or two), you take a break from embellishment to work on other aspects of your felting practice. Today, for me, that means reflecting on the revisions of the website to reflect new work, a new course offering, and a new direction forward. As I am now relatively settled here in Iowa, I am contemplating Stab & Sip events at a couple of local venues and need to write up a proposal letter and schedule appointments to discuss the possibilities with the owners of these...
SOCK REJECTS + STITCHING &STUFFING = ??
FUNKY PUMPKINS BABY!! Many years ago (seriously, MANY YEARS), I saw a listing for these sock mill rejects, and the colors and textures just SCREAMED at me. I had no real thoughts as to what I would do with them, but that didn’t matter. And when they arrived, BOXES of them, I looked through them with amazement: double heels, no heel, triple heels, they were a hot mess! But the colors and textures were there, I simply needed to wait for inspiration. And wait I did. And I moved them to Seattle and back. And I waited a few more...
Ukraine Fundraiser - Part Duex
My friend, Gail, showed me a knitted and felted basket in the colors of the Ukrainian flag, but found it floppy and was challenged as to how to utilize it. So she offered to send it to me, if I thought I could do something with it to raise funds for the Red Cross efforts in Ukraine. At the time she offered this via a zoom call, I had just posted the Peace Flags for Ukraine that I had felted, also to raise funds for the Red Cross efforts in Ukraine and thought that a 3d item might draw some...
My First 20 days of the Wool & #100DayDressChallenge
I watched as my friend, Susanna, went through the #100daydresschallenge and was a little more than curious. I work with wool, how could I not be curious? She was very enthusiastic in her report of her challenge, accessorized the wool dress from @wool.and in so many creative ways, well, it got me wondering if I could do the challenge. It seemed like it would be an on brand thing for me to do as a fiber artist and felter, right? But I would be spending the summer in Iowa. A wool dress during the summer in Iowa? Am I REALLY...
Dissenting - In progress...
