Tag: fiber art

Community, aka Our Tribe

My friend, Amy King, posted yesterday about Community.  Our community. THIS community.  A Tribe of OUR PEOPLE!! 

Spin a Candidate-Primary Tuesday Concept Yarns

Sometimes, you can’t express your feelings in mere words. Sometimes, the only thing that can tell a story is spinning it into a yarn.  These last couple months of presidential candidate rhetoric has inspired such spinning.

#WeaveWeird and New Belgium Inspirations

One of the things I try to do as an artist, is constantly push myself and my techniques. I love to “just try this” and “see what happens”.  Inspiration is constantly swirling around me, pushing my boundaries.

Empowerment in the Cut! 10 Tips for Cutting Handwoven Fabrics!

One of the things I love about workshops is the give and take of sharing. I may be there to “teach” but I always walk away having learned something myself. This past month at Dream Come True Farm was no different. This time I went home with inspiration and courage to cut my woven fabric!

Workshoping and Asheville Shenanigans with Lexi

I know I’m going to have more than a good time when my great friend Lexi Boeger of Pluckyfluff fame comes to town!! I’d just come home from teaching at the Tropical Flordia Weavers Guild annual retreat, but I grabbed the wine, hopped in the car and headed up to Asheville for some good Boeger […]

Jazzturtle Hits the Small Screen!!

I’m so excited because  just had my big “TV” debut! Yesterday I was in Asheville filming for WLOS ABC Asheville’s news segment called “Craft Corner.

I’m in a new BOOK!

I’m so excited because a wonderful book has just been released called Handspun; New Spins on Traditional Techniques by Lexi Boeger (Pluckyfluff) and you can see one of my FringeSpun yarns as the example of Extreme Tailspinning!