Studio tour x two
With our lovely fall colors comes a plethora of artist studio tours to tempt me from getting back to weaving. This year hubby and I did the Fresh Art Tour in west central WI. I had so much fun talking with two weavers in Alma, WI that I almost didn't make it to the actual tour. Marcia Kjos and her [...]
2nd Monday at Sonya’s
Our fiber group had the pleasure of having our meeting at Sonya and Cecil's wonderful sustainalbe super energy efficient solar home. Her business Newenhouses has several house plans, all under 1000 sq ft. Check out this article about her business with lots of great pictures. It is always fun to see where creative friends live but this house has been [...]
Fall in color
Just to share some of the breathtaking fall scenes from a recent trip to Door County. There is nothing that calls to my heart more than the sound of waves crashing onto the shore. Cave Point Park Sentinels of the Lake . . . Listen to Nature and Learn [...]
Meme this
So during my recent yarn dyeing marathon my chief yarn color namer had the audacity to leave for college. She and her sisters, over the years have heard frequent pleas, for inspiration on naming yarn colors, after I have reached the brain dead state of too much color decision making. Therefor explaining my colorways named after Dr. Who characters, Monty [...]
Olga’s poppies
Our fiber group was fortunate to recently have spent a lovely summer day, sharing our fiber projects, surrounded by Olga's lavish flower gardens. Her poppies were definitely the stars of the show. So much so that it made me wish I was a painter, especially seeing Judith putting some of that beauty to paper wth her water colors. As always [...]
A tale of two towns
Well not much of a tale. Just a treasure trove of unique shops that I discovered on the way home from the Midwest Weavers Convention in St Paul last month. What mostly had me yell STOP to my poor hubby, was seeing an assortment of rugs hanging outside a shop called Cultural Cloth In Maiden Rock. Serious jackpot; that made [...]