Natural Dyeing on the Prairie: Botanical Colors + Scattergood School
This weekend I was in my "happy place," attending a two day natural dye workshop conducted by Kathy Hattori of Botanical Colors and held at Scattergood Friends (Quaker) School…
Clouds, Sky, Mountains
Flying to Santiago, Chile via Dallas, where we had an overnight flight delay due to airplane mechanical difficulties. The surprising benefit: we flew over South America during daylight- I got…
Potatoes + linocut tools = potato printing fun!
Reading several vintage books on printing from the 1960s and earlier, I kept thinking about exploring the versatile potato when teaching some simple printing classes. As a youngster, I never…
Wanna learn to knit?
Here's a novel idea. Home Ec Workshop reports the following tidbit on their Facebook page:"the Iowa City Farmer's Market is hosting a Knit in Public Day event this Saturday, June…
Yarns of many kinds…
Thirty-two years of living in the same place, and twenty years since I've woven on my loom. I sold the loom several years ago because I knew that when I…
Dye Basics at Home Ec
Had a great class at Home Ec Workshop on Saturday. (And no, that's not Home Ec for sale in the picture above. It was a beautiful day, and this shaded…
SAQA featured artist time…
SAQA, the Studio Art Quilts Associates, features two "professional artist members" on their website monthly, and this time the focus is on Alison Muir and myself. Here's the blurb from…
Who knew?
My daughter just received her PhD from the University of Chicago (Go Math Women!) The cost to purchase this stunning ensemble is $800. Fellow fiber artists, don't you see an…
Day One at the 2009 Surface Design Conference
Regional Meet-and-Greet breakfasts highlight the many accomplished longtime members and new attendees at this event. Morning keynote speaker Harmony Susalla, gave a fascinating talk, "Organic Cotton: Beyond Oatmeal and Granola…
Surface Design Conference, Kansas City
Greetings from the Kansas City Art Institute, where the biennial International Surface Design Association Conference is about to begin. I've been here a number of times already, always with talented,…