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Fiber of Life

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A blog about fiber arts, sewing, and the thread of life that weaves us all together.

Added on: May 12th, 2007
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: Ann
Listed in: Fibre Relationships
Tags: family friends knitting yarn crocheting weaving

Recent Posts

Glass painting is back

Posted on Thursday June 12th, 2008 at 19:39 in creative works

Welcome back to me! I’m back to crafting once again, at least on a small scale. I started a glass painting project this afternoon. See, we’ve moved into a house and I have an extra room I can use just for crafts and a home office. I got t...
Paper craft site

Posted on Wednesday March 26th, 2008 at 12:54 in Paper, loom of life, creative works

I found a truly delightful paper craft site I want to share with you. It’s called Calabash Creations and the cards, bookmarks, and handmade paper crafts are so creative and beautiful. I love working with paper myself, from quilling to making ha...
Moving

Posted on Thursday March 20th, 2008 at 09:16 in loom of life, creative works

It looks like we’re going to be moving much sooner than expected, which means any craft stuff I have here will go straight to the storage unit for the next few weeks. This makes me sad. I suppose because even if I don’t work on a craft ev...
Grizzly Mountain Arts

Posted on Friday March 14th, 2008 at 09:43 in loom of life, creative works

You’re in for a real treat when you visit Grizzly Mountain Arts. These folks hand-craft the most beautiful fiber arts tools I’ve ever seen. Using scrimshaw and other art forms, they create lovely tatting shuttles and lace bobbins that wou...
Carding wool and cotton

Posted on Tuesday February 26th, 2008 at 13:47 in creative works

My first love is fiber, and at the museum was a set up where you could try your hand at carding cotton. Carding is a method where you have two “boards” with handles on them, and stiff bent wires on the boards. The look is similar to the ...
Quilt champion

Posted on Tuesday February 26th, 2008 at 13:15 in creative works

I thought some of you might be interested in reading this story of a Champion Quilter who is from the area near where my Mom and Sis live. This woman didn’t start quilting until very late in life, but has found her fiber passion in this art for...