romance ~

texas trailer style…

Yup, swiped the photo…

bear ~

Gave this little bear tapestry to my boss (Connie) who is retiring in 12 days.  She collects Southwestern type bears. So after the workshop with Sarah Swett, I had to weave a little bear for her gift.  I placed it in a narrow framed shadow box which made it impossible to take a photo of it. So below is the bear out of the box.

Over the past year, Connie has been giving me beaded necklaces from her stash ~ amethyst, rose quartz, and the trade beads I used in the tapestry.  The warp was some handspun Navajo I had from a woman down in Skagit County.  The warp was some of Sarah’s handspun, hand dyed wool of spectacular colors ~ all from natural dyes.

wordless workshop ~

Wordless only because I was so stressed out during this fabulous workshop that I really can hardly remember being there.

Above is just a tease showing some of the wonderful handspun, hand dyed weft Sarah Swett brought to Bellingham in May.  She taught a three-day tapestry workshop for the Whatcom Weavers Guild.

               

Added this one just for the faces both Sarah and Doreen were making.

And for my workshop mates, the photos below are of the 3 and 4 selvedge techniques Sarah demonstrated.

And for the words, they are back. Mom’s stroke has not left her with any residual slurring of words.  Luckily, we are all doing well now.