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Poodle Time!-First Edition And-Some Of My Favorite Photos

Poodle!, one of my Pinterest boards has been the most fun to organize. It has also been a board with quite a few repins. So today, I am taking a slight deviation from the usual and featuring some of my favorite pins on my Poodle! board. Vintage Knitting Ad-Knit For You And Your Poodle! 1952-DoriContinue reading “Poodle Time!-First Edition And-Some Of My Favorite Photos”

Summer July Haiku

Daylilies Coming One of Summers Messangers Blooming Firecrackers Save

Too Much Wool & Not Enough Rain=HOSTA COZIES!

I keep sheep. Sheep make wool and lots of it. At the moment, I have WAY more wool that one human could possible use. Starting this summer, I have renewed an interest in my flower garden. The Hostas for the most part have hung in there through two summers of neglect and now deserve toContinue reading “Too Much Wool & Not Enough Rain=HOSTA COZIES!”

The Aspen Adventure: Casting Lace Sculpture & Kickstarter

Passion Pod–lace sculpture test-Rachelle Gardner http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2135210356/the-aspen-adventure-casting-lace-sculpture The lace work of Kansas City fiber artist Rachelle Gardner is gathering notice. Her work recently was accepted into juried art shows in New York, Maryland, Colorado, Kansas, and Arkansas. This fall, one of her works will decorate a Kansas City Arts Board billboard in the Crossroads art district.Continue reading “The Aspen Adventure: Casting Lace Sculpture & Kickstarter”

The Installation Art Of Jennifer Steinkamp

The Wreck of the Dumaru, 2004 Note: All links will take you to an index page on Jennifer Steinkamp’s website. Find the image and click on it. This will take you to an animation. I have wanted to write about Jennifer Steinkamp for a while but was perplexed on how to present this dynamic digitalContinue reading “The Installation Art Of Jennifer Steinkamp”

Day-Tripping To Crafts National 2012

There is an interesting exhibit currently at the Mulvane Museum, located on the Washburn University campus in Topeka, Kansas. From 1089 works submitted from across the US & Canada, only 100 pieces were selected. A full variety of media are present but I was especially excited to see the fiber works. Here are just aContinue reading “Day-Tripping To Crafts National 2012”

Joan Miró Inspired Fabric

Women and Birds printed cotton dress fabric, after Joan Miró , produced by Fuller fabric-c. 1955-56 I have been researching fabric lately. Having decided to create my own drapes or Roman Shades for my living room, I’ve been looking for inspirations. I love Mid-Cen stuff so that is what I have zeroed in on. InContinue reading “Joan Miró Inspired Fabric”

Joan Miró Inspired Fabric 2

Espace, sceen printed rayon fabric, designed by Elsbeth Kupferoth for Pausa, 1954 My research has led me to this wonderful fabric. Designed by Elsbeth Kupferoth in 1954, I see a connection between its design and Spanish Surrealist artist Joan Miró’s (April 20,1893–December 25,1983) ConstellationPaintings. I am attracted to the Constellation paintings because of the tonedContinue reading “Joan Miró Inspired Fabric 2”

Spinning a Yarn-“Flock” Meets The Digital Age

In March, after I uploaded The Fling to Ralvery, I set the goal of turning my pattern Flock into a PDF and getting it into the digital world. It is done. Flock was hatched during the summer of ’99. Spin Off Magazine had just issued their call for original designs using endangered sheep breeds. ThisContinue reading “Spinning a Yarn-“Flock” Meets The Digital Age”

Lucienne Day’s “Calyx”-A Ground Breaking Classic

Calyx, 1951 Lucienne Day rocked the design world in 1951. She debuted her fabric design Calyx at the Festival of Britain. This pattern was designed for a room that her husband, Robin Day, had created for the festival. Her ability to mix eye popping color contrasts with organic abstract shapes was a dose ofContinue reading “Lucienne Day’s “Calyx”-A Ground Breaking Classic”