http://www.lovefibre.com Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:01:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Although I've already posted today, I wanted to write about the Woolfest before I go away or the memory will have faded. It's a wonderful show - a combination of all the elements of fibre arts - from the animals who provide the wool to the rainbows of fleece and ... http://www.lovefibre.com/2008/07/01/woolfest-2008/ I only started to think about Sharon's June Take it Further Challenge a few days before the end of June. It's about stashes, our collections of materials, the stuff of creation, how they comes with their own tales to tell, and how in using them we invest them with ... http://www.lovefibre.com/2008/07/01/tif-challenge-june-1/ It's funny how sometimes you seem to be making giant strides and things are falling into place all around you, and other times every tiny step (or stitch...) seems like a huge effort and then you stop altogether for a while. June has been one of those latter times for ... http://www.lovefibre.com/2008/06/21/tiny-steps/ Well I didn't turn into a pumpkin! I got my May TIF Challenge piece done yesterday (just) but too late for taking photos. I decided to create something that included some of the techniques I love most, and to try to express how I often feel as if I'm exploding in ... http://www.lovefibre.com/2008/06/01/tif-challenge-may-2/ A little bit of weekend inspiration :-) This is a quote from the opening page of "The Twelve Dancers" by William Mayne, published by Puffin Books, 1964. Blue is the colour of the sky. Marlene was in bed still when she thought that. It was the colour of the sky in ... http://www.lovefibre.com/2008/05/25/looking-and-listening/ Aside: a link to the story of The Wild Swans I mentioned in my last post. Now, the Take it Further Challenge for May. Sharon asked, "What do you call yourself and why?" when you're asked to describe your creative activities. She said, "The way I see it is if you can’t ... http://www.lovefibre.com/2008/05/23/tif-challenge-may-1/ A couple of things have caught my eye recently ... First is the new social network, Stitchin Fingers, started a few days ago by Sharon B of In a Minute Ago, and already looking like a great place for anyone who practises textiles to explore and enjoy.  Next is Spyn. Alan brought ... http://www.lovefibre.com/2008/05/22/stitchin-fingers-cyborg-knitting-and-the-threads-of-story/ I've been in a hiatus for months as far as my OCA Textiles course is concerned - stuck at the beginning of a module I really want to spend time on and enjoy - applied and manipulated fabrics. The exercise starts by asking you to select half a dozen previous ... http://www.lovefibre.com/2008/05/14/developing-designs/ When I was working on this quilted hanging, one of my aims was to use felt as the wadding in a way that made its colour a central element of the design. I'm still thinking about that, so today I've been stitching some studies for my sketchbook pages for the ... http://www.lovefibre.com/2008/05/12/felt-under-fabric/ I know you shouldn't but sometimes it's hard not to - this new book Eco-Colour by India Flint looks so beautiful and the subtitle is so enticing - 'Botanical Dyes for Beautiful Textiles: Environmentally Sustainable Dyes'. I feel a moment of weakness coming on. India Flint's web site is ... http://www.lovefibre.com/2008/05/10/judging-a-book-by-its-cover/