I was quite pleased recently to receive a letter informing me that the tapestry, with cartoon designed from my niece's painting, was awarded the First Place in Professional Weaving--Tapestry at the Blue Ridge Fiber Show.
I wrote about the weaving of the piece earlier in the blog in several posts... one here and another one here. I also wrote about the process of working from Megan's painting in the American Tapestry Alliance online newsletter, Tapestry Topics. The article was in the Fall 2014 issue. Unfortunately, the newsletter is for ATA members only so I can't post a link to that. Back issues of Tapestry Topics ARE available for viewing online... here's a link to those.
Here's the piece hanging at the Blue Ridge Fiber Show with a nice, handwoven blue ribbon beside the label:
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| The title is Probation Violation |
During the trip to Asheville to see the exhibit I was also able to make a stop at Tim Barnwell's studio to have him photograph the large stones tapestry--here's Tim getting ready to shoot a detail:
If you visit Tim's website, be sure to click on links to his beautiful books. His latest one is Blue Ridge Parkway Vistas. It should be a wonderful read for anyone who loves the Appalachian mountains and the Blue Ridge Parkway.
I visited my friends Noel and Patrick when in Western North Carolina--and gave them the towels I was weaving with the hemp yarn that I showed in an earlier post--
and here's one of them in use!
I enjoy weaving functional fabrics for friends. I only give myself time to do that once or twice a year--but I truly love to see the cloth in use.
Things are calming down a bit and I hope I can soon catch up in the blog more with some of the very busy fall doings around here. But this is it for now!
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