April 2016

Tapis, the tapestry weaving group in Victoria, welcomed me to their February meeting.  They meet several times a year in members' homes.  Several of the members are participating in the "H" a Journey in Tapestry word challenge. The group can be found on Face Book.  The deadline is April 30.  Just ask to join to view the results.  Fun exercise!

Anne's Huddle and Karen's Hurricane and Hill.

Elaine showed her magnificent tapestry of the Nicola Valley.  My pictures do not do it justice.  Elaine makes her own looms, to fit the size of each tapestry.  She sits her loom on an adjustable ironing board to change the height of the loom as she weaves. 

All of the warp ends are woven back into the tapestry.  Joins of yarn are incorporated into the weaving.  A strip of heavy cotton was sewed at the top of the back of the tapestry and Velcro was stapled to the cotton.  This method over came the difficulty of sewing Velcro.  The matching piece of Velcro, glued or stapled to a board would be hung on the wall for easy hanging of the tapestry. 

 Elaine does not like to use blue in her tapestry sky.  This is a close up of the sky with its multitude of colours.  Depicting the sky can be difficult (I think) and Elaine's sky is a complete success.

Anne's two tapestries are inspired by the Galloping Goose Trail and waterways in Victoria.  Do you see the pumpkin patch?  Anne used wool tapestry yarn and embroidery floss resulting in lovely vibrant colours.

• April 16, 2016 Hines Creek, one day Peace Country Spinners' and Weavers' conference. Please preregister with the treasurer and tell Lorena lorena@vassclan.ca . Bring Show and Tell items.  Bring a friend. Non members are welcome.
• May 15, 2016 9:00-4:00 Fleece to Throw Competition, The Art of the Peace ArtFest Symposium, Camp Tamarack. Fee $25/person.  Registration form in Threads Along the Peace March 2016.  Contact Shannon Nelson.  shannon@carlsholm.com
• September 10, 11, 12, 2016 Lake Saskatoon, Peace Country Spinners' and Weavers' workshop, Saori Weaving. www.saltspringweaving.com Registration form will be available in the next issue of Threads Along the Peace.
• Remember to find Peace Country Spinners and Weavers on Face Book and become a friend. 
• For more information contact peacecountrysw@gmail.com.

Happy Spinning and Weaving! Happy Spring!

March 2016

As seen on a recent visit to Leola's Studio www.leolasstudio.com at

Whippletree Junction, Duncan BC

Anne (from Victoria) and I sat beside each other and each wove on a section of the Community Tapestry at Leola's Studio.  What fun! What great experience for me!

Leola's work started at an Archie Brennan workshop.

Leola's family in tapestry, again inspired by an Archie Brennan workshop.

The beginning of a shawl called Forest, woven by Leola on the theme Tree, for the Ladysmith Waterfront Gallery Exhibition. You can see the finished shawl on Leola's Face Book page.

Very fine weaving of linen and cottolin woven by one of Leola's customers.  Leola's Studio features many dressed looms and you can walk into her studio and weave something over a few days.  Lots of visitors to the area come and weave at the Studio. 

Items for sale at Leola's Studio.

Leola, spinning for weft for the green shawl project.

Nests of fabric, yarn and fleece for rug hooking or other craft projects.

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Viking weaving made by Garrie Fleet and Marg Foden, Cobble Hill, BC

(formerly of Grimshaw, AB)

This is woven silver or copper, some incorporating beads.

Some of these items are for sale at one of the stores at Whippletree Junction.

• April 16, 2016 Hines Creek, one day Peace Country Spinners' and Weavers' conference.
• September 10, 11, 12, 2016 Lake Saskatoon, Peace Country Spinners' and Weavers' workshop, Saori Weaving. www.saltspringweaving.com Registration form will be available in the next issue of Threads Along the Peace.
• Remember to find Peace Country Spinners and Weavers on Face Book and become a friend. 
• For more information contact 1358@telus.net.

Happy Spinning and Weaving!

February 2016

Another colour choice for our red striped warp, first seen in the January blog post, woven by Linda of North Peace Spinners and Weavers.  This is Linda's very first weaving.  She is loving the weaving and doing such a good job!  We are so proud of her work. 

Rene's tapestry. "I was inspired by the glorious colours in fall as I walked through the woods."

Rene's spindle bag is made by Spry Whimsy Fiber Arts - Peter and Ingrid McMasters - Stoughton WI

 

Le Sort, Destin, et l’auto-determination / Fate, Destiny and Self Determination is an international tapestry initiative funded by the Ontario Arts Council. Weavers and non weavers from all over the world are invited to participate. To date 182 people are from 19 countries have contributed a total of 290 shapes. You can look at the Facebook page to see how other people have created their shapes. www.facebook.com/pages/Fate-Destiny-and-Self-Determination-An-international-tapestry-project/  Contact  linedufour.tapestry@gmail.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

see www.burns-studio.com for tapestry gallery of Barbara Burns-many faces.

http://suzannepaquette.com/tapisseries/ Miniature tapestries and more of this artist from Quebec, inspirational for those who like small projects.

• February 19-21 Staycation Retreat, Artspost, Fort St. John, day retreat, bring your own projects to work on, no host Friday morning museum visit. contact Karla. karlaking76@gmail.com
• April 16, 2016 Hines Creek, one day Peace Country Spinners' and Weavers' conference.
• September 10, 11, 12, 2016 Lake Saskatoon, Peace Country Spinners' and Weavers' workshop, Saori Weaving. www.saltspringweaving.com
• Remember to find Peace Country Spinners and Weavers on Face Book and become a friend. For more information contact 1358@telus.net

Happy Spinning and Weaving!