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Weaving Rugs, Part II: Rag Rugs

October 24, 2014 By Carolyn Foss

With a flourish, we finished our last class of the 2014 season.  Deb Sharpee’s Rag Rug Weaving class wove wonderful and colorful rag rugs (one eight-footer!), runners and placemats.  From recycled sheets to new batik pre-cut strips, the fabrics shone through in the finished projects.  The magic carpet ride lasted all week…                  An extra special addition to the last week of class was the arrival of willow harvesters Jo Campbell-Amsler, Jacki Bedworth, Donna Kallner and Lee Zieke Lee.  Thanks to them, the willow patch is ready for hibernation until next spring.     After today, we will miss the sound of students’ footsteps…what we’ll have instead is the sound of the remaining leaves falling on the paths to the studios […]

Filed Under: Sievers School Tagged With: Deb Sharpee, Donna Kallner, Jacki Bedworth, Jo Campbell-Amsler

The Sievers Gathering – Day One and a Half

September 26, 2014 By Carolyn Foss

We’ve had a great start to our 18th Gathering weekend!  Two workshops, “Landscape ‘Painting’ with Fabric” taught by Susan Hoffmann and “Surface Design on Paper” with Lorrie Grainger Abdo started Thursday afternoon and continue on through Friday afternoon.  The groups took time to visit each others’ studios.  Come along with us… Each of the nine workshop students are working with the same fabrics, but are able to design their own touches. The Walter Studio was set up with several stations to try different surface design techniques on paper.        Jacki Bedworth’s three-hour workshop this afternoon had students leaving with a small Willow Garlic Basket.   Garage sale volunteer sorters and organizers were kept busy Thursday and today with […]

Filed Under: Sievers School Tagged With: Jacki Bedworth, Lorrie Grainger Abdo, Susan Hoffmann

Sievers Gathering-Save the Date

June 10, 2014 By Carolyn Foss

Save these dates for the Eighteenth biennial Sievers Gathering – September 25, 26 and 27!  The Gathering is a weekend of workshops, evening programs, demonstrations, vendors, a fiber arts garage sale and celebration of student and instructor-made fiber arts. The entire event is open to the public with most events taking place on Saturday, September 27. New this time will be two workshops that begin on Thursday at 2pm and run until Friday at 4pm,  “Surface Design on Paper” with Lorrie Abdo and “Landscape ‘Painting’ with Fabric taught by Susan Hoffman.  These will be joined by a Friday afternoon workshop from 1-4pm, “Willow Garlic Basket” with Jacki Bedworth. Our Friday evening program will feature Daryl Lancaster speaking on “Parallel Threads that Parallel Life”. Saturday’s […]

Filed Under: Fiber Arts, Sievers School Tagged With: Daryl Lancaster, Jacki Bedworth, Lorrie Abdo, Sievers Gathering, Susan Hoffman

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