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Stories

July 24, 2019 By Carolyn Foss

Each hand crafted piece has a story and the pieces made in last week’s Navajo Rug Weaving class and Open Quilt Studio all have their own stories. The reason for the choice of colors and design, who it may be given to and why, what it will remind the maker of each time they see it or what was happening around them during the process are all parts of the story. We have a story for you, too. Once upon a time, a group of people met at Sievers School for a Navajo Rug Weaving class with Betty Glynn Carlson. They started by warping the Navajo looms and choosing colors and designs that were to be the words of the […]

Filed Under: Sievers School Tagged With: Betty Glynn Carlson, Navajo Rug Weaving, Open Quilt Studio, Quilting

Simply September

September 12, 2016 By Carolyn Foss

As we get closer to the middle of September the first notes of fall have started to appear.  Simple changes in the ways the clouds look, a few leaves turning, flowers reaching for the last bit of warm sun and more deer by the roadsides are all clues that in just a few weeks, we’ll be surrounded by glorious reds, yellows, golds and browns.  Before that happens though, we plan to fully enjoy September!           We’ve been “back to school” for several days with Betty Carlson’s Navajo Rug Weaving and Jo Campbell-Amsler’s Natural Fiber Baskets classes.  The students are using simple elements of authentic wool yarns and gathered willow to create not-so-simple pieces.    A version of this is posted in the Navajo Rug Weaving studio and we hope you […]

Filed Under: Basketry/Furnishings, Sievers School, Weaving Tagged With: Betty Glynn Carlson, Jo Campbell-Amsler, Navajo Rug Weaving, Willow Basketry

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