Monday, October 15, 2007
Monday, October 01, 2007
Bas Relief Tile Bisque... Breaks will be incorporated into the finished piece
Bas Relief Tile Bisque... Breaks will be incorporated into the finished piece
Originally uploaded by polyartgirl
- H. Jackson Brown
I have to remind myself sometimes. It's a beautiful day but there's so much to do that I sometimes get bogged down with the details.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Monday, September 17, 2007
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Intant Illumination I
Fantastic Sparkling Spinning batt... adding new creations to my etsy store every day: Etsy :: Instant Illumination I - Spinning Batt - 1.5 ounces - mixed fibers .99 shipping
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Live and Learn
"There is no difference between living and learning...it is impossible and misleading and harmful to think of them as being separate." ~ John Holt
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Nature's Way
Her spinning batts keep stealing my heart... I love this one... I may have to list some things on Etsy just so I can buy some of her fibers...
Monday, July 30, 2007
The Difference
The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behaviors affect the rights and well being of others. ~Sharon Anthony Bower, author
Friday, July 20, 2007
Spinning Competition
Spinners compete to see who can spin the longest yarn in five minutes. There was a lot of giggling and frantic problem solving.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Melissa's Weaving
I love sharing my love of fibers. I'm not a fan of tapestry weaving, but it really is the most portable weaving project to learn. Melissa and Christie both started weaving this week. Their very different styles (in learning and creating) are already coming out.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
SLV Folk Arts and Fiber Fiber Festival...
Sarah Bernhardt (the actress) once said, "Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich."
I feel spent and happy... everything worked out so well. There is such joy in seeing something like this come together.
I feel spent and happy... everything worked out so well. There is such joy in seeing something like this come together.
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Raffle Spinning Wheel
This wheel is being raffled off at the SLV Folk Arts and Fiber Festival. We have tickets for sale online as well go to
http://www.slvfest.com/rafflewheel for details.
http://www.slvfest.com/rafflewheel for details.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
from my Spark People Reflections for the day...
"A man who wants something will find a way; a man who doesn't will find an excuse."
- Stephen Dolley Jr.
Do you see possibilities or problems?
It's been said that some of the smartest people around would make lousy entrepreneurs. How can that be? The fact is, some people are so smart they can easily see all of the problems, roadblocks, and snafus that they'll need to overcome to succeed. They can think of all kinds of reasons why their idea won't work. This knowledge can overwhelm any thoughts of possibilities or dreams. When you think of your goals, do you focus on the positives of making it happen, or the negatives of potential barriers? To reach your goals, you gotta really want them. More importantly, you gotta really believe that you can do it. Think more about why you CAN make it happen instead of why you can't. No more excuses.
- Stephen Dolley Jr.
Do you see possibilities or problems?
It's been said that some of the smartest people around would make lousy entrepreneurs. How can that be? The fact is, some people are so smart they can easily see all of the problems, roadblocks, and snafus that they'll need to overcome to succeed. They can think of all kinds of reasons why their idea won't work. This knowledge can overwhelm any thoughts of possibilities or dreams. When you think of your goals, do you focus on the positives of making it happen, or the negatives of potential barriers? To reach your goals, you gotta really want them. More importantly, you gotta really believe that you can do it. Think more about why you CAN make it happen instead of why you can't. No more excuses.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Get On
"The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them." ~ George Bernard Shaw, playwright
Thursday, May 24, 2007
morsbags sociable guerilla bagging
morsbags sociable guerilla bagging
"let’s do something positive to reduce the hideous number of plastic bags being used - 1 million are consumed per minute globally - of which hundreds of thousands end up in the oceans.
the idea is to get together with people in your local community, drink wine and make reusable cloth bags (from old duvet covers, curtains from charity shops etc) and hand them out to the unsuspecting public for free on specified dates outside different supermarkets.
meet new people, do something marvelous for the planet and beat other pods (groups) of baggers with your morsbag tally."
"let’s do something positive to reduce the hideous number of plastic bags being used - 1 million are consumed per minute globally - of which hundreds of thousands end up in the oceans.
the idea is to get together with people in your local community, drink wine and make reusable cloth bags (from old duvet covers, curtains from charity shops etc) and hand them out to the unsuspecting public for free on specified dates outside different supermarkets.
meet new people, do something marvelous for the planet and beat other pods (groups) of baggers with your morsbag tally."
Monday, May 21, 2007
Combing
I'll be offering these wonderful soft and lofty rovings at the SLV Folk Arts and Fiber Festival.
I'm loving the combs. Combing, Spinning, and Weaving are my three favorite fiber arts...
I'll have to buy a fleece just to make a project from start to finish...but then I'll never sell it... it would have too much of me in it.
Combing How to:
How to Prepare Fiber With Dutch Combs
There's detailed information as well as videos!
I'm loving the combs. Combing, Spinning, and Weaving are my three favorite fiber arts...
I'll have to buy a fleece just to make a project from start to finish...but then I'll never sell it... it would have too much of me in it.
Combing How to:
How to Prepare Fiber With Dutch Combs
There's detailed information as well as videos!
Monday, May 14, 2007
36 hr days
"Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness." ~Jean de la Bruyere, 17th century French essayist
Focus. Do things you love. Do things you'll care enough to remember. Don't wait for something else to happen. Live now.
Focus. Do things you love. Do things you'll care enough to remember. Don't wait for something else to happen. Live now.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Sunday, April 29, 2007
It's been a while...
since I restructured any old clothing. This was a gypsy like skirt. The waistband was at the top of the burgundy area. I cut a portion of the skirt from the back and used the largest black piece to make the top of the dress as well the little straps. I took the hanger rings from the inside of the skirt to make the ties at the top of the straps. We tied her hair back with a piece of left over fabric. I was really happy with how this little dress turned out...and she loved it enough that we had to wash it so that she could wear it again the next day.
Friday, April 20, 2007
International Freeform Artist: Laura Murphy
International Freeform Artist: Laura Murphy Go check out her newest freeform work displayed with the 2007 International Freeform Show EARTH AIR FIRE WATER!!
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Poppy Fields
The newest yarn... I am in love... it's hanging by the wood stove to dry, and I can't pass it without touching it.
It so satisfying to my spring fever to see these colors together. I'm off to spoil myself today. Getting a massage at the local community college. They do a great job...
It so satisfying to my spring fever to see these colors together. I'm off to spoil myself today. Getting a massage at the local community college. They do a great job...
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Virtue
"Virtue is not the absence of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, like pain or a particular smell."~G. K. Chesterton, "Tremendous Trifles"
Monday, April 02, 2007
Daffodils
This is an irrisistible image... I love natural dyes, though the flowers would be hard for me to use if only because I'd want to enjoy them on the stem for that much longer.
Dyeing with daffodils "How To"
Echoes of a Dream: Daffodillies..............
Dyeing with daffodils "How To"
Echoes of a Dream: Daffodillies..............
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Monday, March 26, 2007
This is my fix.
This is a super soft blend of merino, corriedale, and shiny handpainted tussah silk.
I loved making these coils.
I'd been on about a week and a half of no spinning.
My fiber addiction: fed.
I loved making these coils.
I'd been on about a week and a half of no spinning.
My fiber addiction: fed.
Friday, March 23, 2007
Divided
Today I feel like I'm being torn into so many pieces...down so many paths...
Every few minutes I have to close my eyes and just breathe.
Time is filled with a way to make enough money to live and provide...but I don't want to be so full and busy. I don't want to rush around and wonder where my days went. I want to be still and quiet. I want to sit with my feet treadling a spinning wheel...for making yarn or throwing pots.
I want calm though on fire... so different than busy.
It's good though, I'm on the verge of a weekend that will probably have some rain and some sunshine literally and figuratively.
Tomorrow I'll do a spinning demonstration. As per my usual unpredictable moods...all of the sudden, I don't want to show anybody what I'm doing. I want to hide in the corner and covet the little coily strands.
Every few minutes I have to close my eyes and just breathe.
Time is filled with a way to make enough money to live and provide...but I don't want to be so full and busy. I don't want to rush around and wonder where my days went. I want to be still and quiet. I want to sit with my feet treadling a spinning wheel...for making yarn or throwing pots.
I want calm though on fire... so different than busy.
It's good though, I'm on the verge of a weekend that will probably have some rain and some sunshine literally and figuratively.
Tomorrow I'll do a spinning demonstration. As per my usual unpredictable moods...all of the sudden, I don't want to show anybody what I'm doing. I want to hide in the corner and covet the little coily strands.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Folk Arts and Fibers
Folk Arts and Fibers: "SLV Folk Art and Fiber Festival
The first annual SLV Folk Art and Fiber Festival will be held July 13-15th in Monte Vista, CO in Marsh Park.
We are actively recruiting artists in the following media to set up booths, provide demos and workshops: Wood,clay,metal and fibers-to include fabric, plant, animal fibers, paper, bead work, and glass. Participants are not limited to neither the San Luis Valley nor Colorado--all are welcome!
"
The first annual SLV Folk Art and Fiber Festival will be held July 13-15th in Monte Vista, CO in Marsh Park.
We are actively recruiting artists in the following media to set up booths, provide demos and workshops: Wood,clay,metal and fibers-to include fabric, plant, animal fibers, paper, bead work, and glass. Participants are not limited to neither the San Luis Valley nor Colorado--all are welcome!
"
Monday, March 05, 2007
Friday, March 02, 2007
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Love
Simply Spinful
I'm thrilled to get my new Majacraft Little Gem II this week. I've been spinning almost non-stop since she arrived on Friday. I'll have to list more on Etsy this week... maybe tonight...
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Valley of the Morning Sun - Handpainted Tussah Silk
One of several Silk rovings I've listed on Etsy this week...
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
85/15 wool mohair... handpainted, and gently fluffed/drafted slightly
85/15 wool mohair... handpainted, and gently fluffed/drafted slightly
Originally uploaded by polyartgirl.
Polyartgirl Designs Shop at Etsy
Friday, January 26, 2007
Gift Certificates from The Woolery
Gift Certificates from The Woolery
This is a great gift for ANY spinner in your life... (especially me.)
I'm ordering stuff from here today. I could easily spend my paycheck here. I better get to dying rovings...
This is a great gift for ANY spinner in your life... (especially me.)
I'm ordering stuff from here today. I could easily spend my paycheck here. I better get to dying rovings...
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Autum Spinning
This is my niece Autum working on her third bobbin of yarn. She's loving using my "little spinning wheel." At this point she was still just treadling commercial yarn (with a little added angelina) through the orifice, but soon after this she used her first roving to make a couple yards of beautiful thick yarn.
Thursday, January 04, 2007
January 7th: St. Distaff's Day
January 7th: "ST. DISTAFF'S DAY
As the first free day after the twelve by which Christmas was formerly celebrated, the 7th of January was a notable one among our ancestors. They jocularly called it St. Distaff's Dag, or Rock Dag, because by women the rock or distaff was then resumed, or proposed to be so. The duty seems to have been considered a dubious one, and when it was complied with, the ploughmen, who on their part scarcely felt called upon on this day to resume work, made it their sport to set the flax a-burning; in requital of which prank, the maids soused the men from the water-pails. Herrick gives its the popular ritual of the day in some of his cheerful stanzas:
St. Distaff's Day; Or, the Morrow after Twelfth-day
Partly work and partly play
You must on St. Distaffs Day:
From the plough soon free your team;
Then cane home and fother them:
If the maids a-spinning go,
Burn the flax and fire the tow.
Bring in pails of water then,
Let the maids bewash the men.
Give St. Distaff' all the right:
Then bid Christmas sport good night,
And next morrow every one
To his own vocation.'"
As the first free day after the twelve by which Christmas was formerly celebrated, the 7th of January was a notable one among our ancestors. They jocularly called it St. Distaff's Dag, or Rock Dag, because by women the rock or distaff was then resumed, or proposed to be so. The duty seems to have been considered a dubious one, and when it was complied with, the ploughmen, who on their part scarcely felt called upon on this day to resume work, made it their sport to set the flax a-burning; in requital of which prank, the maids soused the men from the water-pails. Herrick gives its the popular ritual of the day in some of his cheerful stanzas:
St. Distaff's Day; Or, the Morrow after Twelfth-day
Partly work and partly play
You must on St. Distaffs Day:
From the plough soon free your team;
Then cane home and fother them:
If the maids a-spinning go,
Burn the flax and fire the tow.
Bring in pails of water then,
Let the maids bewash the men.
Give St. Distaff' all the right:
Then bid Christmas sport good night,
And next morrow every one
To his own vocation.'"
spun from Potluck Rovings from Sunflower in Taos
This yarn came out quite lovely... I didn't want to change the colorway at all so I spun it up with just a little sparkle and plied it back onto itself.
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
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