Some Photos of My Work!

Here is a photo of 3 bags that I have recently completed. The one on the right was a total experiment trying to incorporate a tapestry and the woven bands to make an interesting and functional purse. I am very pleased with how it worked out and will weave more tapestries in the future to use in this way. This combines all my favorite spinning and weaving techniques into one whole piece and I am very excited about it.

The middle bag was another experiment. I like blue but rarely use it in anything that I weave so it was a challenge to myself just to weave something blue. It was fun and no doubt there will be more blue in my weavings now.

With the bag on the left, I was trying to make a medium sized bag or maybe to some, a small bag, roomy. I didn't want it so deep that the wearer is always fishing around the bottom but I wanted it to be big enough to be able to carry all the necessities and maybe a paperback or camera too. My ideas for this one worked too, so I will be using this arrangement of sewing the bands together again.

My goal was to weave 10 bags and see where that got me. It seemed like a goal that would take forever, IF I ever finished it. I've been working really hard on it and have 8 bags done but now I know I won't be stopping at 10 because I have so many more ideas and I really love making them.




This is Amigo in the light tent. I have a fantastic support group. Jess, my daughter, sets up the photos and takes them and then my son-in-law, Cory, adjusts the color and whatever has to be done to them to use on the website. So when they were here about a month ago, Jess had brought this new light tent and we had it set up on the kitchen table. We were looking at some of the photos on the computer and Amigo climbed in there when we weren't looking and made himself quite at home.

Here he is posing with a handwoven scarf. Jess took about 40 photos of him and he kept turning and posing. Who knew he was such a ham?! Look at the beautiful color of his eyes!