| Winter Storm |  Here's hoping that you are well on the way to recovering from that wild winter storm we all just 'enjoyed'. Poor Melanie was one of the 190,000 without power due to the storm. She's had to camp out with me to keep warm. On the plus side, the woman makes an awesome pork roast and sauerkraut dinner. I took this shot on the way home from Kutztown U. It seemed as if every road had branches and trees accross the road. This took the efforts of Melanie, Floyd and 3 others. We back tracked to the main road and finally got home on Saturday. Please check out this week's happenings at STL. I'm pretty sure we won't have snow. We've got two Saturday Samplers scheduled this week and the closing reception of Felt So Good coupled with a book signing by one of the artists featured in "500 Felt Objects", Kachina Martin. Warm wishes, Rebekah |
| Felt So Good |
Closing Reception: November 5 th 1-4 pm
The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched; they must be felt with the heart" Helen Keller
Local artist and Muhlenberg HS Art teacher, Kachina Martin was selected to appear in "500 Felt Objects", the latest book in the popular "500 Series" along with two other artists in our current show, Pamela MacGregor and Anna Goransson
The "Felt So Good" exhibit makes a great back drop for sharing the book and from 2:00 to 4:00, Kachina will be on hand to answer questions and to sign books. (http://www.howlingruth.com/)
About the author of "500 Felt Objects" Juror Susan Brown lives in New York and is the associate curator of textiles at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. She curated the exhibition "Fashioning Felt" and has written and lectured extensively on the topic. She also co-curated "Quicktakes: Rodarte" with Gregory Krum; "Color Moves: Art and Fashion by Sonia Delaunay"; and "Extreme Textiles: Designing for High Performance with Matilda McQuaid." She teaches in the School of Art and Design History and Theory, Parsons The New School for Design, as well as lecturing regularly for the Institute of Fine Arts at NYU. Before joining the Museum, she worked as a costume designer for theater, opera, and television. (source: amazon.com)
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Felted Holiday Ornaments
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Sheila Shuman
Click to learn more: Holiday Ornaments | 
10:00 to 1:00 PM
A new twist to an old technique - Learn to create holiday ornaments from felted wool using the "Penny Rug" style of construction and stitching. Each ornament can be given its own unique look through your choices of design, color, and embellishment. Although the more traditional colors are shown in the sample picture, contemporary colors of wool (purple, pink, magenta, turquoise, yellow, etc.) will be available to choose from the day of the class.
Not recommended for children under 16. (A Parent/Child class is offered on 11/19/11)
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Straw Stars
w/ Linda Beiler | 
10:00 to 12:00
Learn to make traditional German Christmas decorations from wheat straw. We will split lengths of wheat straw into long pieces. These pieces are arranged by patterns in a placement ring and wrapped with thread to secure the design. Everyone will make one straw star. There may be time to make more than one star.
Click to learn more: Straw Stars |
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Upcoming Events
Saturday Sampler - Straw Stars
Saturday November 5, 2011
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Saturday Sampler - Felted Holiday Ornaments
Saturday November 5, 2011 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Saturday Sampler - Intro to Embroidery
Saturday November 12, 2011 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST
LOOK! SPECIAL EVENTS FOR ADULTS AND KIDS TO ENJOY TOGETHER!!!!
Saturday Sampler - Parent & Me - Christmas Card Craft
Saturday November 12, 2011 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST
Saturday Sampler - Parent & Child - Holiday Ornaments - Felted Wool
Saturday November 19, 2011 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM EST
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Here we are all set up in the gym at Kutztown U. We took almost the whole boutique and demo'ed drop spindle & triangle loom. We also let those interested try their hand at it.
The snow hit, the wind blew and still the shoppers came. But when the electric went out, we had to call it a day.
We made our last sale in the dark and on battery power. The next day, the sun shown, the earth was beautiful in it's white coat and the power lines groaned under the wet of the very heavy snow. |
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