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<\/a><\/p>\nWe had a terrific time at NEWS, although I did feel a twinge of regret when I saw that Margo Selby was offering a class in double weave. \u00a0Take a look at the work she exhibited in the faculty show. \u00a0Who wouldn’t want to study with her??<\/p>\n
Maybe I should start with the faculty show… This is Barbara Herbster’s work.<\/p>\n This is a repweave table runner by Lucienne Coifman from my own guild in Connecticut. \u00a0She is a superlative teacher, and someday I hope to study rep with her.<\/p>\n The Gallery Exhibit is always exciting, and I was particularly excited this year! \u00a0I won 5 awards<\/em> for my tapestry “Sunset on Wilson Cove.” \u00a0It is most likely the last time I’ll exhibit this piece so I was pleased that it had quite a swan song. \u00a0The three awards that blew me away are “1st Place Tapestry and Transparency,” \u00a0“Judges’ Choice,” and “Peoples’ Choice.” \u00a0I am thrilled! \u00a0The other two are “First Time Entrant at NEWS” and “Best in Tapestry from the Textile Arts Center.” Can you tell how happy and surprised I am!<\/p>\n We all loved the upholstered footstool right below my tapestry, woven by Susan Wright. What great use of color. \u00a0It’s a beauty.<\/p>\n This stunning runner caught all our eyes. \u00a0Ruth Buchman manged to create a threading that is mirrored but gives such sense of assymetry. \u00a0Then her color choices were superb–greys and blacks with just the right touch of yellow that also gave a strong impression of assymetry. \u00a0So the piece has a calm balance in color and weave struture while also giving the impression that it is not symetrical. \u00a0Brilliantly done!<\/p>\n This is another of Ruth’s pieces in the gallery exhibit. \u00a0Stunning doubleweave.<\/p>\n This is Sarah Fortin’s<\/a> double weave fabric. \u00a0I have no idea how she gets some areas to pleat and rise off the flat surface of the background fabric. \u00a0Beautiful colors and beautiful weaving.<\/p>\n \n This fun–and beautiful– bag, called “Take Me Shopping” is by Karin Borden.<\/p>\n There was also a special exhibit of Mary Merrill’s<\/a> tapestries woven over the decades from the 1950s when she began weaving until her death in the 1999. \u00a0Her family generously shares her work at gatherings like NEWS. \u00a0Look how fresh and lush her colors and her shape making are in these two works. \u00a0This was when I wished I could be at the conference for the entire weekend, so I could come back and visit more than once!<\/p>\n I’ve only been to NEWS twice now, and both times I have to say that my favorite displays are the guild tables. \u00a0Unjuried though they may be, the work is excellent, and both times I’ve been so inspired that I simply cannot take it all in.<\/p>\n Each guild chooses a theme for their display. \u00a0This year one guild did textiles inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright, another displayed projects woven by one of their members who has passed away, and another guild woven projects based on personal memories. \u00a0There was a guild whose inspiration was gardening. \u00a0I have a photo of a curtain called “Spinach and Blackberry Salad” from that display. Our guild did a display of handbags based on the project that Area 4 did last year of weaving lunch bags and matching napkins to coordinate with a mug that belonged to someone else in the group. \u00a0It was a grab bag choosing of mugs, and then you designed and wove the lunch bag and napkin to give the member who owned the mug \u00a0you selected. \u00a0It was such a wonderful way to weave for someone else, and it honed our design skills along with our weaving skills. \u00a0My lunch bag was not part of the display since I gave it away last summer, but I have been so intrigued with making bags lately that I submitted my newly finished large tote bag for this display. \u00a0My photo makes the bags look like a bit of a jumble, and the lighting was harsh. \u00a0It was actually far more striking than it looks here.<\/p>\n Connecticut Guild’s display of Area 4 lunch totes and handbags.<\/p>\n The Frank Lloyd Wright display.<\/p>\n I think the next image may have been from a picnic themed project, although if so, I missed reading the details of what this group’s theme was. \u00a0Lovely weaving!– a basket tote and a handwoven band for your stawhat.<\/p>\n “Spinach Salad with Blackberries” from the gardening inspired display.<\/p>\n Stunning tableware woven by Jo Ann Miner.<\/p>\n None of us supported the vendors as we should have. \u00a0I hope they fared better with other visitors. \u00a0I was looking for some fine silk to add to my upcoming project for plaited huck blouse fabric, but \u00a0no one had what I needed. \u00a0I have some fine tussah silk from my stash as well as some silk I got last summer at Convergence from a vendor called “SanJo.” \u00a0I want to get the warp on sometime in August so I can get the fabric woven in time for a workshop in October with Sarah Fortin on sewing with handwoven fabric.<\/p>\n Why am not tackling that warp sooner?–\u00a0BECAUSE<\/em> we have our son’s wedding in less than three weeks! \u00a0I am feeling rather confident about my two wedding projects–the ring pillow is done!<\/p>\n And here is my wedding outfit. \u00a0The blouse is a vogue pattern for a boatneck tunic sewn by a wonderful seamstress in Amston, CT. \u00a0I then embellished it with silk ribbon embroidery to coordinate with the brown silk pants.<\/p>\n Want to see a closeup? \u00a0I’ll take that as a ‘yes.’<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>This piece by Suzi Ballenger<\/a> is stunning! \u00a0It has silk cocoons attached to it and the weaving was done with her open top beater tool that allows you to move warps, which creates the warp undulations in the fabric.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n