Lucky for me, when we were on our holidays earlier this month, we were driving our truck.
Why? Because we trundled home 2 ‘new to me’ looms!
You don’t need at truck to trundle potholder looms, but these looms…. well…. they took just a wee bit more space…..
Last January, I bought a second hand Leclerc Cendrel floor Inkle loom from a lady in Victoria, BC.
I had to wait until our holiday to pick it up, so I was counting the minutes until I could meet my new loomie!
I warped her up INSTANTLY, and am in love…..
I think that the other campers where …read more

My dear friend, Terri Bibby, master Saori weaver from Salt Spring Island, B.C. ,
is part of a really neat show at new show at ArtSpring on Salt Spring Island, BC called “Eye for Colour”.
It’s a show that brings together weavers and other fiber artists with poets and painters and artists who work in a variety of media.
Terri worked with photographer, multi media artist and poet, elehna de sousa to celebrate the beauty and majesty of the Arbutus tree.
Check Terri’s link: Eye for Color  to see more images.
Image source: Terry Bibby copyright used with permission

Salt Spring Island is one of my most favorite places on the whole planet.
My dear friend, Terri Bibby, lives there and has been participating in ARTCRAFT
She did an installation of her Saori Peace Banners that  is magical. Here’s the link to her blog entry about it:
weaving installation 
Be sure to click on
Shannon Wardroper’s link 
as her mixed media pieces are stunningly beautiful.
Oh to be on Salt Spring…. sigh…..

Last summer, my dear friend, Terri went to Japan to participate in some wonderful Saori weaving events.
She brought back this lovely bag:

The butterfly outline was satin stitched with the weaving behind the cotton. Then the black cotton was carefully cut away to reveal the weaving.
This is a variation on Mola or San Blas appliqué technique.
Terry made a lovely T shirt using this technique….. here’s the link: Terri’s dragonfly shirt
and a neat shirt that has a woven appliqué image of the map of Salt Spring Island: Map shirt
I think that this is a great way to use treasured bits of …read more

Terri’s going to be facilitating the weaving of a  Saori peace banner on Earth Day on Salt Spring.
And, people are going to be bringing something special to the Earth Day celebration on Salt Spring….
Check it out…. it’s VERY inspiring!
EARTH DAY SALT SPRING