A Road Trip sampler.
Textile stories from around the Midwest.Liam Baby Blanket Pattern
Liam Baby Blanket Pattern By Jennifer Wilder Order the pattern from Ravelry here! Description: In bold stripes, seven colors form a gradient from steel blue to paprika. The stitch pattern visually forms...
WMQFA launches Quarantine Quilt Project
Dear friends, Just in time! A creative community project from Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts! Since what we have most of right now is time - let's make quilt blocks! Here's the news from Melissa Wraalstad, Director at WMQFA: “The Wisconsin Museum of...
Fiber Festivals, Farm + Art Tours 2020
January 23 - 26, 2020 January Thaw Retreat, Middleton, WI January 25, 2020 Winter Wool Fest, Wamego, KSFebruary 7 - 9, 2020 Winter Wooly Retreat, Brown County, IN February 7 - 9, 2020 Prairie Knits Studio Winter Retreat, Gardner, KS February 7 - 9, 2020 Sauder Village...
Water: New Exhibit at Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts
by Emily Schlemowitz, Exhibit Curator, Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts August 15 - November, 2019 Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts Public Gallery Night, Saturday, August 24, 2019 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. “Celebrating Our Waters", a day-long program with...
“Free Coffee – Next Exit!” What’s your motivation?
Hello everyone!Ever been to a seminar and when you come back to the office or home, you’re ready to change everything? Yep! That’s your brain tingling with inspiration. When you’re inspired from inside and actually do something with it, you’re experiencing intrinsic...
A bucket list of quilt museums; more than one summer road trip!
Dear Friends, Storytelling with textiles is a unique blend of art and culture. From technique-specific maker journeys such as the Milwaukee Art Quilters ‘Yo-Yo Challenge’ to broader cultural storytelling seen in The Migrant Quilt Project’s exhibit, Los...
T. G. I. Fiber: Greta Mikkelson Exhibit at WMQFA
(Cedarburg, Wis.) – Greta Mikkelsen: Tobacco Silks Reimagined at the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts (WMQFA) debuts Mikkelsen’s stunning contemporary quilts inspired by antique tobacco silks. Tobacco silks were found in cigarette packages at the turn of...
T. G. I. Fiber: In Red
Greetings everyone! I'm posting T. G. I. Fiber on Thursday instead of Friday so I can legitimately show you a gallery of red. It's Valentine's Day and while I think the day is overrated as a holiday, the color that represents it is tremendous. From pale blush to fire...
T. G. I. Fiber: 5th Annual Fiber Arts Tour on the Cedarburg Spur
Members of the Cedarburg Spur Fiber Arts Trail, the first Fiber Arts Trail in the Midwest Fiber Arts Trails network, are happy to invite you to their 5th Annual Fiber Arts Trail Tour in the Cedarburg-Grafton-Thiensville area of southeastern Wisconsin.
T. G. I. Fiber: Meet Jen and Jenina
Meet Jen Falkowski and Jenina Mella, the two makers behind Deep Into Indigo Retreats Jennifer Falkowski and Jenina Mella met in 2005 through the vibrant unschooling community in...
T.G.I.Fiber: A Maker’s Experience along the Threaded Streams Fiber Arts Trail
Baraboo - Portage - Prairie du Sac - Lodi - North Freedom, Wisconsin March 21 - 23, 2019 10:00 - 4:00 p.m. each day Dear Friends,In just a little over two months, members of the threaded Streams Fiber Arts Trail open their doors for all fiber enthusiasts...
T. G. I. Fiber: Midwest Makers – A Year in Pictures
Hello Friends,Before the New Year gets going (too quickly), here's a colorful, vibrant look at 2018 out on the Trails! This gallery showcases members' work from all five Midwest Fiber Arts Trails. It's like the old Life magazine adage - a year in pictures....
T.G.I.Fiber: Upcoming ‘Native Fiber’ Art Exhibit at WMQFA
Dear Friends, Native Fiber will be a fabulous exhibit because the art and stories are authentic, have integrity and are beautiful. For me, the exhibit brings together people from far flung places that I traverse. Karen Goulet is a participating artist whom I know from...
2019 Fiber Festivals and Farm Tour Schedule
Your 2019 guide to Fiber Festivals in the Midwest!
Finally, a visit to Brown Sheep Wool
Dear Friends, Last August, my sister and I took a road trip. We’re famous for our road trips and while we were only driving from Minnesota to Denver, we crammed quite a bit into the jog. We angled down and away from the Twin Cities and jumped on I-90 going west....