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...
LITTLE FALLS – RANDALL – BRAINERD – STAPLES – WADENA – NEW YORK MILLS, MN (SEPT. 17, 2018) – Weaving Waters Fiber Arts Trail Fall Tour is an annual arts and cultural tour with stops in Little Falls, Randall, Brainerd, Staples, Wadena and...
“Woodland Realms” by Susan Bagwajikwe Hallet-Hurd. Quilted Cotton Fabric – 90″ (H) x 90″ (W) “My Family” by Thomas Stillday. Applique Beading. 20″ (H) x 14″ (W) “God’s Eye” by Karl Rangikawhiti Leonard. Colored Wax Cottons – 9″(H) x 6″ (W) “Bandolier Bag” by...
(Morris, MN) — Rural Arts and Cultural Summit; Springboard for the Arts Hello! It has been over three months since I have been able to sit down and share some of the adventures and photos of the lovely places we have been and the things we have been able to...
Helping those in need is second nature to many people and I think it’s the glue that keeps communities together. As simple as bringing a casserole ’round or on a much larger scale, rural families harvesting crops for a neighbor in distress. Lending a hand....
I received this email from Robbie Brokken, Gallery Director at the Lanesboro Art Center in Lanesboro, MN. Naturally I think she’s smart, since she sells the Fiber Art Almanac in her shop! She forwarded this to her mailing list, very kind of her since she is so...
So, what did I think as I drove northwest out of the Twin Cities? To me, Bemidji is an iconic place forever embedded in Minnesota mystique. I can hear the drums beating out the familiar jingle, “in the land of sky blue waters…” Part of me was super excited to go north...
And here I thought I was going to a Fiber Artist Talk about using fabric paint. What I ended up doing was participating in 90 minute workshop that was full hands on! Of course I brought my knitting with me; wouldn’t leave home without it, especially for a trek...
Caring Quilts Day by Kim Gannaway, Guest Blogger Caring Quilts came to be because of a workshop I was taking back in 1999. The assignment was to create something that you were passionate about, and you couldn’t do it by yourself – you had to create a community to...
I’ve been fortunate to have recently spent a few days in two picturesque towns in Wisconsin. In September, I drove through the Driftless Area in southern Wisconsin and visited Mineral Point and last week a friend and I journeyed to Cedarburg to go to the Wisconsin...
I returned from the cabin in northern Minnesota on Labor Day Monday about noon. I drove back with our youngest son and his girlfriend (whom we like very much) after spending a wonderful weekend with family on my husband’s side. Anywhere from 8-14 people at the...
