MORE PICTURES FROM 53 YEARS AND COUNTING

I never get tired of looking at this wall hanging with reeds and shells, date 1968.

Above and below are walls of work. You'll just have to ask questions if you want to know what you are looking at.  I am still in recovery mode. Tomorrow is back to work.

A GRAND OPENING

I don't have time to write anything, and I didn't have time to take pictures of the show. Well, that's not quite true. I took a few less than adequate images, so I will head over this week and take some acceptable pictures to show you. The Downtown Dance Collective in Missoula is a great place to display one's work. I just love the old brick walls although not all of the walls are brick. More later, she promised.

ON TO THE NEXT THING

108 LAVENDER PILLOWS for the PEACE FESTIVAL

 Begin with LOVE.....

If you want to see all the steps, go here.

I am really too tired to be doing this, but I just had to share.

 

I wish I could say that each of the 108 is different, but alas there are some duplicates. 

 

All ready to go. There are still many little details to wrap up before Saturday, and I hope I don't forget my camera. 

PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY

Several years ago I created 90 lavender pillows for the Seattle Weavers Guild Sale. It was so much fun that I decided to do it again! Plus, I now had lavender from The Garden of One Thousand Buddhas. Plus, there is a Peace Festival coming up, and I am bringing my Saori loom to have Peace Weaving happening during the Festival. I haven't been able to find a link to the current poster, but here is a link to former festivals.

If you happen to be around Western Montana on September 7th, be sure to attend this event which promises to be the biggest and best festival in the 9 years it has been presented. 

 Here is the first batch (25) all stuffed and ready to hand stitch closed. This first batch uses the cloth woven in 2010 by Sharmila in India (of the Dalai Lama's horoscope weaving). The next batch will use Peace Weaving cloth.

And here are the pillows posing in my home with Gary in the background.

More to follow!

I HAVEN'T BEEN WOOL GATHERING

Who could imagine a better way to spend some time, harvesting lavender at the Garden of One Thousand Buddhas.  

 I can almost smell the lavender--

Well actually I CAN smell the lavender. There are giant bowls of it around the house

The next step is drying, then cleaning and the final step---lavender sashets!

Hello From Gary

 Hey, remember me? This is Gary, the 48" 8 harness Cherry Wood Fireside Loom, weaving to you in a charming retro-style.

 

Weaving with natural plant matter weft with a jute warp was popular back in the mid 20th century. Bonnie wove countless weed hangings back then.

 When she lived in Montana in the 70's, she was captivated by the unusual and varied dried wild flowers.

 A friend offered her a bunch a willow, and another friend gave me the short stalks of a lavender harvest.

The very first weed weaving she created in 1961 is hanging in her mom's condo, and believe it or not, it still looks as fresh and new as the day she wove it.

Stay tuned for pictures from the weed achieves.