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Toronto Weaving School: August 2014
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Monday, August 18, 2014. Exploring New Directions in Weaving. Many of you let me know that you were busy enjoying your weaving activities and sent me updates. I certainly enjoyed my summer as well learning more about weaving. It started with a wonderful Woven Shibori Workshop that Toronto Weaving School organziaed and it took place at Burr House (weavers and Spinners Guild) in Richmond Hill, given by Kathleen Morris http:/ www.kathleen-morris.com/. Close up of Helen's countermarche loom. These 2 books yo...
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Toronto Weaving School: TABLET WEAVING WITH INGE DAM
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015. TABLET WEAVING WITH INGE DAM. CARD WOVEN EMBELLISHMED FABRIC WEAVING. Level of expertise : participants should know how to weave plain weave and 4-shaft straight twill. Burr House, 530 Carville Road, Richmond Hill. 10am – 4pm. By July 31 2015. 350 plus $2 material fee. Direct questions to Line Dufour linedufour.tapestry@gmail.com. Send Cheque for $350 to Line Dufour,. 25 Beckett Ave, Holland Landing L9N 1E6. t. Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment. Edge of Your Seat.
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Toronto Weaving School: Varied Approaches to Learning to Weave
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Thursday, April 16, 2015. Varied Approaches to Learning to Weave. Weaving classes have resumed and its nice that that the 'buzz' in the class seems to coincide with the renewed energy that spring brings with it. Participants and students are excitied to be finishing projects, starting new ones, and for about a dozen people, trying weaving for the first time. Undulating Twill scarf - cotton warp, wool weft. Anna Henrikssons's Twill Handweavers Pattern Book p 51. Its always better to see it in person.
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Toronto Weaving School: Revitalizing Weaving Experiences
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Friday, May 1, 2015. Historical velvet loom at the Fondazione Lisio, Florence, Italy. As well as writing about it on my blog over the next several months. If you think you would like to come next time a trip is planned, please contact me and I will put you on the list. Eleonore of Toledo with Son Giovanni, 1545, Bronzino. Photo credit: scan from the book Merchants, Princes and Painters: Silk Fabrics in Italian and Northern Paintings 1300-1550. Lisa Monnas. Daniella Degli’Innocenti, Mattia Zupo. Montreal ...
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Toronto Weaving School: March 2015
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Thursday, March 26, 2015. Is known for her meticulously crafted and artistically hand dyed woven yardages with card woven embellishment inserts, from which she creates luxurious garments . She has garnered many awards for her weaving and has taught extensively, in particular throughout the United States, including for many Convergence conferences, organized by the Handweavers Guild of America. She has recently authored a book on her techniques, Tablet-Woven Accents for Designer Fabrics. During this works...
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Toronto Weaving School: December 2014
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Thursday, December 11, 2014. Christmas placemats in 2/8 cotton by Jane Richmond in a pattern from the Marguerite Davison's Handweavers Pattern Book. Evan Davies' first project in 4/8 cotton, a table runner. Rambler Rose pattern taken from Marguerite Davison's book. Lann Smyth wove these rag place mats. Warp 4/8 cotton. Rags cut manually in 1" strips. Baby blanket by Mai Liis Toome. Pattern from Handweavers magazine. There are many names given to red paints and pigments: vermilion, madder, scarlet, cerise...
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Emerging Design and Photography. Click a thumbnail to view full image. Website for a Venue and Cafe. Coptic Cat Records Canada. Website for a Record Label. Website for Artist Management Company. Edge Of Your Seat. Website for a Business. Website for a Musician. Website for a Musician. Website for Music Retail Shop. Hardwood Mouldings and More. Website for a Business. Website for Music Retail Shop. Website for a Band. Page 1 of 1. Of EMERGING DESIGN and PHOTOGRAPHY.
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Toronto Weaving School: May 2014
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Friday, May 30, 2014. Challenges, Blessings and Friendships. Ellen Valters wove this rag rug out of tshirt strips. Her inspiration was taken from the "Rag Rug Handbook" by Janet Meany and Paula Pfaff, published in 1988 by Dos Tejedoras Fiber Arts Publications, Saint Paul MN. Kentucky Mountain Pattern (p.60) is a modified log cabin weave. Thank you Thank you LINE! Tallit (Jewsih prayer shawl) woven by Susan Mellor for her son Ben's Bar Mitzvah. Merino Wool and Bamboo. Co-created by 200 people from 23 coun...
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Toronto Weaving School: WORKSHOP: A VARIETY OF DYES AND DYE TECHNIQUES
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015. WORKSHOP: A VARIETY OF DYES AND DYE TECHNIQUES. August 17-21 2015 Burr House, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. Students will be introduced to a variety of warp painting techniques and media using fabric paints, markers, Fibre Reactive dyes and acid dyes. Maximum of 10 people. Contact Line Dufour at linedufour.tapestry@gmail.com for more details. Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). June and Richard Copley. Edge of Your Seat.
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Toronto Weaving School: April 2014
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Thursday, April 24, 2014. The Garden of Weaving. Canadian winters.in nature we see the muted colour palettes and subtle. Interplay of colours. They echo serenity, peace, quiet, stillness within and without. A contemplative period as we await impatiently for signs of the new life spring will usher in and the energy that will bring our bodies and minds. Variations on huck patterns by Susan Abrams. Hopefully the seeds of your weaving knowledge will bear many fruitful projects. Helen Skelton wove this sample...
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