Fiber Flags 2
Artist: Various Guild members
The Fiber Flag project showcases the many forms of fiber art made by our DFG members. These 9” square flags were displayed at 50th Anniversary events before finding a final home in the DFG Studio. The linen flag backings are reclaimed tablecloth fabric and were strung together with crocheted cotton trim rescued from an estate sale.
Ice dyed robe
Artist: Maria Combs
Here is a picture of me in an ice dyed robe that is handmade (sewn, not woven) cotton. The technique is ice dyeing using Procion dyes: the material is scrunched, then ice and powdered dye applied over the top, such that the ice melting dissolves the dyes.
Handwoven table runner
Artist: Joan Weyendt
Table runner woven on floor loom with 8/2 cotton and cottolin (60 inches long), Summer and Winter pattern.
Handspun yarn
Artist: Tracy Griggs
Handspun on an espinner with merino wool, silk, and bamboo.
Snowflake hooked rug
Artist: Sally Whitaker
Made with wool strips on linen, (35” x 26”).
Cotton coil bowl
Artist: Nancy Anderson
Made from 1/4 inch cotton braided rope hand wrapped with 100% cotton fabric. The bowl is started with a coil and then sewn with a zigzag stitch on a sewing machine.
Needle felted snowman
Artist: Kris Godden
This needle felted snowman was made using acid dyed Babydoll Southdown wool.
Hand stitched trees
Artist: Sue Matuszak
Creative stitching technique used during her 100 day stitching journey.
Hand-bound art book
Artist: Kayli Staubus
Hand-bound art book featuring handmade recycled paper (art paper scraps, coffee chaff, jute fibers) in a long-stitch binding.
Handwoven scarf
Artist: Sally Whitaker
Clasped weft pattern woven on a rigid heddle loom.
Handmade book
Artist: Sharon Wichman
Book made with handwoven fabric cover and spine (rigid heddle and inkle looms).
Repurposed felt ornaments
Artist: DFG Redo & Renew Interest group
Made from repurposed fabric and wool sweaters.
Caned chair
Artist: Beverly Martin
The chair seat and back of this chair were woven with cane.
Handwoven napkins
Artist: Susan Betz
3/2 cotton houndstooth patterned napkins, woven on a rigid heddle loom.
Midsummer’s Night Dream
Artist: Louise Young
Lace shawl made from handspun alpaca with glass, copper, and clay beads.
Handwoven scarf
Artist: Sharon Wichman
Houndstooth pattern woven on a rigid heddle loom.
Flower pins
Artist: DFG Redo & Renew Interest group
Made from repurposed felt, fabric, beads, and buttons.
Krokbragd wall hanging
Artist: Claudia Berguson
Krokbragd wall hanging woven on a rigid heddle loom. The main motifs I used, besides the sea, were three from the place in northern Norway where my great-grandfather came from: the boat sheds, church, and iconic mountain range, the Seven Sisters.
Felted color study
Artist: Kristina Bourne
Sample from a felt color theory course (18” x 12”)
Handspun and handknit hat and mittens
Artist: Donna Forbes
Yarn for this project was handspun and then hand-dyed with goldenrod found along the roadside and indigo grown by Donna.
Fiber Flags 2
Artist: Various Guild members
The Fiber Flag project showcases the many forms of fiber art made by our DFG members. These 9” square flags were displayed at 50th Anniversary events before finding a final home in the DFG Studio. The linen flag backings are reclaimed tablecloth fabric and were strung together with crocheted cotton trim rescued from an estate sale.
Fiber Flags 1
Artist: Various Guild members
The Fiber Flag project showcases the many forms of fiber art made by our DFG members. These 9” square flags were displayed at 50th Anniversary events before finding a final home in the DFG Studio. The linen flag backings are reclaimed tablecloth fabric and were strung together with crocheted cotton trim rescued from an estate sale.
Fiber Flags 4
Artist: Various Guild members
The Fiber Flag project showcases the many forms of fiber art made by our DFG members. These 9” square flags were displayed at 50th Anniversary events before finding a final home in the DFG Studio. The linen flag backings are reclaimed tablecloth fabric and were strung together with crocheted cotton trim rescued from an estate sale.
Wet felted scarf
Artist: Melanie Mathieson
Created for her very first juried Arts Festival on Lake of the Woods, Canada.
Handwoven rug
Artist: Anne Skwira-Brown
Woven on a rigid heddle loom with 8/2 cotton and scrap fabric.
Rya wall hanging
Artist: Sharon Wichman
Handwoven with rya technique on a handmade warp weighted loom.