Time to try this again!  Keeping up my webpage hasn't been possible so I finally asked for some help.  So here's a newsletter to update you.

 

Since my hip replacement I have been exploring new avenues for my work.  I took some draping classes again and created a lovely red ensemble as my version of John Richards "Inside-Out Dress" that hit the London runways 2 years ago.  This last fall I took a Transformational Reconstruction class with Shinto Sate and created my Twisted Sister ensemble this summer.  Lately I have been having fun making Fanci Headbands and Fascinators as finally frilly hats are in fashion again.  I am setting up some classes this spring to show how easy they are to make.

 

I am also finally ready to teach my creativity classes again and of course my Felting classes will begin in Jan-Feb but with an addition of advance classes with resists for those who have some basic experience.  This class will follow up on an idea I have for felted wrist and leg warmers.

 

This summer I will be in British Columbia again.  I have a new direction for combining felting, knitting and quilting in jackets and vests that I hope to pursue and I am really excited about it.  My spring is too busy with classes so it will have to wait until summer before I follow up on the idea, but I can hardly wait.

 

Due to the economy, some of my outlets have folded or changed direction but I have gained some new outlets as well.  My natural fiber pieces are being carried by "Wild Fibers" in Langdon, Oregon along the coast and "La Lana Wools " in Taos New Mexico still carry my angora and feather Cap Scarves.  I also have a new outlet in Ferndale near Eureka called "Opera Alley" which carries many of my pieces.  The "Galleria " in Occidental has carried my pieces for the last 4 years and "Material Visions" in Vallejo joined me following my Vallejo one woman show.  Check them out.

 

I am looking forward to 2012.  Ever the optimist--things will get better.  Right!

 

 

Sharon