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Mandy Rowe from Australia, will be in San Francisco on June 24th

June 11, 2009 by Linda Lanese

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Great News for felter from  http://www.indiepublic.com


Australian artist Mandy Rowe will be at the Women
?s Building in San Francisco on Wednesday the 24th June 2009 (www.womensbuilding.org). She is inviting local women to come along and help create a felted wrap. This wrap will eventually be felted in with other wraps created in other destinations. The aim is to make one long wrap that reflects our diverse similarities. This wrap will form part of her exhibition in 2010. Women are also invited to write a short story or ?wrap? about something from their lives. All ?wraps? or stories will be bound in a beautifully crafted hand-made book and displayed for the duration of the exhibition. Some of these stories will be made into paintings, others will be transcribed onto long cylinder lampshades. These stories will be illuminated.

If you would like to help create a San Francisco felted wrap while learning this ancient craft, come along to the Women?s Building on the 24th June anytime between 6.30 and 8.30pm. This is a free event. If you cannot make the evening and would still like to be included in this exhibition I would love to receive your story or ?wrap?. Stories may comprise of a simple one line philosophy others may be longer. Short, long, happy, sad,
frivolous, serious…..all
?wraps? are welcome, after all it?s your story.

send your story or
?wrap? to [email protected]. You can learn more about Mandy on her website – http://www.mandyrowedesigns.com.au
I wish I lived closer to go to this free workshop! I hope if you are able to you should join her for the evening and if not, maybe you will send in a story to be included in the book. I think I would like to do that myself.
Thank you,
Casie, IndieAdmin
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http://www.indiepublic.com

Creativity has been paramount to Mandy all her life. Ceramics, fabric painting, acrylics, pastels and watercolors have all been explored. This year, however, has heralded a new creative venture. The ancient art of felting using light weight fabrics and vibrant silks has captivated the artist. This coupled with the fact that felting becomes something tangible, wearable and ‘givable’ is intrinsic to the creation of ‘Mandy Rowe designs’. Handmade wraps become the perfect gifts for friends, sisters, cousins, mothers and aunts. Silk chiffon has become Mandy’s new canvas. Colors and textures are creatively mixed to make an exquisite piece of wearable art.
Heart felt creations are a gift of love, joy and inspiration

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Back to School Cross Stitch Patterns

Back to school time is right around the corner where I live as I write this, and school-themed cross stitch patterns are super cute to make as a teacher gift or to personalize something like a pencil bag or backpack tag. 

This school supply cross stitch design from 7StitchesTN is meant to be horizontal, but I think you could turn the letters the other direction (or not) and make this into a bookmark. It can also be repeated to make a border around a project. As shown it is 64 by 30 stitches, which is 6.7 by 2.1 inches/17.1 by 5.4 cm on 14 count fabric. It uses 15 colors. 

Italia Print has a little set of school themed cross stitch patterns you can make as a single design as shown, or use individual patterns on different projects. The full design is 76 by 66 stitches, which is about 5.4 by 4.7 inches, or 13.8 by 12 cm, and it uses 18 colors. 

Speaking of designs that can be worked separately, there’s also this pattern from Bella Rose Craft, which could easily be divided into its different parts or you could use some of the pieces as a border on another project. The full design is shown in a 4-inch hoop and measures 2.71 by 2.64 inches/6.8 by 6.7 cm on 14 count fabric. 

This lovely set of teacher themed cross stitch patterns would be lovely to make as a teacher gift at the beginning or end of the year or for the holidays. From The Stitch Patterns, it is a set of five designs that includes books, flowers blooming from a book, a tulip, pencil cup and pencil drawing a heart. Each one is about 7 inches/17.78 cm square. 

This cute class in session design from Plaid Online would be another cute one to make for a teacher. It uses seven colors (including black for the back stitching on the ruler) and is about 2 inches/5.08 cm square.

And Craft with Cartwright has this funny and cute worm and apples design that would be cute for back to school. It uses seven colors and is 78 by 52 stitches, or 5.5 by 3.7 inches/14.15 by 9.43 cm on 14 count fabric. The apples by themselves would be cute on a project, too. 

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