Friday, October 21, 2022

Wrapping up the County Fair 2022

 Two more Not 2 Square members participated in the County Fair this year.  Diana was able to use one warp and create two projects - a shawl and a pillow.  For these projects, she used an inlay technique to create motifs on the cloth surface.

Diana's Shawl
Diana's Pillow

Diana also entered three towels.

Diana's Towel

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Diana's Towel

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Ingrid entered two towels as well.

Ingrid's Towel

Ingrid's Towel


 










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She also entered three scarves and two shawls.

Ingrid's Scarf

Ingrid's Scarf


Ingrid's Scarf

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Ingrid's Shawl


Ingrid's Shawl











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Ingrid also submitted a set of pot holders - woven using a doubleweave technique and a rag rug woven using t-shirts.

Ingrid Hot Pads

Ingrid's Rug

Another year of fabulous entries from the group.

Thursday, October 20, 2022

Textiles at the Fair

Eileen submitted a number of pieces this summer, including several scarves.  The award winner was a variation of overshot.  She used indigo dyed hand spun yarn for the blue and white scarf .  A third scarf was woven with tencel.

  
Eileen's Indigo Dyed Scarf
Eileen's Scarf




Eileen's Tencel Scarf



She entered a shawl.

Eileen's Shawl


She also submitted household items - a huck towel and overshot table runner.  

Eileen's Towel
Eileen's Table Runner


A bag and yardage round out Eileen's entries.


Eileen's Bag



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Betsy entered two rag rugs. 

Betsy's Rag Rug

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She also entered a hand towel woven with twill blocks.
Betsy's Towel


Betsy also entered a doubleweave table cover and a bag.

Betsy's Handwoven Bag
Betsy's Table Cover

There's lots of talent in the group.