Wooly Goodness

I had lots of fun wooly experiences last week - to start with I attended my monthly meeting with the Salt Lake rug group - our numbers were few, but there was good show & tell. Nancy is nearing completion on this geometric rug she found in a book by Pat Cross. She switched up the colors from the original to make it her own and it's lovely. 

Nancy recently took a trip to Europe to celebrate her 50th wedding anniversary, and she found this gorgeous wool & silk jacket at a small shop in Paris (I think). It's light as a feather - made with a foundation of wool roving, and then silk fabric was needle felted into the design - I'm sure it will be extremely warm to wear without any bulk at all - so pretty! She said it was interesting trying to converse with the artist through the language barrier LOL!

Myra was working on a Maggie B design with three little chicks. The background is much different than Maggie's version - I like it better I think!

A year or two ago I stumbled upon this wonderful blog and realized that the author lived only about an hour away from me. I loved seeing all the projects she shared in her posts, and on Friday I finally made it to her Open House and got to meet her in person! Leisa has a gorgeous shop above the garage of her house and it is full of her hand dyed wool and tons of beautiful stitched projects. Twice a year she has an Open House and invites anyone interested to attend. It was so fun to mill around looking at all the eye candy. The place was packed! Here are a few photos I took of the event. 

This is the entrance to her studio - through the door and up the stairs to heaven!

Some displays around the big open room.

Hand dyed wool for sale.

A trunk show from Wooly Lady & Heart to Hand

I could hardly go to sleep when I got home that night because of all the eye candy and visual stimulation I had received during my short visit. Thanks so much Leisa!