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Category: Minnesota State Fair

Some Nice Ribbons at the State Fair

August 22, 2019 Robbie LaFleur

Are you heading to the State Fair? For my friends and relatives who like to ferret out exhibits by people they know, these are my

State Fair 2017: Wolf Fur, a Linen Weaving Tip, and Purple

September 5, 2017 Robbie LaFleur

To start my annual Minnesota State Fair adventure, I walked quite a ways from my car, crossing the fairgrounds and walking through some animal barns.

From Mystery Ball to a Home for the Wild Thing

August 14, 2017 Robbie LaFleur

Last year my sister Terry was excited to give me a big ball of yarn, “already-woven yarn;” she was sure I would like it. It

Woven While Talking

September 4, 2015 Robbie LaFleur

I took a break from online work today and completed a small task: hemming the ends of the piece I wove while demonstrating at the

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My three reasons to cast calorie worries to the wind in Maine. Len Libby chocolate! The Holy Donut! The lemon potato donut, in particular. Fox Family Potato Chips! Best potato flavor, and I can normally leave all my husband’s potato chips in the cupboard untouched. I wonder why their tag line is: “Potato” chips that taste the way Mother Nature intended.

Beach walk in Maine. I love sandpipers. #proutsneckmaine

“Concept of a Wheat Field.” A small pulled-warp tapestry done with the inspiration of @fionahutchisontapestry at a workshop in Knoxville, Tennessee. Read more about the process at robbielafleur.com. #tapestryweaversofinstagram #tapestryweaving #tapestry #hga #americantapestryalliance

At the Handweavers Guild of America conference, a 6” square free-form tapestry woven in Molly Elkind’s “weave a Minime” class (a la Sheila Hicks). So fun, and so interesting to see where others students go with their experimentation. No cartoon, no plan. My challenge was to use muted colors (after the bright colors of the Valley Grove tapestries in the last year), and create texture in materials and weave structure. I used wool, cotton, synthetics, and linen. I thought this might be a long, skinny piece but I have to spend today preparing for my lecture on Frida Hansen and her wool transparency technique tomorrow. So square it is! #tapestryweaving #convergence2022 #handweaversguildofamerica #mollyelkind

I am at the Handweavers Guild of America conference, Convergence, in Knoxville, Tennessee. What a lovely city. I take early morning walks. Today’s theme: bridges with reflections. Plus an arch made of bikes, the sunset dome from the 1982 Worlds Fair, and glazed donuts. There was a Farmers Market this morning downtown, and the donut truck may have had the longest line.

Granddaughter Cora, 9, visiting from Vermont, is learning needle felting today. She has been industriously poking away for an hour—and I’ve heard no screams. She is my fiber girl. She sewed a skirt with owl fabric, too.

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