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Margaret DOES Have an Award-Winning Face

August 27, 2011 Robbie LaFleur

Now Margaret can tell all her friends to view her award-winning face at the Fair. The tapestry of her face won a Minnesota State Fair

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From a day at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: tapestry feet and two of my favorite sections from “The Apostle’s Creed” tapestry, resurrection of the dead and small peole@emerging from a wonderful monster. #tapestry #tapestryweaving #metropolitanmuseumofart #weaving

In my class my friend Mary Skoy made kavelfrans for her great-niece’s hand-knit mittens, and they were featured today in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. As they should be! #kavelfrans

NYC, day one. I had a ridiculous amount of fun doing research at the New York Public Library. This is a non-operating drinking fountain, featuring the famous library lion.

The display up at the Weavers Guild of Minnesota through April 12, 2019, “Scandinavian Tapestry Treasures from the Collection of Carol Johnson,” is divided into broad categories. Most of the pieces were likely woven by beginning weavers in Sweden and Norway; some are professionally woven. Photos of all the pieces in the PEOPLE category are in a new post at robbielafleur.com. Let me know if you have more information about any of the tapestries. #tapestryweaving #handwoven #handweaving #swedishweaving #weaving #tapestry #flamsk

Deformed frog tapestry (why that topic? See robbielafleur.com) #tapestryweaving #tapestry #weaving #deformedfrogs #weavingmn #handwoven #handweaving

3 Swedish figurative boundweave pieces on view at the Weavers Guild of Minnesota. Links to instructions at: https://robbielafleur.com/2019/01/24/8791/#scandinavianweaving #swedishweaving #weaversguildmn #boundweave #weaving #handweaving #scandinaviandesign

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