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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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Valley Grove tapestry: a new animal emerges in the border. Why a deer? Answer at robbielafleur.com. I’m happy to finish an animal because the centerpiece burr oak is taking soooo long. #tapestryweaving #tapestryweaversofinstagram #valleygrovetapestries #valleygrovechurch

Hello Mr. Beaver in the Valley Grove tapestry. Hello Mr. Fox. I posted about the design and weaving process for this tapestry today, at Robbielafleur.com. #valleygrovechurch #valleygrovetapestries #tapestryweaving #billedvev #tapestry #tapestryweaversofinstagram #weavingmn

My “Burn 2020” tapestry is up in the #britishtapestrygroup #threadsinsheds show in ENGLAND. There is Instagram evidence! So many wonderful pieces, all including an element of silk, are in the show. Check out the hashtags. #tapestryweaving #tapestryweaversofinstagram #tapestryweavers #whitchurchsilkmill

The first of the #valleygrovetapestries is on the loom and underway. Read about the start of this animal and oak tree homage, and about how tapestry requires so much sampling, at robbielafleur.com. #tapestryweaving #tapestry #tapestryweaversofinstagram

The new issue of the Norwegian Textile Letter is up, with articles about symbols in Norwegian coverlets; an exhibit at Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum; art Weaving in Valdres; tapestries in post-war Norway; and a "rag" rug with a very unusual weft. Norwegiantextileletter.com #norwegiantextiles #scandinaviantextiles

This is my cameo appearance at the end of a six-minute video I made on the iconic Wise and Foolish Virgins tapestry image (with cool contemporary versions too. The video is linked on my blog, Robbielafleur.com. Watch it and this clip will make sense! #billedvev #tapestryweaving #wiseandfoolishvirgins

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