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Archive for February, 2009

The Sum Exceeds the Pieces

Family Dress on display at Triennale

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nicoletta just sent me this photo and I’m melting!  Look how Family dress has grown in 18 months.  Everyone’s contribution, great construction and we see how the sum is greater than each part.  Family Dress is part of the Dritto Rovescio show on exhibit now at the Triennale through [...]

Dritto Rovescio Opens Today at Triennale

 
Celebrate Mardi Gras at Milan’s Triennale Museum, where the Dritto Rovescio  show opens today.  ”Threads that weave art, design and human creativity” highlights the work of more than 20 artists and designers.  The show also encourages individual expression and public participation.  The organizers invite visitors to knit, crochet or embroider at the museum.  Free workshops are [...]

Travelers, friends, family

Next to traveling, hosting travelers lights up my day.  They bring you their world and change your viewpoint. Over the last month, I’ve not only helped people plan their travels, heard from folks with whom I’ve traveled, but met people who will join Tactile Travel’s fall tours.  At the same time, family and friends visited [...]

Creating a Thesaurus

 
Over the years, succinct descriptions for that passion to create, admire, enjoy and treasure all things fabric, yarn and thread in any fiber piddle into a mass of tangled ends.  You know who you are… you need some tactile moments to keep your day in balance.  What do you call yourself?  A variety of adjectives [...]

Go see Anna Tuels!

Ok, not Anna herself, but her 18th Century quilt on exhibit until February 22 at the Hartford, CT Wadsworth Atheneum Museum.  Anna received this quilt from her mother, who was definitely had a fine stash for the times.  Wonderfully, there are several other quilts in the exhibit.  Two side rooms of the museum feature quilts from [...]