Maine Tin Pedlars
Maine Tin Pedlars has been meeting for over 40 years in and around Southern Maine. The Chapter is a member …
Touring
This category on this website covers places we have visited in Maine or beyond, places that are beyond our town or doorstep and stories here that are primarily based on the traveling experience. It also happens to be our default category so if anyone posting a story forgets to categorize it, Touring will be the category. If you want to find a specific place, searching archives in this category may be too broad to be of help.
Waldoboro Historical Society
The images below include Fire engines (one from 1834), quilts, braided rugs, several examples of the well-known Waldoboro hooked rugs, …
Belfast in Springtime
Carolyn Wollen and her great friend Mary Lou Steptoe came together for some fiber explorations in Maine this Spring. They …
Barbara Burns’ Tapestry Studio
Friends Mary Lou Steptoe and Carolyn Wollen truly love to explore fiber art when traveling. Mary Lou found the studio …
Summer Travels: Part I
Franklin/Somerset Travels: Traveling North, Hutton Studio, and my campsite Tasked with finding fiber artists, shops and farms in Franklin and Somerset …
Summer Travels: Part II
Franklin/Somerset Travels: South Solon Meeting House, Skowhegan, Maine Grains and Happy Knits Up early the next morning, I settled my camp …
Summer Travels: Part III
Franklin/Somerset Travels: Dark Star Fabrics, Anne Walker Studio, Mt. Blue State Park and Farmington On this day, I started off in …
Summer Travels: Part IV
Franklin/Somerset Travels: Wynmere Farm, Jill Snyder Wallace, Mount Vernon and a loon As luck would have it, Maine Fiberarts’ member …
Craft Traveling
The maiden voyage of the Craft Traveler Van! Christine has launched her trip to visit and photograph fiber/art/craft in interior Maine, …
Common Threads of Maine
Visiting a new learning center in an old mill Maine Fiberarts visited Common Threads of Maine in Westbrook just before …
Rhinebeck 2019
Wandering through the New York Sheep and Wool Festival A group of friends traveled to Rhinebeck, New York last Fall …
Harvest Hook-In
A World of Wool at The Harvest Hook-In In September, I was invited to give a slide talk about Maine’s …
Altered Couture Fashion Contest – 2019
The 9th Annual Mid-Coast Altered Couture Contest was held May 4th at Fort Andross in Brunswick. This is a unique …
Kuhn/Walls Studio: A Love of Color
Two artists in the family. Allegra Kuhn has a long history with fibers and textiles tackling weaving, hooking, knitting, crochet, …
In and Around Eastport
Eastport, Maine is located right on the ocean and next to Canada. I stayed in a beautiful condo at The …
Traveling to Eastport
In October, I traveled to Eastport, Maine in search of fiber art teachers to be profiled in our 2019 publication, …
A Fully Braided Home
Nancy Young lives in both Maine and Pennsylvania and has been braiding rugs for over sixty years. She and her …
Fiber in Western Maine – Part II
Continuing our journey through Western Maine to learn of teaching resources for our new Learning Guide, we left Rangeley and …
Fiber in Western Maine – Part I
Maine Fiberarts is working on a new publication. “Learning Fiber Arts: A Guide to Maine Teaching Resources” will be an …
About The Fiber Art Mini Tour
It’s a select group of sites including top artists’ studios, fiber farms, shops and galleries and a locally-owned restaurant and …
Traveling our Fiber Arts Mini Tour
In August, several of us spent three days traveling along Maine’s midcoast using Maine Fiberarts’ newly-printed Fiber Arts Mini Tour. …
Maine Woolens: American Textile Manufacturing
As part of our programming about Maine textile history this past summer, we hosted an exhibition; a series of lectures …
Fiber in New York City
We took a four-day trip to New York City at the tail end of winter. First stop, Loop of the …
Teapots and Textiles at Meryl Ruth’s Studio
Arlene and I visited the studio of Cumberland artist Meryl Ruth in September to prepare for her solo show at Maine Fiberarts. …
Anne Cox: Artwork and Gardens
This place is fun! Hedgerow is owned and operated by Anne Cox and her partner Julie Wortman near the tip …
Susie Stephenson’s New Studio
Susie Stephenson is into fibers whole hog. She has been a rug hooker over many years known for her playful …
Elizabeth Busch: Architect, Artist, Painter, Quilter, Knitter
For Elizabeth, art is a way of life. You see it in her surroundings, in the attention to detail in …
Hillary Hutton: Master Rug Weaver
Hillary learned to weave at the Massachusetts College of Art and has stayed with it for over 30 years. She …
Carlson’s Collaged Crocodile
To prepare for a Summer exhibition of members’ work at Maine Fiberarts, we have been visiting artists’ studios. It had …
Shearing Day at Hatchtown Farm
Hatchtown Farm in Bristol, Maine, held its shearing early in April and several stalwart friends braved a very cold day …
Fiber Marketplace and Yarn Sellar
It was off to the town of York this Spring to take in a special event and a yarn shop. …
Marlene Ekola Gerberick: Great Gifts Come
Birds’ nests, feathers, bones. Paintings, artists’ books, assemblages. The work in the studio of Marlene Gerberick is both nature-based and …
The Knitting Sculpture Studio of Katharine Cobey
The studio of artist Katharine Cobey is located on a cove off Muscongus Bay in Cushing, Maine. Katharine was one …
Anne Walker’s Studio in Rangeley
While touring Rangeley, Arlene and I visited the studio of art quilter Anne Walker. Anne and her husband Rick built …
Travels to Rangeley
We’ve just returned from a trip to Rangeley, Maine, an area of lakes, mountains, moose and big skies. We visited …
Textile Fashions at Rhinebeck 2015
This October, I traveled with a group of friends to the New York Sheep and Wool Festival at Rhinebeck, New …
The Colorful World of Natasha Kempers-Cullen
Natasha Kempers-Cullen is an artist whose work features her hand painted and printed fabric. These fabrics are cut and torn …
Biddeford Field Trip
Our Field Trip to Biddeford in late August was very fun. We started at Saco River Dyehouse, then visited Suger …
Susan Mills’ Studio
This weekend, I ventured out to an Open Studio held by Susan Mills in Bowdoin. Susan is a mixed media …
Vinalhaven Dye Day
This July, a few friends from our spinning group headed for an all-fiber retreat on the island of Vinalhaven. It …
A visit to South Street Linen
Have you been? South Street Linen, located in Portland, is run by three artists who came together around a love …
You know you want one…
Meeting the HansenCrafts miniSpinner™ I always intended to learn to spin, especially with the fleece so handy during my 35 …
A Trip to Rhinebeck
Six spinning friends rented a house in Rhinebeck, NY this October to tour the New York Sheep & Wool Festival. …
Fiber at Common Ground Fair
There is so much fiber at the Common Ground Fair held in Unity each September and sponsored by the Maine …
Knitting and Sunning at Haystack
This summer, I had the great fortune to serve as the Technical Assistant to Katharine Cobey’s knitting class. We were …
Visiting a Washington Lavender Farm
What is this fascination with Lavender so many people have? I remember the soap from my high school days, what …
Touring Norway, Maine
This Spring, we headed out to Norway to visit some Golden Retriever puppies, but also to see fiber! We stopped …
Spa Knit & Spin 2014
In February, to kick the New Year off, fiber lovers from all over New England converged at Spa, the New …
Hooked Rugs at Savory Maine
This past March, students and friends of Diane Langley showed their work at the bright sunny Savory Maine Restaurant in Damariscotta. Owner …
Book Arts Bazaar
On the first truly warm day of this Spring, I headed for the Book Arts Bazaar at USM in Portland …
Spring Shearing at Ruit Farm
Several friends gathered at Ruit Farm in Bristol, home of Nina and John Ruit and their herd of goats, several …
Marion Brown Rug Hooking Studio
This winter, we visited the studio of Marion Brown Rug Hooking in Belfast, Maine. The studio is located just beyond …
Fiber College Blogging Class
Fiber College represents several days of fiber-filled workshops, good food and fun at the Searsport Shores in Searsport, Maine. The …
Fiber on the Western Front
The sheep may be a little different in Western Washington where I live now, but the fiber people are the …
Sculptural Knitting Workshop
In May, I attended a sculptural knitting workshop organized by the Maine Crafts Association. Haystack Mountain has a beautiful campus …
To the Beach
Summer excursions are not complete without a trip to the beach. Here we are at Reid State Park off Georgetown, …
Maine Quilts Show 2013
In July, I visited the 36th Annual Maine Quilts Show at the Augusta Civic Center. This is a huge display, …
Island Retreat
This summer, a few members of Salt Bay Treadlers—a group that meets in Damariscotta to spin one Wednesday evening per …
One Lupine Fiber Arts
We visited One Lupine Fiber Arts in Bangor to see the world created by owner Jodi Clayton. Jodi has a …