Revisiting Rhinebeck 2023
Four of us rented a house near Rhinebeck to visit the New York Sheep and Wool Festival this past October. …
Photo Journeys through Fiber, Art, Craft and Farms
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.
Four of us rented a house near Rhinebeck to visit the New York Sheep and Wool Festival this past October. …
Traditional Knotted Netting Stephanie Crossman is one of a handful of artists throughout the U.S. using traditional knotted netting to …
During February, Arlene Morris and Christine Macchi from Maine Fiberarts went to visit a gathering of rug braiders who meet …
Maine Tin Pedlars has been meeting for over 40 years in and around Southern Maine. The Chapter is a member …
The images below include Fire engines (one from 1834), quilts, braided rugs, several examples of the well-known Waldoboro hooked rugs, …
Carolyn Wollen and her great friend Mary Lou Steptoe came together for some fiber explorations in Maine this Spring. They …
Friends Mary Lou Steptoe and Carolyn Wollen truly love to explore fiber art when traveling. Mary Lou found the studio …
Franklin/Somerset Travels: Traveling North, Hutton Studio, and my campsite Tasked with finding fiber artists, shops and farms in Franklin and Somerset …
Franklin/Somerset Travels: South Solon Meeting House, Skowhegan, Maine Grains and Happy Knits Up early the next morning, I settled my camp …
Franklin/Somerset Travels: Dark Star Fabrics, Anne Walker Studio, Mt. Blue State Park and Farmington On this day, I started off in …
Franklin/Somerset Travels: Wynmere Farm, Jill Snyder Wallace, Mount Vernon and a loon As luck would have it, Maine Fiberarts’ member …
The maiden voyage of the Craft Traveler Van! Christine has launched her trip to visit and photograph fiber/art/craft in interior Maine, …
Visiting a new learning center in an old mill Maine Fiberarts visited Common Threads of Maine in Westbrook just before …
Wandering through the New York Sheep and Wool Festival A group of friends traveled to Rhinebeck, New York last Fall …
A World of Wool at The Harvest Hook-In In September, I was invited to give a slide talk about Maine’s …
The 9th Annual Mid-Coast Altered Couture Contest was held May 4th at Fort Andross in Brunswick. This is a unique …
Two artists in the family. Allegra Kuhn has a long history with fibers and textiles tackling weaving, hooking, knitting, crochet, …
Eastport, Maine is located right on the ocean and next to Canada. I stayed in a beautiful condo at The …
In October, I traveled to Eastport, Maine in search of fiber art teachers to be profiled in our 2019 publication, …
Nancy Young lives in both Maine and Pennsylvania and has been braiding rugs for over sixty years. She and her …
Continuing our journey through Western Maine to learn of teaching resources for our new Learning Guide, we left Rangeley and …
Maine Fiberarts is working on a new publication. “Learning Fiber Arts: A Guide to Maine Teaching Resources” will be an …
It’s a select group of sites including top artists’ studios, fiber farms, shops and galleries and a locally-owned restaurant and …
In August, several of us spent three days traveling along Maine’s midcoast using Maine Fiberarts’ newly-printed Fiber Arts Mini Tour. …
As part of our programming about Maine textile history this past summer, we hosted an exhibition; a series of lectures …
We took a four-day trip to New York City at the tail end of winter. First stop, Loop of the …
Arlene and I visited the studio of Cumberland artist Meryl Ruth in September to prepare for her solo show at Maine Fiberarts. …
This place is fun! Hedgerow is owned and operated by Anne Cox and her partner Julie Wortman near the tip …
Susie Stephenson is into fibers whole hog. She has been a rug hooker over many years known for her playful …
For Elizabeth, art is a way of life. You see it in her surroundings, in the attention to detail in …
Hillary learned to weave at the Massachusetts College of Art and has stayed with it for over 30 years. She …
Invalid Displayed Gallery To prepare for a Summer exhibition of members’ work at Maine Fiberarts, we have been visiting artists’ …
Hatchtown Farm in Bristol, Maine, held its shearing early in April and several stalwart friends braved a very cold day …
It was off to the town of York this Spring to take in a special event and a yarn shop. …
Marlene Ekola Gerberick [4/29/1935-5/21/2018] Birds’ nests, feathers, bones. Paintings, artists’ books, assemblages. The work in the studio of Marlene Gerberick …
Katharine Cobey [1/8/1938-12/5/2020]. The studio of artist Katharine Cobey is located on a cove off Muscongus Bay in Cushing, Maine. …
While touring Rangeley, Arlene and I visited the studio of art quilter Anne Walker. Anne and her husband Rick built …
We’ve just returned from a trip to Rangeley, Maine, an area of lakes, mountains, moose and big skies. We visited …
This October, I traveled with a group of friends to the New York Sheep and Wool Festival at Rhinebeck, New …
Natasha Kempers-Cullen is an artist whose work features her hand painted and printed fabric. These fabrics are cut and torn …
Our Field Trip to Biddeford in late August was very fun. We started at Saco River Dyehouse, then visited Suger …
This weekend, I ventured out to an Open Studio held by Susan Mills in Bowdoin. Susan is a mixed media …
This July, a few friends from our spinning group headed for an all-fiber retreat on the island of Vinalhaven. It …
Have you been? South Street Linen, located in Portland, is run by three artists who came together around a love …
Meeting the HansenCrafts miniSpinner™ I always intended to learn to spin, especially with the fleece so handy during my 35 …
Six spinning friends rented a house in Rhinebeck, NY this October to tour the New York Sheep & Wool Festival. …
There is so much fiber at the Common Ground Fair held in Unity each September and sponsored by the Maine …
This summer, I had the great fortune to serve as the Technical Assistant to Katharine Cobey’s knitting class. We were …
What is this fascination with Lavender so many people have? I remember the soap from my high school days, what …
This Spring, we headed out to Norway to visit some Golden Retriever puppies, but also to see fiber! We stopped …
In February, to kick the New Year off, fiber lovers from all over New England converged at Spa, the New …
This past March, students and friends of Diane Langley showed their work at the bright sunny Savory Maine Restaurant in Damariscotta. Owner …
On the first truly warm day of this Spring, I headed for the Book Arts Bazaar at USM in Portland …
Several friends gathered at Ruit Farm in Bristol, home of Nina and John Ruit and their herd of goats, several …
This winter, we visited the studio of Marion Brown Rug Hooking in Belfast, Maine. The studio is located just beyond …
Fiber College represents several days of fiber-filled workshops, good food and fun at the Searsport Shores in Searsport, Maine. The …
The sheep may be a little different in Western Washington where I live now, but the fiber people are the …
In May, I attended a sculptural knitting workshop organized by the Maine Crafts Association. Haystack Mountain has a beautiful campus …
Summer excursions are not complete without a trip to the beach. Here we are at Reid State Park off Georgetown, …