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 I've started posting my artwork on Instagram.  You can find me at connietenbfibreartist   Please visit me there!

Fibre Fling 2025

 Here we are again with another show.  I'll be participating in Fibre Fling 2025 in a few weeks.  The piece with the stamping is mine.  Here's the poster with all the info.  I hope to see some of you there!

 

Bookmaking

Recently I've been learning how to make little books.  An artist friend of mine Andrée Faubert showed me how to make a basic book and I also followed a video online to make some books out of recycled calendars.  I don't like throwing the calendar photos out so I have a stack of them!  Here are a few of my books filled with blank pages.   The third one was bound with one of my botanical prints.  There are some pockets in the middle of each book.  Click on the photo for a larger image.  Thanks for having a look!

Preparing for Fibre Fling 2024!

 I'm participating in Fibre Fling this spring again!   It's on May 3rd and 4th at Kitchissippi United Church.  See the poster for details.  Here are my fabrics laid out on the living room floor as I organized them. 

Botanical Printing

This summer I haven't made a lot because I've been unwell.  But I did get to do some botanical printing on my heat press.  The prints below were done with a wild grape colour blanket.  I'm glad I planted the Japanese maple last year because it shows up well.  The other plants are St. John's wort, rose leaves and coreopsis flowers.

The prints below are a little smaller and are overprinted on backgrounds I didn't like that much from previous printing. More coreopsis and Japanese maple.  Thanks again for having a look.

Munster Library exhibit

 Out-of-the-Box had an exhibit at the Munster Library in April 2023.  This is the piece I made for the show.  It measures 18.5 X 25.5 inches.   It's called New Life.  The theme of the show was Spring Awakening.  I made this with hand painted fabric (sun printed) for the top and hand painted cotton for the bottom.  I added some hand embroidery and machine quilting.  Thanks for having a look!

Fibre Fling 2023

We just had Fibre Fling 2023 at Kitchissippi United Church in April and this year it was in person again.  I had some hand painted fabrics for sale there and I did sell some.  I haven't been posting because I've been unwell for several months.  But I'm slowly getting into making some artwork again.  Here are some of my fabrics on the left three rows.  It was so great to have a live show again!