Happy Birthday TAFA

It's TAFA's (the Textile and Fibre Art List) 3rd birthday today and in honour of all of us, Rachel, who created TAFA, has made a video featuring work from all our members. It's well worth watching!

and when you're done, pop over to TAFA for more happiness!

 

African Animal Baby Mobile - take 2!

The pattern for the mobile was up on Craftsy and on Ravelry when I got a message from one of the editors at Ravelry to say that because the pattern had been published as a series in Stitches, it would have to be seperated into the same portions on Ravelry and the whole pattern would have to then be offered as an e-book. Well, I certainly didn't relish the thought of having to seperate it all into patterns that would each work seperately and then the thought of making an e-book - that was just plain scary! Cath was very supportive and sent me a link on Ravelry with instructions for making an e-book and offered to help. She was warned that she may be driven crazy and I set about making the changes.

Anyway, to cut a long story short, it turned out to be a walk in the park, a long walk but still definately not a hike uphill and I have now got seperate patterns for each of the animals, all with instructions for making the mobile and an e-book with all the patterns together on both Ravelry and Craftsy. The Elephant and Hippo patterns are there already as well as the e-books and the other patterns will be there soon.

African Animal Baby Mobile

I've been really busy these last few days with yarn orders and working on projects for April's issue of Stitches. The project I was working on today reminded me of a project I did a while ago that is a perfect match to my Little Ellie Baby Blanket

it's the African Animal Baby Mobile.

 

and here's the Little Ellie Blanket

 

and so tonight I loaded the pattern instructions onto my Craftsy Pattern Store and Ravelry . The pattern can also be used to make lovely soft toys by using thicker yarn and larger needles and you'll find instructions for the Little Ellie Baby Blanket there too.

Happy knitting

Love Dana

2013 - It's going to be a wonderful year!

WOW 2013! Who'd have thought!? ... and we're all still here :)  The Mayan calendar ended and life just carried on as usual - was anyone expecting anything different?

Nothing much has changed in my studio, except for moving some furniture around to accommodate extra guests over December and I've decided to leave the bed in there as it's a lovely cool escape to relax and read on hot summer afternoons. Hahaha... like there's time to spend afternoons reading, but I do intend trying to make some.

I've hit the ground running this year and feel very excited about all that lies ahead. My son, Ken and his fiance, Jackie, will be married in April, so we are all very involved with wedding arrangements. In March my father-in-law has his 80th birthday, so we're off to spend some time with him. Also in April the Wakkerstroom Natural Fibre Fair takes place on Saturday 13th and a new fair in Klerksdorp from the 18th to 20th April. Quilt in Clarens happens again in June and International Quilt Convention Africa in September. At the moment I am working on the April issue of Stitches and have some yarn dyeing.

My "Little Sheep" is featured on September's page of TAFA's first calendar which is available from Zazzle.com and is a wonderfully inspiring way to keep track of your year.

So HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone, may 2013 give you all you wish for yourselves!

ColourSpun Sale

Sale

20 November –  3 December 2012

All yarn 20% discount

Shop Online – www.colourspun.com

Don't forget to visit my pattern stores on Craftsy, StitchedStuff on Etsy.com and Ravelry

Have fun! :)

TAFA TOUR - Meet Constance Rose

Today a few TAFA members are doing a guided tour of TAFA and we will each be taking our readers to visit a different TAFA member.

I'm very pleased to introduce you to Constance Rose of Constance Rose Designs

Connie lives and works in Fortuna, CA, and has been working in textiles for over 30 years. Starting out as a custom clothing designer, her fiber career has included knitting, crochet, embroidery, papermaking, spinning, dyeing, weaving and now, surface design and studio quilting. 
The Studio Quilts Connie creates are non-traditional small quilts of varying sizes -- utilizing hand dyed, painted, printed and shiboried fabrics, and digital images printed on fabric and she is available by request to present workshops on dyeing and surface design techniques.

Pop over to visit her on TAFA and don't forget to go on to visit her website, blog and Textile shop.

TAFA Special Offer

I've been a member of TAFA for about a year and a half now. It's a dynamic international group of fiber artists, suppliers and collectors. Run by Rachel  Biele, : The Textile and Fiber Art List is a membership organization of fiber artists and textile businesses on the web. TAFA showcases member portfolios through its website, provides access to larger markets, offers access to business resources and fosters community.

Our mission: Markets for Members

Are you interested in joining TAFA as a member? 

Here is an Election Day discount for you: 

There is a $75 fee to join TAFA (no yearly renewals).

The discount brings it $56.25.

Members are juried in, based on the quality of their work, their professionalism, and how their work contributes to our mix. 

This offer expires November 6th, midnight Central Time in the US.
For more info go to

http://www.tafalist.com/membership