A beautiful Fireside Traditional Tapestry loom for sale--SOLD!

          FIRESIDE LOOM FOR SALE

                     60" solid cherry loom with bench and seat.

  Lovingly used and cared for 20 years by former president of TWS and ATA.

                             $3500 plus shipping and handling.

                         Contact Marti Fleischer, Oak Ridge, TN   martifl at bellsouth dot net    

                                            

Review of Archie Brennan & Susan Martin Maffei's DVD set by Debbie Herd

Debbie Herd recently posted to her blog with a review of the tapestry DVD set, Woven Tapestry Techniques, that Archie Brennan and Susan Maffei have available at their website.  Debbie has done an excellent job summarizing the depth of learning contained in the 16 or so hours of the DVDs.   She's given me permission to post her blog link here:  http://debbieherd.blogspot.com/2013/07/woven-tapestry-techniques-with-archie.html

I bought the set a couple of years ago and continue to find it inspiring.  I especially appreciated learning four-selvedge technique from the excellent instruction given by Susan and have so far woven about 15 small tapestries in the technique.

The DVD set is noted at Archie and Susan's website:  http://www.brennan-maffei.com
Scroll down to the bottom of the page to find the information about it and a link to a YouTube preview.

John Moss Bobbin News from Janette Meetze's Blog

Janette Meetze has recently added a post to her blog about some of the bobbins available from John Moss.  With her permission, here's the link to that post.

John Moss has been making tapestry bobbins for a few years now.   I know John and his wife, Joy, since they live not far away.  I also know a bit about the back story about how he began to make these beautiful tools.  He describes his introduction to bobbins briefly at his website.  I've used an assortment of styles of the bobbins he makes since he began selling them and I really enjoy each one.

Sometimes students ask me how many tapestry bobbins I have and I have to say that I truly don't know!  I've been buying bobbins for over twenty years now and have quite a lot now, all bought a few at a time.  Bit by bit, the ones that I don't enjoy using as much are put into a separate basket.  Occasionally, I need to pull one or more of them out when I'm working on several pieces.  But, when I unwind left over wefts, I always organize the "favorites" and the "less than favorites" into groups.

In Janette's post she also mentions the Ymmyarns that's she's importing from Australia.  I haven't tried this particular yarn yet but plan to do so soon.

Slit Sewing 101--courtesy of Kathy Spoering's blog

Kathy Spoering is a wonderful tapestry artist who lives in Colorado, USA.  She has a blog at which she posts very inspirational and helpful information.  Recently she wrote (and showed through photos) about her method of sewing slits.  I've asked her if I might link to her post here and she was happy to let me do that.  So... here's here Slit Sewing 101 post link.  I'll also post this at the side margin so it will be easy to find.

Susan Martin Maffei also has a nice tutorial about several slit sewing methods shown at the ATA website at this link.  That's noted in the side margin at links for interest.

And what method do I use?  I usually use the Archie Brennan method that Susan describes.  However, occasionally I still use an interlock for edges where I'm going to be carrying a color quite a long way in a vertical beside another, and where I want to see the "tooth" of the interlock.

All methods are equally good.

Sarah Swett's wonderful written/woven work

Here's a link to an interview with Sarah Swett about her tapestries that are based on her writings.

http://www.klewtv.com/news/local/Paper-Tapestries-199370311.html

Sarah's work is just amazing!

Monique Lehman's YouTube videos

Tapestry artist, Monique Lehman, has been compiling and posting tapestry related videos on YouTube.  Here's a link to those:

http://www.youtube.com/user/moniquelehman

Tapestry loom for sale in SW Florida--SOLD

Just saw this notice posted at WeavingSalesAds:

Fireside Cantilever-style Tapestry loom for sale. $400. Original price  - $2.775 Must pick up, 24” weaving width 12 dpi reed, 300 texsolv heddles, 2 treadles, cherry wood. Laura at raku9@... email for photos  SWFL

If you're interested in contacting the seller, let me know and I'll forward her email to you.  I don't know the loom or the seller and have no vested interest in this sale, but if this loom is in good condition, I do know about the Fireside Cantilever-style tapestry loom as I own one.  I like it the one I have very, very much.  A nice upright tapestry loom.

Update -- this loom has been sold