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Here are the next wave of Gypsy Scarfs, they turned out really pretty, I love using different types of yarn and watching the colors build into the complete scarf. My mom and niece will be the new owners of these woven jewels. Enjoy! I have started the warp on my next piece hopefully within two [...]

I am almost finished making scarfs from this warp I put on my loom just before Thanksgiving. I had the bright idea to put a 30 foot warp on, which makes about 5 scarfs but it has taken me a lot longer than I thought it would.  Every time I sit down and weave, I [...]

I’m moving right along with my painted lady work.  I am beginning to fill in with flowers from our garden, the red zinnias were in our front yard flower beds, they were spectacular. The small yellow, orange and white zinnias were also in our front flower bed.  Working on keeping the composition balanced and the [...]

One of the things I love about creativity is the diversity of its expression. Sharen and I both have been lucky, we have been creative people all our lives and it has taken so many forms. From painting to sewing, we have imagined and then created some really neat things. Not long ago, I was [...]

A couple of weeks ago I was out in my side garden, a beautiful Painted Lady Butterfly landed on a zinnia next to me. It was the most wonderful thing, the butterfly let me get within a couple of inches of it.  It was awesome, the Lady allowed me to observe her for two or [...]

Karen Rester and Sharen Chatterton would like to announce the first two in a series of collaborative works, “Twin Mix”. As twins growing up together, we have always been the best of friends and as artists, we have always wanted to do something together. This inspired these works, appropriately called  “Twin Mix”. Each piece of [...]