My curiosity peaked when I was asked to create cushions from custom hand crafted fabrics.

This was new to me, but I had to communicate with the weavers so they knew what widths and yardages I needed to make the requested quantity. The hand crafted fabrics was wonderful to work with, and I loved the creative process, both from the weavers’ perspective and my own.

‘ Vavstuga‘  is a  Swedish Weaving and Folk Arts School in beautiful downtown Shelburne Falls, MA. I am fortunate to be surrounded by many talented artists in the fiber art field. Some artists weave materials and then ask us to sew their hand-crafted fabrics into bags, pocketbooks, cushions, and seat covers. I’ve had other artists get scrap material from us to shred and then weave it into new hand-crafted fabric for their projects. Collaborating with other artists is fascinating because you see things from a new perspective.

Don’t you just love these cushions with all the bright colors?

Fabric woven on a loom for cushions

Interested in learning to weave? Check out http://www.vavstuga.com/