Stitching Fun

Artists are having a great time persevering through challenges now that the fiber arts center is finally open!  Stick weaving, cardboard looms and stitching and sewing on burlap is happening through various upper grades.  1st and 2nd graders have jumped into "picture stitch"  which is drawing on burlap with watercolor markers and then stitching around using a plastic needle and yarn.  Artists have pushed through the frustrations of tying knots, fixing stitches and erasing mistakes by carefully pulling the needle back through.  Stitching and stick weaving have been big wins in the studio!  I always want to open fibers early, but waiting until the snow flies seems to give kids the quiet of handicrafts they crave.  I hope stitching and sewing catch on outside of the studio- it's fantastic when children tell me about their sewing and knitting projects from home! 

Most of the photos I took of fiber arts have the artists' beaming faces, so I won't share them on the blog.  Here are a few pieces in progress and finished!