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Your Yarn Purse
A Note from the Artist - American Textile History Museum - About the Yarns - Your Yarn in Action
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Your Yarn Purse
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Thank You!
This auction raised $250.48
for the American Textile History Museum.
| A note from the winning bidder, K. Hayes: "I received the Tapestry Box purse today...it's absolutely beautiful and incredibly inspiring. I can't wait to make more beaded yarns of my own! Thanks so much for this great opportunity. I look forward to seeing more Interweave auctions!" |
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A Note from the Artist
Joanna Gleason wove the beaded yarns featured in the Spring 2005 Your
Yarn! department into a beautiful soumak tapestry purse, titled Tapestry Box.1.
Gleason comments, “Inasmuch as no one knew what would become of
their beaded yarns, it’s a testament to us all that such a wide variety of yarn
weights, plies (or lack there of), tiny beads, medium beads, and great big
beads could be worked into ‘something.’ I used every yarn featured, slightly
moving the beads to guarantee they all made it to the face of the weaving.
I hope that those who spent their time and energies in the spinning of the
beaded yarns are satisfied and gratified by their use in the weaving.”
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About the American Textile History Museum
The American Textile History Museum, beneficiary of this auction, is an independently operated not-for-profit institution that depends on private support. Originally founded in 1960 as Merrimack Valley Textile Museum in North Andover, Massachusetts, the American Textile
History Museum is now housed in the historic 150,000-square-foot Kitson Manufacturing
Company building in Lowell, Massachusetts. The museum’s mission is to tell America’s story through textiles with a collection that spans topics in textile art, factory architecture, textile production, technological invention, labor history, industrial organization and everyday life in mill towns. Museum President Michael J. Smith points out that “the
record of fibers and textiles in the United States opens new insights into our history. We are pleased and proud to preserve this record in our institution and tell this wonderful story.” Currently, the museum is embarking on a cost-cutting and endowment-building program. “The first step is a proposed sale of our building in historic downtown Lowell with provisions for leasing back the space used for exhibitions, educational programming, and collections storage,” says Smith.
A note from the American Textile History Museum:
Thank you and your generous readers for the donation to the American Textile History Museum. We are very gratified to know that you all responded to the auction with such interest and enthusiasm. The funds will aid in our efforts to serve the public, most especially our dear friends in the fiber arts community. |
About the Yarns
More than 50 Spin-Off readers donated the beaded yarn for this beautiful handwoven purse. At left, a close-up of the Your Yarn purse.
Yarns were donated by:
Selah Barling
Peggy Ann Bass
Jean Betts
Betty Bingham
Richard Blanck
Lexi Boeger
Roxanne Brazell
Kathryn Burkholder
Crystal Canning
Laura Chinn-Smoot
Betty Clarkson
Linda Condon
Donna Jo Copeland
Kathleen Foto
Jutta Frankie
Judy Gilchrist
Lillian Goldberg
Jennifer Haman
Pamela Henderson
Margaret Jaeger
Suzanne Jones
Donna Kaplan
Cheryl Kruizenga
Amy Kuhlmann
Missy Larios
Janet Leatherdale
Mary Lessman
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Deidra MacKimmie
Kathy Maire
Darcy Maloney
Roseann Mauroni
Karen Estock McCann
Desiree Merone
Sharon Neth
Lelah Jones Olender
Sandy Parkinson
Linda Partsch
Kris Peters
Judith Phillips
Rebecca Pounds
Bonnie Powell
Sandra Richards
Alicia Santiago
Kim Schiffmacker
Angela Schneider
Colleen Simon
Toni Strassburg-Pearce
Willard Taylor
Sarah Thompson
Rosemary Tobin
Fiona Vincent
Nancy Wilson
Misty Youmans
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Your Yarn in Action
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