Fiber Focus

For textile and fiber art addicts who are curious about the world.

Rayela Art

Getting started

My vision for our Fiber Focus network is to have a place where we can come together around fiber related issues, but also have fun with it, express ourselves and stimulate each other with new ideas and inspiration.  We all come from different backgrounds, have many levels of skill and experience, but share some common ground through our love of textiles and other fiber techniques.  This is a companion to the Fiber Focus blog, which has more of an educational approach on fiber and world issues, especially concerning fair trade and green trends.  Ultimately, we also share a common goal of promoting our business interests.  The more we make this a vibrant and interesting site, the better chance we have of attracting customers and others who support our individual efforts.  Take ownership of this place and make it yours!  (You are also welcome to submit articles for the blog.)

Some suggestions:
  • Use the link feature for your sites and store addresses so that people can visit them with a quick click.  That's the symbol that looks like an eight on its side.  You highlight the name, click the symbol and a box pops up where you paste the address.  This would be a good thing to do to any references you make, including the forum.  For example, if you read a good book, link the title to a description of it on Amazon or another site.  It's pretty quick and really helps people travel around faster.
  • You can load up to 100 photos.  The last photos loaded show up first on the front page.  As membership increases, the older photos will fall back in line, but you can see all of them on the Photos tab at the top of each page.  You can always delete some older ones (once you have reached the 100 limit) and add new ones if you want to get yours back to the front again.  Photos are an important way to market your work as people outside our network will find them on Google Image searches.  Adding labels and telling the story will inspire people to visit your other sites.
  • Personalize your page.  You can pick different templates and make your page reflect your personality or taste.  Add music and videos to make it an interesting place for other people to visit.
  • Get to know the other members.  There are some wonderfully talented people on here with interesting stories to tell.  Creating relationships increases the potential for the best kind of marketing: word of mouth. 
  • Invite your friends or other fiber people you think would be a good addition to this site.  Members do not have to be fiber artists, they just have to love it.  It would be interesting to attract more interior designers, marketing people, bloggers and store owners who have an interest in fiber and who have traveled or lived in other countries.
  • Write updates in your blog area.  The last five posts show up on the front page.  You can let people know about what you are working on, events going on, promotions you might be having, links to articles you find interesting- whatever you would like to share openly with the group.
If you need help, let me know.

Here's Louie Armstrong with an inspiration for us: "What a Wonderful World":


Last updated by Rayela Art Aug. 26, 2008.

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