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

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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On-line Lino-cutting Course

September 21, 2009 at 6pm to November 8, 2010 at 7pm – on-line

The lino cuttinc course consists of three lessons delivered at fortnightly intervals as a pdf file. The lessons contain exercises to intitally introduce you to lino-cutting and build up your skills t…

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Free Vintage Paper Doll Pattern

Karen's Whimsey has this free Paper Doll pattern on her website. Clothing for the doll also available. Images are in the public domain.

American Folk Art Doll Pattern

This doll pattern and other folk patterns can be purchased at Cloth Doll Supply. Their description:

HISTORICAL FOLK DOLL #11
The New York Doll

This 16" doll has made herself quite famous by being chosen to be on the cover of a well-known book of American Folk Dolls, by Wendy Lavitt. She is such a good doll for a cover as she has just about all the best details of this type of doll. Separate fingers, a wonderful and exaggerated face and hair all carefully embroidered, including her remarkable feather-stitched eyebrows, and a costume of just-right simplicity and detail. She has with her the same small cat the doll in the photo has. Silkscreened for embroidery and new antiquing methods included.

Pattern (mini-kit) #PGW725 - $42.00

The Costumer Manifesto: Ethnic Dress Links

The Costumer Manifesto is the destination for anyone interested in ethnic costume. This page contains a gazillion links to sources from all over the world.

General Traditional Dress Links

	Africa
	Asia
	Australia
	Central America
	Eastern Europe
	Middle East
	North America
	Oceania (Cultures of the Pacific Islands)
	Polar Regions
	South America
	Western Europe

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Past Patterns

#503: Flapper Slip-On Evening Dress $16.00 (US dollars)

A typical dropped waist of the Roaring Twenties is created by a yoke over the hips. The tiers of circular flounces form a lovely vision while dancing. The scarf and the tie sash patterns are included. This pattern is quick and easy to make.

This pattern is multi-sized 8 through 20. All the sizes are in one package. Look at our National Standard size chart for your size. Sizes 8-12 require 5 3/8 Yds. of 45 inch wide fabric; sizes 14-20 require 5 5/8 Yds. of 45 inch wide fabric.

Saundra Ros Altman's: Past Patterns

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Accurate Federal, Jacksonian, Civil War, Gilded Age, Edwardian and WWI up to WWII Clothing Patterns for Men, Women and Children

Moccasins and Leather Craft Patterns

HOW TO MAKE LENAPE STYLE MOCCASINS
Shared by Mèssochwen Tëme

The same pattern is used for both feet so you only have to make one pattern. Once you make the pattern you're all set, and you can save it for making more moccasins in the future.

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Leathercrafting Patterns

Any leathercraft pattern you could ever want. From moccasin patterns to holster, quiver, and archery leather work patterns. If you don't find what you're looking for here try our bookshelf section, where we have books full of different patterns for you to try your leather working skills on.