WEDNESDAY WICKER WISDOM–Today’s topic is about creativity in using an old wicker material in a new innovative way. Well, it’s probably not so innovative, just different… A while back a customer brought in this darling […]
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Let’s review the three previous ways to begin “squaring up” a trapezoidal seat before I show you the fourth method to start a paper rush seat, OK? Just as a reminder, trapezoid seats are wider
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Are you a new chair seat weaver? Getting into this seatweaving craft for either fun or profit? Are you intimidated by weaving your first paper rush seat? If so, hopefully this post will be a
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We all had a great time at the rush seat weaving class at North House Folk School in Grand Marais, Minnesota, August 19-20, 2015. Most of the time we had great weather, but it did
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#Throwback Thursday–Here are a few pix of my first paper rush chair seat that I wove in 1975! Little did I know then that I would still be in this heritage craft business, helping others
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Throw-back Thursdays–These photos of me weaving hand-twisted cattail rush seats were taken in 1982 when I already had about six years weaving the hand-twisted rush under my belt. As you might have guessed from the
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This paper rush seat weaving tip is about how to begin weaving and “square up” the seat. We will discuss using any of three methods to attach rush strands in the gussets on a trapezoidal
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