tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57291281592956945102023-11-16T06:52:36.930-07:00Woolful WonderingsJill Gullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07442637096484914599noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729128159295694510.post-71808806701061009642015-01-11T15:04:00.000-07:002015-01-11T15:04:22.079-07:00Kitchen time today...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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We live 20 miles from the nearest grocery store in Salida. We knew this when we bought the property, but I grew up in a rural area, so I was prepared for the consequences. For my mother, it meant three meals a day for 6 people every single day of the year -- not a restaurant in sight! In fact, I did not get to eat in a restaurant until I left home to go to college in the UK at age 17. I worked my way through college by working... you guessed it... in the college kitchen. We churned out hundreds of tasty meals every day, and I enjoyed the experience.</div>
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My kids garnered much sympathy from their teenage friends when they stated the truthful fact that they had never had a pizza delivered to our house.</div>
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I love to cook, and I love to have people over to enjoy meals with us. So any time you are in our neck of the woods, you would be welcome to join us for lunch or dinner!</div>
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Today it was time to refill the granola jar, whip out a rum cake for my book-club meeting tomorrow, use up some of this summer's apple sauce from our tree in an easy quick bread, and toss a pot roast into the dutch oven to justify having the oven running all morning.</div>
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There was just time to duck over to the studio and pack the daily fiber orders in time to catch the post. Then I had to buckle down and wind some wool and pack some kits to stay abreast of our wonderful customers. In the winter I try to get ahead on some of the winding and packaging, 'cos once spring shows its smiling face, I'm anxious to get my seeds started in their little pots in anticipation of another season of organic veggies to restock my freezer and pantry.</div>
Jill Gullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07442637096484914599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729128159295694510.post-84868060951219409572015-01-07T20:32:00.001-07:002015-01-07T20:32:34.273-07:00A New Year<div class="mobile-photo" style="text-align: justify;">
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I tend to schedule more activities into my day than the hours permit....so things like this blog invariably get pushed aside in favor of more "urgent" tasks.<br />
But this year I aim to change that!<br />
However, as the owner of Outback Fibers, the daily routine of packing customer orders does not make for exciting blogging... though it does pay the bills.<br />
I have occasional days when I have time to make felt, and I wish those days were more frequent. I have a studio full of fabulous fibers that I daily ship off to lucky felters who get to make all those wonderful things I have in my head.<br />
But, in moving to Colorado, part of my life goal was to immerse myself in a lifestyle different from our previous urban setting. I grew up in Tasmania where we grew all our own fruits and veggies, milked a cow, made our own butter, bread, granola, preserves etc...and I miss that. I have always done some of that during the years we raised our children, but our current location offers so much more opportunity for such endeavors.<br />
So my blog from here on will encompass the many aspects that are important in my life. Some days it might be the product of my felting studio... and other days it might feature the product of my kitchen, or my garden, or just some of the scenic reasons we selected this part of Colorado for our "golden years". Even my grandchildren may show up from time to time as they make the trip up from Texas and get to participate in this "sustainable lifestyle" we have chosen to pursue.<br />
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I recently had time to work with the Truffles prefelt, topped with the Milan merino harmonies and a touch of Milan bombyx silk.<br />
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Jill Gullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07442637096484914599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729128159295694510.post-37233786293006513922013-10-10T11:10:00.000-06:002013-10-10T11:10:00.839-06:00Fall at Outback Fibers<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">After a busy summer that included the arrival of two new grand-babies, </span><br />
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Our <a href="http://www.outbackfibers.com/profusion/profusion.htm" target="_blank">Profusion</a> <b>undyed prefelt</b> will finally be back in stock in December, along with three new colors -- a rich burnt orange, a bright turquoise and a neutral tan. Look for these to be available for sale before the end of the year.<br />
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We have also added <a href="http://www.outbackfibers.com/treetops-silk/tissue/tissuesilk.htm" target="_blank">"tissue silk" (silk georgette)</a> to our line of nuno fabrics.<br />
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Jill Gullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07442637096484914599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729128159295694510.post-24452830417738516372013-08-19T18:00:00.000-06:002013-10-10T09:06:38.610-06:00Georgette (Tissue) Silk Fabric<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Choose our <a href="http://www.outbackfibers.com/nuno/nunofelting.htm" target="_blank">dyed “paj” (habotai) silk fabrics</a> for a tighter weave with more luster and a more substantial pucker. <span class="Apple-converted-space"></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Perfect for your very own unique, one-of-a-kind piece of nuno felt sure to attract attention and interest. Have fun and let us know what you think. </span></span></span></div>
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Jill Gullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07442637096484914599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729128159295694510.post-76854147310421302012013-08-07T15:50:00.001-06:002013-08-07T15:50:58.608-06:00Outback Fibers Workshops in Beautiful ColoradoBeginning next summer, we will be offering various workshops here at our studio. When we moved from Texas to Colorado two years ago, we planned an
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We are located in the Bighorn Sheep Canyon flanked by the Sangre de Cristo mountains on one side, and the Arkansas River valley on the other. It is a wonderful place to surround yourself with inspiration and fiber! We hope to bring in various teachers for classes; as well as simply offering the space for those who want to work with a small group of fellow fiber artists in a setting that provides supplies, fiber, workspace, food, lodging and scenery...all in one location.<br />
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Jill Gullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07442637096484914599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729128159295694510.post-56916689371630151142012-05-21T14:06:00.000-06:002012-05-21T14:06:31.568-06:00Christo Coming to CoaldaleFor those who love to plan for the future, I must let you know that Christo plans to drape the Arkansas River right here in our canyon in the summer of 2014. <a href="http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/" target="_blank">Christo's website</a>.<br />
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In keeping with the promotion of the arts, we at Outback Fibers will be planning a series of summer workshops to coordinate with the two weeks in August 2014 when the exhibit will be on display. It will be two years in the making as construction will encompass some 42 miles of the river. There will be almost 6 miles of draping in areas where river rafters will be best able to float beneath to view the work. We are just a short walk from the river, so what could be better than to take in some fresh air, some fiber, some felting, some floating, some fly-fishing... (I just love those "f" words!).<br />
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Workshops will be posted to the website closer to the time.Jill Gullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07442637096484914599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729128159295694510.post-26697679500743521782012-04-04T19:38:00.000-06:002012-05-21T13:59:22.303-06:00Silk Yardage for NunoAs we settle into our new location here in Colorado, we have room to expand our line of products to include some luscious paj silk dyed to match our superfine merino harmonies line of wool roving.<br />
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Having Mark in the business is beginning to allow me more time to play with the products that everyone else gets to enjoy all the time! I took advantage of the Xmas slowdown to sample a number of the new colorways in this 5mm habotai silk and made a few scarves to show how beautifully the wool and silk can be coordinated in a delicate scarf that is appropriate for almost any climate.<br />
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The silk comes in 2.5m lengths (approx 100"), so plenty of length for a scarf or wrap. Full width is 45" but can be purchased in 15" or 30" if desired. Eleven spectacular colorways are currently available and just 15-20gms of wool is all that is needed to turn the silk into a froth of ruffles and luxury.<br />
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Here are some of the colors we offer in these beautiful <a href="http://www.outbackfibers.com/nuno/nunofelting.htm" target="_blank">Neck Knacks</a> in paj silk for your creative pleasure.<br />
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Outback Fibers (as in Mark and Jill and their "stuff") relocated to the tiny town of <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Coaldale,+CO&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=48.019527,69.521484&vpsrc=0&hnear=Coaldale,+Fremont,+Colorado&t=m&z=15" target="_blank">Coaldale, CO</a><br />
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Close to the town of <a href="http://www.salida.com/" target="_blank">Salida</a>, which features many artists and galleries, we are alongside the Arkansas River, home to some of the best <a href="http://www.arkanglers.com/Default.asp" target="_blank">fly-fishing</a> and <a href="http://www.arkansasrivertours.com/" target="_blank">river rafting</a>, and <a href="http://www.playdirtyatvtours.com/" target="_blank">ATV tours</a> in the country. So pull out that dusty old atlas (or for those who just love their computer... use googlemaps or <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Coaldale,+CO&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=48.019527,69.521484&vpsrc=0&hnear=Coaldale,+Fremont,+Colorado&t=m&z=15" target="_blank">click here for a map</a>) and plan your next road trip to include the spectacular mountain scenery, a little hiking, a little fishing, and a visit to Outback Fibers studio.<br />
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If you are interested in purchasing a beautiful felted flower send an email to <a href="mailto:loganbrry@aol.com">loganbrry@aol.com</a> .<br />
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Check out this <a href="http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2011/02/02/mine_mine_all_mine.html">link for some mittens</a> made by simply knitting the hankies straight from the pile!<br />
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I used to knit more than I do, but these days my knitting is usually limited to the arrival of my grandchildren...<br />
Here's my latest effort created for young Lachlan, born on January 10th.<br />
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Now if you're not into knitting and want to stick with your felting, just check out the video on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeWKgh4bSQQ">using hankies in your felting project</a>.<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOUHsvfUHtzmFcp9GNZamlMb4VQKLNLjj1MI3SG6AqGbPBPEv747djtcE95a7r4uwVoZEf934Om7hIkGgCLwv8YEMrvObav-_AK28CV6tGVQdmsoMozCFL81km1QuzgZ6fNcAGnkL7-os/s1600/IMG_6025.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOUHsvfUHtzmFcp9GNZamlMb4VQKLNLjj1MI3SG6AqGbPBPEv747djtcE95a7r4uwVoZEf934Om7hIkGgCLwv8YEMrvObav-_AK28CV6tGVQdmsoMozCFL81km1QuzgZ6fNcAGnkL7-os/s320/IMG_6025.JPG" /></a></div>The blanket/throw is now in Al's room at the VA hospital where he has been since September. He recently penned a poignant letter to the fellowship group to express his thoughts. We continue to keep him and his wife, Rita in our thoughts and prayers.<br />
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<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YQ_WX9kWzmQzrQl9Cf1mvMpJOqw-F0grjBxWDzqe_jY9idpIxpBRf4Bqib24JistNzcCWIEEo9hZfEevIQ4hg6Sy6t3T5TuRea1wyX_02j72E4FX0R3qIqCfcOUnhxK-nJjo5hkyu3g/s1600/IMG_6053.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YQ_WX9kWzmQzrQl9Cf1mvMpJOqw-F0grjBxWDzqe_jY9idpIxpBRf4Bqib24JistNzcCWIEEo9hZfEevIQ4hg6Sy6t3T5TuRea1wyX_02j72E4FX0R3qIqCfcOUnhxK-nJjo5hkyu3g/s320/IMG_6053.JPG" /></a></div><div style="border: medium none;"></div></div>With Thanksgiving just a few days away, we were blessed with the early arrival of our oldest son and his family... as we rushed to try and complete orders for customers wanting their fibers in time to "play" while their spouses reclined in a turkey-induced football coma on the couch!<br />
What better than to have two "trusty" helpers to make up mixed bags of colors!!<br />
5-year old Ian and 3-year-old Anabelle (sporting a designer eye-patch for a juvenile opthamological condition), were delighted to be permitted to help their "Emee" in her studio. <br />
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<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKJxNATeeTcNpXL7eL6YzBJllp14qZCKIfEyXQyMNuddvOhtQKXJ9qz9UI0VkBXQhJjScTQJQMOYLifjv-O0P5bwtkkVmHwlfLzNAe71m_4R9U4uijt4kOZ7LtqgwPlhFU5V1nWGy-8zw/s1600/IMG_6056.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKJxNATeeTcNpXL7eL6YzBJllp14qZCKIfEyXQyMNuddvOhtQKXJ9qz9UI0VkBXQhJjScTQJQMOYLifjv-O0P5bwtkkVmHwlfLzNAe71m_4R9U4uijt4kOZ7LtqgwPlhFU5V1nWGy-8zw/s320/IMG_6056.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So if your Pastel Mixed Bag shows up with 4 purple and no green... yikes! Let me know. But at least we can be sure that each bag DID weigh 8-oz. <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" /></a></div>Jill Gullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07442637096484914599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729128159295694510.post-70109412140496121052010-12-07T19:45:00.000-07:002010-12-07T19:45:05.109-07:00Houston Quilt Show Experience<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>In early November, Outback Fibers decided to have a presence at the Houston International Quilt Festival. This is one of the largest Quilt shows in the nation, and we wondered how much impact the needle-felting machines had made on the quilting world. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIo3Jq3tdZZletLL66gyynSqk6DvaffPOcDsnB1zD-WX-gdXAT_NkZgFvgPuok1QJ0AUr4eMbjSQUdRWV85RTWCQtVMbUbAsvBRwb85xJS1K8w0ZcB2JznBPLzy3n9n7SWNc7wc5EdxUE/s1600/IMG00003-20101105-1358.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIo3Jq3tdZZletLL66gyynSqk6DvaffPOcDsnB1zD-WX-gdXAT_NkZgFvgPuok1QJ0AUr4eMbjSQUdRWV85RTWCQtVMbUbAsvBRwb85xJS1K8w0ZcB2JznBPLzy3n9n7SWNc7wc5EdxUE/s320/IMG00003-20101105-1358.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">We were pleased by the response to our booth, and I had an opportunity to demonstrate the basics of wet-felting for 2 hours at their "Open Studio" station. I had a constant stream of people watching, and was able to convey several simple aspects of felting to a fairly interested audience.<br />
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Chalk this one up to experience! But we were encouraged to see how much headway felting has made in the surface design world. At least our customers were coming to purchase... and not just to view the 3-headed novelty "feltmakers"!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Well... I was warned that starting a blog was a commitment to regular postings that I might not be able to maintain, but I will resolve to improve the regularity... though likely to be on a weekly basis or less.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Life at Outback Fibers has been busy with the birth of a new grandson, Grant, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDtPZUiwZq0u0YszxiqTX4kXBlBou6aehNRSEMTbAV1u_-rp-6JG2LhSPr4IJC_NP0pg5UTbbWZvVJ4ouDrxaOmbRdikSBIywcMvrfbUih6rSbRV7fEvPGXuTNc6xj2kWic0HZoVQ5xs/s1600/Grant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDtPZUiwZq0u0YszxiqTX4kXBlBou6aehNRSEMTbAV1u_-rp-6JG2LhSPr4IJC_NP0pg5UTbbWZvVJ4ouDrxaOmbRdikSBIywcMvrfbUih6rSbRV7fEvPGXuTNc6xj2kWic0HZoVQ5xs/s200/Grant.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
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and the imminent arrival of another grandson, yet to be named. At the same time, husband, Mark, has transitioned out of his HR position to become the other half of Outback Fibers. So if a masculine voice answers the phone now and then, rest assured I have not been taking testosterone pills and growing hair on my chest! <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">In the midst of this I planned to run a booth at the Houston Quilt Festival in early November and decided that a coat was a great way to educate the quilting public about felting.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Starting with a base of a single layer of black ProFusion, ...</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">I thinned strips of hand-dyed merino in Vintage Port to create the surface design layer, allowing strands of the dyed merino to extend beyond the base to create the "fringe". Between the strips of dyed merino, I interspersed thinned strips of tussah silk in the same colorway.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The coat was to be made by felting a single back panel, two front panels and separate sleeves -- assembled by sewing to complete it. Allow approx. 40% shrinkage overall. Continuous gradation of the colorway is retained by thinning the fibers without allowing them to completely pull apart. A single layer is sufficient when ProFusion is used for the base layer.</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">And because I just had so much spare time on my hands (hah) I decided to also make seamless pocket inserts in the front of the coat. The beauty of the ProFusion is that it can be stitched on the sewing machine prior to felting. Thus two pockets were cut 40% larger than the desired finished size and machine stitched around 3 sides. The open edges of the pockets were placed inside a carefully cut slit in the base piece of ProFusion, with plastic bags both lining the inside of the pockets and surrounding the outside with the exception of the open edge which was basted into the slit with black thread. The dyed merino strips were placed either side of the open slit creating an almost invisible pocket opening.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifgcBnLQ0grr6npRFpqSEi-x4rOUyGhjPWxN-0GxWpVyGFr7G_O8em-qViW83tGj50cTrODIVNO3KMWXIMIkQHWr2vR8Cd-vVeKH-VbMliFBUsiyQc6P9QOODrGri_GyK-CfHOFcZsPsQ/s1600/IMG_5909.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifgcBnLQ0grr6npRFpqSEi-x4rOUyGhjPWxN-0GxWpVyGFr7G_O8em-qViW83tGj50cTrODIVNO3KMWXIMIkQHWr2vR8Cd-vVeKH-VbMliFBUsiyQc6P9QOODrGri_GyK-CfHOFcZsPsQ/s320/IMG_5909.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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After wetting out the fibers and rubbing the surface to connect all the layers, I used my trusty sander to stabilize everything and put a good skin on the felt. Then off to the front-loading washing machine (best investment yet for making large yardage), a short run on the express cycle produced a nice piece of finished felt.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">The felt is a light garment-weight fabric suitable for Texas winters, and easy to machine stich without creating bulky seams. For northern climates, I would suggest a double layer of the ProFusion for the base.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">The solid black sleeves were made from a single layer of ProFusion, well-fulled in the front-loading washer, cut in standard sleeve pattern, inserted into the coat and sewn in place.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Needless to say, the Quilt Show arrived before the coat was completed so it was displayed as a project "under construction". Current cooler weather may doubtless prompt me to make a decision about the lapels and the ultimate completion of the coat.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmkBVJa4r321usEodLBNnEv8uRkuTpejVpHC8r61FKX6tcgAS34qd25TygoB7WkR_U6sfUsxyX-v-bLsshyphenhyphenMifAQ4wKnxNQF_rR_m2D2dq9_OEWaFH3GRGefYS0BtwcQ8QTSFUEc3jk7U/s1600/IMG_5934.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmkBVJa4r321usEodLBNnEv8uRkuTpejVpHC8r61FKX6tcgAS34qd25TygoB7WkR_U6sfUsxyX-v-bLsshyphenhyphenMifAQ4wKnxNQF_rR_m2D2dq9_OEWaFH3GRGefYS0BtwcQ8QTSFUEc3jk7U/s320/IMG_5934.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Jill Gullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07442637096484914599noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729128159295694510.post-71122038034913751092010-08-02T11:19:00.000-06:002010-08-02T11:19:13.188-06:00Don't Cry For Me...<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KeWKgh4bSQQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KeWKgh4bSQQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>...'cos I've got lots and lots of hankies! I just love silk hankies. Such a simple choice for some lovely surface texture, and so easy to use on the ProFusion background wool. And yes... I'm still cutting my daily quota of ProFusion in order to keep up with my customer response to this great product. My blister has become a callous, so as long as I can still fit my finger into the scissors, I'll be able to cut pain-free!<br />
We're due for some 100 degree weather, so I'm heading to Colorado for a few days of cooling off. Orders that come in after Wed. will ship out after we get back on the 13th, so be patient... there's just me doing the work at this end.Jill Gullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07442637096484914599noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729128159295694510.post-28376789554234757682010-07-21T16:30:00.000-06:002010-07-21T16:30:31.830-06:00Chop..ChopThat $800 cutting machine is looking much more affordable as I chop my way through 15,000 meters of ProFusion!!<br />
Such lovely colors, and no time to play with it myself - I feel like a chef with his jaw wired shut!<br />
Those at the Midwest Felting Symposium will get to play with some of the ProFusion in a couple of their classes. And Susan has some for sale afterwards too.<br />
I'm planning to have a booth at the Houston Int'l. Quilt Show in November, so if anyone is down this way for that, be sure to come by and see Suzanne Morgan and myself. Lots of lovely wools and silks to drool over... but please bring your own bib!Jill Gullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07442637096484914599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729128159295694510.post-72606441736696634772010-07-19T21:56:00.000-06:002010-07-19T21:56:35.892-06:00Educating the great unwashed.Well... it's almost too much technology at once!<br />
But since my hubby's tech job ended at the end of June, I have now had a full-time "technical assistant" on hand 24/7. Of course, he's full of suggestions... and this blog is the first of those. Next came the youtube suggestion, so here is my first attempt at educating the masses. <br />
For those on the felters' chatlist who expressed concern that felting might have reached its peak, I'd like to suggest that we have only just scratched the surface. Probably 50% of my weekly customers at <a href="http://www.outbackfibers.com/">http://www.outbackfibers.com/</a> are totally new to the world of felting. So for those of you in the world of teaching classes, I suggest that you don't forget the beginners out there. I realize there are wonderful techniques and expert projects being offered... and that's great. But there is a constant stream of "newbies" who are frequently asking for basic felting classes. They often come from a totally non-fiber background, but have seen a piece of work that spoke to them in such a way that they want to know more.<br />
I sometimes watch these fancy cooking shows and chef challenges, but I wonder if there aren't many out there who would just like a simple show that taught them how to make a nice sauce for a piece of fish, or even just a way to get chicken and a couple of vegetables to the table at the same time, in a way that will appeal to the family.<br />
So let's spread the felting knowledge further abroad so that we don't have to explain what we do to those who would look at us as if we have three heads!<br />
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Beginner's Felting Instructions<br />
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<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vxeLGw1gGqA&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vxeLGw1gGqA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Jill Gullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07442637096484914599noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729128159295694510.post-33430570184685368952010-07-16T15:58:00.000-06:002010-07-16T15:58:27.568-06:00Busy WeekWell... orders are packed and out the door... and my pinkie finger has a blister from cutting so many meters of ProFusion over the past few days. <br />
I've got a lovely piece of silk gauze beckoning, and a tentative project in mind. <br />
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My goal is to learn how to load pictures to this blog without the assistance of my "technical assistant" (read husband here), so hopefully I can post some work in the future.<br />
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Looking forward to seeing our newly-married daughter and her husband this weekend... just back from their honeymoon in Greece. I had made a little light-weight nuno wrap to go over my dress at the wedding, but even after going inside after the outdoor ceremony, it was still too warm to show it off! Nothing like Texas heat to make you want to wear wool!<br />
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Time for a glass of wine, a steak on the barbie and a relaxing evening.Jill Gullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07442637096484914599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729128159295694510.post-7138893484216392542010-07-15T15:46:00.000-06:002010-07-15T16:27:03.348-06:00Joining the World of Technology<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lest I be left behind in this wonderful world of technology, I am tentatively entering the world of blogging. My adult kids may fall down in amazement and make rude comments about old dogs learning new tricks, but every once in a while I have to suprise them just to remind them I'm still the Queen of "No!" </span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It used to be "No, you may not have a can of soda" or "No, you may not stay until past 11.30pm" and "No, I do not think $89 is a reasonable price to pay for tennis shoes.. even if they do have a fancy little check mark on the side!"</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now it has to be "No, you may not show me how easy it is to buy shoes on the internet", or "No, I am quite happy with my old phone. No, I do not need something smaller that I can't see the numbers, just because it takes photographs, has 159 different ring options, and keeps track of what's going moldy in my refrigerator!"</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ain't it great to be 55 and still able to take care of myself!... with a little technical assistance from my delightful husband... okay.. a LOT of technical assistance.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">As the owner of Outback Fibers, life has been great these past 15 years as I've worked to grow my business into a successful little venture that has allowed me the freedom to work from home</span>, <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">handling luscious fibers all day, and helping people discover the wonderful addiction that is felting.</span><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl3vcfqGz8G6U98TmYp_09dbO3chF2cmFxPtQhAZ7DbpBomRMm7KDXM16nchlCP2xYtRpTcw3XVjPRMNu2z_YkUI67mDH83Xnq-Jq33pldXaw-UM4KON7AOcMla0tHHx1_7MbHI4slAwI/s1600/IMG_5759.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl3vcfqGz8G6U98TmYp_09dbO3chF2cmFxPtQhAZ7DbpBomRMm7KDXM16nchlCP2xYtRpTcw3XVjPRMNu2z_YkUI67mDH83Xnq-Jq33pldXaw-UM4KON7AOcMla0tHHx1_7MbHI4slAwI/s200/IMG_5759.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;">This week the first shipment of ProFusion arrived. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The quality is great. This product is one of the most useful items available for creative felting. I know many fiber artists who have been using pre-felts in their design process and in creating wonderful art and saleable products.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifIovCBLCwgMrjH6VNAnrkxl1mPBgtLhSCwMNdCBoneYVBPwJ7yO0fUaNnpy_q05GxOZxVYda7KZceNcartr7N51p8NnVn_EnRqDMUhhw3ZkktOXSG7yyfwKidhmNCmuwxMXTqYGqVWI/s1600/IMG_5765.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifIovCBLCwgMrjH6VNAnrkxl1mPBgtLhSCwMNdCBoneYVBPwJ7yO0fUaNnpy_q05GxOZxVYda7KZceNcartr7N51p8NnVn_EnRqDMUhhw3ZkktOXSG7yyfwKidhmNCmuwxMXTqYGqVWI/s200/IMG_5765.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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