Morna Crites-Moore's Page
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- Please answer in full as if I think you are a spammer I do not approve membership. What aspect of textiles are you interested in?
- antique and vintage textiles
linen
felted wool that I make from old sweaters
felted wool that I make from raw wool
old velvet
penny rugs
early American era textiles and textile arts
sewing by hand
pieced work
embroidery
quilts - early American, Amish, Gee's Bend, Ralli quilts, story quilts (Harriet Powers)
folk art textiles
cloth dolls
embellishment
knitting
I like things that are not perfect - Wabi Sabi.
- Where did you learn your textle skills?
- I learned to hand sew from my maternal great aunt, Tia Yana, when I was quite young. Maybe five years old? Seven-years-old? I learned to knit from my childhood friend, Katie Simon, also at a tender age. Eight? Ten? I learned more about knitting from my mother. She used to knit maroon socks for the Red Cross. And she was one of those who could knit like a bat out of hell while carrying on a conversation or watching TV. I learned to machine sew in Home Economics class in Junior High School. I'm sorry to say I've forgotten the teacher's name. I enjoyed the class greatly and my parents were so impressed with what I made, that they bought me a sewing machine; a Singer Slant-O-Matic. This may have been the first year for that machine. I still have it, although I now use a lovely Bernina artista 180. The Singer machine came with a sewing class, which I took. The teacher's name was Zoe. I learned to use sweaters to make felted, or fulled, wool from Therese Inverso. The rest from books, the web, and experimenting.
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- http://www.mornacrites-moore.com
- Second Website
- http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5222591
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