FROM LIARNIE.

Received from Liarnie in Philippines, June 2012.

Last week a pretty letter where waiting for me in my mailbox. It was from sweet Liarnie in Manila.
Liarnie makes the sweetest drawings which can be seen here. She has tried to study Danish, I'm really impressed as my language is not easy to learn and now she is studying Swedish.

Part of the textile letter from Liarnie.

This handkerchief or panuelo is so pretty and fragile. I'm really in love with it. It's part of a full national costume and is worn by the women, even today.
It's made of pina from the coconut tree and the design on it is two typical scenes: the chestnut tree and the house called "Bahay Kubo". The panuelo is usually made of pina or silk.
This handkerchief is already very special to me, as Liarnie writes that it has belonged to her mother, which has past away many years ago and she also thinks it has belonged to her Grandmother. It's such a beautiful present. Thank you so much.

Liarnie likes to do papercraft at her home.
This heart full of small colorful dots is so pretty.

The card from Liarnie is very fine. The cover looks like mother of pearl and have small butterflies flying on it.

Different kinds of cards. I like these cards with there dreaming motifs.

Flowers in three different designs.

 

I so much love this little card with the text: "Take your passion and make it come true". It is so much true and important to follow your heart and do what you have always dreamt of.

Dear Liarnie, thank you so much for your letter full of treasuries.
The handkerchief is so dear to me, so I will put it on my studiowall and the little card above have I put in my wallet, so I can have it with me everywhere I go, as I believe these words are what life is about.
So a big "tak" to you.

FROM ANJALI.

Received from Anjali in England, June2012.

Anjali graduated last year from Chelsea College of Art & Design, specialising in printed and digital textile design. She has been in Jaipur, India for a 3 months internship this year and earlier she has also been a volentering in Peru, at a school and medical center in the center of Lima.

Anjali is working freelance for a textile agency and would like to start up her own market selling scarves and bags. Here you can see some of Anjali’s work and here you can follow her process in the textile printing area.

Different kinds of yarns from the University. I like the variety in the yarns with the shiny polyester together with the soft mat wool.

Embroidery sheets from an old Scandinavian textile book. I love this kind of diagrams and will try to make some of these stitches.

Pendants from Anjali’s graduation show.

A whole wall with Andy Warhols colorfull paintings.

Facades from Nottinghill in London.

The whole letter.
Dear Anjali, thank you so much for your letter to me. I'm going to hang up the  embroidery sheets at my studio.

FROM CÉLINE.

Received from Céline -Bohème Circus in France, May the 18.

I have got such a lovely letter from Céline who writes the stunning blog Bohème Circus. I invited Céline to take part of my textile letters and I'm so happy for her letter. Mine to her can been seen here.

Céline is in love with paper and her dream is to open an online shop. She likes the magic of the paper, because it's a material convertible and so rich in possibilities. It's the medium to exchange mail and it can be the basic material to create sculptures.

The letter from Céline.

An association between paper and fabric; sewing in the paper.
The stitches is so fine and the coral colored buttons is so sweet and nice.

Zig zag paper. It remeinds me of twill, the second basic weaving technique.

Print on a paper.

Fabric and a mother of pearl button on paper.

The paper to the right have the most beautiful 3-d effect. Almost like a textile. And to the left a tiny little envelope.

Inside the tiny little envelope were these yellow leafes and the stickers in cobber.

The letter from Céline written on transperant paper. So beautiful!

Dear Céline, thank you so much for your pretty and lovely letter. I have putted the zig zag paper on my wall in my studio and the coral buttons.

FROM ANNELIES & CHRIS, OUR STRANGE NATURE.

Received from Annelies & Chris, ala Our Strange Nature in Belgium, April the 10.

I have got a new fantastic letter.
I invited Annelies & Chris, a couple from the amazing blog Our Strange Nature. Annelies have studied French and Russian and is right now studying to become a landscaping architect. Chris have a background in illustration as a graphic designer.

I really like following there blog as every post is interesting. Also they have a little collection of things they have done together like; Arts and Crafts, Projects, Trips ect. On a trip they even went to Denmark. Later this year Annelies is going to Peru, so I will send her some travel tips as I have been there several times, I even got married in Lima.

The envelop itself were a piece of art.
Annelies & Chris had made it out of fabric, so amazing and fantastic. I think they were both very happy when I received it, as it were the first time they have ever made an envelop like this.
On the backside the letter were neatly sewn together. So beautiful.

My beautiful letter.
I always find it exciting to opening a new letter.

In the buttom to the right there is a sneak peak of a postcard from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. I don't know how, but they must know that I last year went to Amsterdam too, to visit the Van Gogh Museum.

Annelies have a community garden and she likes spending almost every Sundays there for growing vegetables and flowers.
I have a little balcony where I will plant my ruculla seeds and I already look forward to all the summer salads.

Old Belgium stamps.

Some of Chris' drawings and patterns. I like them and the one to the right reminds me of all the stitching in my embroidery work.

Part of an old book and the streets of Gent.

Dear Annelies & Chris, I want to thank you for your amazing letter to me. I'm going to hang Chris' drawings in my studio.

FROM CECA.

Received from Ceca in Bulgaria, December 12.

I met Ceca in Graz, Austria in 2006 where we both were invited by Renate Maak, to represent ouer country as exhibitors and speakers at the International Tapestry Symposium.
Ceca is represented at the wellknown browngrotta arts gallery.
You can purchase Ceca's beautiful bracelets at etsy and follow her process and work at her blog.

Ceca says this about her work;
"Working with natural materials not only brings me joy but also much wisdom. In even the smallest piece of grass there is incorporated history, meaning and purpous. I constantly marvel nature. I admire and learn from her genius "installation" of design, color, smell and light ...
It is a great challenge to enter in her laboratory and to be able to add my own thing."

I am now the happy owner of a unique bracelet made from Ceca. This is just one of the amazing things she sended me in her textile letter. 

It is made of cotton cord embroidered and putted together with oak acorn. Absolutely amazing.

The datails is stunning.

Even the packing were one of a kind. It was wrapped inside the letter with Ceca's handwriting on.

I always get so excited when receiving a textile letter, that I often forget to take a first picture of the envelop before opening.
Inside the letter was three small papers put together; photos of "The Garden -installation".  

Made out of pressed petals and leafs, a kind of room dividers were made. The light have many possibilities for playing.

Another project is "Textile in Nature" eco-art symposium founded by Ceca Georgieva in 1994. This land art is beautiful.

Dear Ceca, I want to thank you for this amazing presents. When I open the package at the postoffice I got so happy.
I look forward to wear it on Christmas evening and afterwards I will have it at my studio, so I can treasure it every day. 

FROM ELISABETH.

Received from Elisabeth in USA, November 24.

Another fantastic letter where also waiting for me when I came home from Peru.
I have got to know Elisabeth from flickr. She is a weaver like myself and weave the most stunning scarfs. I wish I were the happy owner of one. Have a look here.

Elisabeth sended me this handwoven letter with embroidery. I think it is so fine in the details.

I love the natural shades of the letter.

Even the stamp is handwoven with embroidery.
I have tried to take the photo so my name is "rina". This was my nickname when I was a child, which my grandmother gave me.

The real stamp outside the letter with love from USA.

Elisabeth, I want to thank you for your letter you send me. It is now hanging in my studio, where I like to hang up some of my treasuries.

FROM BLANDINA.

Received from Blandina in Firenze, September 11.

I have just received this amazing and beautiful stitching /patcwork from Blandina in Firenze. I hope one day we will meet each other.

Thank you so much for the pretty colors. Now it is hanging at my weaving studio.