FROM ZENOBIE.

Received from Zenobie in England, June 2012.

Zenobie lives in London and likes to make things out of yarn, walk, bake bread and listen to folk music. She is half Greek and this is where her beautiful name comes from. She has studied history at the University, but her passion is to work with plants. She has a beautiful blog called Queen of Carrot Flowers. I love the name.
Zenobie loves the process of hand making and started knitting when 15, but her biggest passion is crochet, especially the freestyle crochet. She feels it's like painting with yarns. I believe her description is beautiful.

Zenobie have photographed my letter in such a beautiful way. Please have a look here.

My letter from Zenobie. I don't know how to describe the feeling I had when opening it. I feel so lucky.

I did not knew that feathers were something that Zenobie treasure a lot and I send her one.
She send me in return a freestyle crochet feather made in cotton and embroidery thread. It's inspired by the technique used by a Japanese artist called Jung Jung who makes crochet vegetables.
I'm so much in love with it and have already start wearing it. The details is magnificent.

Like me Zenobie likes fleamarkets and these doilies have she found on her favorite market in London.

A little bouquet of daisie flowers and beautiful fabric from Liberty of London.

Dear Zenobie, your letter make me so happy. It was a fairytale oppening it.

Your freestyle feather crochet is excuisite and I have it at my home, so I can put it on my clothes, so it can brighten up an ordinary day.

FROM ANNA.

Received from Anna in Germany, June 2012.

I have received the most stunning letter from Anna, with the most amazing textile details.
Anna is a communication designer specialized on social media, living curently in Berlin and on her blog BLINK BLINK she write this about herself:
In general:
I'm a designer,
who tends to think a lot.
And also not.

I like these small quotes which often leads to something else on her blog. Like this:
Full of holes.
Check for pulse.
Blink your eyes.
One for yes.
Two for no.

I've no idea what I am talking about.

Anna likes to be in movement and to change things in her life constantly. Her dream is one day to become a consultant in matter of design / innovation brand communication and to focus on her own creativity and design-skills.
If you want to see more from Anna, visit her flickr.
My letter to Anna can be seen here.

The envelop itself is a little piece of art. Love the lines!

The letter from Anna is full of old vintage upholstery fabrics.
This piece in velvet have so many wonderful details. I like the difference in the almost tufted soft yarns together with the more twisted flat areas in the design.

An amazing card made by Anna.

Another velvet in jacquard weaving. I'm in love with the light green color.

Pretty detail in the letter from Anna.

Detail of flower.

I like the way the colors interact with each other and blend together and becomes a new color.

Dear Anna, thank you so much for your lovely letter. Your card is laying on my desk at my studio.

FROM TERESA.

Received from Teresa in Portugal, June 2012.

Teresa is an amazing young woman. She has just graduated as an Architect and got a Master in Urbanism and Public spaces. Congratulations!

Teresa is in love with the analogne photography, she started doing this when she got an old camera from her Grandfather. If you want to see more of Teresa’s amazing work, you can see it here. She lives in a small village in Vila Nova de Gaia, but is actually from Porto.

My pretty letter, where blue is the “red thread” in the whole letter. So beautiful.

Teresa like collecting small pieces from the nature. I’m totally in love with these little blue flowers, called Miosotis from her garden.

Pretty beach stones.

A crochet doily made by Teresa.

In her freetime Teresa makes crafts like crochet, embroidery, painting or playing with different papers and make collages.

Snapshots of Teresa’s photos, taken in Porto. I think the last one is a little portrait of sweet Teresa herself.

Dear Teresa thank you so much for your lovely letter. Your pretty  Miosotis flower is hanging on my wall.

FROM LISA.

Received from Lisa in U.S.A., June 2012.

I'm totally in love with Lisa's work and she write on her flickr this: "i make stuff. all kinds of stuff". I simple love these words.
Lisa lives in Oakland with her husband and there 3 year old daughter, together with two cats and dogs. She has her own studio where she work as a mixed media artist and makes graphic design projects. She has several blogs and I'm so impressed by her creativity and work. Follow her creative process here and here.
I have just right now found out that Lisa have made a book and it can be ordered through amazon and can also be seen here. It looks fantastic!

Her amazing letter.

Detail of Lisa's card. I love the details with the stars and - - - - -. If you have a look at Lisa webpage, there is a "red thread" in all.

A color chart for Gutermann 2011. This card is really special. I like the rainbow colors together with the drawings of the sewingthread.

The card which Lisa send to me. This kind of work can be seen on her flickr and this is the reason why I invited her into my textile letters, as I were hoping she would send me something like this.
To the right a screen print test from her. This pattern with the lines interacting into each other is an amazing piece of textile.

A feltet tank in light pink from an art installation she has made and a vintage crochet swap.

The whole letter were wrapped into this screen printed piece of fabric from her stash. The burnt orange color is so pretty. And a little vintage doily.

Dear Lisa, thank you so much for your lovely letter. Your screen print test will soon be hanging in my studio.

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.