FROM ERIN.

Received from Erin in Australia, June 2012.

Erin is such an amazing artist. She makes the most wonderful pieces of porcelain /ceramic. Her objects is like a fairytale and very fragile. Please have a look on her etsy page Erinswindow. Her mother Tokiyo makes the most beautiful garments of old vintage kimonos and I'm dreaming away to another place when looking at it.

Erin is from Japan, but is living in Brisbane with her daughter. They like walking and looking at things. Every night they sit and play or make things, as they do not have a tv. Lovely, lovely, lovely.

Erin have been living in Paris, and she always loved to take black and white photos of tree and old buildings.

You can follow Erinswindow on facebook for updates on her work and her blog for work in progress.

Erin have send me a letter where green is the main color.

Yarns in kasuri, also called ikat. I simple love this technique.

A  sample of Chirimen kimono.

Two samples in green. To the left a wet felting sample made by Erin and to the right a linen kaya.

Like me, Erin is in love with the moo cards.

Dear Erin, thank you so much for your fantastic letter. The kasuri threads is hanging at my studio and one day I hope to be able to use them, either in my work or as inspiration.

FROM CLAUDIA, 2.

Received from Claudia in Austria, June 2012.

Claudia from Wide Eyed Tree have spoiled me again with a new letter full of treasuries. I'm so happy.
My second letter to Claudia with some of my old wipes can be seen here and her first letter to me here.

The beautiful letter from Claudia.

 A handmade chain with a cross made by Claudia many years ago.

One of Claudia's cards. She makes the most beautiful stamps and I think I'll soon going to purchase some.

In my first letter to Claudia I send her a catholic postcard from Peru. Now she has send me one back and I like it a lot.

Dear Claudia, thank you so much for your lovely letter. Your handmade cross will I put on my computerloom at my studio, as I like to have beautiful items hanging on it to give me  good luck, when weaving new designs.

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.