MAINE VILLAGE WEAVER

Excited to share this item from my #etsy shop: Red rust beige cotton wool table scarf square runner  fringed  https://etsy.me/36PB2er www.mainevillageweaver.etsy.com A beautiful setting for a Thanksgiving table can be made with my unique hand woven table squares and runners 

Textiles available at  JUST A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY  Waukesha Wisconsin  Shown are Maine Village Weaver textiles ,  Mustard table runner and Black and Tan check runners  Contact Kari Miller for purchase 

Pottery and woven cloths available  Seahorse pottery by Hockomock pottery $20  Lime green cloth with American redware plate by Schooners  Contact me at 207 563-5788 for availability of woven cloths 

Holidays at home need that extra touch to warm a room or make you feel happy when you touch my tablerunner Made for those who appreciate hand made woven textiles This one is cotton and wool combined for a real authentic rustic textile Just as it could have been woven ages ago Click here to purchase in my etsy shop

in my shop on etsy I have put up this woven mat available for purchase and custom sized runner to go with it To order custom mat or runner contact me by email  leck@midcoast.com Black stripe burgundy woven mat  Looks great with your redware plates  Go to my etsy shop  Click here

in my shop on etsy I have put up this woven mat available for purchase and custom sized runner to go with it To order custom mat or runner contact me by email  leck@midcoast.com Black stripe burgundy woven mat  Looks great with your redware plates  Go to my etsy shop  Click here

                                          Celebration of American Craft Week Phyllis Leck will be on hand to demonstrate her weaving and let you try you hand at weaving on one of her looms . A 10 % sale will be on all items local crafts as well! Phyllis and her metal artist husband Andy have set up their workshop and outbuildings to display and sell local crafts all through the summer/fall season American Crafts week highlights this and ends the season for them. After this the crafters take home their items and you can see Andy or Phyllis by appointment as the weather sets in and the folks in Maine hunker down for their long winter nap. Just kidding  we are working long hours with our long johns on,ha!

it has been a busy summer ! Thanks to all who visited and purchased from us ! We appreciate your support . Recently I can across a group studying the forgotten art of growing and working with flax and linen. There was a workshop I wish I could have attended in Historic Deerfield village in Massachusetts. Here is their link New England Flax and New England Flax and Linen Also this summer I have been fortunate to be dying from knotweed making a soft grey brown color that looks fabulous woven into a shawl ! The subtle colors enhance your features and go with a natural look ! Customers suggestions have been wonderful as they said to put it on a table or on the window too as a window dressing

Weaving is a solitary experience for me. Radio on while I beat each thread into place with just the right amount of pressure. I sit by a sunny window with my back to the world outside not because of being distracted by it but because I enjoy the sunny warmth. The project these past two weeks has been weaving yarn given to me by Julie of Sheep Meadow  on North Haven Island ,Maine ,shepardess of a flock of  Romney sheep. Life on her farm is rhythmic with the seasons . Ewes lambing , chickens laying eggs and plants being started under grow lights .We go to her shop on the island to explore her spun yarns of her sheep. Julie's  shop also carrys Maine artisans as well as a space to show off and sell her work , hand dyed yarns from her dye garden of plants and flowers, Island Village House  is a special place. We selected the yarns to create our first project. Blankets and scarves! Lite chocolate brown with zinna dyed green yarn  and a  single ply white yar...

Antique Coverlet in Indigo Blue This is a beautiful  antique  overshot coverlet of cotton and wool. In very good shape. Woven in two pieces and sewn together . Very well made. Fringe on two sides . Only two small holes have developed over the years. Must sell $180 or BO SOLD ! Call me or comment and I can send more pics 

All kinds of wild material was used to make these yarns I have come up with some very primitive lookwith these new colors and a new weave for scarves

Wool Rug  Hit and Miss Burnt Orange and Sable and Beige   This is a close up of my wool rug that will be in "Early American Life" magazine this fall I love this rug .The yarn is so wonderful. It responds so well and takes a lot of  wear . Shake or vacuum this rug , it cleans very easily. I think this would be the perfect rug for a stair as a stair runner. My favorite color is burnt orange but the color can be substituted  for  any color . A dark brown,black , burgundy, navy or teal , lime green or dark green all will work well  with this backgrond color of beige and sable.www.mainevillageweaver.com mainevillageweaver.com

Bed spread in Sand tan and Mustard ticking stripe with my antique boat shuttle         look in my Etsy Shop

New England Team Challenge is a team I belong to on the web site called Esty.com. It is just like it sounds, New England crafts made in Vt, Ma , Me , Ct,and RI . A team of sellers and buyers wanting to support local crafts. The weekly team challenge is to bring to attention Maple Syrup and Mud season here in New England. So the color brown was picked . I work in a lot of shades of brown as you know . My tobacco brown runner was picked to be in the blog. Have a look at the rest of the items . click on link underlined http://newenglandcrafters.blogspot.com/2013/04/weekly-blog-challenge.html I love maple syrup too ! I hope this winter  was a better sap run for the maple syrup gatherers . Have a look and comment and help spread the love.

Hand woven ticking stripe in red rust and sand all cotton  will soon be available from off the loom as of March 5 2013. I will be making a bedspread like the one below with the same pillow shams . The Red Rust solid will also be available by March 20th and ready to ship. If interested you can contact my at  email: leck@midcoast.com first come first serve quantities limited.