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About Susan Feller

Textile artist, educator, author, farmer

Fraktur Designs in Rug Hooking Magazine

Posted on September 9, 2011

  The Sept/Oct 2011 issue of Rug Hooking Magazine includes an article by Susan titled: Frakturs for Designing, Old Pennsylvania German Artwork Finds a New Place.  Using Barbara Ebersol a Lancaster, PA artist of the late 1880′s to introduce Frakturs … Continue reading →

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TIGHR Skype to Australian Board

Posted on August 24, 2011

    The first international communications between TIGHR members was conducted at the Sauder Village Rug Hooking Event.  Coordinated by “web savvy” Judi Tompkins, Jo Franco and Susan Feller, five members of the TIGHR Australian Board were conferenced into the … Continue reading →

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Making Flowers with Nan at Sauder

Posted on August 24, 2011

    This book is published by Stackpole Books and includes great directions for a wide variety of fabric flower pins. The photographs of completed works inspire the reader to get the materials and begin. Nan signed books and demonstrated … Continue reading →

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Trip Memories in Fiber

Posted on August 6, 2011

When there is not too much time to hook… but you need to record a memory, make a 5 inch square.  The following are vignettes of three great destinations where I have taught this summer.     The Cambria Pines Rug … Continue reading →

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Canada Tour

Posted on July 2, 2011

Feeling abit like the Royal Couple, (Will and Kate), I have been in Canada since June 24th, hosted by Susan Sutherland in the Kitchener/Waterloo area to conduct a fraktur design workshop within the Mennonite region of the design source.  The … Continue reading →

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Manistee Michigan – whirlwind tour

Posted on July 2, 2011

Just a quick note, and I will update this post with images later in July.The Western Shore Ruggers of Manistee and Onekama areas in Central Michigan, hosted another successful weeklong rug hooking camp. The work which came out into the … Continue reading →

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Cambria Designs

Posted on June 15, 2011
Lemon Ice Cream

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This gallery includes a few of the 16 students’ works, more to come as they are completed.  Also views in and around Cambria Pines Lodge June 5-10

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Feet wet in the Pacific and fun at Cambria

Posted on June 15, 2011

A week on the Central Coast of California in early June extended our Spring weather right when it was 100 degrees and humid in West Virginia! Cambria Rug School is held at Cambria Pines Lodge and filled with wonderfully talented … Continue reading →

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Juried Art in 2011

Posted on June 2, 2011
2011 Juried Work by Susan L. Feller

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The following three works were juried into exhibitions and/or publications this year.  This exposes the traditional craft of rughooking to a contemporary art audience.  Hope you can visit one or all of the exhibitions: State Museum, Culture Center, 1900 Kanawha … Continue reading →

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The desk has moved into our home

Posted on June 2, 2011

Jim worked for six weeks in the workroom to create this desk. We moved it into the house on Memorial Day, setting it in a place of prominence right inside the front door.  It was supposed to go up in … Continue reading →

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