Sandie Abel, Madison, WI
In Winter Is the Preservation of the World
Knitting, embroidery, and applique.
Your project, which I heard of from Fiberarts Magazine, intrigued and delighted me. All my life I’ve refused to learn to drive. Except for go-carts as a kid, I’ve never driven a vehicle. Never having driven, I can attest to the fact that you don’t need a car. If you don’t have one you choose where to live and work based on public transit. This has allowed me to live and work based on public transit. This has allowed me to work part-time instead of full-time because I don’t need vast amounts of money for car payments, insurance, fuel, maintenance, parking fees, etc. My employer offers a bus pass for $5 per year for unlimited bus rides anytime and anywhere. It’s hard to argue with economics like those! Good Luck with your project I look forward to seeing the finished result!

Rebecca Scalf, Oakland, CA
Mined
All acrylic, including white plastic shopping bags through the middle section. Crochet.

Deborah Parks, Presque Isle, ME
Dependency Carries Too High a Price
Cotton fabric panels, polyester fiber batting machine sewn together. Patches are pieces of gauze dipped in acrylic red paint. Black stenciling and splatters (to look like oil) are done with acrylic paint. Photos ironed on using fabric photo paper.

Rose Marie Ginsburg, Berkeley, CA
Beth Isreal Knitting Group
Foil Oil
Wool, knitted, applique, and embroidery.
This project started as an afghan but the wool was too itchy and some people were allergic to the wool. Perhaps it was spun right off the sheep. We decided your project was perfect for this. The gas station will not itch!

Joan Patric , Ithica, N.Y
Sock Shingles
Very old men’s socks, wool and acrylic, cut and pieced together.