Prescott Fiber Artist Sandy Evans won First Place and the Judges Choice Award for her Silk Hand Painted Hand Woven Scarf at the Yavapai County Fair this weekend. She also was one of the spinners demonstrating for the Mountain Spinners and Weavers Guild. She was spinning on her Majacraft Rose.
I saw Sandy coming into the fair entrance at the end of the day as I was leaving the fairgrounds. She had such a big smile on her face and now I know why.
Sandy is a beader, quilter, art-to-wear designer, spinner and weaver. I am sure I have left something out in that list because she is just a great artist of what every she does.
Sandy writes, "I am sending you pictures of the scarf that I wove from the hand painted silk that I bought from you at the Beading Jewels show last year. I told you that I would try and make something beautiful - hope you like it too. I won First Place and Judges Choice at the County Fair. Thank you for painting such a beautiful warp and giving me a great palette of colors to start with. The weft is teal mohair".
I purchased the Louet 5/2 natural silk yarn and hand painted it with Gaywool dye from Louet. Once you get into the dye pot you don't get out. It is just too much fun.
Congratulations Sandy, you make all of the other Mountain Spinners and Weavers Guild Proud!