Our Day with Moxie!

On one cold, rainy Saturday morning we decided to get together with fiber artist Moxie. We woke up pretty early (around 9am) and started our trek across town over to Greenwood where Moxie resides. When we showed up at her studio it was fun right from the start.

Moxie, who has been doing fiber art with wool for over 8 years, is super talented. You can view her stuff here High Fiber Diet at the Bellevue Art Museum. Also at her shop Made by Moxie. We first met her at the Urban Craft Uprising here in Seattle. A venue where tons of local artist get together and sell their wares. We sat in on one of Moxie's demonstrations on how to transfer wool fiber onto a cotton t-shirt. It was very informative and a lot of fun. Mary made a mustache on a skull and cross bones beanie. I made a heart on a t-shirt. Mary and I were really excited to have finished our projects and couldn't wait to learn more.

We reached out to Moxie after the event via email and scheduled 2 hours in her workshop. So, back to that cold Saturday morning. When we arrived we were each given supplies to help us create a masterpiece. Moxie showed us the technique to create the basic ball shape that you can see if almost every felt design. As the time went on it felt more like we were hanging out with an old friend and were shooting ideas back and forth to each other. Time flew by in no time. Mary and I left with a lot of knowledge and supplies. We hope to have some of our finished products up in our shop soon.