Fiber Cult

Dear Shell,

The title probably is making you go "What the hell! What is Fiber Cult? Is it a cult of people increasing their fiber intake? Who would join a club like that?"

You'll be glad to know, Fiber Cult is not about increasing your fiber intake. A Fiber Cult is actually more of a craft club, the actual name of it is Eye For Fiber. A group of women, including my mom and now myself, gather once a month to compare craft projects, talk about crafting, and offer suggestions if needed. Most of the crafting involves fabric and what you can put on fabric, from what I understand of it. I've only been to one meeting so far.

And the funkier and brighter, the better! Why use tan when you can use orange? Why use soft blue when you can use neon green? Why not add sparkly rings and fuzzy yarn?

A few months ago they decided to start a fabric challenge based off an idea in a magazine (I'm not sure which magazine it was though). Each person starts with a roughly 18" x 22" fabric piece of their choice. Whatever color they want. Each month, a piece of paper is pulled from a cup with a prompt on it. The prompt tells what needs to be added next to the piece of fabric. One month's prompt could be completely different from the month before, resulting in a very interesting end piece once all the prompts are done and the challenge is called to an end.

I joined the group on the meeting where they pulled the 3rd prompt for the challenge, so I've been trying to get caught up on my fabric piece so that I'm at the same point as everyone else. It's been interesting so far. I almost have the 2nd prompt done and am trying to figure out what to do for the 3rd. 'Add something unusual to add texture'. Hm, this could be...very strange!

Well I have dishes to do and dinner to plan, then a challenge prompt to finish, so I'm going to sign off for now.

Shell

p.s. Mom... look! a new blog post! :P