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Charly is getting started on a new rug, I made some exciting design tweaks from our original, cant wait to see it! And Urbano is working on the 6 x 8 Wari Azul for Kris & Peter’s dining room. A great start for 2024!Mill City Market Sat 10-1

Time in Peru followed by some short and dark days, makes time for lots of new rug ideas! Mill City Market This Sat 10-1, stop by and say Hola!

A Happy New Year to our new family members from Honduras & El Salvador!!! Thank you for enriching our lives❤️❤️

Luna is enjoying her new rug!!! Kris & Peter know how to spoil their pup!

Took some of our tribe to our favorite St. Paul childhood Landmarks!

This sunshine inspired rug will bring cheer to Kris & Peters ‘potting shed’ for years to come, Happy Solstice!

Secret Santa fulfilled their Christmas wish for Nike’s! Mil Gracias Madre Noel❤️

These lovely rugs found a new happy home!

My rug time in Peru was full of fun and creativity! My extended family are the most talented and extraordinary people. Come see what we’ve been working on! Stillwater Barn Sale Sat 11-4pm, extra bonus Jeff Nistler’s fresh baked sourdough, sweet breads & cookies, bonfire, Chai and mulled wine! 1924 1st St N Stillwater.

The custom Leaf design was delivered to it’s new home today, Paula & Kurt were FELIZ! Master Weaver Charlie Quispe did an amazing job well done! Can we do a custom rug for you? The Stillwater Textile barn is open Sat 11-4, in addition to woven wonders, Jeff Nistler will have baked goods for your holiday needs! Bonfire, mulled wine and hot chai too. 1924 1st St N Stillwater

Fiesta time in Stillwater! Textiles, & baked goods for sale, warm drinks and a bonfire! You can make it a St. Croix Valley Art Crawl with added fun stops. Saturday 11-4pm 1924 1st St N Stillwater

Stillwater Barn show! Rugs, Handwoven wearables & fresh baked goods from Jeff Nistler of Nistler Farms ( goods freeze well for the holidays)All make wonderful gifts for you and yours. Enjoy mulled wine, Hot Chai, cookies and a bonfire. Saturday 11-4pm 1924 1st St N (park on Hazel St) Dress for winter! While in the River Valley, check out two other great shows

Heirloom rugs. Natural dyes make for extra joy and depth! We will be at the in Redwing Sat 11-4 with beautiful textiles. The art center is the perfect way to spend a Saturday.

Updated Holiday Show Saturday December 9th -

Updated Holiday Show Saturday December 9th Home • Textiles • Events • Travel  Greetings to you, When I sent the recent newsletter out, I was just south of the Equator, I got the Stillwater Barn Show date wrong, I'll blame it on the Inca Calendar! I've also added a direct link to the significant work and closure of Foundacíon Comuni...

Up Rucu Pinchincha we went! Beautiful day at the top of the world with loved ones

This custom stair runner set was a joy to collaborate on with Merri & Ryan for their lovely home. The Quispe team of master weavers did an extraordinary job!! Check out our website for exciting events coming up the next two weekends.

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Holiday Festivities December Festivities  I am thrilled to be back at the Anderson Art Center Redwing for their holiday show Dec 2nd 11-4. A nationally registered historic landmark, named one of the top artistic destination points in the upper Mississippi River region by National Geographic Traveler Magazine, the...

Rooftop happy hour!

My new favorite coffee shop in Quito!

Happy to be in the green land of Quito, Ecuador with Sherry, Charlie & Luna!

We finished our Andean adventure at the Quispes, FELIZ! A journey planned for Peggy & Jeff = 8 days in Galapagos & 10 days in Peru was perfecto! A small group of 2-4 is my new formula, Vámonos!

A memorial in Lima to honor the lives of over 260 Doctors who died trying to save lives during Covid ‘Soldados de la Pandemia’ Peru was hit especially hard. One should never forget…

It’s a mystery

Blessed!

We were very fortunate to coordinate a visit to Accha Alta with Mary Anne & Jody, founders of Cultural Cloth in Maiden Rock WI ( in the beautiful Driftless) Women doing meaningful and significant work with artisans from over 30 countries. If you haven’t been to the shop, plan to! In Accha Alta, Nilda and the CTTC family, have helped the weavers preserve their ancient techniques, their work exudes the antiquity of their ancestors.

Fifteen years ago Engracia spent a month with me in MN, she was the best roommate ever! Her love of weaving with her favorite Indigo color continues to amaze. Craft preserves culture.

During this small ArtAndes travel group, it’s been fun to revisit some places I haven’t stayed at for awhile. The last time at Willka Tika was in 2010, during that stay, the owner Carol, commissioned our rugs for the lodge, 13 years later of many guests, they look great!

My morning walk to the chapel in the Sacred Valley. 🙏 prayers for world peace

I still haven’t gotten around to designing an ArtAndes t-shirt, but a Mill City Market T was worn proudly by all! The Mill City Market has been a great support for weaving and cultural preservation for the past 17 years. Then off we went on a field trip to see the North American birds migrating to the south, with Soled as our excellent guide. We were missing part of the family (Wilber, Enrique & Jamie) But we did have a great adventure to the Pantano Nature Preserve

Samuel dying Chilca for the beautiful greens of the ancient Sacred Frog design, repeating this rug, being woven by Rolando for Anne & Phil

Samuel dying chilca for the lovely greens to repeat this historic design for Anne & Phil.

My Peru family! Pascuala weaving placemats and Charlie is half way into the 6 x 8 custom rug for Paula and Kurt. Maestros!

Stenciled architecture

The 1860’s 3 hole outhouse has been raised a foot and will be sitting on cement pads soon! Since the city told me to tear it down 25 years ago, I’ve been slowly saving it ever since😇 Jeff’s amazing skills at lifting old buildings sure has worked its magic, just one more little barn to go!

Celebrating Estevens 10th cumpleaños and his first in the US, and Rosa’s new job at the best restaurant in St. Paul, Cafe Latte!!! They believed in her, they offered her a career, they gave her hope!Cafe Latte treats their employees with respect and kindness, they treat them as family, they care. Our refugee familes are close to their 6month marker here in MN. They are working, going to school, and making our lives better❤️🙏🏻

Custom rugs for 3 different clients, same pattern in custom sizes, this design has been fun, influenced by Abstract Expressionism and a visit to the Milwaukee Art Museum some years back.

Maestro Samuel Quispe took my branch design and gave it the flair of Ayacucho, Peru! What a fantastic dimensional effect. Just arrived in 24” x 36”, Mill City Farmers Market Sat 9-1, our last outdoor market of the season.

Same as it ever was