Columbus, OH
An interior designer formerly for Lazarus, Linda makes gloves, hats and scarves using recycled wool sweaters.
Karen Zimmerman
Smyrna, GA
Heidi Wineland
Company: Kitty Allen
Lakewood, FL
Heidi enjoys transforming ordinary materials, scraps and discarded objects into treasures to use and wear. Wool sweaters become Knitagains. T-shirts become Bagmen. Cotton cord and cloth, colorful rag baskets. In addition to making fun and lovely items, she enjoys teaching others to do the same. Many of her products are made from scrap materials left from folk art and craft classes or other group projects.
Rough & Tumble
Artist: Wendy Wehmeyer
Schuylkill Haven, PA
Rough and Tumble Vintage started in 2010 making and selling their tie-dyed creations at shows across the country. 75% of the materials used are eco-friendly.
Carol Stolte
Marysville, OH
Carol has explored many fiber techniques, including spinning, weaving, stitching, and papermaking. Her appreciation for nature, however, has drawn her to basketry. Carole’s baskets preserve much of nature’s plant life; vines, flax, beads, wire, porcupine quills, pine needles, broom sedge, willow, honeysuckle and bark. Each fiber suggests a form, and it challenges her to blend basketry and other fiber techniques into a functional and fanciful basket.
Jeanne Scannell
Newburg, PA
Jeanne has been creating fiber art pieces for over 40 years. Her cowl neck scarves are easy to wear and can be worn in multiple ways. Hand wash or machine wash in a nylon mesh bag and air dry.
Sierra Cole
Grand Rapids, MI
Sierra graduated from Michigan State University in 2000 with a bachelor of fine art degree. She started felting in 2001 and has participated in art shows throughout the midwest. Sierra’s felted-wool dryer balls are a natural alternative to dryer sheets.
Olivia’s Kloset
Artist: Jenn Buddie
Findlay, OH
Jenn and her mother, Eileen, hand and machine sew fun hats, scarves, gloves and puppets using fleece.