Tag: valerie baber designs
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Artist of the Month…Art Gallery of St. Albert and the St. Albert Gazette
Artist of the Month…Art Gallery of St. Albert and the St. Albert Gazette. Thank you both so very much for asking me to be a part of this great series at the Art Gallery of St. Albert and the St. Albert Gazette. I am honoured that you have chosen me to be a part of…
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Architecture in Crochet Project – Exeter Cathedral Stone tracery #3
Architecture in Crochet Project – Exeter Cathedral Stained Glass Window with Stone Tracery part 3. With a 3 D effect in the crochet I have added some shading and depth to this beautiful window. I have used two different techniques to achieve this look one style on the frame of the window and another on…
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Elegant Lace Poncho – Architectural Inspiration
The Elegant Lace Poncho style garment with an Architectural Inspiration is one of my latest creations. As I continue to expand my inspiration from Architectural features and buildings of the past I keep wanting to try bigger and bigger pieces. Each time I finish a new piece I feel new ways to create the next…
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Midnight Garden Shawl – Second version
The Midnight Garden Shawl – second version. I was asked by a customer if I could make her one of my Midnight Garden Shawls which was one of my first free form type shawls. I don’t usually keep notes or pattern write for my free form style pieces so that I can keep them…
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Happy New Year – My first new scarf design for 2015
Happy New Years to all of you. I just finished, literally, my first new scarf design for 2015. Last year I decided to make the first scarf design of the year for myself to start the year and give myself a bit of a bonus for all the work I did in the previous year.…
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Interview with HanTV and the Alberta Craft Council
Watch the online interview with HanTV and Claire Seo, the Alberta Craft Council and Tom McFall and myself at Thank you HanTV http://www.hantv.ca and the Alberta Craft Council http://www.albertacraft.ab.ca for asking me to be a part of this wonderful opportunity. It truly is appreciated that you have given me another opportunity to try something new both…
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Years
Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!! I wish this to all of you (a little late on the Christmas part). Hope you are all having a wonderful time with family and friends. The weeks before Christmas I was busy designing a few new pieces, orders and a TV interview with Breakfast Television in Edmonton and…
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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT…At the Alberta Craft Council Gallery
I wanted to thank the Alberta Craft Council Gallery for giving me the opportunity to be the Artist Spotlight this month at such an amazing venue. You can see more about the Artist Spotlight here: http://www.albertacraft.ab.ca/artist-spotlight/ I appreciate this wonderful opportunity to spread my wings and design something new this year. It may not be…
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Thanksgiving Play of the day…knit and crochet
Thanksgiving Play of the day…knit and crochet will be a new style of blogging my work for my creative process. As I mentioned in my last blog I like to take moments to just create taking some needles and yarn and start playing with ideas to see what I come up with. I may post…
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Puppy Love…helping out with the photo shoot
Puppy Love…helping out with the photo shoot. Our wonderful dog decided to get in on the action yesterday with we were trying to take pictures of some of my newest designs. She is just to cute to move and was wagging her tail the whole time. I think she wants a pair for herself. I…
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