Recently,
I was excited to be asked to participate in the Church Music
Workshop held here at Olmsted Manor by giving a weaving
demonstration. For one of the Event’s evening programs, I
was asked to present a weaving technique called Name Draw
Down Drafting. To create a weaving pattern with this
technique, Name Draw Down Drafting uses a person’s name or a
phrase so that the cloth becomes “one of a kind,” unique to
that particular name or phrase.
The pattern shown here in the background is
one of the results of some the drafting that we did during
the weaving demonstration. To create this particular
weaving pattern, we used the phrase “Come Away” from the
theme of the Church Music Workshop and the new Olmsted
logo. It references the scripture Mark 6:31. Because we
had all come away from our busy lives to be at Olmsted to
rest awhile, it seemed especially appropriate.
After my demonstration, I returned to my
everyday life refreshed from my chance to share something I
love with the wonderful, creative people of the workshop,
but even more so by the fellowship, prayer, and music that I
experienced with them. My Come Away experience will sustain
me through the everyday days to come until I can return to
Olmsted again.
Marie Larson
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