{"id":24318,"date":"2025-05-09T16:32:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T23:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/?page_id=24318"},"modified":"2025-06-21T17:46:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T00:46:39","slug":"jr10-polka-dot-boots","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/jr10-polka-dot-boots\/","title":{"rendered":"Polka Dot Boots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Astrid Tauber, Seattle Weavers Guild, Seattle WA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Winner: Best Small Accessory
People’s Choice Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Material & Technique<\/strong>: Three fabrics were used to create this pair of boots, an 8 shaft turned taquete polka dot draft originally designed by Iowa Weaver with purple 60\/2 silk and green cotton in the warp and blue 60\/2 silk as the weft. Then, stripes are woven on the same threading and tie-up, but only using one of the pattern treadles and the same yarns as the main fabric. Lastly, a solid blue woven with the same blue 60\/2 silk in the weft of the previous fabrics in a 2\/1 twill. All three fabrics were woven on an 8-shaft Ashford Jack loom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Description<\/strong>: These boots are a reflection of how inspiration takes shape\u2014starting as a simple idea and evolving into something unexpected. The vision began with a fascination for Victorian footwear, reimagined with whimsical handwoven fabric in polka dots, stripes, and solids. Each element was carefully woven on an 8 shaft jack loom, blending historical elegance with a playful, modern twist. The mix of patterns and textures showcases how inspiration can transform tradition into something entirely new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Astrid Tauber, Seattle Weavers Guild, Seattle WA Winner: Best Small AccessoryPeople’s Choice Award Material & Technique: Three fabrics were used to create this pair of boots, an 8 shaft turned taquete polka dot draft originally designed by Iowa Weaver with purple 60\/2 silk and green cotton in the warp and blue 60\/2 silk as the… Read More »Polka Dot Boots<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":162,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24318","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24318"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26375,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24318\/revisions\/26375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}