Welcome to Destash Junction....a network where crafters and artisans can buy, sell, trade, give away or just plain destash your extra craft supplies....

This is a service that we want to provide for crafters and artisans of handmade at NO COST for the sellers.

Happy Destashing!

This week's featured artisan is Nancy J. Asplund. Please talk a look at Nancy's goodies in her ArtFire studio....The Rag Rug Closet.

A little about the Artisan:
I'm a disabled middle age woman who had to find a hobby or start climbing the walls. I decided my rugs wouldn't be those dark, dull colors you see so often with these rugs. I like the pastels and Springlike colors so much better.

I started making rag rugs to supplement my disability and to help with physical therapy. It really hurts my hands when I'm working with the rugs, but there's great satisfaction and forgetfulness of pain once the rug is done and I can see how beautiful it is.

These rugs are made the way our grandmothers used to make them. Each strip of fabric is hand cut, hand sewn and hand crocheted. So, there's a lot of work involved in each and every rug I make. Plus, the task of finding just the right combination of material and colors.

These rugs can be put in the washer but I would really recommend you line dry or lay flat to dry to preserve the rug. If you were to follow the advise given by grandma, you wouldn't put this rug in the washer at all, but would hand wash it.

Thank you for visiting my store and I hope to see you again real soon. Leave me some information about your store and I'll go take a look at it. If you have any suggestions, I'm always open to them.

If you need to get in touch with me about an item please send me an email at tigger021@comcast.net and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

This weeks featured blogger is Karren Haller. Please stop by this busy ladies blog and leave a comment or two.

A little snippet from Karren's blog..... KJ Designs ~ Karisma

I love the fall, the harvest and all that goes with it that Gods hand, touches the leaves, the plants the crops and how he changes the seasons for us, to prepare for the bountiful harvest, it is a beautiful time, for settling in a way to calm the turmoil in our daily lives and to remember the seasons of our lives.

As for Halloween, I am not a fan, although I enjoy the excitement that is centered around fall. Fall is truly a wondrous time of the year.

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