Handmade by Maegan

​Hi there, I'm Maegan - welcome to the site! I appreciate your taking a look around, and hope you'll check out the Etsy site to see more photos of, and hopefully purchase, some of the projects you have seen here.

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Why? Well, I'm a fiber artist. Everything I do I learned from my mom, my aunts, my grandmother, etc. I was brought up to be creative, to embrace my creativity and explore different fibers and crafts and ways of making beautiful things. "Handmade by Maegan" is my simple way of sharing my family's heritage.

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Nick and I moved to western North Carolina from New Hampshire last September. I had decided to leave grad school to pursue my career as a music teacher, and Nick is a bluegrass musician so  why not? It's been an amazing adventure, and we're excited to see where the road continues to lead us!

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So I got busy creating:  

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Penny Rugs - a technique of recycling wool that comes from the civil war. Wool was needed for uniforms, and therefore hard to come by. Women cut up old woolen clothes and used bits and pieces to cut circles of varying sizes, stack and sew them together - and voila! And although they usually aren't meant for floor use, we have them everywhere. On our desk so the computer monitor has a pretty place to sit, on the dresser, on the bedside tables, as coasters, under lamps...

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Crochet - Patterns never made much sense to me and besides, why make something exactly the way someone else did? I prefer to look at something, figure out how to make it, and add a personal touch. The fingerless mittens were the favorite experiment so far! I got a touch phone and realized that regular mittens just weren't going to cut. And who wouldn't love a simple, but intricate fingerless mitten? Every time the color changes, I change the stitch. Very elegant.

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Spinning - using local wool, or beautiful wool from other small Etsy sellers worldwide (Check out Hilltop Katie from the UK). But why buy a spinning wheel? Nope, too poor. I use a drop spindle (Ashford Classic) and take days to make one skein (or one if I can't wait to see how it will turn out!) Now I can make yarn with my gauge, my style, and with my own two hands.



Sewing - I love fabric and making things to USE! Patchwork purses, yoga bags, pouches, pillow cases, pretty backings for coasters and penny rugs... but embroidery is by far my favorite.



Do you have an idea of something you'd really like to buy? A penny rug you'd like me to make? A set of coasters tailored for your home? Let me know! I always need a new project...



handmadebymaegan.site@gmail.com



Thanks for visiting! 

Maegan

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