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Orange handwovern coat on the Oregon Coast

Imagine what it's like to wear a handwoven garment. Just imagine.

COATS

Adobe red handwoven jacket near Haystack Rock on the Oregon Coast

Unique. Style. Like no other.

JACKETS

Model wearing a Waterfall Scarf by the Nestucca River
So many ways to wear it. Hood. Vest. Shawl. The perfect travel piece.

HOODED SHAWLS

Model wearing a handwoven coat and hooded shawl on the beach
CUSTOM ORDERS

The work is custom made just for you. Samples are made to take to shows, where you can try different styles and look at color.

EVENTS

Learn how artist Karen Gelbard creates the multi-faceted colors that make up her beautiful textured fabrics.

WORKSHOPS

Learn how artist Karen Gelbard creates the multi-faceted colors that make up her beautiful textured fabrics.

THE PROCESS

Learn how artist Karen Gelbard creates the multi-faceted colors that make up her beautiful textured fabrics.

Model wearing the Manzanita Coat

Wherever these garments go, they will tell an Oregon story.

A free-motion quilted handwoven jacket
Free Motion Quilting

Free-motion quilting allows the artist to use stitches to draw on the cloth. Without a template or guide, but drawing upon memories of being by the beach, designs are stitched into the cloth. The motifs developed suggest the waves and rhythms of the beach. The stitching is yet another way to tell a story in the handwoven cloth.

Logo of The Oregon Weaver
The Nestucca Estuary
Two women standing near the beach wearing handwoven garments.standing by t

Exceptional handwoven apparel

from the Pacific Northwest

EVENTS

Learn how artist Karen Gelbard creates the multi-faceted colors that make up her beautiful textured fabrics.

WORKSHOPS

Learn how artist Karen Gelbard creates the multi-faceted colors that make up her beautiful textured fabrics.

THE PROCESS

Learn how artist Karen Gelbard creates the multi-faceted colors that make up her beautiful textured fabrics.

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