New Beginnings Wool Blanket shawl Spencer was inspired by an

Spencer was inspired by an encounter with this chubby-cheeked forest friend to create her original painting

Do you see that spear of pale green bursting forth at the base of an old tree

The moon and stars in the sky are tied to the pull of the tide stars underwater: nature's way of working together in unity

Her blanket honors the cedar's sturdy roots

it was important to Louie to create a design that could also be replicated with traditional Coast Salish weaving techniques

New Beginnings Wool Blanket shawl Spencer was inspired by an"Life is not linear but chapters of various adventures," shares Tessa Sayers, the Turtle Mountain Chippewa artist behind our New Beginnings Wool Blanket. Turning the pages of Tessa's own adventure, one would find many stories, including artist, poet, farm girl, business owner, holistic mind body practitioner & educator, and now Eighth Generation blanket designer. New Beginnings maps a life's journey: the design forms around a central pattern