Recipes 6/9/11

Meet Sheli Gibson, Colfax

Growing up Sheli Stoner Gibson knew how to sew, but as an adult she has learned many other skills and handcrafts including Brazilian embroidery and glass blowing.

“I just see something I want to learn and try it,” she said.

With her dad in the Army, Sheli’s family lived in Washington, Oklahoma, Germany and Hawaii while she was growing up. They moved to Lamont for awhile before settling in Colfax in 1979. The next year Sheli graduated from Colfax High Shool and married Rick Gibson. The couple lived in Colfax for a few years before moving to Steptoe where they lived for...