Joining stitches 11 – 14
The joins are complete for now. 21 squares, seven strips of three. This has been a really worthwhile project. The sampler concept helped me overcome my anxiety about starting a new unknown stitch. I...
Monthly Archive: March 2020
Joining stitches 7 – 10
Time to catch up on the joining sampler, having suddenly sped up this project. The end is in sight. If I don’t join more panels than 21 in groups of 3, I have four...
Joining Stitch 6
Back to my joining sampler after some disruption. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic? I’m not sure. Maybe due to a dyeing workshop and its aftermath. Or due to finishing my panel for the 25...
Starting weaving – again
I’ve started weaving at least twice before in my lifetime, but didn’t get very far. Weaving should be simple in theory, but it is really kind of technical with a lot of terminology and...
Dyeing with extracts – wrapup
I brought home two plastic bottles of dye from the dyeing workshop and used these leftovers to dye some additional fabric and yarn samples. Here’s some photos.
25 million stitches panel
This panel is finished! I’m mailing it off to Sacramento today. 25 Million Stitches project This is a community art installation. We are asking volunteers to hand stitch on fabric panels. We now have...
Isola
Giving myself permission to play to get through self-isolation on a Sunday. These pieces started out as circles painted with watercolor in my giant sketchbook. Printed onto facing page to reduce wetness, then dried...