Inky
I’ve had a long relationship with ink. Maybe as long as thread. We were not allowed to use ballpoint pens in my Catholic grade school to learn penmanship. We had to use fountain pens...
Category: Making
Chicken feathers on a stick
I am playing with ink. Sumi and gouache mixture. Taking an online class with Suzanne Moore via BookPaperThread. It is refreshing to try different things than usual. Loosening up the deep freeze that the...
A little magic
Hospital waiting room nine-patch. Sam’s heart surgery is done as of about an hour ago. I had a perfect little bit of stitching magic to keep me company while waiting. I did okay, time...
Zero degrees
Screenshot from my phone. I thought it was worth recording that the time was 6:00 am and the temperature was 0° F. Yes, it’s cold. I had to go hunting for the degree symbol,...
Snowy
Our house…and a patch on a snow outing.
Gray with a few sparkles
I finished my second little weaving on the pipe loom. This time I put on the warp by memory, without referencing the videos constantly. There were mistakes. But I was able to weave without...
Forest and sky
I finished up the quilting on this small square this morning. A good task on new year’s morning. Wrapping something up. The cloth feels good, solid. Although a little confused. The stitching is very...