Category: fabric

Playing around

I have a pile of threadcrumbs from Jude Hill’s shop and a pile of three inch squares. Just for fun I laid them out on top of the William Morris squares. I love the...

Vernal panels

I have three panels done and ready to join. Halfway done. The title of this book is in flux. I love the word “vernal” so I’m trying to work it in somehow. Also, I...

Dyeing with extracts

I took a workshop with Susanne Grosjean again this year. This time focusing on extracts. I learned a lot and came home with a sample card of 25 dyed yarns and a selection of...

Blizzard of Seeds

I’m excited about making another fabric concertina. I had cut some squares of gold fabric and mull quite awhile ago for no particular reason. They were just sitting around on the shelf where I...

Black walnut dyeing

I collected black walnuts last fall from a park in Danbury, Connecticut. I stored them in a plastic shopping bag and did not make any progress in processing them. Recently I was reorganizing my...

Sewn on Spine Book 4

New skills! And using materials from my shelves! I’m very enthusiastic about this book. The decorative cloth is Three Cats Shweshwe purchased from Mnandi in Cape Town, South Africa. I added lightweight paper as...

Habitable

They didn’t suit me after all Revisions Long division Adjusting to new territory Adjusting Titles auditioning for my art piece in progress. It will be made of 20 pieced squares representing landscapes. The titles...