will update on the cherry blossom festival in a day or so. 800 silk shibori squares in 2 days……
must go to bed so i can get up and teach shibori in the 4th grade classroom in the morning-
april is textile month-Yay!
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this week:
base dye black, mustard, teal, pink, red
iron and roll 200 yards of ribbon
pole wrap 200 yards of ribbon
discharge, overdye, steam set and dry said ribbon
unwrap, skein, invoice and ship.
made the indigo vat using synthetic indigo from prochem. i carefully followed the instructions on the website but i’m having problems (i think) with the [...]
I know it has been almost a month since I have posted here. I have received a number of emails and even a few calls wondering if all is well. Yes, all is well. Thanks for checking in! This is a very busy time of the year for anyone who calls making [...]
Jude over at Spirit Cloth was inspired by Heather who was inspired by…………and so on, to send a little something handmade in the spirit of “making” , something which many of us share.
I’m going to participate but in a slightly different way………
There are so many other things to make note of here I’m not sure [...]
I’ve been getting things ready for the show in Houston and snapped a couple of photos of some of the buttons before they got wrapped and packed up. It’s good to look at them again and I find that I still like them- I’m just done with the making of them! They are priced [...]
I came across this as a result of a google alert.
Which led me to this
I wondered if anyone went to this lecture who would share what you heard? I emailed and asked if the audio file was available online or through iTunes as a podcast and I’m waiting to hear.
Working, working, working. Try [...]
I have been spending some time reading over at The Ragged Cloth Cafe. I’ve been thinking about art a lot lately and the more I learn the more questions I have!
Today my blisters are peeling from all the pole wrapping- (*buy new gloves tomorrow) There are piles of colored silk that need [...]
Penny & I got together yesterday to formalize our “plan” for teaching in the 4th (or maybe 3rd) grade classroom again this year. She brought a huge box of the MOST delicious grapes I have ever eaten which she “found” in her backyard while collecting apples to bring over to me. Needless to say [...]
I have accumulated a number of half-written posts saved as drafts and since I haven’t posted in a few days I guess there’s no time like the present to kick a couple of them out into public view. Often when I am reading, researching, learning on the net I will save something for later [...]
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