i’ve been wanting to stitch on the silk shibori for some time. the small shibori test squares seemed
the perfect size for trial and error. i also don’t think i mentioned it but a group of japanese women
were demonstrating some sashiko techniques next to us at the cherry blossom festival. they had a book [...]
I’ve been out of town on a trip up north and stopped into the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. Unfortunately, they are between shows and didn’t have too much on display but there was a small display of quilts from Gloria Hansen that are worth stopping by for if you are [...]
looks like spinach and butternut squash- colorhue dyes
I’m testing out several new things today along with the regular production. I’m trying out a couple new ribbon widths
in a new fabric-crepe back satin-also bias cut. In addition, I’m testing out a new dyeset for some teaching I’ll be doing later
this year in Houston as [...]
Today I played with the indigo vat. Last post I thought it wasn’t working properly but turned out it was just fine- I was just having a hard time seeing that the color below the surface was yellow green. It had sat for a couple of days now and required “sharpening” with a [...]
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 [...]
I saw this headline on a style blog write up. EF stands for Eileen Fisher the designer and they offer this shibori wrap for $138 plus shipping. I dare say that much more inspired shibori scarves can be found without traveling to Japan for the same price. I’m just saying, if I [...]
When I was in Houston, my friend Jennifer from Atlanta gave me about 40 yards of 5 inch vintage silk ribbon. It’s all that is left from a purchase she made some years ago from a lot of silk from a French ribbon source. She had quite a bit of narrower ribbon at [...]
thought I’d share some before and after pics of the ribbon-
taking a break from wrapping at the moment- these photos were of ribbon that went to Houston- discharging a new batch later today.
ready for discharge
discharged-poles kept in the same order
overdyed poles- you can see swatches at the top of the photo of the colors I [...]
First, I want to say thank you to all of you who visited me at my booth in Houston. It was such fun to meet those of you who have come to know my work through the blog and flickr as well as seeing and catching up with old friends. What fun we [...]
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 [...]
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