Monthly Archive: August 2020

Stash additions

I’ve become known as providing a home for wayward cloth. My stash door is open, even though I have no idea what I will do with most of these goodies. These fabrics came from...

A morning’s stitching

Two more “Tower” motifs made up for the solar cloth edges. An interesting pattern made with two two-inch squares and nine one-inch squares. Lots of opportunity for color play! It works really well to...

Fabric coil basket

I really enjoyed making this wee basket. All the materials were readily available around the house. I learned the technique from an online course taught by Ruth Woods (@craftschooloz on Instagram). I had a...

Solar cloth, resting

Among many things, Jude Hill taught me that a cloth could rest. So here’s my beautifully bordered Solar cloth, folded and resting. And a tiny nine patch made with the excess edges trimmed from...

Solar designs so far

I started this solar design cloth in a big hurry without much of a plan, except to have four circular shapes depicting the solstices and equinoxes. Now I’m at a stage where I really...

Rolling Cube box

A very satisfying art retreat day with Vintage Page Design’s Handmade Book Club group. We made a rolling cube box. The paper is batik I purchased from Washi Arts. I like the worn, old...

A little thread dyeing

A friend who is working on an embroidery project asked me where to get some naturally dyed threads. After giving her some suggestions of vendors, I offered to dye some myself. I don’t have...