Weaving at the Fair
I love that this fair places a high priority on fiber – selling fleeces, hosting the Wednesday spinners, having sheepdog demonstrations, displaying tools used in fiber crafts, devoting a whole tent to fiber companies...
Category: Making
The Flitch Book
This week I took two bookmaking workshops with Margo Klass, our very esteemed and talented local maker of handmade books (only in the summer; in the winter, she lives in Alaska!). I also volunteered...
Out there and in here
My work is getting out there and I’m exploring how I feel about it. I think the last ten year cycle (60-70 years of age) is coming to an end. We moved to Maine...
Host of Hearts Quilt
Remember this? My three crewel-work patches, posted in Finishing, stopping, going from March 24, 2024 These three crewel blocks were contributed to a group project that I didn’t expect to be completed any time...
Winter cyanotypes
The cyanotype experiment worked out pretty well. I could have gotten more of the fragile stems to show up by pressing the glass or acrylic top more firmly onto the plant material. But they...
Holding on
The sky has been red or pink both morning and night for a few days. I wake up disoriented and in the dark, not knowing if it’s midnight or morning. To my relief, it’s...
Biddeford visit
Combining missions: I wanted to visit my sister in southern Maine and also to give Sam an experiential gift (the best kind for him). So we went to visit and stayed overnight at The...