Best Wishes block
I stitched this up quickly from components already available. It’s a joy to have materials on hand that can so easily come together. The piecing techniques all came from Jude Hill, at Spiritcloth.
Category: Making
Fours of July
A cold and gloomy day. A day of subdued reflection. Taking joy in bringing some order to these colors and shapes.
Boreal sunset book
A little book 4†high x 3-1/4†wide. The covers are scraps of an eco-printed paper toned with watercolors. I’ve been saving them for awhile, waiting for a use to arise. I dyed the...
Quiet ingredients
I finished these two books this week, following Ali Manning’s instructions in her Handmade Book Club for the “slim case binding.” The colors are subdued and quiet. They give a feeling of peace when...
Solar system
An overcast day, an excuse to stay inside and play with puzzle pieces. Also, I’ve finished stitching a hem around these four solar phase circles, so trying out more design ideas. This is a...
Strip weaving on the shadow side
I’m filling out the edges of the yellow strip weaving with purple. I’m not sure I like the straight lines in the large circle. I keep visualizing the strips going around the form. Well...
Woodsy booklets
I finished binding this group of eco-printed booklets. They look and feel great together. The interior pages are dyed also, the larger ones with eco-prints, the two small ones with black walnut. The bindings...