Category: Making

Joining Stitch 6

Back to my joining sampler after some disruption. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic? I’m not sure. Maybe due to a dyeing workshop and its aftermath. Or due to finishing my panel for the 25...

Starting weaving – again

I’ve started weaving at least twice before in my lifetime, but didn’t get very far. Weaving should be simple in theory, but it is really kind of technical with a lot of terminology and...

Dyeing with extracts – wrapup

I brought home two plastic bottles of dye from the dyeing workshop and used these leftovers to dye some additional fabric and yarn samples. Here’s some photos.

25 million stitches panel

This panel is finished! I’m mailing it off to Sacramento today. 25 Million Stitches project This is a community art installation. We are asking volunteers to hand stitch on fabric panels. We now have...

Isola

Giving myself permission to play to get through self-isolation on a Sunday. These pieces started out as circles painted with watercolor in my giant sketchbook. Printed onto facing page to reduce wetness, then dried...

Experiment with curve

Working on ways to integrate paper and fabric. The fabric panel was going to be a stitched collage but I decided to keep it simple. Sunlight and shadow turned out to be part of...

Vernal panels

I have three panels done and ready to join. Halfway done. The title of this book is in flux. I love the word “vernal” so I’m trying to work it in somehow. Also, I...