doodleflowering
Doodling with my non-dominant hand Drawing centers in wax pencil Applying many layers of watercolor This painting gets the Schminke watercolors to really glow. I had been finding them pretty flat, so I really...
Category: Making
fleurs d’hiver
I started working in India Flint’s latest course on February 1st. It’s called “a clearing in the woods.” There’s stitching involved. And unbundling little dyed bundles. And doodling and painting imaginary flowers. A Clearing...
Coptic 9
Margo Klass said we would need to make 10 Coptic bound books to really internalize the stitch. I made number 9 last week. This book has eight sections and eight braids. I revisited the...
avocado dyeing
A Clearing in the Woods at India Flint’s School of Nomad Arts starts February first! I’ve been preparing since October when I made quantities of little circular bundles using different plants and objects and...
Almost ready to turn
I have been waiting for the day I could turn this quilt and obscure the “ugly” interior layer. Today is the day and guess what – I’m feeling reluctant. So I spent some time...
pocket accordion with integrated cover
I made this up very quickly from the instructions in Chapter 7 in Hedi Kyle’s The Art of the Fold.” First I dripped acrylic inks on one side of the paper and let it...
quilt sandwich
The quilt sandwich – almost finished basting. I’m being much more careful than usual because I know this is going to be tricky. Established that initial two-layer sandwich should be the interior cloth on...