It’s always fun for me to learn and to fine tune techniques and skills that can be used in art quilts. Today it was all about trying different manipulations of paint on the viscose surface of a carrageenan and water mixture and then transferring to …
Remember those linen towels picked up as souvenirs from your travels? I pick them up in “trash” boxes at auctions, dye them in appropriate or related color schemes and then……And then they become something stitched, like this tote bag. What fun!!
Evidence is gathered, clues are being followed and soon we’ll see the first block. What fun and diligent detectives!
Care and Conservation of Heirloom Textiles Excerpted from University of Nebraska publication G1682 in cooperation with International Quilt Study Center, Lincoln, NE (full publication available online at extension.unl.edu/publications) Light—low levels for display and darkness for storage. Humidity-moist air, warmth, and lack of air circulation cause …
Ragged, tattered, faded and torn but still holding memories of my growing years. This quilt was hand stitched, hand quilted and then turned and buttonhole stitched around each hexagon with lots of love by my grandmother. I surely did not appreciate the workmanship at the …
What a beautiful view! And in my own backyard! The birds are singing such happy songs, the sun is bright but the temperature is cool, ever so slight is the breeze and every once in a while a walnut or pecan drops from the trees. …
The 2018 Hoffman Challenge set my mind to wandering and wondering. The result, “Midnight at the Ritz”, or I just call her “the lady”. It has been a creative journey that I have certainly enjoyed so have chosen to post some photos that give a …
I have been dyeing vintage linens for several years and love every color that results. We’ll, almost every color, but that’s why over dyeing was invented wasn’t it? This summer I have been trying to master the dyeing of wool but am finding it a …
Fresh from the Oven Dyeing fabric has been one of the most rewarding creative endeavors I attempt in relation to my passion for quilting. Up to the present I have dyed the cellulose fibers of cotton, linen, bamboo and rayon. Now the wool dye bug …