Today’s studio project is a pleasant change. I’m working with bright colours making a quilt of butterflies for my nephew-to-be. The fish fabric was the colour inspiration and will be the backing. The flutterby bodies will be of the brown and the sky is the large swath of blue at bottom. The butterflies themselves will…
Category: animals
Walk in the White Hills
Yesterday the sun came out on a lovely snowy day; the White Hills were finally white and, with a dusting of snow and a glistening of silver thaw, more than a little magical.John, Katherine, Rowan and I took a short wander along the road, met a dozen other dogs and enjoyed the day’s dying light….
Robot disapproves of these shennanigans
With apologies to Maaike Charron for stealing her phrase! I don’t have many fixed and fast rules about my studio space. My only real stipulations are that I like things to be left where I put them, I don’t appreciate other peoples’ crap being dumping on my studio flat spaces and using my good sewing…
A very short post
Cats. Do not. Belong. In a dye studio. ‘Nuff said. Note: VIM with bleach completely removes dye from laminate flooring, some painted walls (careful not to strip off the paint too), vinyl kitchen flooring, laminate kitchen counter-top, phones, human flesh, plastic window frames, white metal ovens, sinks, glass and even sealed wood.
Dyeing up some fleece
I spun up some Fleece Artist mohair and merino recently as a gift for a friend and, as always, was as enchanted by the carded, blended fibres as by the finished product. Behold: The word “gossamer” always comes to mind in the face of such loveliness. Yesterday was occupied by my determination to make a…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 