Textile Glimpses of Nova Scotia
Last week our Cherished Neighbor Liz and I spent the week in Nova Scotia, someplace both of us have always wanted to go. Most of our time was spent taking in the scenery… Continue reading
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A Top and Some Tablecloths
When my sister saw this one on the design wall, she said, “Whew, that’s bright!” Well, I live surrounded by a wall of green on all four sides of our property, and I… Continue reading
Fabric on the Cutting Edge of Current Events!
This morning I read a story on Reuters about online stores that are fakes, set up to process gambling payments. One of the fake stores highlighted in the story is called My… Continue reading
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Dishes, Pots, Pans, and Silverware
I love this current series of Cee’s: Photo Ops in Your Own House. I had so many ideas for this installment — I have dishes, pots, and pans from three generations before me,… Continue reading
More Play Mats
I bought two sets of these play mat panels almost a year ago at a shop hop. I made one set for the neighbor kids, and I finally finished the other set for… Continue reading
A Weaver’s Counting Rhyme
These towels are based on a draft from Malin Selander’s Swedish Handweaving, which has a lovely cover that looks like a handwoven inlay. I love this book, but since it was issued in… Continue reading
In Which I Get On My Soapbox Before a Young Antique Dealer…
…and he takes it with admirable grace. Last weekend we went to an antique festival in town. My usual routine is to cruise through quickly, snapping up anything I know I want, and… Continue reading
Funky, Funkier, Funkiest
Here are some recent finds, and they are all a little bright and crazy. This first one has me utterly befuddled. I can’t find the exact pattern in Maggie Malone’s 5500 Quilt Block… Continue reading
Texas Dandelion Dye
I tried a new plant from the yard, and couldn’t believe the depth of color! This is from Texas Dandelion, Pyrrhopappus paucifloris. The really great thing about it, is that it grows on… Continue reading
English Needles from the 1850s
Melanie at Catbird Studios just did a post on needle facts, and she mentioned, “By 1847 with the introduction of specialty machinery, more than 50 million needles were made each week in the… Continue reading