Rules, Routines, and the Restraint of Initiative
Today I am going to let M. Paul Rodier show us The Romance of French Weaving with a little tour of Paris on the thirteenth century. The king, Louis IX, later known as… Continue reading
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The Mystery of Charlemagne’s Missing Textiles
Here’s a little puzzle to start things off: La chaine est soie, la trame poil de chèvre, matiere qui fournit la chèvre du Thibet et que nous connaissons sous le nom de cachemire.… Continue reading
Mustang Grape Jelly 2015
Or How to Go from This … to That… With Some Sort of Efficiency. Three years ago we had a good year for wild grapes, and I made mustang grape jelly for the… Continue reading
Pixilated Panels
The first time I heard the word pixilated was long before digital imaging. In the early 1980s, we often spent weekends with some friends on an Arkansas farm. A few times we played… Continue reading
15 in ’15 Second Quarter Check-in
Here we are half way through the year! Time to report progress on the goals I set at the beginning of the year. √ 15 fused quilt blocks I thought I would be… Continue reading
Piecing Together Inspiration
It all started when I saw a post on 16-patch blocks. Sarah of Confessions of a Fabric Addict had a lovely, thorough tutorial on many ways to piece 16-patches, but the part that… Continue reading
Biodiversity…I Spy…Natural Dyes
Today we present! (Dun-dun-dah) Textile Ranger – Plant Detective!!!! (It would be very helpful if you could read this in the voice of Sgt. Joe Friday from the series Dragnet.) Here in the… Continue reading
Disappointed in Research
Back in 2012, I was reading the Iliad with an online group, and I was amazed when I got to these lines about the famous Helen: She [Iris] came on Helen in the… Continue reading
Textiles in Hiding
At the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in Pooler, Georgia, among all the aircraft and equipment, is an exhibit that shows the stories of pilots downed behind enemy lines. One… Continue reading
Not Your Granny’s Sheep
The Austin Zoo is not your typical city zoo. Its animals are mostly rescues and retirees — acquired from people who discovered that their exotic pets were too much to handle, from research… Continue reading