Frilly Foundations
Well, it’s Labor Day – time to put away those summer whites. Here are four fabulous cotton undergarments that were stored away a century ago and never retrieved for use. These two petticoats… Continue reading
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Puffball Mushroom Dye
Whenever I notice that I have a whole lot of something growing on the farm, I research it to see if it can be used for a dye. There were lots of puffball… Continue reading
Cotton Harvest
My lovely green cotton bolls are ready to pick! This is Erlene’s Green Cotton from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange. Even if you aren’t planning to order any seed from them, you might want… Continue reading
Found Poem – Cotton
I once worked at a historical park where my supervisor (a woman) was a curator. She once told me that if she ever had to catalog another doily, she would throw up. She… Continue reading
Sunbonnets and Feed Sacks
Posting pictures of my extensive cotton crop (4 plants) in Guess the Plant the other day, I remembered a couple of sunbonnets and a feed sack I had tucked away. The pale blue… Continue reading
1940s Child’s Summer Dress
This is one of my mom’s childhood dresses. She remembers that the first summer she got it, it was too big. She wore it the next summer and it fit just right. Then… Continue reading
Trial by Fiber, Part Three
Note: It all started with “Paper or plastic?”, didn’t it? Before that, wise minds knew what was best – it was bad to cut down trees, so plastic was the better choice. But… Continue reading
Trial by Fiber, Part Two
Note: Previously, I posted the beginning of the court room drama that plays in my head whenever I start to think about my responsibilities to our environment. I see myself as the harried Defendant, Textile… Continue reading
Trial by Fiber, Part One
Note: Lately I have been doing a lot of reading on our use of resources – in the books The Story of Stuff by Annie Leonard, Confessions of an Eco-Sinner by Fred Pearce,… Continue reading
Rudbeckia Dye Results
A few days ago I clipped a lot of rudbeckia blooms in hopes of creating a beautiful natural dye. Here’s what I knew about natural dyes: the most common results from dye plants… Continue reading