Category: fiber art

  • I worked in the Back Forty putting down cardboard in anticipation of the load of mulch Sandy plans to get from the landfill, and pulled up some vines and weeds. But did I take photos? No. So, here’s another woven cloth square. I really like this one. Theo likes the fancy pillows.

  • Today has been all about listening to “A Thousand Splendid Suns” on CD, watching “Nurse Jackie” on DVD, and soaking up the warmth of the wood stove while stitching. I pulled out this half-finished design from the Abstract-a-licious workshop I took with Lyric Kinard last March. All the pieces sewn down with tiny hand stitches.

  • More squares of mostly denim. I recognize a couple of my favorite jeans here. My plan is to make a sturdy blanket for outdoor lounging. Sandy and I went downtown to Scuppernong Books, which entranced me so much that I forgot to take a photo. So being eye-level with the traffic light on the parking…

  • Ready for spring, sick of the mud On my street – my house is the green one on the right.

  • I expect that by the end of the year I may have taken a photo of every crook and cranny in my office – here is my collection of oak leaves in a ceramic piece I made about 10 years ago. Making lots of these weavings to play with later.

  • This day was very much like the previous day, but less brutal temperatures. I enjoy stitching my cloth weavings very much.

  • I’ve taken some of Jude Hill’s archived online classes and right now I’m taking her Contemporary Boro I class. Online classes usually don’t do much for me. I get tempted to pay for them and then I drop out. Jude keeps me inspired and excited. I really really really really really like cloth weaving, and…

  • Just a little bit more stitching and I’m done with the Magic Cloth that I started over two years ago! I just finished cleaning most of the junk and leaves off my front porch, went inside, came back out to take a photo, and this beautiful picnic basket was sitting here.

  • In love with cloth weaving and Jude Hill’s online courses again. On my walk home from work.