To mark the 20th anniversary of my first baby quilt, I have been reflecting on what I have learned along the way. Creative Backstory is a series of blog posts each highlighting a different year. I invite you to share your creative backstory. Each day, I will post an optional prompt. Leave your response as […]
Technique:Dyeing
Creative Backstory: Celebrating 20 Years – Year 2002
To mark the 20th anniversary of my first baby quilt, I have been reflecting on what I have learned along the way. Creative Backstory is a series of blog posts each highlighting a different year. I invite you to share your creative backstory. Each day, I will post an optional prompt. Leave your response as […]
Feeling (Not So) Neutral
My main sewing machine is taking a well-earned break with the technician. Rather than digging out the back up machine(s), I decided to take this opportunity to prepare for some forthcoming projects. My stash is running low on neutrals, especially lighter values so I booked the Laundry King’s workshop for some dyeing time:When I saw […]
Autumn Dyeing Days
I am not sure what made me happier. Coming home to a tidy studio, all ready for me to start sewing. Or coming home to the Laundry King’s workshop, cleared of builder’s debris and available for me to have a proper dyeing session for the first time in a year or so. With this unseasonably […]
Feeling Green
I am trying to get a hand stitching project together to take on my holiday travels. Usually, I dye Pimatex cloth. It takes the colour beautifully but the thread count is too dense for comfortable hand stitching. Instead, I am experimenting with some Bella Moda PFD. You can never have too many greens.
Featured in Art Quilting Studio Summer 2013
Some of my karamatsu, circle stitched resist shibori work is featured in the magazine Art Quilting Studio Summer 2013 that goes on sale on 1 June. My contributor copy is still making its way across the Pacific, I can’t wait to see the other articles inside! Detailed tutorials for various shibori techniques are available on […]
