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5 min read 2022-01-03 09:00:24

textile detective continued…

Now that the holidays are over, and the sun is back out after some very much needed rain, I’m back to finish off the mystery of the silk fabric

1 min read 2021-10-23 04:00:03

The recent days and weeks have been busy, full of daily goings on, dyeing, kit making, workshop prepping, visitors, and then the big event- a beach

1 min read 2021-09-18 12:52:00

Yesterday I had the great pleasure of meeting Julie F (My Quilt Diary) at the Tokyo Dome, to see a small quilt show together. We hadn't seen each

1 min read 2021-08-22 01:30:13

greetings from Oak Bay time – drifts on – and the season is changing five days ago we had rain – it is shocking when a brief overnight shower,

3 min read 2021-04-15 02:09:58

another month, just slipping away Spring is here, the days are longer, the sun is warm and the birds are singing the idea behind a hinagata hanten

5 min read 2021-04-09 21:59:00

Fabric Stash Book cover in processHooray! It's Spring here at Thread Born Studio in Northern Virginia USA. Zoom workshops and classes are

7 min read 2021-03-29 07:07:09

Lots of thoughts rumbling around here since the last post. This is gonna be a longer post, so settle in. various tomato seedlings transplanted up

5 min read 2021-03-15 09:05:39

There is something ultimately satisfying to me when I use old cloth. Especially cloth that has been previously reused-who knows how many times? The

8 min read 2021-02-25 07:46:00

Today I was planting more seeds. I got to thinking about the growing roots. The snap pea seeds I planted last week have sprouted and are forming

1 min read 2021-01-31 03:48:06

ta da! arms are meant to hug with the button joints are a little large but they were available a picnic in the woods will have to wait for better

4 min read 2021-01-29 06:08:44

Spent some more time mending that old favorite quilt. It’s been very windy and cold here so some afternoon inside time is welcome. I’m applying

2 min read 2021-01-27 06:00:06

how time flies! trying to keep moving forward, finish some projects and start new ones seems to be the rhythm of my days and the ongoing tale of a

2 min read 2021-01-21 05:51:01

a quiet month -but Spring is calling despite heavy rain and the muddy ground always the first to bloom with a promise of more to come tip them up and

2 min read 2021-01-15 06:30:48

happy, scrappy New Year while tidying up the stash I came across some small pieces saved from when the grands were younger more window

2 min read 2021-01-11 07:37:56

the new year has started slowly what to do/make/create – a bit of a quandary? so – spinning by the fire while I think very fine 2 ply silk on my