mooncloth

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

11 min read 2022-01-01 03:20:08

I thought we might enter the 2022 New Year with a confidence and vitality that would enhance our well-being and allow us to look back on the past two

11 min read 2021-12-14 06:42:25

Here I have to tell a little of the back story to this old obi. Previously I had blogged about taking Ann Wasserman’s online workshop on quilt

1 min read 2021-09-12 10:45:44

circling the tattered moonbuckwheat pillows are grand! more moonsetsa little chaos on the tableon the chaircoppery vat!work clothwoven mood- another

1 min read 2021-09-01 06:16:16

Has it been a month and a half since i blogged here?? Is that possible? This might be the longest “dry spell” here since i started blogging

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

3 min read 2021-03-11 04:46:51

Recently I did a little bit of hinode (sunrise) pattern shibori for moons. I like the contrast of that pattern -sunrise with the moons. I added some

4 min read 2021-03-03 08:04:31

Today, I was distracted by silk and a new silk device I purchased from Two Looms Textiles-a tsukushi. They had acquired one some time back and were

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

6 min read 2021-01-18 06:39:46

This has been my daily undoing lately. Trying to focus when chaos swirls around me. After spending over a week now with an unruly computer, I now

4 min read 2020-12-14 08:36:13

What’s it called when you think you did something but you realize you actually didn’t? Jeeze… I was helping a customer on the phone with her

3 min read 2020-12-06 04:03:54

We have arrived to December. I have caught up with all the Kokoro order except one which will be finished in the next few days. Thank you to everyone

7 min read 2020-08-24 05:26:53

It seems as though my ability to clearly recognize the usual landmarks marking the way has greatly diminished and, in some cases, completely

1 min read 2020-07-04 12:17:05

The moon takes no sidesholds no grievancesnor abides our anger lighting a pathwith its reflected lightday and nightshould we choose to look silken