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Progress and Sunshine
Litt bits of encouragement in the form of finished fences and boxes, and plenty of worms. Satisfaction and reward comes in the form of a cold beer and garden catalogues, and a hot, hot bath every...
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More From The Dye Pot
I'm in love with this process! Using metres at a time, I've been dyeing cotton with different plants and flowers and getting really satisfying results.I moved all my dyeing equipment from a big...
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Patterns and Color and Taking Breaks
I'm trying to get out more, be more social. It's hard for me, when I've got so much going on at home and in the studio that I'm happy and excited about, but I am also recognizing in myself how...
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Come In Like a Lion
After what seemed like an entire river rained down on us this week, waking up to the sun and bluebird sky on Sunday was the perfect remedy to this cabin-fever Mama.Our yard has been a construction...
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The Process.
I was talking with a friend over a beer about the importance of documenting your process. Not only for personal reference, but as part of your public outreach in whatever platform you choose. Whether...
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Golden Moments
I love those moments when you feel like you really got it right in a "cool mom" move.I don't often come across as "cool" with anybody, let alone my kids. I'm pretty socially awkward and I'm fairly...
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Tiny Seeds, Tiny Hands, Tiny Victories
Our seeds are in! This year my most curious helper is Charlie. I remember Frankie at just over three completely engrossed in the wonders of the garden, and now it's Charlie's turn and I couldn't be...
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Collecting
Trying and failing. Fallen birch bark hasn't made me soft pinks yet. But hovering underneath trees picking up curled pieces of bark has named me the new weirdo at the park. Some dyes are becoming my...
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Oh Brilliant Nature.
I've finished the top to my first completely plant-dyed cotton quilt project. I've been foraging, saving, cooking and dyeing with plants over the last few months, and the outcomes are a perfect...
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Find Me Here
When I need to breathe a little deeper, you'll find me here. When I am looking for something, you'll find me here. When I want to show them that there is so much more,...
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While We Were Away
While we were away I got some serious work done on my knitting. A trip away from all the other work aroud the studio and yard gave me some good dedicated time to knitting projects and the last...
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A Steady Constant.
It seems to me that there are not often times in my life when things stop, for even a moment. And there are times when I cannot find a room in my house where there is not something perched on a table...
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My Daughter And The World.
She will be seven next month. On the cusp of some kind of girlhood that is racing through childhood and not yet adolescence. On the brink of bigger things, a sureness of herself is stirring and...
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Railway Spikes and Cherry Trees
On my last trip to Yale I scavenged for some old rusty railway parts along the tracks and came home with a nice collection. Using one part vinegar, two parts water and a few rusty old railway spikes...
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The Dye Shop ( a work in progress )
It ain't pretty, but it's workable. I've moved into the shop in our backyard. I couldn't wait till the interior walls were done. Also, the dye pots and plants and mordants were taking over my...
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