Wave-a-licious + Curve-a-licious

More curve play!

Yummy fabric palette for my next commissioned quilt – all organic hand-dyeds

Here, my dears, is THE most luscious collection of “my” own brandy-new naturally hand-dyed organic fabrics – in a specially selected palette of happy colors for my next quilt commission!  I’m getting started on it by doing some fun warm-ups with improvisational curved piecing.  Whee!

Warming up with curves

An interesting technique called top-stitched curve piecing…  running through some exercises the last 2 days to see if I can find a better way to piece deeper curves.  So far, this one, pictured above, is my fave.  The above “block” is approximately 18” x 20”.

Now, more practice!

Quote of the Week – July 5, 2010

"The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same."

-Carlos Castenada

My new natural-hand-dyed fabric stash!

All gorgeous 100% organic: cotton muslin, sueded muslin, cotton sateen, Fuji broadcloth (silk), raw silk, dupioni silk, heavy noile (silk), silk charmeuse, and more. YUM!!!

Quote of the Week – June 28, 2010

"Now I am light, now I fly, now I see myself beneath myself, now the divine dances through me.”

-Friedrich Nietzsche

Hand-dyeing with natural dyes!

Happily expanding my repertoire and diving into fuller creative expression with hand-dyeing using eco-friendly, all-natural dyes on organic cottons and silks!  With my hunny’s help – Ken has been dubbed my Color Master!

More videos and photos to come of our 2-week learning intensive with master dyer Gail Denton at the Natural Dye Studio just north of Boulder, Colorado.

Quote of the Week – June 21, 2010

"Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."

-Guillaume Apollinaire

Quote of the Week – June 14, 2010

"It's got nothing to do with being a perfect, goody-goody, selfless, sacrificing, spiritual saint.  Blah!  That whole characterization was meant for a different audience at a different time, and they really had issues.

It's got everything to do with being yourself, trusting the magic, following your heart, dreaming big, and having fun.  Rock on!"

-Mike Dooley

Quote of the Week – June 7, 2010

"What if you experienced life as a series of tosses to you, moments of the universe asking you to play? The phone call to answer, the bill needing to be paid, the irritable waiter or unruly co-worker could all be opportunities for you to take the ball, place your unique spin on it, and send it back out onto the field. This means you are a co-creator, not a victim; a willing participant who has fully stepped into your life."

-Julie Colwell