I'm back

After a few months, I decided to come back here. I had a "writer silence time"; now, I see that it was a "resourcing time." I was mostly present on Facebook and Instagram with visual and textile art, but I come back to write and share. 
I rediscovered Sara Werner's blog, website, and Podcasts. (https://www.sarahwerner.com) 

So, here is my short story for Friday Prompt. (I'm an ESL writer, sorry for my English mistakes.)

 

 I saw her, and during a brief moment, I thought she would walk around to avoid the chess. Then, as she kept looking at the line of pawns, I knew: she was thinking. I can feel her mind wandering; it's almost like hearing her thoughts. You can ask me: how can you feel her thoughts? Well, I don't know, I just feel them. We met years ago and I love our long conversations, maybe that's why.
Some evenings we play chess, this is one way to understand her thoughts, and I'm sure she understands mine better. If you want to know the truth, she is the one who normally wins.

(Photo Credit: https://pixabay.com/es/photos/atigrado-gato-ajedrez-juego-5946499/ )

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Ulu, Hawaiian pattern.

I decided to try a new style and a Hawaiian applique quilt is a challenge for me. I'm not really good at applique, so I'll try with a small pattern.
I started reading about traditional Hawaiian quilts, and this is the first pattern a beginner has to start with: Ulu, or Breadfruit.

I did a little research, and finally, I made a drawing inspired by Pinterest pattern pictures and the real tree pictures.

pattern

cutting the fabric

 

ready to start the applique

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“Amish Squares”

“Amish Squares”. Left Hand Quilt (started in September 2019)

I finished the top yesterday (11/6/2020), found the backing in my stash box, and decided to make the old way binding: bringing the back to the top. Now, it's in line for hand quilting. 

It's about 38” x 29”

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Bear's Paw Quilt

Bear's Paw Quilt

New beginnings. The Hexathon quilt is basted and it's waiting for cooler weather to be quilted.

I've been taught that you need 3 projects in different stages: thinking a quilt, piecing another one, and quilting a 3rd. 

So, I went to my list of « quilts I want to make », and I decided to go for the Bear's Paw pattern.

How to make it without buying fabrics? (I have enough in my shelves) Going out of my 'blue' comfort zone, I've chosen 'green'. I have no green quilts, so 'why not'. 

Springtime, lockdown is over (here), and bears are going outside.

1st quart of the first block.

templates

fabrics

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Woven Coffee Filters

I have been gathering coffee filters for a while (from a friend because I'm not a coffee drinker). It doesn't work like the teabags I was working with, so I didn't know what to do with them. 

I dyed some of them with indigo and I kept them with my dyed papers.

And then, I discovered Sarah C. Swett's blog (https://www.afieldguidetoneedlework.com/blog/coffee-filter-yarn ) I love her work and her way to work. So, I took my coffee filters and I tried making this little weaving. 

Eco-dyeing with Logwood - Éco-teinture avec Campêche

Eco-dyeing on paper: logwood on eco-printed watercolor paper.
The last picture shows the paper before dyeing with logwood.

 

eco-printed

On fibers: different kinds of cotton, linen, wool (fleece and hand-spun), and hemp.

 

 

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Working with Nettles from the garden - Travailler avec des orties du jardin

All with Nettles: dyeing on cotton, linen, wool (fleece and hand-spun), and hemp. Nettles from my garden: hand-spun, plied, and braided. Waiting for nettles to be a little taller, there is a lot to learn about nettle spinning, getting the fiber, making paper, and weaving fabric. I have to continue practicing.

Aluminum pan, A-soy milk; B- symplocos

Nettles, Left- copper pan, R- Aluminum pan

 

 

 

 

 

 

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