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I spent all day yesterday visiting with fiber artists: first a three-hour drive to Ukiah for lunch with Holly Brackmann, then a two-hour drive to Napa to the Silverado Weavers Guild, where I was giving the evening program. I didn’t get home until well past bedtime, but I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of visiting both [...]
I finished warping, tied on, and started weaving. Then I noticed that the warps weren’t lined up properly (the first section was white, so it wasn’t obvious initially). I sighed, cut off the five inches I’d woven, advanced the bouts so they did line up, and then re-tied on. (This was more laborious than you’d [...]
I was out sick from work on Thursday and Friday, and feeling rather listless over the weekend, which is why you haven’t heard much from me. I did take a good chunk of time on Saturday to visit the DeYoung Museum and the Legion of Honor, which were showing “Balenciaga and Spain” and “Pulp Fashion”, [...]
I picked out a set of colors for the tiger-eye yardage today: I was all set to use them, and then I decided to run a simulation in Photoshop. I’m glad I did, because this looks NOTHING like what I had in mind: Mind you, it’s not unattractive, just not what I was envisioning. I [...]
The last muslin is complete (and yes, the stripes match PERFECTLY!), I’ve taken a day or two for R&R, and now it’s time to launch into the next thing. Any number of things I could do – quilt piecing, pattern drafting, fabric manipulation – the list goes on and on. But what I’ve decided to [...]
