Dying natural fibers in ancient ways using all kinds of natural stuff like Madder and Woad and Berries
Dying to Colour You
The Quick Bamboo Fence
A few months ago I was walking home from daycare with both kids in the pushchair. I took out number #1 so she could walk up the stairs and into the house, and then turned to take the baby out of the pushchair. #1 immediately turned, and sprinted for the road (as fast as her 2 year old legs would take her). We don't have a gate currently. Clutching the baby to my chest, I hurried after her as fast as I could without dropping the baby. She got to the road and I reached her two steps before she...
Re-Purposed Tee Shirts
I had some old kid tee shirts donated to me and while they were way, way too big for my baby, I didn't want to just throw them away or get rid of them because I liked the patterns. So I thought about making them in a quilt. But the prints were too big, and I don't have that much patience when it comes to quilting. It's not my jam. But I thought - hey, the baby will need some blankets - so I made them into small quilted blankets for the baby. When she out-grew them they went to...