Happy New Year! I ended 2022 by finishing and delivering this quilt to my friends, as a wedding gift for their wedding that happened in October 2019. No, it did not take me three years to make this. I just didn’t have time to make it at the time because I was bogged down in sewing my bridesmaid dress and…
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Merry Christmas, to all those who celebrate! I don’t think any project I’ve ever made has been more filled with holiday spirit, because I made not one, but TWO Santa costumes! You may be wondering, what motivated you to make Santa suits for both you and your partner for Christmas? Well, these were originally intended to be Halloween costumes. But…
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Last winter, I noticed a big hole in my wardrobe: a winter coat that wasn’t just a ski jacket. This wasn’t always a hole in my wardrobe. In fact, I have a beautiful duffle coat that I made 6ish years ago. But it doesn’t fit anymore. Because climbing shoulders. So I just made do with wearing my ski jacket every…
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This summer, I grew my own indigo plants. You can read more about the growing process here! This post is about how I used those leaves to dye fabric! If I’m being completely honest, while it was very satisfying to see the plants grow big, beautiful, dark green leaves, I wasn’t really convinced that they were actually going to dye…
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More than a year ago, I bought a bundle of seeds for nine different dye seeds. I intended to plant them in summer of 2021, but forgot to start the seeds early enough and then ended up moving in July so THAT didn’t happen. But I sent a digital calendar reminder for February/March of 2022 and that spurred me to…
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