The Pursuit of Craftiness

Here's the finished coat made from the green and blue random warp I finished weaving this fall. The fabric went of the the tailor in October and c...

There's been a sudden uptick in the number of babies being produced in my social circle. In this case, an increase of 200% over last year - two wh...

These are the new bedroom curtains. Not bad for being made out of scraps, huh? I love the way they look like a stained glass window. The shadows m...

I knitted up the popsicle yarn from October into a cowl with buttons. This is a pattern I made up as I went along. It's turning out to be dreamy s...

It's been awfully cold around here for the last few days. I've had the heat on constantly, and the air inside is super dry as a result. So dry, in...

Recently, somebody on the very excellent Apartment Therapy blog was talking about that "January fresh start" feeling. IMHO, it's the best part of ...

I am very happy to report success with machine quilting this project! It's rainy and dark today, so this isn't the best picture ever, but I think ...

So I've been intending to do a nice post about restoring a vintage ethnic textile. Instead, my camera decided it no longer wants to import photos....

As mentioned in yesterday's post, there are lots of really cool textiles in Yunnan province. Cool textiles are a good indicator of other cool thin...

Once the unsatisfactory starter quilt had been ripped apart (and I do mean ripped, not seam ripped - the thread quality was that bad), each piece ...

I've been on doing quite a bit of travel, and recently spent nearly three glorious weeks in New England sewing, eating, and walking in the woods. O...

The popsicle batts are finally done! I'm really happy with how they turned out. The plan for this yarn is a knitted cowl with lots and lots of bob...