Silk Scarves and Cotton Hand-dyed Piece

Yes, I'm still around and still working on art and dyeing! I finally got a chance to dye up some scarves. This is the Fall Series and based mostly on fall earthy colors with undertones of jewel colors. They are all for sale. The sizes listed are approximate. Enjoy and if there is anything that you would like to purchase please contact me by private email. All prices include shipping. (Double click on the slideshow to go to the album and view pictures individually.)

Wonderful Textile Art Week-end!

This week-end I attended the NC Quilt Symposium which is 2 and half days of workshops and lectures and lots of fun. Unfortunately I didn't stop long enough to think about pulling out my camera and taking pictures so I'll have to refer you to Susan Brubaker-Knapp's blog. She was in my class and she was pulling out her camera often. I just checked and yes, she did a wonderful job of photo journelism. In fact she has a good picture of our instructor Cynthia Corbin critiquing my work in progress. The picture of me isn't the best, but hey, I was busy at work and not worried about being photographed! Thanks Susan for the wonderful job of taking pictures for us! The one thing that she did not include was the added treat at our closing ceremonies! There were door prizes, so very nice door prizes which included a felting machine, and scholarships for next year's symposium, and even a week at John Campbell Folk school scholarship! While I didn't win any of those grand prizes, I did win a prize!!!!! I was so excited when they called my name for a gift certificate and guess where of all places...................... PRO Chemical and Dye company!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, I love to dye fabric and I buy all my dye chemicals for them, so this gift certificate will be used in a wonderful way! It was a wonderful week-end with wonderful ending. So I apologize for no pictures, but run on over to Susan's blog for the details!

After all these years, I think my Grandmother was right!

Well, sorry I have no pictures to post with this, wish I did! It would be proof for my case, but unfortunately I put off the pictures and now, I have nothing! Ok, well to the story! I really think there is someone or someones (I think it might be a conspiriacy) in my family who is trying to make me look senile so they can go ahead and put me away somewhere! Or my other theory is that my grandmother may have been right, the neighbors do come in and steal things! She's been gone for over 30 years and I'm just now realizing that maybe she was right! I remember vividly being at her house in Malden, Massachusetts and watching while she looked all through her pantry for peanut butter. She couldn't find it anywhere and finally declared that those horrible neighbors of hers must have stolen it. She wasn't kidding either! I was a teenager at the time and thought that was a ridiculous thing to think that a neighbor would come in to just steal peanut butter of all things. Well, it's happened to me! Or perhaps my family is setting me up to think I'm loosing my mind. I made a perfectly nice child's size apron to keep here at my house for when my grandchildren come to cook. If you look at older post you will see a similiar one that my granddaughter and I made. This one is almost identical except no name and no star buttons on it. But now I can not find it anywhere!!! Even my granddaughter helped me look all around for it, and we can not find it! I've spent two days looking for it. Well, ok, not two days, but a couple of minutes for each of the past two days. I'm also missing a set of pink star buttons. The ones on the pictured apron in the older blog. Those went missing as well. They were gone for so long that I had to purchase a second set so we could finish the original apron project. Those have still not been located! So now I'm thinking that my family is taking these things and hiding them from me so that I'll go willing into the place they want to put me. Or just maybe my grandmother was right! Someone, probably my no good neighbors, are coming in and stealing from me! So far they've taken my star shaped pink buttons and now the child's apron to match! Never can trust people that's what she always said!
(NOTE: Now while I don't seriously think my neighbors read this blog, just in case, I AM KIDDING about the no good neighbors part!!!!! I have very nice neighbors and a good neighborhood and so far I don't think they've stooped to stealing child's size aprons yet. And to my family, no I'm still hanging on here, regardless of how many things I can't easily find!) Now on to day three of my search..... I'm sure it will turn up someday, I just hope it's before I'm long gone and the family is cleaning up my stuff!