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A recent visit to the Wendish heritage museum for Easter egg inspiration. I love their method of using wax batik applied to the egg with the tip of a goose feather or pin.
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When the work has meaning it calls to you...and a looming deadline helps too 😅
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It brings me joy to see the Kansas quilt on a handcrafted bed built by @bradfordww ❤️
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I was in the garden trellising the madder plants and it's getting me even more excited about the natural dye workshop I'm teaching at my home studio in a few weeks! 📷@mollyquan
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Ways to photograph large quilts include hang them, drape them, fold them, hold them or fly with them!!! 📷 @mollyquan
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While everybody including the president was in Austin kicking-off SXSW I'm here enjoying the view.
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A detail of the quilt I am working on for an upcoming show "Black and White Twelve Quilts". The show will open in NYC this spring, bringing together the work of 12 textile artist from the United States, Canada and England.
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I never tire of this walk.
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"Natural dye colors are living colors. They are alive with all the life that made them. They are elicited and affixed by art. And most especially, they are imbued with love." -- Cheryl Kolander 📷 @willmederskiphoto
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Celebrating this handsome man today🎈 happy birthday @chapambrose I'm thankful you were born 32 years ago 😘 📷 @joshgoleman
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On our evening walk to get the mail we've been stopping here recently. Ada has created a pretend fire-pit where she rubs sticks together and lets us know it's hot!
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Some lettuce got planted in the sandbox.
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The backside of a this quilt feels like a handwritten note full of character, imperfections, and time. #blackandwhitetwelvequilts
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Observing the oak tree outside our window brings to mind the folklore to plant corn when oak leaves are the size of a squirrel’s ears.
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Hand-quilting and it feels so good 🙌 #blackandwhitetwelvequilts
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Treasuring the fullness that friends bring to our lives, and such a rush it can feel like coming and going. This is Ada and I floating on a dream cloud with @murphymunday @joshgoleman
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Sweet dreams Ada
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Poor Timmy girl hasn't been in the spotlight lately, this ones for her and that fluffy white belly.
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Her skin is the color of the earth.
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The spike in wintery feeling weather was helpful to getting some quilting done in the studio.
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The first rain in February was a misty morning.
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An indigo flower most definitely brightens the day. This weather exceptionally nice, the indigo vat and I both agree.
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The cutest little frog hiding in the greenhouse 🐸
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The greenhouse theses days 😎✌I planted more heirloom tomato and peppers than I have prepared space for. I can already see next years farming projects expanding.
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The globe mallow is blooming outside which makes me excited for spring flowers 🌸 and this small batch of naturally-dyed silk toddler sets will bloom too!!
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My lovely Valentines 😍
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Sharing in the joys of natural dyes, thankful for friends who share my enthusiasm for these sacred plants. Photo: @willmederskiphoto
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It makes me happy seeing quilts years later after they fly the coop, it brings back memories that went into making it and my life at that time. I especially love seeing the Florida quilt because I love the friend who sent me the scraps of army canvas:kiss
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Hiking to the old walker-watson graveyard, the evening feels exciting with endless flocks of robins flying overhead busy assembling for their great migration north.
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On daisy's farm 🌞
