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Colleen Kole
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Spring Break
I have to say I feel kind of boring right now. Nothing major to show you. I am working. I am stitching but I am just kind of letting the cloth do the work and me just move with it. Playing in the indigo pot. Hope finds her cow at Purdue- […]
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Apr 6, 20121 min read


A Really Lovely Workshop with Lyric Kinard
I spent the last two days at a workshop sponsored by our West Michigan Quilt Guild. We bring in a teacher every two months and this month we had the real treat of hosting Lyric Kinard. I remember mentioning this in my last post and someone commented that Lyric is just lovely and that […]
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Mar 29, 20122 min read


Obsessive Stitching: Mokume
One of the reasons that I wanted to try working with an indigo vat was for this reason: obsessive stitching to use as a resist can really be beautiful. I drew a pattern lightly on a piece of fabric and stitched under the lines. I used Coats and Clark embroidery thread. Once I […]
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Mar 26, 20121 min read
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