Before & After

I had some great studio time yesterday, after spending the better part of Monday tending to family matters.  In purging my sewing room last week, I came across this fabric: 8 fat quarters that I had intended to serge the edges to make cloth napkins.

I was never happy with the shade of blue (too light) nor the large percentage of yellow.  I decided to scrunch and overdye them in a deeper shade of blue. 
Here they are

now I will serge the edges and use them!


I have been playing with a large piece of habotai for a week or so now, just rolling it and throwing it into another dye bath every few days.  It started its journey in yellow, then red, and finally blue:

I wanted more and different, so I rolled it again and dipped it into a Thiox bath

I love doing Thiox baths....talk about immediate gratification!  Here's how it looked unfurled

Interesting results, but not what I wanted, so time for another pipe rolling and bath

I think I may finally be satisfied.........time will tell!


We got these two squash in our market basket yesterday

the one in the foreground is a Long Island Cheese Winter Squash and the other is a Tromboncino.  Any ideas on how to prepare either or both of them?


And one last photo of my beloved studio companion, Barker

There was a hint of Fall in the air yesterday, so I had all of the studio doors open and he was able to be outside while I worked.......we both enjoyed it tremendously.


Have a great day!

PEACE