My version of a Holiday Towel

Bronson Lace Bronson Lace is one of my favorite weave structures. These will someday be towels when they’re off the loom and hemmed. I’ve used this pattern of my own design before. So if it looks vaguely familiar, you may have seen it in an earlier post. When arriving at these color choices, Christmas was...

Color use in Deflected Double weave

Mid January I took a weaving workshop with Natalie Drummond, called Color Lab. In the Zoom workshop we did explorations into color selection for using painted warps in Deflected Double weave. Of course at the time I did not have a painted warp to use. Following her principals in color selection and using different colors...

Finalizing the Year Past

Echo weave 10/2 cotton mercerized. Fresh off the loom before washing The end of the year meant finishing work on the looms, to begin the new year fresh. The piece above is an echo weave in a different color combination from the one woven in, Denise Kovnat's Echo and Jin workshop. My Jane loom is...

Weaving Exhibit MFAH – Olga de Amaral To Weave a Rock

Not often is there a major art museum that showcases the work of a modern day weaver. The work of Olga de Amaral, a Colombian textile artist is fascinating. Her work spans wall pieces to large free-standing installations. She is know for her use of gold on her pieces. These were some of my favorite...

Citrus Towels

Somewhere I lost my enthusiasm for blogging. The last few months my days no longer follow a routine. Which means less is accomplished with my time. I’m vowing to try to be more productive in all I do. The towels were inspired by oranges, lemons and limes. When Texas experienced the deep freeze in February...

Little Gifts

Small gift bags made from handwoven fabrics with crocheted edging.