Weaving -and Slivers

One of my many fiber arts/crafts is weaving.  I simply love the rhythm and calmness of the weaving process.  I admit that when starting it can be "tension creating" to learn to warp the loom.  But once you know how and get comfortable with it, even that part can be calming.

I decided to make a warp with five threads in four colors.  There are two greens, a light green and a darker neutral green, a blue/turquoise, a red, and a purple.  The purple is between dark blue and purple.  When I originally chose it, I thought it was a dark blue.   Luckily it works beautifully in this. 

Here are some pictures of cloth on the loom. 

And here is one that is "sideways"

In the first photo and in the sideways photo you may see that there are slivers 

of fabric embedded in the weaving.  For the record, those are added during the 

weaving process and will stay in there nicely even when the cloth is washed. 

The slivers are often trimmings from making quilt blocks. Or if there is a scrap that 

probably won't be used in scrap quilting, it is made into slivers and added to the bag.

Here is the bag I am using with this project. 

As you can see, some of the pieces are cut neatly while some are torn and frayed.

Both work and add different effects to the finished woven fabric.

I am not sure what this fabric will become, but I like it a lot.

Hopefully, I can get in the mood to sew a vest for myself from 

the previous fabric that I posted.  And perhaps that is what I will make

with this fabric also.

Tomorrow, I plan to show my latest clay face from my "gnarly gallery."

I have added the "Dad" face  so perhaps I can make a family portrait/rogues gallery. 

Until Next Time,  

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Table Scraps - Placemats

The Joyful Quilter has a "table scraps challenge" where quilters use up the scraps they have often left on the cutting table after a project.  I always have a pile of table scraps.  I decided that I wanted some quilted placemats to use on my table. So this was perfect for the challenge. 

I chose bigger pieces of scraps that allowed me to make "matching" placemats. Seriously, they are almost identical. 

The biggest difference is the quilting AND the pieces of multicolor printed fabric.

The center was a solid blue fabric -and once finished I thought it was 

just a bit bland/boring.  Of course I have a lot of "tricks/tools" in my

toolbelt, so grabbing some fabric paint and a bottle cap, 
I printed circles all over that area. That part doesn't match exactly either. 

But it is very close. 

The themes for March Table Scraps are 

flowers and yellow. Neither is required but

it does give a starting point. 

The above two have yellow as a strong presence, but there are no flowers. 

Earlier in the month I posted these two, made for a friend.

There are yellow fabrics AND some flowers in each of them.

Oh yes, and that fabric I used for the backing of all of these is one

that I have had for a while.  

That fabric just makes me smile -and hits the "yellow" part of the theme too.

Mom and I are working on yet another puzzle.

This one has letters on the back dividing it into four sections, 

A, B, C, and D. 
I marked all four corners of the board to help us stay on track. 

The first thing we did was sort the pieces by letter. 

We have finished parts A (top right)

and D (bottom left.)  We are moving along on C also. 

It seems to me that the letters make it a bit too easy.  But I think for Mom, 

it is just the right amount of help. I was amazed at her progress on section C. 

Until Next Time,  

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Clay Face - The Mother of Trouble

This is my latest clay face.  I never seem to be able to time it correctly for "Friday Face-Off" with Barbara and Nicole.   Nevertheless, here is my latest face.  I did a casual poll, using the unpainted face.  I asked "what gender is this face?"  The results were mixed.  So I finally decided that this is the Mother of Bruno and "Butch."  After seeing their faces on previous posts  you will understand that "Mom" is no  blonde Bombshell.  

Mom worked as a dance-hall girl "a few" years ago. That is where she met 

some unsavory characters. Perhaps where she met the father(s?) of her boys

Meanwhile, I have another face that is formed and baked, but not yet painted. Will he be a third brother or perhaps the Dad of this unsavory clan?   I guess we will wait and see.

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Woven Fabric -Finish

For some time, there was a warp on my loom made of threads that I had dyed for weaving.  The process started in November of 2020.  By mid-November 2020, I had the warp on my loom and the weaving had begun.  Then it sat for a long time.  I got tired of weaving with just black weft thread.  In February of this year (2022) I began trying  a few other colors to weave with.  I didn't find great happiness with that either, so it sat again.  One day I noticed the yarn I had spun sitting patiently on the bobbin of my spinning wheel.   INSPIRATION!!!!!  I finished that yarn, washed and dried it, then put it all on weaving bobbins. 

Once I started weaving with my hand spun yarn made of bamboo, acrylic faux cashmere, real silk and rayon.  I was so happy.  It was all woven pretty quickly.  It came off the loom and was wet-finished (aka washed, ironed wet, and hung to dry.)  

Then it rained or was too cold for photos.  Now I have some lovely photos. 

I love how the variations in the hand dyed warp and the hand spun yarn play together. 

The fig tree looked like an interesting place to "pose" the cloth. 

Hmm...  a few threads shed from the sewn end. 

I need to trim those. 

What will this cloth become?  I don't have a plan, 

but the cloth will tell me when it is ready. 

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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