With two new creations in the shop one can see that I have shifted my attention: much more detailed embroidery. I have gone away from the simple patterns and instead started to draw designs that are more time consuming. It fits well with the journeys I am on, the longer the journey, the more intricate … Continue reading Summer Update
Another new pouch, embroidered in phulkari stitch from North India, or... how I interpret this stitch. Dyed with mulberry from the forest and grapes from our own garden. The grape juice was used to make vinegar. It looks not very appetizing, but the result is already finished. The fabric was first treated with oak galls. … Continue reading Ted & Tina
Sometimes an embroidered piece of fabric that has been stitched into shape isn’t great. The zipper might pull ripples to the fabric, like waves on an ocean. Other times the pouch doesn’t become a shape, rather sags like a bag of wrinkled potatoes. Read the full post
I notice a warm feeling as I sit on the porch. It is a small space on a truck that my husband has transformed to a tiny-house-on-wheels. The feeling is about receiving praises from people who purchase my handwork. The experience of something new Having just bought myself a new backpack, I know the feeling. … Continue reading End of summer newsletter
Krishnamurti Early mornings cold stone walls surround me while a fire picks up but always slower than I wish. An old barn is not easy to heat up and once it is, my quiet time is over. Slowly I start to learn to be less jumpy and over-active, something not natural to me. Read the … Continue reading Find your talent and stick to it
The moments that you try not to be creative but when things just flow. The moments when all aligns and your hands work what the material presents you. That I call creativity, such a joyful event. A new pouch came about: Pag. Sometimes they just don’t come off the ground, the pouch in its present … Continue reading The blooming started…
The movie I saw on an airplane after the book I red in India. I liked both. My husband did not. But my imagination is big and I love to escape in my own world, so it fitted me. The same with this pillow, this little write up is about the life of this Pi(llow). … Continue reading The life of Pi(llow)
Living the simple life, far off and working the land hard needs to be counterbalanced. What's better than a tour by own powered strenght and... embroidery. Here, 'Fabricated forest' was made.
The places to be creative are best when outside, even when the cold starts to set in (but a fire is a must!)
The absolute favorite ride of my 5 years cycling through 45 countries was the Atacama desert in Chile.
