Dueling projects...

It's going to be a busy couple weeks in my studio with two projects in the works. Above is a custom wrap for a sweet mama whom I've known and respected for years. I'm aiming to get this done before her baby arrives. <3 There will be extras listed in my shop when it is complete! Below is a quilt for the auction at my daughter's school. We worked with the first grade/kinder class on hand-dyeing the colored squares. It was a lot of fun and they are so excited to see their work sewn into a finished piece! 

There's a new warp on my loom!

There's a new warp on my loom! In case you're wondering how it got there, here are some behind the scenes pics of my process for beaming the warp. I work in 2" sections with multiple colors that shift from one side to the other. It's a lot of emptying and filling of spools but I love the results!

My little helper.

Sarah's custom wrap

Magenta cottolin weft

Black cotton weft

Sophia helping to select the weft color.

For the past month I've had the pleasure of working with a very sweet mama on the design of a custom wrap for her daughter's first birthday. The collaboration was a lot of fun and I'm really happy with the results. (My daughter is also enthralled.) I'm not sure this is a color scheme I would have arrived at working alone. It's so great to get an outside perspective now and then and to help realize another person's ideas. I look forward to a time when I am able to take on this sort of project on a regular basis. 

Kismet

Currently on the loom is Kismet. The warp is 100% Egyptian Cotton with colors that form a gradation between a deep blue green to a greenish grey. These two colors randomly arrived together in a shipment. When I saw them paired, I knew they were meant to be together! One of the resulting wraps is intended for a friend. There will be one available in a deep peacock cotton weft (which is organic cotton and very soft and squishy) and one available in a mineral blue cottolin. Both will be listed for sale within the coming week or two.