One should always have at least 2 craft projects going. That way, when one of them is messed up and misbehaving, you can switch to another, and let the first one sit there and think about what it's done.
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not to sound corny but the textile arts make me feel connected to the world around me. it's so intentional and deliberate and when i sit and do it, i think a lot about how many other women that came before me used to do it, how many hands have used the same supplies i am using, and how many other people might be doing the same thing as me all across the world right now
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Latest quilt: GAIA & her subroutines, from Horizon Zero Dawn/Horizon Forbidden West. A combination of paper piecing (the subfunctions) and traditional piecing (the rest of the quilt), with a little embroidery (the label on the back) thrown in.
I made this one for the Desert Bus for Hope 2024 craftalong! So excited to be able to participate this year.
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my mom embroidered my brother’s DJing controller for a quilt she’s making him and it’s the coolest thing i’ve ever seen (avocado for scale)
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thinking today about how much I love literally all fiber arts. I am hopeless at almost every other kind of art, but as soon as there is thread, yarn, or string I can figure it out fairly quickly.
I learned how to knit when i was eight, started sewing at nine, my dad taught me rock climbing knots around that age, I figured out from a book how to make friendship bracelets, I've made my own drop spindle to make yarn with, and more recently I've picked up visible mending. I've learned embroidery through fixing my overalls, and this year I've learned how to darn and how to do sashiko (which I did for the first time today). After years of being unable to crochet I finally figured it out last night and made seven granny squares in just a few hours.
I want to learn every fiber art that I can. I want to quilt, I want to use a spinning wheel, I want to weave, I want to learn tatting, I want to learn how to weave a basket, I want to learn them all. If I could travel through time and meet anyone in the Bible, high on my list are the craftsmen who made the Tabernacle.
I want to travel the world and learn the fiber arts of every culture, from the gorgeous Mayan weaving in Guatemala, to the stunning batik of Java, to Kente in Ghana. I want to sit at the feet of experienced men and women and watch them do their craft expertly and learn from them.
Of every art form I've seen, it's fiber arts that tug most at my heartstrings.
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Radiolaria Sampler
2023,perle cotton thread on 14ct cotton aida, muslin, cotton batting
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"And suddenly... cherries" 2023, 43 x 41 cm, textile art by Bozena Wojtaszek
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