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Colleen and Her Love of Colorful Quilting

This is a collaborative guest post by two wonderfully creative women who have been friends since forever.

Colleen and Joanne hail from Nova Scotia. Joanne, living in Florida, collected the photos and good information about Colleen and her love of colorful quilting.

Get to know Colleen and her colorful quilts-

Favorite Quilter: Freddy Moran and her favorite quote: “Red is a neutral” (http://dogwoodlanerambles.blogspot.com/2013/03/meeting-freddy-moran.html)

Favorite Fabrics: Day of the Dead fabric and anything Frida Kahlo …. could it be because Colleen’s birthday is on Halloween?
Favorite Designers:
Kaffe Fassett (http://www.kaffefassett.com/),
Amy Butler (http://www.amybutlerdesign.com/products/) and
Tula Pink http://www.tulapink.com/pinkerville

Fabric Stash

A pretty bundle of fabric to quilt

Colleen shops for colorful quilt fabric

Colleen says “I have a huge stash of fabric that I like to look at for inspiration. Some I have had for many years and almost everything was purchased in the US. I order online occasionally but it gets expensive with taxes, customs and shipping and delivery to Canada can take a long time – so much for instant gratification! Currently Florida is my “go to” shopping locale because I’m there at least once a year. Found a great quilt shop in St. Augustine” http://www.beesquiltshop.com

Here is Colleen, looking to the sun.

Colleen’s cookbook shelves were featured on the blog about five years ago

July 18, 2019 by Ruth Categories: Fiber Art, Guest Blog, QuiltingTags: color, design, fabric, Fiber Art, Florida, Frida Kahlo, friends, guest blog, Nova Scotia, photography, postaday, quilting, Quilts, sewing, stitching, Tula Pink 10 Comments

Meet Squirrel The Angora Bunny

Look at this soft snuggly bunny rabbit who helped feature the vibrant “Dye Happy” colorway. A table display was overflowing with beautiful and colorful soft yarn. Steve and I popped over the river for a few minutes to see the trunk show, held at LYS McWalker Yarns in Millvale PA, Sunday afternoon. I needed some double pointed knitting needles, too for a new project.

Meet Squirrel, held by Marissa of The Spun Bunny.

I should have taken a video of his little nose twitching. So fluffy and Marissa said the scale tips between 4 and 5 pounds so the fur is light, even if it is long.

You have to see and touch the squishy and brilliantly colored yarn to see what Squirrel and his family can produce. (with a little help from spinner and owner Marissa of course) I asked how many rabbits and Marissa responded “12 2 are full english angoras (ember and cinnabun) and the rest are french x english.”

Can you find his pretty eyes?

And I lifted one of McWalker Yarns photos from Facebook Timeline (thanks Amy) so you can see the gorgeous yarn Didn’t think to photograph the yarn, as I was mesmerized by Squirrel and all his cuteness.

February 17, 2019February 18, 2019 by Ruth Categories: Fiber Art, knitting, PhotographyTags: angora rabbit, bunny, colorway, crochet, Dye Happy, Fiber Art, fiber arts, handspun yarn, knitting, Local Yarn Store, LYS, McWalker Yarns, spinner, spinning, The Spun Bunny, Trunk Show, yarn 9 Comments

Crocheted Tree Blankets on Christopher Street

When we arrived in the city Tuesday evening after the long train ride from Pittsburgh we walked down to the Hudson River after supper. It was dark so I didn’t see the colorful crocheted blankets on the trees.
Then yesterday we were on Hudson Street and WHOA- there they were brightening up the landscape.
Here’s an article about the creator of the project – Holly Boardman owner of Musée Lingerie on Christopher says ” It takes about one hour to crochet a single square, and we have over 1,880 squares on our Christopher Street block. That took about 80 days!”

A total transformation of ordinary tree trunks into colorful street art

Here’s the first one I spotted on Hudson Street and then we rounded the corner on Christopher…

November 23, 2017 by Ruth Categories: Fiber Art, PhotographyTags: art, Christopher Street, city scene, crochet, crocheting, Fiber Art, Greenwich Village, lingerie, Musée Lingerie, NYC, photography, postaday, street art, transformation, tree, tree blankets, tree trunks, trees, West Village, yarn 14 Comments

World Wide Knit in Public Day

Carnegie Library of McKeesport Saturday June 10th 2017

After receiving a nice email invitation, I returned to knit with this lovely group of women.

World Wid Knitting in Public Day -Founded by Astrid Salling, WWKIP Day

“Better Living Through Stitching Together”

June 11, 2017June 11, 2017 by Ruth Categories: Fiber Art, PhotographyTags: Astrid Salling, crochet, Fiber Art, knitting, McKeesport PA, photography, postaday, World Wide Knit in Public Day, WWKIP, Yarn bombing 9 Comments

Mi Placita Mexicana- Main Street -Omak WA

“Un Poquito de Todo”

We were shopping for spices. I photographed this wall of beautifully colored thread for crochet and embroidery. The owners showed me a religious blessing ornament made with the thread. I asked if it would be okay to take pictures and they said yes.

September 6, 2016September 6, 2016 by Ruth Categories: Fiber Art, PhotographyTags: crochet, embroidery, Omak WA, photography, postaday, travel 6 Comments

Twisp Highlights- Twisted Knitters Yarn Shop,eqpd Bags, Cinnamon Twisp Bakery

Meet Susan. Most gracious yarn store hostess. Every yarn store you visit has “a feel to it” and this is one welcoming shop. See the label for the botanical dyed local yarn. Just beautiful. I bought some sock yarn weight with silk yarn with a label Three Fates.

Twisted Knitters Yarn Shop

eqpd

Meet the founder of eqpd (say:equipped) Jonathan Baker, originally from New Hampshire, Rhode Island School of Design grad ( he even used to camp in Ossipee NH where my SIL used to live)

I bought a cool red bag. If you look at the Twisted Knitters pic above you will see the project bags (red, white and blue) that stand open, have a place for needles, instructions and are just perfectly designed.

Check out this apron made out of two pairs of jeans. A loaf of dark rye sourdough hit the spot for lunch. Added some sharp cheese. Cinnamon Twisp Bakery

September 2, 2016September 2, 2016 by Ruth Categories: Fiber Art, knitting, PhotographyTags: bakery, botanical dye, denim apron, design, family, knitting, photography, postaday, recycle, shopping bags, travel, Twisp WA, yarn shop 16 Comments

Meet Malka- A Stitch in Dye

Austin, Texas is noted for live music and creative artists.

And stunning hand-dyed, uniquely-patterned fabrics, by Malka Dubrawsky. Touring her studio, I was reminded of my color theory class, studying Josef Albers.

In between wedding and celebrations, Colleen, who hails from Nova Scotia, made arrangements to meet Malka at her studio, A Stitch in Dye.

Colleen is an avid quilter and follows Malka’s blog.

The four of us piled in Joanne’s car and her son Chris, ferried us to A Stitch in Dye where Malka welcomed us and generously gave a tour of her studio.

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Malka Dubrawsky – Fiber Artist

26074255430_c07b8adf97_k Malka explained the dye process. We learned about the addition of soda ash.

Lengths of fabric soak in dye. Wax in electric frying pans for making the designs on the fabric

26321167766_3db3fc7cff_k Wax design drying, ready for a dye bath

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Button jar

25741790244_61ef3cd42e_k Joanne spotted these gloves on a shelf. Thanks J.

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Custom designs available and international shipping! Click for her Etsy Store to see samples of her vibrant hand dyed fabrics. She has written two books.

Color Your Cloth: A Quilter’s Guide to Dyeing and Patterning Fabric and Fresh Quilting: Fearless Color, Design, and Inspiration .

26347120015_67c1d4d60d_o Left Handed Appliqué Scissors.

26321137986_7e4f2f7d75_k Stacks of fabric to be sewn into quilt designs

26074218620_1663b13e6f_k Thanks for a wonderful tour. Malka saw us out to the parking lot.

Glad Colleen had such a cool connection in Austin. The fabrics she bought were richly colored and fabulous designs. Can’t wait to see your quilt creation, Colleen. Send photos for upcoming blog post!

April 13, 2016 by Ruth Categories: Fiber Art, PhotographyTags: A Stitch in Dye, art, artist studio, Austin TX, design, Etsy, fabric, Fiber Art, hand dyed fabric, Malka Dubrawsky, postaday, quilt, quilting, sewing, textiles, travel 6 Comments

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