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Midwest Yarn Iowa City- Guest Blog

Joanne writes from Iowa today….

“Just like my friend Ruth, I search out yarn shops when I travel, hoping to find local yarn.

I’m visiting my daughter in Iowa this week and made a quick visit to the Home Ec. Workshop.

Located in a lovely old red Victorian-style home, the shop offers supplies and inspiration for quilting, crafting, sewing, and a full selection of mostly natural-fiber yarns for knitting and crochet.

It was fun to visit and chat with the owner Codi Josephson, who shared that the shop was recently featured in Better Homes & Gardens Quilt Sampler magazine (Spring/Summer 2022 issue). I came away with a few treasures …. a fabric project bag and some fabric to make a few more. And I found a locally dyed yarn called Ewe & Lea. I loved all the colors, so ended up with five skeins …. wonder what projects I’ll be knitting up!” —Joanne

P.S. You can shop online, if you aren’t headed to Iowa City anytime soon. I bought some sock yarn (on sale) for a friend. -Ruth

The fabric- teacups, teabags and colorful buttons

**Jen Hewett** Project Bag holding the **Punkin Head** hat Joanne is knitting for her grandson
(**click** for Tara Thomsen’s free pattern)

September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 by Ruth Categories: knitting, Photography, QuiltingTags: Better Homes and Gardens, crochet, fabric, guest blog, Home Ec Workshop, inspiration, Iowa City, Midwest, photography, postaday, Pumpkin hat, quilting, small business, teacups, travel, yarn 7 Comments

Millersburg Ohio Signage

Parking sign in front of Miller’s Dry Goods Store. Millersburg, Ohio

Seen Saturday afternoon, after purchasing quilting cotton fabric at Miller’s Dry Goods. I’d done mail order from the store this past year during the Pandemic and wanted to go in person. I changed my route home to Pittsburgh from Columbus Ohio after visiting my family last Week. More quilts in mind.

Millersburg Ohio is in Holmes County click for more history about Ohio Amish Country History and Traditions.

“Millersburg is a village that serves as the county seat of Holmes County, Ohio United States located 66 miles (106 km) south of Cleveland.”

Here’s an article of 15 things to do if you decide to visit Millersburg. I’ll have to plan another trip to see the cheese factory.

June 15, 2021 by Ruth Categories: Photography, SignageTags: Amish Country, country, fabric, Holmes County, horse, horse drawn vehicle, Millersburg Ohio, photography, postaday, quilting, signage, travel 6 Comments

Threadbare Replacement

My recent post showing a threadbare linen dish towel, prompted my friend Joanne to unearth an identical Lupin printed towel she had tucked away in her stash. Approximately 15 years after her having given me the original! What a surprise to open the mail yesterday and find it folded in tissue paper, new with a tag. Thank you Joanne.

May 7, 2021 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: dish towel, fabric, flower, friendship, gift, linen, linen dish towel, Lupun, Nova Scotia, photography, postaday, threadbare 7 Comments

Threadbare

Do you have anything in your home that is threadbare?

“having the nap worn off so as to lay bare the threads of the warp and woof, as a fabric, garment, etc.” adjective

Linen dish towel with Lupin print from my friend Joanne. Saw it was *threadbare* when folding laundry

April 9, 2021 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: dish towel, fabric, Laundry, linen, photography, postaday, threadbare, worn 6 Comments

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

A Rabbit Babywearing

Michelle Weber challenges bloggers to show a photo of something unexpected this week- the word is unlikely

Wasn’t expecting a rabbit carrying a “baby” –

but it was Easter time.

Window display showing baby carriers for sale in Berlin.

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/unlikely/

May 4, 2018 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: #babywearing, baby carrier, baby-wearing, Berlin, city scene, design, fabric, family, Germany, photography, postaday, rabbit mask, reflection, sidewalk, travel, urban scene, window display 8 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

Handmade Lace and Toile du Juoy

Thursday afternoon, my friend Barbara showed me a pretty pillow she had made at Alterations Express. She used fabric from her mother. her grandmother’s handmade lace and her special pillow.

When I saw the fabric I said,”Oh, my friend Joanne gave me a knitting bag made of something similar and it’s French and has pastoral scenes.” but I couldn’t remember the term and had to look it up-

Toile du Jouy

(and here is a link to a blogpost about the history of toile)

Barbara went and got a box with beautiful pieces of lace, created by her grandmother, Josephine Cinquegranni DiGalbo (b. 1890) Notice the blue edge on the lace.

I looked at the lace with admiration. Such expert craftsmanship and beauty. I asked Barbara is she had a photograph of her grandmother.

Barbara’s Grandparents, Angelo and Josephine, on their wedding day.

Her grandmother’s town of origin was Castlebuono, Sicily. The photograph was taken on Butler Street in Lawrenceville, a Pittsburgh neighborhood.

And here is a photo of their daughter, Mary Ann, Barbara’s mother. I had the pleasure of knowing her and remember her for her kindness to my children.

And here are some of the lace specimens, her grandmother’s pattern books and crochet hook were in the box, too.

A note in Barbara’s mother’s hand about the lace.

February 12, 2016February 12, 2016 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: ancestors, art, crochet, design, fabric, grandmother, handcraft, handmade lace, handwork, heirloom, Italy, photography, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday, Sicily, Toile du Juoy, vintage, wedding photo 14 Comments

Tie-Dye With a New Generation

Eighth graders in the art room.

Rubber bands and string. Buckets of color. Vinyl gloves.

Bought more shirts tonight to take to school to try again.

They’ve got the hang of it. The practice.

I tell them – no design turns out exactly as planned.

Friday morning in the hallway a blur of t-shirts walked by.

I felt satisfied.

Did you ever tie-dye anything in your life?

May 16, 2012May 19, 2012 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: art, art room, artroom, craft, design, do it yourself, fabric, fashion, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, school, t shirt, tie-dye 16 Comments

Vintage Yo-Yo Clown Doll Spared from Trash

Vintage Yo-yo- clown hanging around. Looking pretty sad. Full of dust.
Time to throw him out? V, we talked about things with a face! Fifty years of saving him, gave him a bath. Spared from the trash. Don’t remember really playing with him, just propped up on a bookshelf, flopped really. Colorful and jingles when you move him. The bells probably dangerous for a child. I think there are still people who make these yo-yo dolls and will check it out. He was just always there.

September 14, 2009 by Ruth Categories: Things, vintageTags: childhood, fabric, photo gallery, photography, toy, vintage, yo-yo clown, yo-yo doll 8 Comments

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