Marching Along

March is fading fast and the official spring start will be here soon 

and not soon enough for most of us. 

A serious case of spring fever is brewing in this country. 

Time is marching along at a fast clip and I am having a hard time keeping up.

Thanks to all for your kind comments on “Night Wing Rider”. 

 I appreciate each and every comment and visits to my blog!

Night Wing was labor intensive and took up a lot of my time with many starts and stops

 but I am very pleased with how he turned out.

 With each soft sculpture I do, I learn and progress that much farther 

to creating future pieces I have visions and sketches for. 

I have so many birds and butterfly’s I want to make 

that it is hard to pick the next one to work on.

But the next sculpture is going to have to wait a while because 

for now I am back to weaving. 

I need to do production for the next several weeks 

on rugs, dishtowels and some table runners to catch up.

Three looms need to be cleared of projects that have stayed on for far too long 

and then I will get all of them warped for different projects 

so they can be finished one by one. 

My days of 25 to 30 yards per week production is over 

so I only put twelve yards of warp on at a time. 

That is enough production for me on any given projects.

 I am getting older and there is only one of me for 6 working looms!

Denim Rugs

There is a little green being woven in the studio today.

With all that needs to be done it sounds like 

I have my marching orders for the coming weeks 

so I had better get busy!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Night Wing Rider

Night Wing

 with a little hitch hiking mouse! 

The Butterfly wings are hand stitched Shibori wool fabric, dyed in Indigo,  

with a Mohair body, wrapped wire legs

and hand stitched embroidery. 

 Mouse hitch hiker is made from wool fabric 

with wire wrapped paws, and lots of stitching.

 The butterfly is based on the common blue butterfly,

 which uses its darker underwings to protect itself from harm 

and the bright blue to attract a mate.

The little mouse even has a scarf made from 

my hand dyed fabric to keep him warm on his night ride.

I've been working on this one for a while 

and I am so happy with how he turned out. 

Pog is still working on a better base for him 

and then he will be ready to fly to wherever he may desire to go on a night ride.

Snowy Valentine

We got around 10 inches of snow with the storm 

that passed thru our area the last couple of days.

Today has been sunny and bright with temps in the 40's and the melting began 

but we have a possibility of more snow tonight.

I love snow but would prefer not to get a winters worth at one time!

Thankfully the power stayed on and the wood stove kept the house warm and cozy.

Just a simple quiet night at home is planned with a 

fudgy cake that I baked for my sweetheart. 

I also have his favorite Butter P. ice cream to go with it.

  

Wishing each of you a

Happy Valentine's Day!

Carolina Snow

Our first true snow came this week with cold temps but 

we did not get the icing over so many others in the south got. 

My daughter lives in the “flat” eastern part of NC. 

They got ice and then about three inches of snow. 

It is very unusual for them to get that much snow and for it to stay around a couple of days. 

I don’t mind the snow but could do without the below zero temps. 

I am sure everyone is going to have a serious case of spring fever this year!

I spent my “snow day” in the studio weaving purple rugs and slowly stitching on wings. 

 Hope you spent this terrible weather week warm and somewhere safe.

 A few of us lucky souls spent our days keeping the home fires going, soup on the stove, weaving/stitching and in a cozy nest.

On this last day of January 2014 time is moving on 

and even though it doesn’t seem like it now, warmer weather is on its way.