Last weekend, I participated in a visible mending class taught by Nicki Stewart at the Taos Center for the Arts. Yes, I can stitch using the Japanese Sashiko technique and make invisible stitches to create a hem on clothing I design and sew. But embroidery techniques have been beyond my ken. I’ve also been curious…
Where did my adventure into textiles go deeper, beyond weaving on a table loom, experimenting with natural dyes, and tailoring jackets when I lived in San Francisco so many years ago? In 1972, I moved from there to my husband’s natal home of South Bend, Indiana. After I opened and closed Clay Kitchen, Inc., a…
What is WARP, you may ask? WARP is the acronym for Weave a Real Peace. The premise is that we can make and sustain each other through the love of textiles and the people who make them. I’ve been a member since 2017, when I organized their annual conference in Oaxaca. I renew, return, and…
