Prairie Potholes No. 14

In Progress.

Compost Dyed fabric over digitally printed cloth. Machine stitched ~ and now to had the hand stitching. This piece is going to be a bear to stitch because it has a timtex core!

14 x 14 inches.

EPU II

Prairie Potholes No. 14 Amber Waves

Done! I'll take better photos tomorrow out of doors with better lighting! I took this while it was on my studio table, I'm so glad to be finished with this piece I fought the digital printer all day and finally had to settle for this piece but I'm satisfied and that's all that matters right???

The red lines if you look at them closely enough depict a red crow my maternal grandfather had, he was Mi'kmaq as was my maternal grandmother and my mother - which makes me half. The picture in the fore front was printed on silk organza and is a double overlay of clouds over prairie grasses and this over lays printed cotton of the same clouds, depicting time, traveling in time through story telling. My mother loved telling stories and could make a story up in an instant. I never understood how important this was to her until after her death, when I learned more about her heritage and how important story telling was in NA culture.

Shades of the Season Treasury

Pandaluv included me in this lovely Fall treasury

Stitched

Some stitching

A little hand stitching on a scrap of natural dyed felted wool fabric.

Artist at Work 2 Treasury

by Celticcatphotos

To Dye For Natural Dye Treasury

Harvest Textiles created this lovely natural dyed treasury

Tucks and Pleats

Soon to be a part of my canyon series!

Wild Horses Treasury

I love horses, I don't ride them but I love to watch them move! I was really happy to get a treasury tonight and this one is to the animal I love to watch running across the open plain.

New Yummies

New Hand-Dyed Yummies in my Wild Hyacinth Boutique.

Faerie Wings Redoux

The wings needed re-inforcing, they kept falling forward I think they were simply too thin. I cut out some wing skeletons with painted timtext and stitched to the original wings. They are quite lovely now.

Feathers and Critters Treasury

I created this well feathered critter treasury tonight!

dr Treasury

by Jonatolengo

Ok Just Drop It...

Ok! Just Drop It! by Windrose www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9716374

Prairie Potholes Mosaic

They are not in order which makes them look a little off and if I can figure out how to get the borders bigger between the pieces that'd be better yet still!

Prairie Potholes

I need to rephotograph the bottom six pieces, these are new additions to my Prairie Pothole Series I began in 2005. I have several more pieces I've started for this series sitting on my sewing table the edges need to be finished and then I"m off to start the other three pieces.

Softly Surrounded Treasury

Softly Surrounded Treasury by Gugy

Corn Country Treasury

by Mindy's Embroidery

Prairie Grasses Handspun Art Yarn

Hand Spun Art Yarn by me! - Mohair, wool, silk, alpaca, angelina, natural dyed yarns, ribbons, and silk carrier rods.

Size: 1.2 oz at 32 yards

Logwood dyed Jacob Fleece

Two different colors here Above: a grape color using logwood purple. Below: Dark Violet using logwood purple, the bottom fleece is the black AND the white areas of the fleece dyed and bundled together. It would be TOO much work to seperate out the black from the white in the fleece below, it would make a wonderfully mottled or varigated yarn. Available in my Etsy Boutique

Lock lenght is approximately 3 - 3.5 inches.

There are probably some double cuts left in this fleece, there shouldn't be much though I think the person doing the shearing might have been tired by the time he got to this ram, number 30 in the flock. There is also vegetable matter in this fleece which will come out during the carding process. Available in my Etsy Boutique

I've kept a portion of this fleece for myself and have carded it up already on my drum carder it is divine!

...bow...chicka bow wow... Treasury

...bow...chicka bow wow... Treasury by SimplyTwisted

Washes of Color Treasury

Washes of Color by MissPurl

Storm Treasury

My new store Hackberry Studio was included in a new treasury by macraME

New Etsy Store

I opened a new store to sell my hand dyed wool and yarns. I decided it was time to seperate the natural dyed items from the ones I dye using acid dyes. You can visit my new store Hackberry Studio here.

More Wool

The first batt blended, I love this cloud grey color it's the kind of color you see here on the prairie in late October into early December as the cold fronts slowly make their way here.

My first batt with this colorway. Greyish blues and greens with hints of lavender and sage.

I forget what this critter was, it was a sheep - maybe columbia I don't know I've had the wool on hand for close to ten years now. The staple was still of excellent quality and the luster - well yum! So I'm blending it with mohair and silk bombyx on my drum carder for art batts.

Logwood Dyed Silk Carrier Rods

These are still drying but are stunning none the less, I can't wait to mix them in with the Jacob for a hardy art yarn. For once I'm making a yarn for myself, which means it'll probably never get done.

Logwood Dyed Jacob Fleece

Two colors, I'm thinking about redying the lighter wool, haven't made up my mind yet. I have the black portion of the fleece in the dye vat can't wait to see what it looks like when it's done.

Spinning Wheel Treasury

By Brisinger mine is the second drop spindle from the top.

All Natural - Neither Dull Nor Drab

Wow I finally made a Treasury! I'm featuring items that were dyed with natural dyes.