purples

I picked this beautiful bouquet from my garden last Saturday, perfect for photographing purples.

I am in pursuit of the perfect purple, which is hard to reproduce.

 These items are in my West Branch shop, and the pillows are also in my  online store.

It's been pretty quiet lately in the land of retail.  I am taking the long view when I'm not worrying and getting ready for the christmas rush.  I am making pillows.  Many, many pillows.  Most are this cute 12x16" size so they are easy to ship.  I will be putting them in my online store soon, I think they will make nice gifts.

I also decided to renew my ads on Iowa's public radio, but I need to work on my ad's text.  I am not good with words!  If you are reading this and like my work and are good with words and think you can help me I will give you a prize.  Feel free to e-mail me at sshinnick@mchsi.com.

I haven't sewn clothes in over a year but I have some linen that I will be sewing into simple long tank dresses.  Look for them online in a week or so.

poppy pillows

I am finally getting some pillows in the store!  More to come.
Most of my pillows will be cotton, but I have had several big square silk scarves previously printed, and no one wears big square scarves right now, so I am cutting them up.

indigo

2 cotton scarves

                                       I am experimenting with indigo.

scarf detail

various blues possible with successive dips

binding 

When dyeing indigo in a cold rain I think about Japan.

one of a kind length

This is the fabric I showed you here
I may list it on on my etsy store in the near future.  It will be my most expensive fabric yet!
It is in my West Branch store on Saturday's 11-4.

spring runners

runner or curtain or wall hanging here

I finally got these runners listed on etsy

runner or dresser scarf or wall hanging here

first flower

an oldie

my first flower this spring

but most of my world still looks like this

luckily I like bark

purple things

 some things I worked on last week

little lavender sachets that you can hang on a doorknob

purple scarves

finding pieces of dyed but not printed fabric

I also cleaned the studio a bit, which is a miracle if you know me.