8 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 2" hand-quilted pouch using a pattern from Sprout Patterns printed with Spoonflower fabrics by Carlyn Clark — 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 2" hand-quilted pouch using a pattern from Sprout Patterns printed with Spoonflower fabrics by Carlyn Clark

Sometimes it's Good to Pick Up a Needle and Thread

November 17, 2015

I pulled out a needle and thread to hand quilt the Zipper Pouch from Sprout Patterns using two of my print designs from Spoonflower.

available on Spoonflower

July 17, 2014

The very first pattern design I made, inspired by a fixed palette challenge to design a "cheater quilt" on the Spoonflower website. The print has sold as both fabric and wallpaper. I'd love to see what the wallpapered room looks like.

my first print collection

January 29, 2014

Prints available on Spoonflower

Every morning as I sit down at my work table I pull up an @oblique_se. Today's seems to particularly align with my mood.

Mending while camping, using hand-dyed indigo thread available on my website

New stock added. Oversold natural indigo dyed mending thread is back in stock. This cotton covered poly thread is stronger than pure cotton and takes the indigo dye beautifully, with little specks of undyed poly peeking through for an almost sparkly effect. It's strong enough for mending jeans but thin enough for most stitching and embroidery projects. The natural indigo will fade harmoniously as you launder your jeans. If thread sales are an indication, the dog days of the pandemic are inspiring people to dig into those baskets of damaged clothes with lots of first timers giving mending a try. It's put up in short skeins so its an affordable starter thread. The indigo dye started as seeds in my dye garden. I use this thread in Arashi Shibori processes and carefully unwind it as I pull off the dyed textiles. Nothing goes to waste! I can put up longer skeins if needed, pm me

Finished a pile. Now to assemble

Individual photos of the January 2021 Take a Stitch Tuesday stitches. I've written about the processes on my blog. Link to my website is on my bio #tastembroidery #takeastitchtuesday #pintangletast #handembroidered #stitchersofinstagram #linkedchainstitch #flystitch #italianborderstitch #blanketstitch #reverseblanketbarstitch #stemstitch #portuguesestemstitch

New thread colorway added to my shop. #handdyedthreads #bluethread #mendingthread #handstitching #varigatedthread #dyedthreads #dyedbyhand #denimfriendly #mendingjeans

More thread into a vat. Blending colors for stitching on collage. #handdyedthreads #stitchedcollage #dyersofinstagram #dyedthreads #dyeart #dyework #blue #multicoloredthread

There was a run on indigo dyed thread on my website over the holidays and I'm almost out. Today I'm trying out fiber reactive dyes on a few skeins to see how that works. Takes a lot less water than indigo processing which is an ongoing concern in SoCal.