"Alijó", by Carlyn Clark of "The 1 Motif 100 Ways" series for day 43 of "The 100 Day Project"

The 100 Day Project - Day 43 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

May 18, 2015

Another version of a starry night, for day 43 of my "1 Motif 100 Ways" series for "The 100 Day Project".

The 100 Day Project - Day 42 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

May 17, 2015

More circles that somehow remind me, again, of a dark, starry night, for day 42 of my "1 Motif 100 Ways" series for "The 100 Day Project".

"Torrão", by Carlyn Clark of "The 1 Motif 100 Ways" series for day 41 of "The 100 Day Project" — "Torrão", by Carlyn Clark of "The 1 Motif 100 Ways" series for day 41 of "The 100 Day Project"

The 100 Day Project - Day 41 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

May 16, 2015

Today, day 41 of my "1 Motif 100 Ways" series for "The 100 Day Project" comes from imagery at a church in Torrão, Portugal, Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso.

"Sertã", by Carlyn Clark of "The 1 Motif 100 Ways" series for day 38 of "The 100 Day Project"

The 100 Day Project - Day 40 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

May 15, 2015

Today's pattern goes back to the simple repeating grid with lots of open space for day 40 of my series, "1 Motif 100 Ways" for "The 100 Day Project."

"Resende", by Carlyn Clark of "The 1 Motif 100 Ways" series for day 39 of "The 100 Day Project"

The 100 Day Project - Day 39 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

May 14, 2015

More circles today, this time inspired by the lacy blossoms of trees in Resende, Portugal for day 39 of my series, "1 Motif 100 Ways", for "The 100 Day Project"

"Queijas", by Carlyn Clark of "The 1 Motif 100 Ways" series for day 38 of "The 100 Day Project"

The 100 Day Project - Day 38 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

May 13, 2015

More circles for day 38 of my "1 Motif 100 Ways" series for "The 100 Day Project".

The 100 Day Project - Day 37 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

May 12, 2015

For day 37 of my "1 Motif 100 Ways" series for "The 100 Day project, I'm exploring gradients and the effect of color change. There's only one motif used above, but by changing the scale and color and adding gradients it takes a good bit of study to find the element.

"Óbidos", by Carlyn Clark of "The 1 Motif 100 Ways" series for day 36 of "The 100 Day Project"

The 100 Day Project - Day 36 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

May 11, 2015

Day 36 of my "1 Motif 100 Ways" series for "The 100 Day Project" is inspired by ceramic plates spotted in a photo of a small shop in Óbido, Portugal.

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.