"Odeceixe", by Carlyn Clark of "The 1 Motif 100 Ways" series for day 53 of "The 100 Day Project"

The 100 Day Project - Day 53 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

May 28, 2015

Day 53 of my "1 Motif 100 Ways" series for "The 100 Day Project"

"Nisa", by Carlyn Clark of "The 1 Motif 100 Ways" series for day 52 of "The 100 Day Project"

The 100 Day Project - Day 52 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

May 27, 2015

A floral pattern surrounded by a grid for day 52 of my "1 Motif 100 Ways" series for "The 100 Day Project"

The 100 Day Project - Day 51 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

May 26, 2015

And the second half begins. Day 51 of my "1 Motif 100 Ways" series for "The 100 Day Project"

"Lever", by Carlyn Clark of "The 1 Motif 100 Ways" series for day 50 of "The 100 Day Project"

The 100 Day Project - Day 50 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

May 25, 2015

The half-way point!!! Day 50 of my "1 Motif 100 Ways" series for "The 100 Day Project" is a simple two-color pattern that I hope to use in a cassava paste resist dye project with indigo dye.

"Joane", by Carlyn Clark of "The 1 Motif 100 Ways" series for day 49of "The 100 Day Project"

The 100 Day Project - Day 49 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

May 24, 2015

Day 49 of my "1 Motif 100 Ways" series for "The 100 Day Project"

The 100 Day Project - Day 48 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

May 23, 2015

Day 48 of my "1 Motif 100 Ways" series for "The 100 Day Project" is inspired by the crazy use of rock in buildings in Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal.

"Gavião", by Carlyn Clark of "The 1 Motif 100 Ways" series for day 47 of "The 100 Day Project"

The 100 Day Project - Day 47 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

May 22, 2015

Day 47 of my "1 Motif 100 Ways" series for "The 100 Day Project".

"Almeirim", by Carlyn Clark of "The 1 Motif 100 Ways" series for day 46 of "The 100 Day Project"

The 100 Day Project - Day 46 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

May 21, 2015

Day 46 of my "1 Motif 100 Ways" series for "The 100 Day Project" began by learning that Almeirim, Portugal is considered the home of Stone Soup. Soup makes me think of cold weather and ski sweaters.

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.