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Author: CarolynMB

Silver Grey Pullover

Armed But Not Dangerous

Posted onDecember 2, 2019March 11, 2020Leave a comment

In nearly four decades I’ve used a few different mannequins to display my work and to use to photograph my jackets. For the past years, I’ve had nice rounded ones (for a long time I had some great wooden ones Read More …

CategoriesstudioTagsdisplay, Mannequins, photography

Watercolour Tulips

Watercolours

Posted onNovember 29, 2019December 2, 2019Leave a comment

Now that my shows are all done for the year and I’m taking some time for myself I find I’m trying to straighten out my studio or mopping my kitchen floor. I’ve done these tasks and more and the results Read More …

CategoriespaintingTagscolour, painting

Brother Knitting machine patterning

Oh Brother! Hidden Stitches.

Posted onOctober 3, 2019November 29, 2019Leave a comment

Well, I just got back from a weekend hanging with the ladies in the Fingerlakes. I learned a long time ago that in the US machine knitters tend to used Brother knitting machines. As a long-time Singer knitter, I finally Read More …

CategoriesBrother Knitting Machines, Machine Knitting, UncategorizedTagsFingerlakes, Stich Patterns

Short and Sweet…Jacket Done!

Posted onApril 30, 2019December 2, 20191 Comment

Well, not so short. I made up a jacket using my cache of Kantha Quilts. I love them and had a hard time deciding how a simple jacket should look.  With five quilts, all double sided, I had a lot Read More …

CategoriesColour, cotton, Kantha jacket, kantha quilts, sewing, Wearables

Colourful People….Really!

Posted onMarch 24, 2019June 9, 2019Leave a comment

Here we are in the depths of a Canadian Winter and I am fortunate to have been able to travel to the Caribbean for a warm getaway. Not something I have been able to do often I revel in the Read More …

CategoriesTravelTagsPeople

Sew Exciting

Posted onJanuary 18, 2019June 4, 2019Leave a comment

With an email from Marcy Tilton’s blog/website I got all fired up about Kantha quilts. I didn’t think the price was too unreasonable and I thought I’d like some to make a cool jacket. Anyone who knows me and my work Read More …

CategoriesCochenille Software, Creativity, Garment Designer, Heidi Klum, kantha quilts, Marcy Tilton, Mieko Mitz, sew

Stupid Questions or Learning?

Posted onJanuary 6, 2019June 4, 2019Leave a comment

We’re well into 2019 and a new show season but we artisans and craftspeople are reviewing our 2018 shows. It’ll be tax time soon so we have to crunch and record the numbers, decide which shows to continue with and Read More …

CategoriesArt Biz, artisans, Machine Knitting, questions, shows

Feeling Felt

Posted onAugust 19, 2018June 4, 2019Leave a comment

I recently spent a wonderful week in a workshop with Eva Camacho Sanchez on silk surface techniques and Nuno felting. The first two days were working with silk, paper, fabric paint and dye. We had a lot of colouring, folding, stamping Read More …

CategoriesDyeing, Felting Workshop, roving, Silk

When I Work…When I sleep.

Posted onJune 4, 2018June 4, 2019Leave a comment

I ended the heading of this post with an exclamation mark…why…well, it’s because I’m tired of explaining my day to a number of folk. When I discuss my work/sleep/downtime hours to other colleagues, say, in a quiet time at an art Read More …

Categoriescircadian rhythms, schedule, shows. One of a Kind Show., sleep, Work

Dressing Mannequins.

Posted onApril 18, 2018June 4, 20191 Comment

Wow…I haven’t written a post since before Christmas! I have so many things I love to share but have been sick, lazy or snowed in…then doing my taxes…to actually log in and post.  Here is something that came over my email Read More …

Categoriescostume, Creativity, dressing, fitting, historic dressing, mannequins, museums

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