Absolutely awesome purple and green hexagon socks!!! 26feb2024

Muppet Christmas Carol features authentic, period costumes. 29dec2023

folding drysuits and kimono is surprisingly similar. 28sep2023

Dad encodes his newborn's sleep-wake patterns in two colour knitting. 13feb2020

14th and 19th ca European/UK women's fashions. 24may2018

Piece of scrap dyed way back when. 2014, probably 10nov2015

arashi shibori, aka ``tie-dying'' on a pole 09nov2015

zippered pouch from an old scrap. 13oct2015

The addition of a kumi drawstring made this post-worthy. Sort of. 12oct2015

Index post for beaded_embroidery pages. 23sep2015

There are many ways to install zippers badly. This page documents some of them. 25sep2015

collection of wonderful temari, lovingly documented by a grandchild by a woman now in her late 80s, who took the craft up in her 60s. 04sep2015

This pouch features glass beads, embroidery, fabric dying and sewing by me; its semiprecious accent beads co-ordinate with the rosary (restrung by me...) it's designed to hold. 24aug2015

Drawstring bag in black, fuchsia, and emerald green. 16jul2013

2nd in a series of USA `stars and stripes' themed omiyage (gift bags). 16apr2013

Kumiko Sudo's pattern of a trillium bag in patriotic fabrics 14apr2013

picture version of conpaito post 15oct2015

Links for a kimono tut, plus suggestions for purchase. 01apr2013

detail construction notes for making the omiyage `conpaito' bag using sewing machine (& cotton fabric, which is much stiffer than silk). 15oct2015

Gorgeous piece of modern sashiko. 21mar2013

About a quarter century ago I tried card-weaving. Recently I took it up again.

This is the index page for embroidery: freestyle hand, machine and beaded. 21apr2009

Summer-weight pants that I sewed and then dyed. This is a sub-index for my other posts on complex-cloth style dyed clothing. Originally posted 21apr09. 21apr2009

Post about my adventures making my second pair of socks . Includes photos of my first overdyed pants as well. Originally posted 20feb09. 20feb2009

These embroidered stockings are—surprise—in the Embroidery section of the site, but as they are a holiday craft as well, I've posted them here, too. Enjoy. Initial post 11feb05, last updated 23jan2014 24jan2014

My friend Posy has finally convinced taught me how to make socks . Originally posted 07nov08. 07nov2008

This drawstring bag and figurine ensemble features a foam-card woven 16 strand diamond patterned kongo braid . Originally posted 19jun08. 19jun2008

I'd never even heard of felted soap until I learned how to make this with my friend Bethany. Orignally posted 16jan08. 16jan2008

Cord and tassels made for a xmas stocking. 29apr2014

Convergence of olden timey textiles.... 29apr2014

This index page collects my posts on kumihimo (Japanese style braiding on a marudai, or round stool, with tama/bobbins) and other braids. 23aug2005

Samples of Tapestry Needleweaving . 22may2004