indigo.. continues

  Wrapping things up with our indigo quilts..

 beautiful images of the girls tying their quilts off.

We sewed and dyed

pillow cases to match.

I am SO proud of these girls.. 

sweet dreams beehive sewers! 


in case you missed it, 
click here for first indigo quilt post.

wood sculptures

wood pieces, sharpie marker, wood glue, watercolor paint

I love everything about these sculptures. 

INDIGO inspired quilts

This past winter I have had the opportunity to sew with a great group of children.  We've made pillows, wallets, tote and  drawstring bags, headbands and an assortment of garlands and holiday decorations.  

As I was looking for fabrics for a quilt project, I had the idea that they could create their own fabrics, making their quilts truly unique works of art.  I remembered that Susanna gave me an indigo dye kit (buy yours here) that I had wanted to experiment with. 

I LOVE it when things work out this way and I bought a boat load of crispy cotton muslin. 

We rolled, folded, twisted and tied up big squares of fabric. Everyone had four big pieces of rolled up tied up twisted muslin to dye. 

The process of the dye bath is a little tricky but we fell into the groove and cheered each other on as the results are truly magical. We spent two classes dying fabric for the quilts. The directions included in the kit are very specific and easy to follow. 

The sewing was a breeze.. everyone had 16 squares to work with, 4 squares from each of the 4 pieces of fabric they dyed. They then chose 4 pieces to match and sew together to make new larger squares, piecing and patch working together. 

 

bundling, tying, twisting muslin

                                                        squeezing fabric in dye bath

unwrapping first batch of indigo 

                                                                     hanging to dry

                                                        sewing squares of dyed indigo 

 We  are still working on the quilts, we've got batting and backs to tackle next. 
 I  couldn't wait any longer to share the process so far, I am so proud of these kids. 
 YAY INDIGO!   and thank you Susanna for the kit! 

the studio 2014

Looking back over the 100's of images from the past year at beehive.
These are some of my favorite pictures.. 
 the energy, the hands, the motion, the contemplation, the still, the color, the studio 2014

beehive quilts

This is us sewing at beehive's pins and needles class.
I was inspired after my friend gave me bags of really beautiful fabric.
Many many squares, pins, back stitches and snips later.. these beautiful quilts walked out of the studio. Just in time to curl up cozy with a book!

summer shots

while scrolling through the collection of summer ART photographs, 
a few of my favorites.