Years ago, when I started trying to eradicate plastic from my life, I kind of developed an obsession with glass jars. Ball canning jars are great, and then I also remove the labels from purchased product jars and reuse them. You do need to be a little more mindful when packing up glass jars for […]
Archive for January, 2012
jars and jars and jars…
Posted in Uncategorized on January 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
first treadle project
Posted in Uncategorized on January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Sean had a lot of fun oiling the treadle, attaching the cable and getting it to run smoothly. He had fun sewing on it too. The first completed sewing project on the treadle was curtains for our bedroom. I got some heavy hemp canvas for the curtains and then some black raw silk as a […]
the glory of ghee
Posted in Uncategorized on January 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Another thing I made as gifts this year were jars of golden Ghee – clarified butter (or drawn butter.) Ghee is pure butterfat – it is butter that is gently heated to the point of separating out the water and milk solids from the oil – which makes it lactose-and casein-free. It is a very […]
zipper pouches
Posted in Uncategorized on January 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I made some little zipper pouches as gifts for the holidays. I used the cotton fabric I dyed with onion skins for the outside of the pouches. I made two linoleum block prints – a sheep and a ball of yarn. One for each side of the pouch. letting the ink dry. I used a […]
first solo dye project
Posted in Uncategorized on January 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been saving up coffee grounds from Sean’s morning coffee for the past few weeks. Thursday night – soaked my yard of cotton cloth in tannins (coffee grounds) for 90 min. at 185 degrees. A tannin bath is used before the mordant, or metal ion bath, for cellulose fibers, such as cotton, hemp, linen, flax, […]