2025 HOLIDAY ARTISTS GIFT SHOW

 

        List of Vendors for the Artists gift show:

           In addition to me and Ineke De Lange:

Mukilteo Candy - Handmade chocolates

RJW Designs - handbags, backpacks, make-up bags upcycled shirts

D Robbins - watercolor artist, paintings, cards

S Hitchner - traditional and digital artworks, gift cards

Aria Creative Arts - acrylic paintings, cards, notebooks

MB Johnson - Cards, gifts, tiles, coasters, keepsake boxes

K Kestin - Jewelry, paintings, cards, prints, books

L Khandro - watercolor artists, paintings, cards

S. Pauls - Jewelry, handmade gifts

V. Ramer & K Jones - children’s books

C Tanner - handmade ornaments, small paintings and cards

A Tanner - Jewelry, leather goods, hair accessories

T Balok - Ceramics and quilted bowls

L Mattson - watercolor paintings, tote bags, mugs

S Carden - Acrylic small Xmas paintings

M. Wadsworth - acrylic artist, small paintings, prints

G Raudebaugh - Cards, collage items

M Powers - Handmade journals

Ineke's photo cards and photography : 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Patina Reprise

I made handwoven towels in the 'Patina' colorway a few years ago 

for hostess gifts and just got an order for another. 

so I reordered some more skeins from Carr Park Artisans and wove a few more. 

One is in the kitchen of its new home in Albuquerque NM, 

and these three (scroll down) are ready for the gift show in Edmonds Nov. 15 & 16. 

#heddleandhook  #artistsconnect  #edmondsgiftshow  

Here's the whole process: 

 

Ordered these skeins from Carr Park

 but the brown in the center didn't quite match what my originals were. 

This is typically fine and expected with one of a kind 

hand dyed and handwoven items. 

But I gave it try to do a little matching and over dyed the center sections. 

They came out very close to the previous colors so I was happy with that. 

 

Lined up the colors on the warping board. 

 

tying on to the previous warp on the Louet Spring loom. 

430 little knots to keep straight and organized and to tie. 

 

Now to wind on and get even tension.

Those encyclopedias serve as good weights and 

their weighty history inside will serve well when the electronics fail. 

 

changing weaving pattern between towels 

 

finished towels for your kitchen

More Utilitarian Art Kitchen towels

 

Sold the first batch of 6 in these colors, so I hand dyed my own skeins and made some more similar ones.  Great sturdy, soft, absorbent towels for you and the cooks in your life. 

Getting ready for the Artists Connect gift show November 15 and 16, 2025

    

The dyed skeins, I always forget to get a photo of the dye process. 

With wet gloves on the dye getting on everything It's just as well. 

 

wound into balls.

Oh, I think this would make a good tweed scarf in these colors, too. 

 

on the warping board lining up the colors the way I want.  

 

on the loom and starting the weaving 

 

finished! and ready for your kitchen 

 

six different weaving patterns

to choose from

size ~18" x 27"-28"

From SUNBURST skein to FIESTA TOWELS

  Fiesta colors for my next set of towels

#heddleandhook #handweaving #blazingshuttles

5 towels and one end of warp experiment with treadling variations.

I used two handdyed Blazing Shuttles 'Sunburst' skeins with 8 little solid stripes. Wefts were turquoise, fuchsia, jaune, orange, and aqua with different treadle patterns for each. The table mat, woven with black, was my own design using varied treadling.

I used 18epi for this 6/2 RS cotton. they came out nice and thick with great texture. 

 

 

 

 

 

RETURNING TO THE LOOMS LATE SUMMER 2025

 Inspired by weaver friend to not let empty looms sit. I'm back to my looms.

Here's my next set of towels in process. So long story: I had two skeins of Blazing Shuttles handdyed cotton in color Smoke and Rust that I wanted to have some black sections. So I overdyed a part of them last week. I'm happy how they turned out. I got a 6 yard warp out of them on Sunday and then tied on 432 threads to my Louet Spring loom yesterday along with the addition of some handdyed Eugene Textile cottolin multi color threads for some color pop variety. Started the first towel this morning. First towel weft color of black, considering maybe a gold for one, and then the the other 4--who knows....

 

I ended up weaving three with noir- black and 3 with rouge vin- wine. 

2025 FUNDRAISER PLANT SALE

 2025 FUNDRAISER PLANT SALE LIST 

SATURDAY MAY 31st

10 AM  to  3 PM

Benefits DEFEAT MYELOMA research at Fred Hutch

Proceeds go to my 5K team REMISSION POSSIBLE

Plant Sale List 

Lots of new things coming in every day

via donations from area plant geeks

Invite your friends to come on by

Send me a message for directions, etc. 

Plant list 

as of now. 

1

gal

Hosta division, "Aphrodite", double white, highly fragrant

 

 

Nancy's list: 

Abutilon 'No Name'				1-4"
Abutilon 'Windcliff Pink'				1-4"
Acorus 'Ogon'				4- 1G
Actinidia pilosula				1- 4"
Allium cernum				1- 1 G
Alstromeria Ligtu Hybrid (pink)				2- 1G
Artichoke				1- 4"
Aster lateriflorus 'Lady in Black'				1- 1G
Bulbine frutescens				1- 5"
Campanula garganica 'Dickson's Gold'				1- 1G, 2-4"
Cerinthe major				3- 4"
Chrysanthemum 'Sheffield Pink'				2- 1G, 1-4"
Chrysanthemum 'Sheffield Pink'				1 -4"
Cotinus coggygria gold form				1- 5G
Dicentra formosa white flowerd				2- 1G, 2-4"
Epimedium purple flowers				1- 1 G
Eryngium				1- 1G
Euphorbia robbiae				1-1G
Fuchsia fulgens x splendens				1- 1G
Gaultheria x wisleyensis				1- 1G
Geranium macorhizum- pink				1- 4"
Geranium pratense- purple leaf form				1- 1G
Gladiolus atroviolaceus				2- 4"
Gladiolus flanaganii				2- 4"
Gymnocarpium dryopteris				2- 5" 1-1G
Hedera helix small gray variegated				1-1G
Helichrysum italicum				1- 4"
Helwingia chinensis				1- 1G
Heuchera chlorantha				2- 1G
Heuchera hybrid bronzy red				1- 1G
Hosta 'Mouse Ears'				4- 1G
Hosta 'Mouse Ears'				1 - 4"
Hosta variegated				1- 2G
Imperata cylindrica rubra	rubra			2- 1G
Iris sibirica				1- 2G
Lewisia cotyledon				3- 4"
Lilium canadense				2- 4"
Macleya cordata				1- 2G, 1-1G
Oemlaria cerasiformus female				1- 1G
Opuntia fragilis				1- 4"
Oxalis tetraphylla 'Iron Cross'				5- 1G
Pelargonium rooted cuttings				1- 5pack
Pelargonium rose-mint				2- 1G
Penstemon ovatus				1- 1G
Penstemon richardsonii				3- 4"
Pepper 'Padron'				4- 4"
Podophyllum 'Spotty Dotty'				3- 1G
Primula veris				1- 1G
Salix matusdana				1- 1G
Sambucus nigra 'Black Lace'				2- 1G
Tomato 'Orange Peruche'				3- 1G
Tradescantia 'Pink Panther'				1- 5"
Vancouveria hexandra				1- 4"