TEXTILLIAN STUDIOS

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  • Work in progress: So what about those curtains

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    Well, things have not quite gone as planned. I made the first set of curtains for the dining room; but after I made them, both Mr. Penney and I were not satisfied with them. They just weren’t as full as they should be. So, before I went off to make those for the living room,…

  • Cotton ripsmatta rugs

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    This is part of a set of rugs that I wove in two different colorways: rose and blue. I made these rugs as Christmas presents for my family. An additional rug was woven and donated to Maryland Community Kitchen (now known again as Moveable Feast) for auction at their “Fall into Elegance” event. The warp is…

  • Natural dye blanket

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    This is the result of a natural dye workshop. My weaving guild had a natural dye workshop with Louise Wheatly. I had just received a large amount of yarn that I had spun for me by Taos Valley from Romney that I had bought from Triple R Farm. This is what I used this for…

  • My first project on my first loom

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    This is the first blanket that I ever wove. I had just gotten my new loom and needed to make something. I had this yarn around to knit a sweater, but the yarn had been sitting around for a few years and still was not made. I did a few calculations and figured out that…

  • Handspun Aran

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    This is my first attempt at spinning a three ply yarn. I had always wanted to knit an Aran sweater, and this one from Country Knits by Debbie Bliss and Fiona McTague caught my eye. After spinning a number of smaller projects, I thought that I would try spinning the yarn for it. To make…

  • What you say?

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    In case you are interested in commenting on a post, send me an email at textillian@textillian.com. (All the spammers are sending me emails, why not you?) You will be asked to reply to an email; after which, your original email will finally get through to me. In your email, let me know what you want…

  • My first weaving project

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    This is the very first item that I ever wove, start to finish. I learned how to weave from Tom Knisely at The Mannings in Pennsylvania. if you are interested in learning how to weave, I highly recommend his 5 day class, which is the one that I took. The class starts out getting you familar with weaving by…

  • Before: Making curtains

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    This is one of the my big projects, making curtains for the living room and dining room. I just got the fabrics last week from Alexander Blank. They are very helpful there, pulling out books of swatches for me to look through and answering any questions that I have about making the curtains. I hope…

  • What I got for Christmas

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    Ooooooh! Aaaaaah! This is what Mr. Penney got me for Christmas (among other things.) Ain’t he sweet! I did a fair amount of research on this before buying. When I originally asked for a sewing machine for Christmas, I did not anticipate the price we were going to pay for one. I figured a simple…

  • Upholstery

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    I received this cedar chest from my sister when I moved into my first house. She had inherited it from our aunt, who passed away a number of years ago. Once I got it, it was always my intention to weave something in order to re-upholster the top. Ten years later, having moved into a…