Wisconsin Reflections

Red Wing Black Birds in the back yard.

Chocolate Kopp’s Custard, YUMMY YUM YUM!

Goofing off with my cousin’s wife at the Sow’s Ear, always fun!

A good brew at the Great Dane, WOOF! This is the Stone of Scone Scott’s Ale.

Antique hunting in Cedarburg, always fun.

Wild flowers and open fields.

A wonderfully sweet wedding.

And of course a smiling [...]

Captain Tie Dye!

Do you remember Captain Kangaroo? Even he got into Shibori/tie-dye.

Willow Ware Birds

Giveaway Winner!

So everyone wants to know who won, I used a random number generator and counted down the comments.
I am pleased to announce that the winner of the handdyed fabrics is……..
Lynda! from String Alongs
Thanks all for playing!

WW Knit in Public Day 2009

This Saturday was World Wide Knit in Public Day. The Berkley Knitters made a good show of it and we headed out to a local park to enjoy the sunshine (although we all forgot sunscreen and ended up a bit pink).

There was a great spread with chocolate chip cookies, couscous salad, brie, baguette, tomatoes, cherries, [...]

Handdyed Fabric Giveaway!

Remember back in May when we did tie-dye for the WEF and I said we also dyed some fabric? Well here, finally, are the pictures! I am very happy with the way they turned out, the best part it they are so simple to do and a great way to use up the last bits [...]

Maker Faire 2009

I don’t know if I have ever been in a place with so many talented, crafty, DIYers in one place before in my life. There was even more stuff that we just didn’t manage to see and we can’t wait to go back next year.  I think the botton above by Sean says it all. [...]

Solar Surface Design

This weekend Libby and I had some fun with Cyanotype sun printing. We used Blueprints on Fabric squares and a dried sea fan I got a while ago from Urban Indigo. Rather appropriate for Ocean Day.

Tied and Dyed

Some color for a Monday, these are the other tie-dyed shirts that we wore to the Whole Earth Festival.

My tank top. Raspberry, turquoise, golden yellow and avocado green.

Libby’s T-shirt. Golden yellow, avacado green and azure blue.

Whole Earth Festival 2009

We started with the first cherries of the season at the farmer’s market.  We bought a big bag and munched on them all day in the warm sun.

There was music and dancing on the quad, we crashed on a blanket and ate more cherries and shared Carrie’s garlic fries.

There were booths with clothes of all [...]