Carlyn Clark 4/14/15 Carlyn Clark 4/14/15

The 100 Day Project - Day 9 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

For Day 9 of The 100 Day Project designer Carlyn Clark continued the 1 Motif 100 Ways theme by flipping the motif and putting it into a simple half-drop repeat. The pattern is named after the Portugese village of Espinhal.

Carlyn Clark 4/13/15 Carlyn Clark 4/13/15

The 100 Day Project - Day 8 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

Carlyn Clark 4/12/15 Carlyn Clark 4/12/15

The 100 Day Project - Day 7 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

Carlyn Clark 4/11/15 Carlyn Clark 4/11/15

The 100 Day Project - Day 6 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

Carlyn Clark 4/10/15 Carlyn Clark 4/10/15

The 100 Day Project - Day 5 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

Carlyn Clark 4/9/15 Carlyn Clark 4/9/15

The 100 Day Project - Day 4 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

Day 4 of Carlyn Clark's 1 Motif 100 Ways series for The 100 Day Project is a repeating pattern that deconstructs, reassembles and changes the scale of the original motif. The pattern is named after a small oceanside village in Portugal, Sagres that is popular today with surfers. The pattern is inspired by colors picked up from the Azulejo tile altar at the 15th/16th century chapel, Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça.

Carlyn Clark 4/8/15 Carlyn Clark 4/8/15

The 100 Day Project - Day 3 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

Day 3 of Carlyn Clark's 1 Motif 100 Ways series for The 100 Day Project is a repeating pattern that deconstructs, reassembles and changes the scale of the original motif. The pattern is named after a small farming village in Portugal, Fontelo.

Carlyn Clark 4/7/15 Carlyn Clark 4/7/15

The 100 Day Project - Day 2 of 1 Motif 100 Ways

Day 2 of 1 Motif 100 Ways for The 100 Day Project, a repeating half-drop pattern named after a small village in Portugal, Carvalhas. There is a brief description of the history and origins of Azulejo tile, which inspires this project.

Every morning as I sit down at my work table I pull up an @oblique_se. Today's seems to particularly align with my mood.

Mending while camping, using hand-dyed indigo thread available on my website

New stock added. Oversold natural indigo dyed mending thread is back in stock. This cotton covered poly thread is stronger than pure cotton and takes the indigo dye beautifully, with little specks of undyed poly peeking through for an almost sparkly effect. It's strong enough for mending jeans but thin enough for most stitching and embroidery projects. The natural indigo will fade harmoniously as you launder your jeans. If thread sales are an indication, the dog days of the pandemic are inspiring people to dig into those baskets of damaged clothes with lots of first timers giving mending a try. It's put up in short skeins so its an affordable starter thread. The indigo dye started as seeds in my dye garden. I use this thread in Arashi Shibori processes and carefully unwind it as I pull off the dyed textiles. Nothing goes to waste! I can put up longer skeins if needed, pm me

Finished a pile. Now to assemble

Individual photos of the January 2021 Take a Stitch Tuesday stitches. I've written about the processes on my blog. Link to my website is on my bio #tastembroidery #takeastitchtuesday #pintangletast #handembroidered #stitchersofinstagram #linkedchainstitch #flystitch #italianborderstitch #blanketstitch #reverseblanketbarstitch #stemstitch #portuguesestemstitch

New thread colorway added to my shop. #handdyedthreads #bluethread #mendingthread #handstitching #varigatedthread #dyedthreads #dyedbyhand #denimfriendly #mendingjeans

More thread into a vat. Blending colors for stitching on collage. #handdyedthreads #stitchedcollage #dyersofinstagram #dyedthreads #dyeart #dyework #blue #multicoloredthread

There was a run on indigo dyed thread on my website over the holidays and I'm almost out. Today I'm trying out fiber reactive dyes on a few skeins to see how that works. Takes a lot less water than indigo processing which is an ongoing concern in SoCal.

Starting 2021 with some dye. #dyeart #dyeing #shiboripattern #dyersofinstagram #dyedcotton #fatquarter #konacotton #dyework

So long 2020! Welcome 2021. We're really looking forward to seeing you