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In May of 2013 I introduced a line of mill woven Dye-Lishus® cotton fabrics at the International Quilt Market in Portland. There are four fabric styles, mixing treated and untreated cotton y … read more

Well, you can tie dye too. Here is a piece with handspun Dye-Lishus® cotton in one direction and untreated organic cotton in the other. The weaving pattern is a 16 shaft block twill taken fr … read more

Dye-Lishus® cotton is scoured and mordanted in the fiber form, before it is carded and spun, which means I can blend it with untreated cotton to make yarn, or I can mix it with untreated yarn to m … read more

As a spinner who weaves, or a weaver who spins, winding a warp and threading the loom are peaceful processes for me. Think about it--every inch of the yarn passes through my fingers. For a spinner … read more

Woven shibori in all its forms is another branch on that tree, and I continue to play with it. But getting back to the natural dye path, Catharine mentioned to me while I was taking the dye class … read more