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I remember learning about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in school. I understood the implications for worker safety and owner greed, especially those locked doors, but I didn’t – I couldn’t – understand how cloth was so flammable. Then I started weaving. While all weaving makes dust, weaving 15 yard warps of soft cotton for […] I’ve finished weaving NS’s baby wrap and started on her friend HM’s. The marine weft and the pale green weft look so different, as I knew they would. At first I wasn’t sure how I liked the pale green, but it’s definitely growing on me. Usually I like the ‘front’ of the baby wrap […] Inspiration for NS’s custom baby wrap came from nature – a rainbow and birds. I measured out the warp for the rainbow section first. Then I started measuring the color bars that will be the majority of this wrap. I was quite curious as to how this would all come together on the […] This afternoon I did the hard press on EJs wraps, then sewed in the required labels. The weather was perfect – sunny and warm after MONTHS of extreme cold. So I took the wraps outside to photograph them in natural light before I bundled them off to the post office. Here are the wraps […] EJ’s first weft was natural, her second is peacock. I love the way the peacock works with each of the colors across this warp. Here’s the right side. And the center section. And the left section. I find it interesting that with the natural weft, both in person and in the photo, […] |
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