While making pillow covers from molas, I also used the Sewing Centre. View from the front door looking at the Project Table and Design Wall. The Sewing Centre is to the right. The Sewing Centre is basically the same setup I had in my old studio. It worked and I couldn’t come up with a […]
Read More...Going into my new space to work, for the first time. I decided the perfect first project was to work on making pillows for my Etsy shop Ravenmadeworks. I hauled out my pile of ‘refreshed’ textiles and sorted through them on the Project Table. I settled on a set of old Panamanian molas. The Project Table […]
Read More...The Green Shed passed its final inspection. We have the building permit. Ron and I celebrated with a soft (bubbly) opening. Inside the little box is the front door key. The fire chief dropped by and gave his final approval. I have been told I can now “load it up.” So I am having a […]
Read More...I’m getting ready to list more pillows on my Etsy Shop, Ravenmade Works Shop, but I want to know more about the textiles they are made of, where they came from, and who made them. I want to include this information in the description of the pillows. Hand spun, hand woven wool fabric is embroidered […]
Read More...SE Asian Hill Tribe embroidered pillows are the latest addition to my Etsy Shop Ravenmade Works I bought a worn western-styled jacket from a thrift store – that I forgot to take a picture of before I started unpicking it. It was made from a collection of worn Hill Tribe embroideries pieced together to make […]
Read More...I have a delicious collection of ethnic and traditional textiles all washed, steamed and waiting to be made into pillow covers. I must admit one of the most fun parts of the process is working out how to turn the textile into a pillow cover to take advantage of its special qualities. If there are […]
Read More...I go to thrift stores, garage sales and estate auctions in search of embroideries, hand made works that have essentially been discarded. Each one has a story about its maker, its owner and its history but for most of them this provenance has been lost. Sometimes, when I take a work out of it’s dusty […]
Read More...I have an Etsy shop, Ravenmade Works Here is how I describe my shop. Refreshed Artworks for the Home The items in my shop are for people who want their home to be a living expression of themselves and a place where they are surrounded by things they love. Used domestic linens, discarded embroideries, worn garments […]
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