This is my old Reliable Velocity iron. It has been reliable but after 5 years I have worn it out. It is not worth repairing, the cost of which would include having to ship it both ways across the country. It is no longer made and has been replaced by an updated model. This is […]
Read More...2014 3 years 3 months after the emergency while living outside wrapped around the Indian plum I brought the 3 afternoon tea cloths inside. They were carefully washed, dried and ironed. I was hoping the laundering had stopped the decay processes. There is much staining and decay and large holes had appeared. How to preserve this […]
Read More...Last year I attended one of Carol Soderlund’s workshops and learnt how to dye neutral colours using Procion MX. She also taught us her dye technique that I have since been able to set up in my studio. This is the set-up for weighing dye powder to make the stock solution – cardboard box, newspaper, […]
Read More...While making the mola pillows, I worked at 2 more centres in my studio. The Ironing Centre The ironing board has an extension to make it a rectangular shape better suited to ironing lengths of cloth. I have 2 irons a steam iron and a dry iron. The power outlets for the irons and the sewing […]
Read More...I received lots of comments and questions about my choice of Studio Footwear, as seen in this previous blog post.To answer you all, here are the details. Outside: (Left) Suede, Danish-style clog. Brand – ‘Simple’. The best feature is when I step in soft soil the heel print says ‘past’ while the toe part has […]
Read More...Each day I have continued to repair the bead work on this dress. The weekend started out warm and breezy – perfect conditions for laundering my collection of domestic linens, acquired over the winter. Outside in the breeze until damp dry. Then “polishing” with a steam iron. This process took 2 days!
Read More...Over the summer I had several sessions doing laundry while it was hot and dry– perfect conditions for cotton. I soaked and washed a pile of domestic linens I had accumulated.I hung them to dry until they were just damp. Then steamed them dry and smooth. They were added to my collection… …waiting until their time out […]
Read More...‘In Praise of Ironing’It has to be spread out, the skin of this planet,has to be ironed, the sea in its whiteness;and the hands keep on moving,soothing the holy surfaces.poem by Pablo Neruda I continued to search for a way to respond to the marks the tree left on the cloth.I rejected making a bed […]
Read More...After packing up a module of work and sending it to my tutor in the UK, I cleaned up my studio. This table has been covered for months and I have had to shuffle piles to find spaces to work in. Part of cleaning up my studio involved getting a new iron – just because […]
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