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Silk Swaddling Blanket

African Threads Posted on March 27, 2019 by Val HearderMarch 27, 2019

I stitched a silk swaddling blanket from silk dyed with avocado stones, coleus leaves, onion skins and saffron. Our third grandchild is due next week, the same day we fly to South Africa for most of April. I wanted something … Continue reading →

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Posted in ecodyes, natural dyes, needle art, Quilts, Slow stitches, Uncategorised | Tagged avocado stones, babe, blanket, natural dyes, onion skins, silk, stitching swaddling | 10 Replies

My Perfect Day

African Threads Posted on August 13, 2017 by Val HearderAugust 13, 2017

It is Sunday and everything is moist and soft in the drizzle and rain of the past few days. I wake early and sit in the stillness to stitch. Simple stitching is restful, contemplative. Later, I’m keen to walk in … Continue reading →

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Posted in contemplative stitching, Embroidery/Stichery, Nature, Slow stitches, Stitching, Uncategorised | Tagged blueberries, contemplative, forage, mushrooms, Nova Scotia, stitching | 2 Replies

Sweet Scarlett

African Threads Posted on February 14, 2017 by Val HearderFebruary 14, 2017

It’s been a while since I posted, so I thought I’d catch up by showing you Scarlett’s baby quilt which I finished last fall. I began the quilt about a year ago and stitched on it slowly. My favourite stitching … Continue reading →

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Posted in Quilts, Slow stitches, Studio, Uncategorised | Tagged appliqué, baby quilt, Dorr wool, napping blanket, rugh hooking, stitching | 8 Replies

Stitching on Spirit Island

African Threads Posted on October 6, 2016 by Val HearderOctober 6, 2016

This past week I was on Manitoulin Island to visit Judy Martin’s home with Penny Berens and Margi Hennen. Manitoulin is known as Spirit Island due to deep spiritual significance to the Indigenous People. What joy to be in this … Continue reading →

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Posted in Community, Creative process, Embroidery/Stichery, Inspiration, Slow stitches | Tagged Creative process, embroidery, indigo, inspiration, Judy Martin, Manitoulin, Penny Berens, prints, retreat, Spirit Island, stitching, stitching friends | 1 Reply

Slow Quilting

African Threads Posted on November 8, 2015 by Val HearderJuly 7, 2016

We gaze at the patchwork, the fine cotton, the tiny quilting stitches. Like sentences in a diary, each patch is a record of a childhood dress, a housecoat and scraps from dressmaking projects from an ear when women made all the families clothing.We sense the comforting continuum of the generations of women who stitch. And so it continues with Cooper’s quilt. We’re doing what women have always done…slow stitching.

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Posted in Community, Embroidery/Stichery, Fabric, Quilts, Slow stitches | Tagged bee, cotton scraps, generations, patchwork, quilting, slow stitching | 5 Replies

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