Blog — work in progress

Cultivations is a carefully curated collection of handmade goods. They have been representing Loomination on their website for over a year and I have been honored to be a part of such a vibrant, inspiring group of artisans. Holly, the founder of Cultivations, recently visited my studio and featured it on the Cultivations blog. It's a beautiful, bright sunny day when we make the trip to visit weaver Leanne Tremblay at her home studio. We couldn't have planned a better day for a long drive through rural Massachusetts. Every bend in the long, winding country roads serves to settle us...

Finally time for a new design! I spend most of my time making and remaking the same designs, so it's a rare occasion that I get to try something new. I've had this particular pillow design on my mind for the last few months, since I made one for my bed back in January, when I had a bit of spare warp on my loom. Pillow weaving in progress in hunter green. After weaving, I removed the fabric from the loom, washed and dried it to preshrink, and sewed a hidden YKK zipper inside. The pillow insert can be quickly...