Cerulean Blue in the Freestyle Design is my most recent Featured Fabric. It is not often that I say I have a favorite color. I love strong, bold, vibrant colors and they change often. What ever is my current color of choise reflects my mood, my state of mind and the place Iam in my life. Cerulean Blue had taken my world by storm, so far two tank tops, a jacket, hand dyed fabric and now hand marbled fabric. I love it and the best way to describe it is “that it makes me HAPPY”. I just received an order to dye two yards of the the Damask Rose Jacquard PFD Cerulean Blue, so maybe it’s not just me.
Cerulaen Blue in the Freestyle Design
August 22nd, 2010Maddison on her quilt.
August 7th, 2010Here she is Maddison and her beautiful quilt.
Maddison’s Quilt
July 19th, 2010
My neice just recently had her first child. This is a quilt Grandma made for Maddison. As you can see much of the fabric is from me. It all started with the cat fabrics, some really bright cats in various jewel tones. And it just grew from there. Our family is of the notion that bright colors are for babies, no pastels allowed. Bright orange, blue, lime green, pink, yellow, red, purple. The back is Hand dyed lime green Flannel. I love the quilting with the big outlines of cats. It was fun to be able to help choose the fabric and now to see the final project completed. Well the photos for now, the quilt and Maddison soon. 
Batik Friendship Bag
July 3rd, 2010
We made Friendship Bags at our last Quilt Guild meeting. It is a charming little bag that was easy to make. Carol (who taught the class) had a bunch of them made up in all sizes, shapes and colors. She found the directions on a site called psiquilt.com. I thought I would share it with you as the site has all kinds of projects and ideas. To go directly to the Friendship Bag click here: Friendship Bag. Have Fun!
Light Blue & Green in the Switchback Design
June 27th, 2010
It is always so much fun to experiment, play with and create new colors. This is Light Blue & Green in the Switchback design. Here in the Pacific Northwest we are having a rather damp, cool summer so far. I was once told that summer doesn’t really start until the 5th of July, I do hope it is on the way. This Light Blue & Green is what I see out my window. a hint of blue sky with fresh green of the trees and grass. I love walking in the wood after a rain.
Finding the Right River Rocks
June 3rd, 2010
I find myself creating a fair amount of landscapes, so I am in search of the perfect hand marbled color for river rocks. The first one is Grey in the Freestyle design and the second is Pelican in the Freestyle design as well. Pelican has a bit more Brown in it and the Grey has a bit more Gray/Blue. I took a look at my river rock collection from my years guiding on the Kenai River in Alaska and figured out that I need a selection.
More Info on Rusty Fabric
May 29th, 2010I received this email several days ago and thought it might be of interest to others.
Hello,
I am the metal smith, I just wanted to let you know: (you might already know this, if so, disregard this message!) iron in fabric, will eventually rust away eating the fabric as well. The iron continues to rust even though it seems to have “set”. I am involved in living history, and have seen old fabrics that had been dyed with fabric dye that had iron as a component of the dyestuff. The fabrics look as though they had been cut along the lines that were printed with the iron rich dye…
I do not usually barge in on someone, or on blogs, etc, but with all that you have going, you might not have run across the rust “results”. What you are doing is wonderful, and I love your experiments…the snow printing, etc…is like the kinds of stuff we do here too…kindred spirits abound, even when we do not know it. I home school my daughter, and we are always finding things out, and trying them!
Keep up the beautiful work!
Dawn Hoffmann
I am aware that Rust printed fabrics will continues to rust at a very, very very slow rate even after they have been “set”. I figure that it is a choice, artistic v. lasting longer. As we have seen with antique, Cotton will not last forever, but if care is taken it will last a very long time.
I was not aware that older dyes used iron components, but is does make sense a dyes were originally made from natural ingredients one of those being minerals.
Spring Flowers
May 29th, 2010
Several years ago I received some wild flower seeds in the mail from a gentleman I had met at a quilt show. I planted them and waited. The only ones that have continued to thrive are the Lupine which happen to be one of my favorite flowers. So I am happy to report that they have now begun expanding and spreading. That is a good thing in my eyes. I have an entire section of the yard that is just for wild flowers, birds and bees. 
Something in Cerulean Blue
May 29th, 2010
My latest creation was really just for fun, well and possibly to wear to a fancy wedding later in the Summer. I hand dyed some PFD Jacquard a beautiful Cerulean Blue. The panel on the back is a piece from an antique kimono that I found in my wanderings. I outlined it with a Lilac Patina batik. I used a 1/2″ bias tape maker to make the outline strips. It is all very simple but elegant and suits me just fine.
And Yes, you can find A little Somethin’ the pattern, the PFD Rose Damask Jacquard and the batik all on my website www.marbled-arts.com.
Final Snow Dyed Fabric for the Season
April 25th, 2010
Here are a couple of my most recent Snow Dyed fabric pieces. Violet Ice on the left and one of the Maroon Pastels on the right. These are two of my favorites, I love to dramatic colors and the ice fractures that add texture to the fabric design. I still have a few For Sale on my Marbled Arts web site www.marbled-arts.com. Take a peek, they are going fast and they are the last until the snow flies next winter.