My weaving studio

How could I not like weaving when I have a studio like this. This is only half of the room and I also have a sewing room.

Sewing is a big part of finishing your woven products, unless you hem stitch which always gives a nice look.

This room has supper high ceilings and so it feels very open. I arranged it so that I maximized all the light I could for my looms.

You only see one floor loom in the picture, but the rest of the room I have two more floor looms.

One is close to the window and the other has a wall light with direct able light.

Just a couple of days ago my sample card turned up so I have been spending time thinking on what I want to weave so that I can place my order. Mind I also want to be able to sell supplies as well so will be bringing in extra for other people.

Custom woven to match your home decor.

Stopped by my friends house to visit and she was using the tea towels I had woven for her.  I spent time matching the color to her granite and she loved them.  If you are interested in custom woven items to match your home décor, just contact me and send a color swatch of what you want me to match.  I will do my best to accommodate your needs.

What are you weaving lol

Yesterday I made a warp up, not super long just 6 meters. I posted the picture on my facebook page and also my Woven Dreams Fiber Arts Studio facebook and got asked what are you weaving on my personal one a couple of times.

So I said I am weaving fabric lol of course what else could it possibly be. I mean you have 602 threads in the warp and sett at 20 ends per inch E.P.I

I know what it will turn out to be, a ring sling, diaper bag, two bibs and two diaper covers. Hoping to have enough for a changing pad as well. All matching.................but you know that is me today.

I mean my last warp was going to be something else as well, you know after it had been woven into fabric and I changed my mind making baby bibs.

I truly believe that I follow my heart with what I am making. Something pleasing to the eye as well as functional. In the end fabric is just that fabric, no matter if you went to the store to buy it or you spend hours weaving it, it is just fabric. One person may like it and others may not. You only need that one person other than yourself that that wants to buy it.

Selling my hand woven is still a new concept to me I have woven for the last 14 years and have given my woven items as gifts mostly. I will still give them as gifts, but also want to be able to sell enough to supply hay for my animals.

Oh yes one addiction to pay for another addiction. I love my goats all 15 of them, 2 sheep , 1 donkey and my horse.
This week started off bad I had to have my llama put to sleep, all because of an eye, damaged and beyond repair. My elderly llama would not have faired well in an operation, so she was put to sleep and she died in my arms. I felt her last breath on my face.  I miss her already, there is a hole in my flock of animals.

I think next week I will find out one of her fleeces and start to spin it. She had beautiful red brown fiber. R.I.P Trick or treat my dear girl.

New product handwoven baby bibs

This last week I have been weaving up a storm. The weather last week was not the best rain heavy at times so I stayed in my studio working on weaving fabric. Yes just fabric with no intension of what the fabric would become.

Most of the time I set out with weaving fabric that when finished will grow into something and today they grew into baby bibs.
I was rather pleased with how they looked when done. I backed them with a water proof fabric so that when the cotton had absorbed all it could from being used there was no way that the babies clothes would become wet.

I have a friend that has taken a couple home for his little one to try out and test them for me. So hoping that I get some good feed back . The pattern was my own. I know a bib was not a hard pattern , mind it was one of my easiest ones that I have done.

I want to make sure that the bib is a good fit around the babies neck as well as a good amount of fabric that will cover the babies clothes. I used bias tape around the neck line and also for tying it on. I don't like Velcro or snaps when it comes to closures on bibs. Snaps have defined sizes and not all babies are the same. Velcro tape collects fibers and gets messy. So my chose was bias tape. I am trying to source a thin cotton twill tape, but for right now bias will do.

Tomorrow I will sew some more bibs. I shared them with a few groups on facebook for sale and so I will make more tomorrow.
After that I will make up a new warp and dress my loom.
I am still waiting for my sample card binder to come in so that I can work out what fibers I want to bring into my studio for both myself and customers.

It is kind of sad if you saw my fiber stash for weaving. colors are limited with how many I have of each and some I have non. Mostly I would say I have not a lot to inspire me, so I will have to see what I can come up with.

Well best get some beauty sleep or I will be using match sticks in the morning to keep my eyes open lol