Fabric surface design for quilters including indigo and natural dyeing, fiber reactive dyeing, mono printing, screen printing and commercial digital printing at Spoonflower.
Category Archives: Modern Quilting
Life Lessons Learned Through Quilting
The importance of social organizations in fostering quilting traditions with indigenous people of color.
Indigo Dyeing Cloth For Quilting
Types of fabric to dye for quilting.
Poo’miikapi Textiles Tutorial 02: Naatowápo’takiis Show Quilt Pattern
Fabric description and requirements for Otahpiaaki Community Show Quilt.
Poo’miikapi Textiles Tutorial 01: Naatowápo’takiis Quilt Pattern As A Quilted Blanket Shawl
Preparing fabric to dye for Sacred Circles Community Healing Quilt.
I Was Blind But Now I See So I Practice Machine Quilting
Free motion machine quilting as a vehicle for healing from grief.
Teaching Modern Quilting: Quilts As Art
Last night, I met with seven precious ladies in my first Modern Quilting Class at Wilson Community College. I’m humbled and blessed to be their guide to the world of stitching. Six are beginners and one is a quilter ready to make her quilts into works of art. So, I’m back to journaling my journeyContinue reading “Teaching Modern Quilting: Quilts As Art”
Quilting Memories
(Anne Carson “Uncle Harry” Inspired Writing) First of all, life in Wilson County, North Carolina when I was born was defined by segregation, social injustice, economic starvation and institutional discrimination enforced by “Jim Crow” laws. The brutality and harsh reality of life was white washed and veiled behind lace curtains of poison ivy drenched inContinue reading “Quilting Memories”
Cloth As Memoir
I’m organizing my living environment into a creative hands working studio. My Momma had a lot of nice things that she collected in my childhood home. Stories and her creative hands are attached to many of these items. But, the bottom line is that I’ve got too much stuff. It’s overwhelming! Momma saved everything. I’veContinue reading “Cloth As Memoir”
Fiber Art by Carola 