New Year’s Eve is Watchnight for people of color born on the land of the Union States. Watchnight Ceremony is a healing medicine to send blessings to all who need them with much love, honor and respect.
Category Archives: Stitching
Juneteenth: Dance With Ancestors Day
Childhood memory of community family Juneteenth celebration in 1955 on Roanoke Island.
Fiber Friday: Algonquin Embroidery
Indigenous embroidery tips, tricks and traps.
Transformative Thursday: Indigenous Ways of Knowing
We can rise up from the charred cinders of our brokenness by transforming our hands to be creative.
Wampum Wednesday: Indigenous Ways of Knowing
Indigenous textiles as a vehicle to jump start creativity to facilitate self-healing.
Tech Tuesday: Indigenous Ways of Knowing
The 411 on accessing Marks of Resistance: Indigenous Embroidery as an online class.
Cyber Monday: Indigenous Ways of Knowing
Overview of Marks of Resistance online class and the Seed 2 Runway Project.
Preparing For My 3rd Indigenous Fashion Week
My creative process to prepare to teach indigenous embellishment workshop at Otahpiaaki Fashion Week 2019.
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”
Walking Away
Today begins a new journey in my creative hands adventures, because today I walked away from being an Auction Volunteer at Penland School of Crafts. I love Penland with all my heart. I am who I am as an artist because of my experiences and associations with Penland. But as of today, I’m no longerContinue reading “Walking Away”