Category Archives: The Blues

Transformative Thursday: Indigenous Ways of Knowing

We can rise up from the charred cinders of our brokenness by transforming our hands to be creative.

Healing Through Indigenous Textiles

Beginning a new journey of healing and transformation after walking out 3 sun rotations of 13 moons associated with the death of my mother.

Flying the Coup to Freedom in Canada

A Personal Celebration of Indigenous Eastern N.C. Cultural Heritage ~ From the Last Toisnot Tuscarora Gatekeeper Yesterday, while braiding my hair, Felicia Farmer asked me how I felt about my upcoming trips to Calgary, Canada and New Orleans. I told her I was fearful because I’m alone and, as a woman, I don’t want toContinue reading “Flying the Coup to Freedom in Canada”

Otahpiaaki 2018 Workshop Preview

Link to YouTube Movie previewing next weeks workshops at Otahpiaaki 2018.

Momma & Me: Indigo Blues & Slow Stitching

Sunday was my birthday and I had a writing assignment in my Loft Literary Center class to write a 26 sentence story.  I had never heard of such a thing but the idea is to begin each sentence with the letters in the alphabet, i.e. A, B, C etc.  The hardest for me was “X”,Continue reading “Momma & Me: Indigo Blues & Slow Stitching”

My Indigo Blues Journey

I’m a Teaching Artist from a family of teachers and women who loved sewing, quilting, dyeing fabric, weaving rugs, embroidery and crochet.  I grew up in a multi-generational home where handmade was a way of life.  I earned a BFA at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Studio Art with concentrations inContinue reading “My Indigo Blues Journey”