I have been referred to as a "Jack of All Trades, Master of None."  But I maintain that there is  still a multitude of crafts and arts I haven't even tried - yet.

My current passion is dyeing.  I'm fascinated by the changes that take place when a few chemicals are combined with a handful of wool or silk while I work my magic and something entirely different in appearance emerges from the dye pot.  

I then take the transformed fiber to my spinning wheel and more magic takes place.  How a handful of wool can become yarn to knit into a hat or scarf or, even more exciting, a pair of socks is still magic to me even as I sit at the wheel, steadily treadling, and watch it happen.

As is my habit, as I listed my wares for sale online, I began to stumble across a similar, yet different, dyeing style - that of dyeing fibers from plants rather than from animals or protien sources.  I knew that many of my fellow dyers were dyeing cotton yarn.  I had successfully resisted that urge.  I wasn't going to be drawn down that spiraling staircase leading to the cellulose dye studio.

But then it happened.  I saw hand dyed quilting fabric.  I fell in love.  I had to do it.  I had to dye my own cotton fabric in just the colors I wanted.  I found the rescources I needed.  I purchased a bolt of white muslin.  And the adventure began. 

You will soon be able to find in my shop hand dyed cotton fabric as well as hand dyed baby onsies and more.  I may even be able to list a hand made quilt made from my hand dyed cotton.  The first, however, is a labor of love and a price cannot be put on it.