Blog moving soon

Heads up

I am going to move my blog 

to be connected with my website

christinemauersberger.com

Not yet, but in a few days

Meanwhile

I have just listed some fine wool gauze scarves 

only 6 available

2 sizes

Light and airy

Will take dye like a dream

My garden is on the move too!

this hosta loves its new home

and big grass is moved now too!

I brought this up from my Georges family home in southern ohio

My nephew Ken

had to yank it out using a rope and dragging it with his truck.

still

Still stitching on a black transparent blouse.
That rock is from my trip to Lake Superior last year

Slowly knitting this

The video shoot went well. 

The two videographers were calm and fellow artists themselves.

Ben and Paul asked really good questions

 and put me at ease 

and I hope I was able to be myself.

Did fumble a bit at odd moments, esp. when my mind 

interjected thoughts like "OMG, you are on camera, what are you saying??"

Still did not like my hair I decided to go natural and wild (i.e. no flatting hair dryer)

and minimized my look

 by wearing a grey Alabama Chanin organic cotton jersey 

pull over thingy (purchased at discount during their Mother's Day sale)

over a black shirt and skirt with very cool earrings made by Deborah Rosen

                  

And feeling happy for Hank and Spool shop 

Wish my mama could be here to be involved. She would be pleased.

I will be adding fine wool scarves, silk broadcloth, and other goodies later this week.

Large Silk/Cotton Hanks

Detail, side view of large Hank. photo on top of one of my hand-stitched pieces

I have had a lovely response to Hank and Spool. 

Half of my spool inventory has been sold!

A warm and gracious thank you for your purchases

Large Hanks of 70% Silk/30% Cotton are now available at Hank and Spool

Limited Quantity

on 10 in stock

getting more soon!

This is the same thread I use in my hand-stitched works

Sample of how this thread looks on black linen
my stitching on black shirt 

Setting Up

The Community Partnership for Arts and Culture in Cleveland 

is shooting a

 professional video of me in my studio.

Perk of being a 2013 fellow.

gulp.

Tomorrow 10 am.

Setting up this evening for tomorrow's events.

Regret my short hair cut...

P.S. Silk Broadcloth soon to be available in my little shop.
It is heaven and takes eco-dye like a dream. More later.

Christy Gray Echoes of Important Things

Huge Happy Congratulations to my friend, 

Christy, 

for the Award of Excellence 

At

Form, Not Function

echoes of important things
17.5″ x 45″
©2013 christy gray

Christy has a deep concern for the earth and the 
invasive and unhealthy land-use practices employed today.

She sheds light on the changes in contemporary farm landscapes including but not limited to oil drilling, chemical runoff from fertilizers and the unabashed abuse of our natural resources. 

Christy was raised in a farming community south of Cleveland. Her imagery supports her quest. At first glance, one might think that her work is vibrant and fresh, upon closer inspection, the viewer comes to realize her underlying message.

Congratulations Christy! Keep making more work.

p.s.  some of you might have met Christy if you were in Cleveland on Oct. 8-9 for the India Flint Eco-Dye class.

Hank and Spool Open and Tweeting

My sewing hands, Spool of thread

photo Kelly McKaig, photo C. Mauersberger

Hank and Spool  has received a steady flow of orders this week

I am a bit struck by this activity.

And feel gratitude.

Have started a twitter feed.

If you use Twitter and would like to follow

Terrific! I will follow you back

https://twitter.com/hankandspool  

Onion skins, iron, and Natural color (left to right)

The silk/cotton thread dyes beautifully.

Pre-cut Hank

If any of you have attended one of India Flint's 

delicious workshop classes, you may have been 

given a few strands of this most-loved thread.

If you attended the Shapeshifter Class in Cleveland, you

will recall I had about 15 of these small pre-cut hanks

for sale.

Now I have more.

See here

Stitching a Weekend

My hands photo by Kelly McKaig

Across state lines and bunked in the dearest small cottage 

Kelly, Lotta and I stitched, dyed, cooked, relaxed and it was

All good.

Lotta 

Kelly

Lotta, dandelion on the silk/cotton thread purchased from my
little shop here 

My bundles

My bundles, opened

Silk Broadcloth, onions


Stop by my shop if you would like to
order a spool of my favorite thread.

70% Silk/30% Cotton
sold to you from Beautiful Silks via

Weekend

Off to meet up with Kelly McKaig and Lotta Helleberg

for a long weekend of stitching, eco-dyeing, cooking food and communion. 

See you next week!

check out my new website HERE

Let me know what you think.

Still adding some data and assets.

Haza!

Spools

Yesterday, I posted that Beth will receive 

a spool of silk/cotton thread

Here is what I placed in her package

Spools of this thread will be sold in my shop:

500 yard spool of 70% Silk/30% Cotton 

4 Ply

$11.00 per spool

plus shipping 

Available May 7, 2013

Preview my website here

I am still tweaking the site

Mystery Sack winner / Special announcement

Beth

70% silk, 30% cotton 4 ply thread

a.k.a. India Flint's Favorite

a.k.a. Beautiful Silks no. 5 yarn

 It is also, my thread of choice

I usually use one strand rather than all 4 

but oh my goodness, it is lovely and does dye beautifully!  

For those of you who participating, Thank You! I placed everyone's name into 

a random-name picker program, and Beth won.

After her name was selected, I read on one of her blogs that

she is going to be at Nancy Crow's barn to take a mark-making class

from Dorothy Caldwel, this thread may come in handy

post class, as you are making your own marks via stitch.

Will need her mailing details...

The Mystery bag was filled with

this

Contents of cotton bag
from Beautiful Silks in Melbourne, Australia.

COMING SOON

My new website, blog and online shop

at
christinemauersberger.com

Yes.

Opening May 7

Need to finalize shipping details before I hit the "Live" button.

Will be selling India Flint's favorite thread

a.k.a. Yarn number 5 (from Beautiful Silks, AU)

And

A few other pieces of wool and a little bit of silk
Just a wee bit.

I will post more details later this week.

Come back for more pictures and previews.

Thank you,
Christine