Summer blue skies!!

I just put together a new treasury collection on Etsy. It is all about color. I must say I am feeling a little obsessed with color in all forms right now. Or maybe I am just craving color after all the grey weather we have been having. This collection is titled "Blue as a summer sky". Take a look, it might help to have a dose of color!

Here are a few blue items from my Etsy shop. I have never worked a lot with blue in the past but I find myself drawn to it more and more.

As my hair gets more grey, I am told that blue is a good color for me. Maybe that explains my growing fondness for all things blue!

Wishing you blue summer skies . . . . . . . .

Knitted cuffs . . . . . textile jewelry!

I am charmed by the idea of cuffs because they can be an excuse to wear more textiles. Textiles as jewelry. They move beyond macrame bands or small crocheted, beaded ropes. The possibilities seem unlimited and challenging.

I have seen beautiful, charming, exotic, simply fun, gorgeously lavish, and romantically recycled examples made by many artists. How can one resist trying some of your own?

This knitted, ribbed design feels comfortable to wear, rather cozy. It makes me want to knit a matching cuff for the other arm. They feel like they should be a pair!

All of the cuffs that I have completed are the knitted type. They are fun to knit and the embellishments just seem to suggest themselves! I have a denim example and a crochet and wool felt piece in the works. The sewn fabric designs feel more contemporary somehow and seem to open themselves up to embellishment with a great variety of materials. My first inclination has been to go with buttons, colored threads - traditional sewing notions. But I can feel that quirkier bits will find their way to the fabric - what fun!

Some of these cuffs will be for sale in my Etsy shop this week.

Take a look . . . . . Fringe Fiber by Kristie Peters