Armstrong Industry Journal

so much to do, so little time

This photograph feels like my life right now.  It has been a crazy few months at the Red Thread and new product, and design techniquesas well as the school year ending.  I am so looking forward to moving forward with new products, moving away from old things-not working and moving ahead with many ideas.  We will be launching the new mini collection and a shiny new blog design right here, in a few weeks. 

              

I will have lots of new photos of the studio and shop redesign and summer window displays.

Guest Blogging and Quilts

I am guest blogging ove at Design and Style Guide today.  It is all about quilts.  These have been a part of life for me since childhood.  So much fabric so little time.

 

This is a photo from The Red Thread Studio, the silks are my own designs, the beautiful quilts are by Anne Baxter.

Guest Blogging

I am guest blogging with the Design and Style Guide Team.  Their focus is on using and promoting hand made for interior design. A lot of great artisans getting invloved with the team, and many interesting people on theTeam, make sure to check it out.

Green and Grey

I teach a design class for fiber art students and we are working on color theory these next few weeks.  I love the research on Flickr and this is a lovely group with greena dn grey as the focus colors. Enjoy.

 

1. Spring, 2. Green and Gray, 3. Every night for a hundred years the angel of dreams came to the town & splashed the walls with bright colors that stayed until the first light of day., 4. Path, 5. Nantucket, 6. Lines and Circles, 7. Driftwood, 8. Global Warming and Climate Change, 9. JL_507ra, 10. Pigeon, 11. tree girl, 12. Pods

Studio Design

There are some big changes coming for me this fall and I now have to make some studio decisions.  It is crazy but I always seem to work better under pressure.  I can see what I need to do and will have to get this space together in the next few weeks.  I have been playing with space and lighting and here are some partially done sections of the dye/paint part of the studio.  What a mess, but I am so looking forward to having all my working space together in one place, instead of boxes in three locations. Although this sure looks like a big mess right now.

Window Display

My summer into fall windows at the Red Thread.  I have four large windows and it takes a lot to create an interesting display and something that will get people to notice as they drive down the street.  This current color group really does pop and get attention.

Featured Artist Renie Britenbucher

I joined an Etsy Team, Design Style Guide.  A main purposeof the team is to gain access to Interior Designers and others interested in handmade products through on line promotion as a group.  I have already found new artisans work that I had not seen on Esty before.  Renie Britenbucher's work is so lively, fun and bright.  I can see them in a kitchen or child's room, these paintings and prints would make a great color addition to any room.   Take a look at her shop.