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flameandhoneycomb.bsky.social
Queer animist craftsperson on unceded Abenaki land. Neurodivergent, chronically ill and disabled. Botanical dyeing, quilting, knitting, embroidery. Fiber art as every day magic and connection to those who came before.
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Hi everyone, We aren’t receiving funds quickly enough for our current spending. Remember: if we do not raise enough, we will have to potentially cut thousands of people off from the Internet, during Ramadan. Let’s not let this happen. bit.ly/eSimsRUs #ConnectingGaza

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

I haven’t shown knitting here yet! Here is my first real attempt at color patterns about 5 years ago. These patterns are from the Faroe Islands. Color work with worsted weight yarn is no joke on the hands, but it is so warm I can wear it instead of a coat (with other layers) for much of the winter!

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

Larger pieces that I spend a lot of time crafting always feel like they have a being-hood of their own. With my quilts, this is expressed with a name. This babe was named by a beloved beekeeper friend who saw honeybees dancing though the patterns in the dye. #quilts #slowcraft #fiberart #naturaldye

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Still recovering for this flu 3+ weeks later. Feeling very disconnected from anything good feeling, but was able to get myself to start this spiderweb quilt I’ve been dreaming about. I’ve lost my skill with blocking fabric square, so my foundation pieces are off which will bite me later. ⬇️

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

Oof. Despite strict Covid protocols, I am down for the count with one of these nasty respiratory situations going around! First time I’ve been sick in 4+ years. Thankful for home molecular tests so I know it isn’t Covid! Stay safe out there! Mask up and sanitize! Here are some patchwork pillows ❤️

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

Here is an accessibility tool I use for quilting! I have hEDS, a degenerative connective tissue disorder that results in hyper mobile joints. Hand quilting can be brutal on the hands! After my first quilt, I added a foam grip to these pliers and they help so much. Other quilting accessibility ideas?

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Here are a couple examples of pieces dyed with rose leaves co-mordanted with an iron pot. Some of the clothes in the first pic were bundle dyed with rose leaves, making a beautiful mottled pattern (sometimes clear leaf prints). #botanicaldye #fiberart #slowart #gray #naturaldye #textileartist

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

For the past 4 years since relocating back to Vermont, I’ve been near enough to my parents’ home to do most of my dyeing there over an open fire. It is deeply romantic and I love it so much. Also, using an iron pot for co-mordant is the only way I work with iron. #botanicaldye #fiberartist

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

First time quilting with raw silk! Some of this I dyed years ago and do not remember what I used 😱. ✨Mysterious✨. What I do remember: yellow onion skins, rose leaves and goldenrod both cooked in an iron pot. The border is a rose leaf bundle dye. Cautionary tale: label your fabrics 😝 #fiberartist

submitted 29 days ago • 3 comments

The work that comes through me emerges in its own time, a reality that is not super conducive to thriving in capitalism. I’m not an assembly line (though I have deep respect for folks who work assemble lines), or a cookie cutter, and mass production isn’t really my thing. #quilts #fiberarts #slowart

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Before colonialism, capitalism and industrialization, all that our ancestors crafted was useful and beautiful and full of energy and spirit. The crafting was in respectful relationship with the materials used and their sources from the land they lived with. #quilts #handquilting #plantdyes #fiberart

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

My love of thread and fiber stretches far beyond the first time I held a needle as a child and I can feel the muscle memories of many hands working the many stitches it takes to transform fibers into functional art. #fiberart #handquilting #handmade #botanicaldye #queerartist #disabledartist #craft

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

While the creations that come through me vary in form and function, they are always an expression of my relationship to plant kin, my love of ancestral craft, and my desire to increase pleasure in the world through beauty and magic. #quilts #botanicaldyes #fiberarts #queerartist #handmade

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

Hello! My name is Miel (a word for honey) Rose (after my grandmother). I’m coming here to start fresh in a (hopefully) more equitable and caring space. I’m mostly here to share about my fiber work, to make connections with kindred makers, and to find folks who might benefit from my offerings ❤️

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment