Oaxaca ...stitching and dyeing

Meanwhile back at the Casa....

the workshop got underway. So many talented creative women created wonderful fiber jewelry and wall pieces.

Our hostress, Jane Robison, brought some of her textile collection to share with us. The Casa Colonial is our home away from home in Oaxaca and we are so grateful that she has created this wonderful art filled place for us to come to.

We all gathered in the dining area for our "show and tell"....so many lovely pieces were created..

Constanza's work in progress...

Mary Price's velvet heart...

Carol's necklace...

Susan's Healing Heart Milagros for 

Colleen and my broken bones...

Kaari and Kick's necklaces...

Amy's pom pom and milagro necklace

Kick's necklace..

Edith's indigo and velvet necklaces...

Edith's kimono silk necklace

Susan's pouch necklace

We made little dolls tied together in a little banner to leave for the Casa...

Here's Ellen! We met Ellen last year at the Casa and she greeted us again this year. Always full of great places to visit and things to see and stories to tell, she makes wonderful paper mache dolls and collage pieces using her finds from the local mercado.

And another local resident, Carol from Savannah, joined our workshop and made the beautiful necklace she is wearing.

We only had a little time to work with our Indigo textiles. We hung them up to dry on the clothesline at the Casa...

We all had fun seeing how our fabric turned out. Everyone did different shibori techniques and the patterns and color came out so nice.

so many things to do, we were busy every day with either workshops, field trips or shopping excursions. Ellen and Suzanne took me on a short visit to a small mercado  and the Stamp museum...with both postage stamp art, mail art and rubber stamps...

Suzanne and flower vendor...

fun little embroidered bags...

And there was time for a visit to a few of the museums that we missed last year...

a view of the Botanic Gardens from the Soledad Church...

fiber art bird at the textile museum...

and time for some last minute shopping for tiny fabric hearts and milagros and yummy ice cream on the plaza below...

We said our fond farewells to all of our inspiring creative companions and the Casa Colonial after a wonderful week of colorful adventures...it couldn't have been any better!

When I got home I got a new cast in indigo blue this time. And now it is off and my wrist is healing well and barely a scar where the pins were...

And I am back to making stuff once again for the Art Hus and getting ready for an upcoming 

workshop at French General in Los Angeles.