I'll be working on my embroidery here for the next hour. I'd love to see you in the video call, if you're available. Yesterday I gave a super fun indigo/shibori workshop at my home here in Tucson. I have the samples here to show you, in case you're curious! ~Melissa

Hi everyone, Happy Sunday! I'll be live, working on a collage today during our coffee hour. Stop in and say Hi! Melissa

During our last coffee hour, we decided to make a new category for this community to share information about Textile Tours and other resources. I'll start by sharing about my most recent textile trips in Oaxaca Mexico. I went to Oaxaca the first time on a textile tour with Ace Camps Travel. My second trip was a tour called "Woven Lives" and was organized by Textile artist Carolyn Kallenborn and tour leader extraordinaire Ana Paula Fuentes. Then I returned for a one month artist residency at Carolyn's home studio Flor Y Piedra in Oaxaca. My 4th trip to Oaxaca was last August, to go foraging for mushrooms in the Sierra Norte mountains and learn how to dye textiles with them. That was organized by Kim (Traveling Trader's Bazaar) and Zach (The Fungivore), and we also had mushroom dyeing expert Alissa Allen, founder of Mycopigments. Here are the links: https://acecampstravel.com/ https://linktr.ee/carolynkallenborn https://weavearealpeace.org/social-design/ https://www.travelingtradersbazaar.com/ https://thefungivore.com/index.html https://www.mycopigments.com/ I also want to make everyone aware of the Maiwa School of Textiles as in incredible resource. I've taken 3 of their online courses (which are incredibly well-done!), and I cannot recommend them highly enough. I am planning to develop my own online courses, and I will use Maiwa as my inspiration. https://www.schooloftextiles.com/ ...and you must see their online store: https://maiwa.com/ If you know of any other textile tours, or great resources, please share them in this thread!

I pressed a leaf I collected on a walk some time ago. I scanned it on the weekend. And then made this fabric pattern with it. I wanted to see what it would look like on a pocket square.

Hi everyone, I'll be hanging around to chat with you for the next hour or so. Jump on and say hi, or ask me any questions you may have. ;-D