Otomi Textiles

 Ooooh, I brought some beautiful tablerunners back from Oaxaca.  Handstitched cotton on muslin. 

About 6 feet long.

Or how lovely as a wallhanging in a child's room?

Traditionally, they're all animal and flower motifs.

I love this section here with the two rabbits sharing a leaf.

I have about six or seven of them. Mostly blues ....

Mexican Textile Show on First Friday in Eugene

 

 And another little sneak peek at some tablerunners I brought back from Mexico. So very Mexicana with fanciful birds, flowers, and insects...

Love the turkeys and the burros in this one. These pieces have that dramatic exuberance

that could look great in a very modern or a very funky home and lots of places in between.

Come join us Friday April 5th and we'll have lots more to see.

Turkish Textiles at Passionflower

 

We're hoping you can make it down to our First Friday textile show this coming Friday evening from 5 - 8.

Our friend from Portland, Kathy Brock, will be here with a fine selection of pieces she's brought back in her numerous travels to Turkey.

 And she'll have some one of a kind jewelry pieces that she's put together as well as some fun tribal jewelry.

Should be enough to make even the most seasoned belly dancer pretty happy.

Kathy is extremely knowledgeable about textiles and techniques, so if you've got a thing for textiles, like we do, you won't want to miss this.

Why do I love Textiles so Much?

 

Did I tell you we're having a big textile show on First Friday April 5th?  Here's just a little sneak peak in our front window.  It's the slightly crazy side of Passionflower.  And there's so much more to come!!

Kathy Brock will be coming down from Portland with lots of Turkish textiles and jewelry and I'll have lots of goodies from Oaxaca.  Becky calls it our Moorish, Guatemalan Rave!!! PLease join us and if you know someone who loves textiles, let them know. It should be very special.

It's Been A While

Allrightee, my ever faithful blog readers.  I have completely neglected the blog lately because I've been down in Oaxaca Mexico these last two weeks working with Jill Cardinal our our art making tour.  Let's just say, doing a tour is all consuming and Oaxaca is pretty all consuming too.  I'm feeling a little schizophrenic lately.  Chez Passionflower, Easter brunch is on it's way ,the wheat grass is sprouting  and we've got new linens and candles and all manners of wonderful things to celebrate rebirth and the coming of spring .  And down in Oaxaca, Easter is coming and there is all kinds of somber processions and flagellations and it's hot and noisy.  I love both these worlds and haven't  quite figured out how they go together or if they even do.

Which is why I thought I'd share this picture of the lovely Beckster with you.  Becky feels like the face of Passionflower and here she's wearing an apron called a mandile that many of the indigenous women wear in Oaxaca.  So it's a little like the two worlds coming together.  I've fallen in love with indigenous crafts and textiles and am planning on bringing some back and having a little textile sale on First Friday in April - which is one way I'm trying to bring these two loves of mine together.  I'll have quite a few of these aprons and some super cute ones for little girls.  Plus other goodies too.  Hope you'll be able to join us.  And in the meantime, if you're looking for spring inspiration, come visit the store.

 

Almost Ready to Go

 

Did you know I'm going to Mexico?  Oaxaca City and environs to be exact.  You can read all about it here.

It does a girl a world of good to get out and see the world a bit, to shake it up and maybe see and think about things that never occurred to you.   I'm going to make art and seek out some old churches and walk a lot and (big surprise here) do a little shopping.

 

I'm hoping to find a lot of these fun hand embroidered aprons.  Here's Becky wearing one I brought back for her last year!!!  Someone called it a pinafore, which I think is exactly right,   If the shopping gods are smiling upon us, I hope to also have some vintage huipiles (clothing shirts) and cushion covers, and some contemporary table runners.  Plus that certain something out there waiting for me that I don't even know about yet.  But I hear it calling to me.  Stay tuned.  We'll be having a big textile showing on First Friday in April and I'll be showing off my bounty from the Mexico trip.