Weaving the New Creation

I have made the decision to go with the buttery yellow cotton for the background fabric and add bits of a few other fabrics that you can view in the picture above.  I love the fluffy piles of fabric strips that await my selection at just the right time and place.  Cotton is definitely the best fabric to use in these rugs because you can rip and tear the strips; you don't have to cut them with a rotary cutter like I do sometimes.  Plus, I just love the feel of cotton, don't you?  Real natural fibers are always the best as far as I'm concerned.  Synthetic fibers do serve their purpose in this world; but I don't like the feel of them.

I spent a little time this morning sewing the strips of yellow cotton together so I could wind them on a shuttle.  And then I was ready for the fun part of actually weaving!  So, here I go with a background of yellow and splashes of green, aqua, and a mixed patterned fabric.  Thank you, Lord, for giving me the desires of my heart and allowing me to be the creative person you designed me to be.





The Beginning

Today I decided to be a blogger.  This was not a huge decision on my part, mind you; but it gives me a creative outlet in which I can post the progress and pictures of my newest creation on the loom.  Recent custom orders of handwoven rugs have required some communication involving pictures and descriptions that have resulted in a great deal of satisfaction for my customers.  So, why not a blog, I say. 

The picture above is my loom warped and ready to go, like a blank slate.  I need to decide what fabrics to weave together.  Sometimes it is just one fabric.  Sometimes it is one background fabric with splashes of color packed in to give each rug it's unique personality.  Sometimes it is two background fabrics twisted together with each pass of the shuttle. 

Today I look at fabrics and try and decide what to use.  I have drawers filled with cotton strips just ready to be woven into a rug.  I also have shelves of fabric ready to be cut or torn.  The fabric that caught my eye this morning was a buttery yellow cotton which will make a great background color.  I've yet to decide what delectable colors I will add to make this rug a homespun charmer. 

This is a wonderful aspect of being a child of the living God.  He created us to be creators.  We were created in His image and in His likeness.  Is it no wonder that we get such huge amounts of satisfaction from seeing a finished project that we have woven out of bits and pieces of nothingness?  And so I will return to my loom another day and be given the joy of creating something new out of nothing.