shoddy paper

This morning I learned a new term - "shoddy fabric". 

In the photo is paper I made yesterday using recycle materials...including some cotton and rayon fabric remnants cut into tiny pieces and then blended in the blender to get fiber pulp. In the bowl is the wet pulp mix (looks like "shoddy fabric"), top left is the wet paper, and bottom left is the dry paper - dried quickly with an iron because I needed to see if it would dry as paper before making 60 sheets.

paper pulp and handmade paper

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20 sheet pack of handmade paper

roses in December...

 12/19/17 Freshly picked this morning for drying - probably for paper making - 

from my own Louis Philippe Rose, or Florida Cracker Rose bushes.

Louis Philippe Roses-picked 12/19/17

These bloom year round, and the bushes are self-healing - from blights, etc. 

I am simply in love with the Louis Philippe rose bush!

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second life...

One thing I really love finding is useful (to me) fabric that is still in "like new" condition. I was quite happy to find this dew-covered, blue cotton (made in India) tablerunner on the the road one morning while I was out walking. It still had the store price tag on it. 

meandering stitch added with sewing machine

"second life" as a floor pillow/zafu