Fibert Art and Spells

they/them - 35 - eclectic witch - french - queer - grumpy as hell - not a wiccan thx

[fiberartandspells]

Reminder that I am trans and terfs can fuck right off.

My blog isn't for you. My magic isn't for you. You aren't welcome here.

[crookedtines]

Finally bought some dye and have been having so much fun with optical color mixing. I decided to start with cmyk primaries to get some vibrant color options.

So far I've only mixed up the main batch of colors, but I'll split them up and create a palatte of tints and shades once I have access to a scale again.

I don't have any fancy tools and have been blending the fiber by hand, so it's probably best I have a forced break for the sake of my fingers. Once I'm done I should have a very useful set of 57 2g swatches to play with! (Plus 5 more for a set of grayscale swatches)

If I'm still up for it, I might repeat the whole thing with my classic red, yellow, blue primary dye set. For a truly massive set of heather swatches.

[cedar-rayne]

✧ california quail ✧

October 2025.

NFS (for now...)

[cafeinevitable-deactivated20220]

Turtle Quilt by Laurraine Yuyama

Tokyo Quilt Festival

[writingfeedsthedarkestones]

QUILT

[finallygaveintothesirencall]

QUILT

[mydonkeyfeet]

I forget if I showed the beautiful Tyrian purple that they made in the synthesis chemistry lab that I collaborated with at the art museum. They’ve been synthesizing mostly blue pigments and dyes from throughout history. This was my first time seeing Tyrian purple in person and I was so excited!

Historically it was made from murex snails and was hugely expensive and used by royalty, but chemically it’s similar to indigo so the class was able to create it in the lab without snails.

[stahsm]

Overlock Stitch by @clothes_reetzy

[thatisuseful]

Damn, that's useful

[crochethub]

Book Bag for my daughter by AutumnIvy9

[vagrats]

wall hanging for my brother! naturally dyed with cute, osage, madder, and knotweed. first forray into naturally dyeing things in my kitchen, using a combination of dye techniques and modifiers. machine pieced, hand appliqued and quilted; roughly 15” square. excited to do way more of this kind of thing :')

[severeprincesheep]

Flower Bouquet, hand embroidery

[imstuckin1999]

90s/y2k Klutz books (pt 2)

[mikeyyysol]

Here’s a quick and comprehensive video of how I made paper 📝

[catadromously]

emo about lichens again

[candlesandcantrips]

Candle Safety Rule #2: Do not add flammable items to candles or burn candles with embedded items!

In 2022, the National Candle Association conducted a safety test for candles with added botanicals and reported that the candles did not meet fire safety standards. [Source]

We get it. They look cool, and if you're of a witchy persuasion, they seem like a great way to put together a candle spell. But adding things like paper, herbs, flowers, crystals, or oils to a candle is a major, major fire hazard. They can cause the candle to burn in unexpected ways, experience rapid changes in flame height, put off smoke, throw sparks, ignite from multiple points, or even combust.

Practice good fire safety. Don't add things to candles. For further information on candle safety, please see the National Candle Association's Candle Safety Tips page.

[fadingfootsteps]

Lowering the goalpost to get a granny square done instead of cranes (ive got like 50 other projects to do this month) for @color-palettes may palette. Incidentally i got a book with a fuckton of granny square patterns. Very coincedental to my choice to do a granny square, i assure you.

[punk-pins]

apparently this is not common knowledge among punk diy sewists but if you’re sewing patches / doing any sewing that requires pushing a needle through multiple layers of fabric, use a needle grip. they’re little rubber things that have excellent grip on the metal needle so you don’t have to pinch the needle as hard. you will save your fingers soooo much unnecessary pain.

there’s two main types. the basic type is just a little circle of rubber that you fold around your needle, and the fancier type is a little rubber cap for your fingertips. they’re very cheap, under five bucks for the fancier kind and less for the basic, and they last forever. you can buy nice ones from your local craft store or steal them from the quilting section walmart idc. if you’re in a pinch (pun intended) and can’t go out, if you have a non-slip mat under a rug, cut off a little corner and that will work decently. please treat your fingers kindly <3

[earhartsease]

ooh rubber thimbles are back

[hollowedskin]

Have spent so long looking at fingerless gloves (handwarmer style without finger holes) that when I saw mistagged normal glove I recoiled and went "what the fuck is THAT"

Normal stuff!!!!!!

[creature-adjacent]

Carnivorous plants doin this is so funny to me

They don't wanna eat their pollinators :(

[questionablepastries]