Received from Olga in Russia, March the 29.
My textile letter from Olga is so amazing.
Eventhough I don't really know Olga in person face-to-face, there is something about her letter to me and her blog which reminds me of each other, and this is why I think I have got to know Olga even more than a face-to-face meeting.
Olga's blog and her letterwriting is so fragile and I'm so happy to get to know her.
My letter from Olga.
Olga have a White Room, where you can purchase her fantastic jewellry and her prints of watercolor work. Here is an iris and I have putted it together with a perlehyacint, thats what we called in Danish. I think they goes nicely together.
In Danish this little bird is called a Gulspurv. Also a print of a watercolor from Olga's shop. I think the details in the watercolor is so beautiful and it's like I can touch the little bird.
A pretty little blockprint.
Solid colors are so beautiful light.
This blue indigo and white cotton fabric is usually used as towels in the trains of Russia. Simpel, but still so classic!
A little note from Olga to me!!
Olga have been collecting tapes for a long time, and here is a little collection.
These two are my favorites. Especially the simpel white one with the black stripe in a 3-d effect would look nice on a dress.
Full of Spring and happiness. These tapes are so amazing.
Dear Olga, thank you for your fragile textile letter to me, your little bird will soon be hanging at my studio.
Received from Lisa in Belgium, March the 24.
I have got a new fantastic letter from Lisa, who is a graphic designer. I invited Lisa to take part of my projects of textile letters.
If Lisa were a textile designer she would like to create very bright colored and geometric patterns.
My letter from Lisa. I love the different kinds of envelopes with tape or a little dot on it.
Lisa send me this little drawing on a card of a birds wing. Really lovely.
In the letter there were alle these pretty buttoms in plastic and I truly love them. I collect buttoms, so this was a very nice gift. Thank you!
I like the way old buttons have been sewn onto, often, a brown piece of hard paper. The details of this one is outstanding.
In the letter from Lisa she included two postcards of textile designs.
To the left it's Lieke van Opstal and to the right Elise Broekaert. They textiles are both woven and the textile to the left are pleats. I like the idea.
Lisa's card. She writes on a little ps note, that when she was a kid and grew up, she were living in the Prinses Charlottestraat, same street as me today.
Dear Lisa, thank you so much for your lovely letter.
Received from Amanda in Canada, March the 24.
I have just got this oh so fine letter from Amanda. She wrote to me, wanting to be part of my textile letter exchange.
Part of the letter from Amanda.
The card merges that Amanda went to school for photography. The card is made with an old doily. Amanda have used the cyanotype process, a technique from the 1830's that creates a blue image using 2 liquids (chemicals) that become light-sensitive when, mixed together. The doily, in this case acted as a "negative".
This is such an amazing present. Thank you!
There is so many fantastic details in the letter from Amanda. This is one of them. On the card she have printed / stamped 18 MAR 2012. I would love to be able to find these stamps myself.
I love this idea. Fabric ends!!
Just like Amanda, I too like the circles with the different colors of inkdye.
Here is a polaroid of the first dress Amanda have ever sewed. She still wears it. The fabric end of "Fresh paint by Michele Dámore for Marcus" is the textile Amanda have sewn the dress from.
On the envelope "textile letter inside" were written. Such a beautiful detail. I'm in love with it.
Dear Amanda, I want to thank you for your delicate letter to me. I will put the fabric ends and your beautiful handmade card up in studio.
Received from Studio Meez in Belgium, March 3th.
My textile letter from Studio Meez have arrived and I love it!
I have been following the blog of Studio Meez for a while and I deceided to invite her to participate in my projects of textile letters. I am so happy for this as I have got a package full of treasuries.
Love Love Love!
In the family of Studio Meez all of the women likes to work with there hands, from knit to sewing to crochet to quilt and bobinlace. WOW!
The amazing letter from Studio Meez.
I love this old drawings of how to make a pattern for sewing. It's very graphic and in a way also very textile like.
Studio Meez is a graphic designer, illustrator and creator. If you are interested in the work from Studio Meez, it can be purchased here. I really love it. This bear is part of 5 postcards from Cirque de Meez.
Like me Studio Meez is in love with wool.
The ribbon with grey and the little grey wooll with yellow arround goes nicely together.
I would like to thank you for sending me all these lovely treasuries. As I have feel in love with your bear on the postcard, it's now hanging at my studio.
Received from Hermine in Belgium, February 24.
This is my third letter from Hermine and I feel so lucky to have her as my textile letter penpal.
Hermine is such an amazing person with lots of projects going on at the same time. Her personal blog; Journal de Jours, Words for Strangers which I am of course participating in and Walk Walk Walk amoung others.
The textile letter were divided into two. This is flowers and leafes in fabrics.
The second were bobinlace.
Hermine is so sweet and this is the second time she has send me bobinlace. She has told me she were so lucky and found an old book full of bobinlace.
Dear Hermine, I want to thank you for all these treasuries.
The bobinlace is already hanging at my studios wall together with the others you have send me.
Received from Sara in Sweden, February 23.
I saw Sara writing a note on wide eyed tree's blogpost about my textile letter, so therefore I invited Sara to participate in my little project.
Sara have the most wonderful blog; Snövits Apple full of beautiful photos. I love it.
Sara lives in Uppsala close to Stockholm and makes the most beautiful jewelry, inspired by vintage and fairytales. She works in an antique shop and like me she loves visiting fleamarkets. Sometimes she goes to Copenhagen and last time she visit the market behind the cityhall of Frederiksberg. That fleamarket is also one of my favorites.
Right now Sara is collecting antique frames where she wants to put in pictures of fairytales. I think it's a lovely idea and would love to see the result one day.
Sara loves to read and some of her favorite books are Brideshead by Jane Eure, Jerusalem by Selma Lagerlöf and Rebecca by Dapne du Maurier.
My textile letter from Sara with butterflies.
Doilies in crochet.
My favorite part of the letter. An old postcard. I love the way it has been made with the very soft colors of grey shades together with green, red and pink. So beautiful. It is already hanging on my studios wall.
A pretty brooch, now also hanging in my studio.
Soft old wool around a card with a cat on.
Sara had made me a nice card from a buttom and different kinds of paper doilises.
Dear Sara, I want to thank you for your beautiful textile letter.
