Taking color cues from the outdoors when designing cloth.
Garden inspired cloth
Author: Kate Kilgus
Kate Kilgus is a handweaver from Harrisville, New Hampshire specializing in heirloom-quality table linens and pretty and practical kitchen towels. University of Michigan alum. Avid vegetable and herb gardener. She like polka dots, birds, and berries.
The 4′ table challenge
Art show challenge: making the most of a 4' table space.
Overshot tabletop runners and butterflies for “Broke!”
Kate's new overshot weaving for table runners and "Broke Arts" fair, June 2019.
Finishing woven bookmarks with machine stitching
A how-to: Kate's sewing machine method for finishing handwoven bookmarks.
Pillows + handwoven fabrics
Diamond twill envelope style pillow cover I am thinking about adding another dimension to my "handwoven home" offerings at summer fairs this year and have been tinkering with cushion cover designs. I've sewn a bit with my handwoven fabrics, and as my fellow handweaver friends know, it is most certainly NOT like working with commercially [...]
New wool tartan cloth
Tartan shawl woven from Harrisville Designs Shetland wool.
Oh heck! How to replace a bum warp end.
Oh heck! How to replace a misbehaving warp thread.
