tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post9190081732583542308..comments2023-05-23T06:58:21.699-05:00Comments on Laura Foster Nicholson: Art Textiles: linen - the natural source and the material sourceLFN Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592211148604262337noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-34005214193555815082013-08-15T16:18:11.856-05:002013-08-15T16:18:11.856-05:00My mother used to make linen as a child. I learned...My mother used to make linen as a child. I learned from her. <br /><br />About all I've retained is, retting stinks. Literally, because you're rotting the stems. (She and siblings used to moosh them around barefoot in the rancid water, to free the fibers.)<br /><br />But I still grow flax :) Always have, in every garden (PA, OR, IN, WA, IN, CO). And in IN, orioles used to come for the flax fibers on my compost pile very May :)nature_loverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08087396232554141038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-37724918646020843592013-04-30T13:50:33.895-05:002013-04-30T13:50:33.895-05:00Absolutely love embroidering on linen. Slow,cold S...Absolutely love embroidering on linen. Slow,cold Spring here too- leaves not out yet...kateukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737510514324344655noreply@blogger.com