Stitches of Life: February 2026

Thursday, February 12, 2026

New Button

Bouncing Button

~A Tatting Over a Ring Technique

Kelli Slack ~ Kelli Slack Designs

~ http://www.kellislackdesigns.com/

c.2025

I am using a large pink Clover (pic) shuttle -- with

Yarnplayer's Size 10 HDT. Color Stardate HDT (so pretty). https://goimagine.com/marileestatting/

over a 36mm acrylic button base

https://www.atwistedpicot.com/shop/p/thread-button-base-plastic These have

mini cuts/grooves that are awesome!

Both sides are so pretty!

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Spiral button created with a tatting shuttle + fiber:

Bouncing Button

~A Tatting Over a Ring Technique

Kelli Slack ~ Kelli Slack Designs

~ http://www.kellislackdesigns.com/

c.2025

I am using a large pink Clover (pic) shuttle -- with

Yarnplayer's Size 10 HDT. Color Stardate HDT (so pretty). https://goimagine.com/marileestatting/

over a 36mm acrylic button base

https://www.atwistedpicot.com/shop/p/thread-button-base-plastic These have

mini cuts/grooves that are awesome!

I am delighted to have a few extra button pieces to try variety of colors/fibers. The pattern shows a completed button created with Olympus brand fiber.

Saturday, February 07, 2026

Mulyana Exhibit

DH and I viewed the exhibit Friday night.

Lovely reception & lively exhibit. Just go -- in the neighborhood, visit!!

https://www.artmuseum.indiana.edu/exhibitions/upcoming/_feature-exhibitions/2026-02-07-mulyana-vital-ecosystems.html

Mulyana: Vital Ecosystems Exhibit

Feb 7 - Jun 28, 2026

Facebook page LINK

Eskenazi Art Museum

Indiana University

1133 E. 7th Street.

Bloomington, IN USA

812.855.5445

Per Web Page:

"Mulyana: Vital Ecosystems transforms the museum into an imaginative underwater landscape inspired by Indonesia’s stunning coral reef ecosystem. This immersive installation of hand-knit and crocheted sculptures by acclaimed fiber artist Mulyana (b. 1984, Bandung, Indonesia) highlights the beauty and precarity of the ocean and our relationship to it."