Some things are ending, others are just getting started.

In This Issue:

• Final days for Palette Swap

• Call for entry for female & nb fiber artists

• Potholder orders are still open!

• New products headed to DNA Galleries

• The Progress Bar

• Lately I’m enjoying…

• A spooky season GIF

Greetings, folks! I have a whole goodie basket of stuff for you in this issue of The Fold. First up is your timely reminder that the Palette Swap exhibition is open for a couple more days.

What: Palette Swap, a showcase of Oklahoma artists using natural pigments, curated by Sean Tyler.
Where: Arts@302 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (just outside Tulsa)
When: Saturday 10/31 is the last day.

Gallery hours:
Tuesday-Wednesday: 10:00am-5:00pm
Thursday-Friday: 10:00am-8:00pm
Saturday: 10:00am-2:00pm ← Note the early closing time on Saturday!

Thank you to everyone who has visited the show and shared their experiences with me. It means so much.

Call for Entry: Unraveled

Woman Made Gallery (WMG) invites women and nonbinary artists to submit work for “Unraveled”, an exhibition exploring contemporary fiber + textile based practices.

Link to the full call for entry: https://app.entrythingy.com/womanmade/unraveled/

Please don’t ask me for any further details about this show because I don’t know them! I just ran across this and wanted to spread the word.

Get Your Potholders Right Here!

I am still accepting potholder orders for December delivery. If you want more than four pairs, the timeline may be different, so let’s talk.

New Product: Leader & Ender Bag Tags

“Leaders and enders” are little scraps of fabric that I scoot under my sewing machine needle at the end of every seam. They help keep the threads from getting tangled. And I have a huge collection of them.

I’m turning them into this season’s hottest accessory! You can wear them as chunky jewelry, use them as a pin for your shawl, or decorate your favorite bag. Grab yours at DNA Galleries in Oklahoma City’s Plaza District. I’ll be adding them to my website soon.

The Progress Bar

A new feature for The Fold to show you what projects I’m working on.

A new series of quilts is emerging (simmering?) that I’m calling the Soup Pot series. The name comes from the legend of the world’s greatest soup vendor. His soup is the best because he never cleans out the pot. Every soup has a smidge of the soup that came before.

My method: Gather harmonious fabrics, pair them up (usually a solid plus a print), make strip sets, assemble the sets into compositions. Use the leftovers to start the next quilt.

I’m making them all 40 x 40 inches so that I can eventually donate them to the Welcome Blanket project. https://www.welcomeblanket.org/

More updates on these to come.

Lately I’m Enjoying…

Watching: Andor (2022-2025, various, Disney+). Better than a Star Wars property has any right to be. I finally had the courage to watch the last episode. All the feels.

Watching: The Room Next Door (2024, dir. Pedro Almodovar, streaming on Hulu). A gorgeous meditation on platonic intimacy with Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton. I did not find it depressing at all. This is a movie about death, so exercise your own best judgement.

Reading: Miss Wolcott’s Ghost (2026, by Louise Penny). A new installment in the Three Pines murder mystery series that immediately became one of my favorites. Read this especially if you’re a plant nerd.

Listening: Machinarium video game soundtrack (2009, Thomas Dvorak / Floex). This is a desert island album for me. Listening again because I’m all asquee over the release of Machinarium 2! 

Obsessed with: This wallpaper from the restroom in Tiny Bubbles Wine Bar.

A GIF For Those Who Read This Far

Do these dancing skeletons ever get old? No, they do not.

Until next time,

xoxo Sarah