November 11, 2025
Monstera Thai Constellation Care
The Monstera Thai Constellation grows best in bright, indirect light with moderate watering and chunky soil. Avoid harsh southern windows or over-potting since variegated leaves can burn easily and excess moisture causes root rot. Let it get a little root-bound before repotting and it’ll do fine in normal house conditions.
November 12, 2025
Northern lights in Indiana
The northern lights were faintly visible over Elkhart, Indiana around 10 pm tonight, though not bright to the naked eye. When photographed with a Canon R6 Mark II and a 24 mm f/1.4 lens at ISO 500 for 2.5 seconds, subtle bands of green and violet appeared in the sky.
November 11, 2025
How to wash tie dye
For the first few washes, wash tie dye items separately or with other dark colors to avoid dye transfer. Once excess dye has rinsed out after several washes, they can be washed normally without risk of bleeding or fading if professional fiber reactive dyes were used.
Geode tie dye process notes
The geode style is known for crisp lines and concentric bands of color that resemble agate slices. The fabric is tied with sinew and dyed with fiber reactive procion dye.

This is a rayon jersey cardigan, dyed with my favorite color combo: citrus yellow, peach, wasabi (dharma), and jet black (jacquard).
Sewing Cloth Pads
Getting started with how to sew your own cloth pads can feel overhwhelming, at first.
Here's a list of links that will be helpful. Download the beginner sewing pattern to get started.

Dye Color Swatches
This is an on-going project to display a collective dye library, of colors from any brand. See community dyed fabric swatches.











