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Hello Hydrangea

Hi! I'm Lindsey, the artist and weaver behind Hello Hydrangea. I live in beautiful Northern California, USA with my husband, toddler son, and our schnauzer.

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It’s 12:08am here in CA and I’m still up (are you up?) so I thought I’d have some fun with my messy studio and make a game out of it 🤓
I’ve hidden 5 emojis in this mess. If you find all five, comment below with what they are! Don’t say where they are though... don’t spoil the fun for everyone else 😉😉
I’ve definitely become a night owl lately. I get so motivated after 10:30pm! Like, what!?? I used to zonk out at 9:00...
While you’re searching for all the emojis (it might be super easy, idk! 😆) just remember: I believe in you! You can do it!
XO
Linds
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#artlovers #design #creative #gallery #artforkids #paint #creativekids #kidsart #childrensart #artoftheday #love #artteacher #modernart #kids #art #artist #artstudio #artgallery #drawing #abstractart #kidsartwork #fineart #illustration #contemporaryart #painting #artclass #artwork #sketch #instaart #artistsoninstagram

Weaving within shapes has been pulling me in again! Were you following early 2018 when I created the first triangle looms with two talented laser cutters? How fun is it to hang a fiber-filled polka dot or pyramid on your wall?? How about a whole collage of them? As you can tell, I’m still dreaming and scheming over here. 😂✨
This piece by @cathymcmurray is aptly titled, Lunar Eclipse and I love the fresh way she approached the topic and the medium. So inspiring! .
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#creativity #loom #homedecor #textiles #woven #design #tapestry #loomweaving #wool #weaving #tapestryweaving #handmade #decor #interiordesign #fibreart #behemiatapestry #makersgonnamake #weave #wallart #art #weaversofinstagram #handwoven #yarn #wallhanging #fiberart #fiberartist #walldecor #tapestrydecor #mandala #textileart

DIY FRIDAY // Chainlink Loops
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This is a decorative basketweaving technique that I interpreted into modern weaving and included in September's monthly weaving project!
You can learn more about weaving by joining my online video classes on my website or DM me for help getting started!⠀ Save this post and follow #hhdiyfriday for more tutorials 😘
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1. Begin by creating a space between two rows of weft tabby for support.
2. Tie the first color of weft onto the first warp string. Guide it over the next warp string, and then completely around the next from front to back, creating a button knot. Repeat by going over the next warp string, and then a complete loop around the next to create a button knot. Add as many as you want, spreading them out as far as you want.
3. Guide the second weft up through two rows of tabby, under an area where the first weft floated over a warp string. Use a serpentine motion go guide it over and under the button knots.
4. When you reach the end, turn around and guide the second warp string over and under the button knots again, crossing over the first pass to complete the illusion of circles.
5. Guide the end under the same float as before, between two warp strings and tie it in the back.
Add on multiple rows or even alternate smaller and bigger sizes to experiment with this look!
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What kind of creative projects do you have planned this weekend?⠀
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MY VERY FIRST BLOG POST WAS ABOUT...⠀
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So, I found my very first blog post on Hello Hydrangea posted September, 2011. It was a picture of a Rubiks cube and went like this:⠀
"If you ever get far enough back in this blog to read this first post, I'd like to say 2 things. One: I probably haven't posted enough yet to call myself successful and two: congratulations for making it this far. The rest of my readers who still haven't seen this page are hopefully many. So actually, what I say here doesn't really matter. The first posts are always the hardest anyway. I could welcome you and promise many exciting posts in the future or set goals for what day of the week will be devoted to DIYs, or even begin with my introductory life story. But instead, I will write something down just to ⠀
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finally ⠀
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get something down. And even though my sentence structure and grammar are horrific, atleast I’ve started... and for now, that feels pretty good.⠀
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Oh, and here's a picture of a rubiks cube. It's finished. That feels good too."⠀
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I think I had the right idea - just get SOMETHING down. Everything gets easier once you just start, right?⠀
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Bonus content: swipe to see my first and only fashion shoot (shot by my teenage brother including a floral shirt and leopard cardigan in an alfalfa field) and my first DIY post. These posts are still on my blog, buried deep under weaving content.⠀
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There’s something so wonderful about creating something that’s already planned - from the design to the colors. There’s no ‘go with the flow’, or wondering what’s going to be next. Those creative projects are great for different reasons, but working on a project that’s simple and mapped out is when your mind can truly wonder while your hands do all the work.⠀
This is the cross stitch piece from my time-lapse a few posts ago. I have been experimenting with different fibers for the backgrounds - this is the skinny felted rope from @marymakerstudio and it was so fun to weave with!⠀
What kind of projects do you prefer? Set designs, or design as you go?⠀
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#moderncrossstitch #xstitchersofinstagram #etsy #stitchersofinstagram #dmcthreads #pointdecroix #modernembroidery #embroideryhoop #contemporaryembroidery #embroidery #needlecraft #crossstitchersofinstagram #needlework #handembroidery #stitching #hoopart #вышивкакрестом #weaving #xstitch #dmc #handmade #xstitching #crossstitching #embroideryart #вышивка #embroideryinstaguild #puntodecruz #crossstitch #crossstitcher #makersgonnamake

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It’s 12:08am here in CA and I’m still up (are you up?) so I thought I’d have some fun with my messy studio and make a game out of it 🤓
I’ve hidden 5 emojis in this mess. If you find all five, comment below with what they are! Don’t say where they are though... don’t spoil the fun for everyone else 😉😉
I’ve definitely become a night owl lately. I get so motivated after 10:30pm! Like, what!?? I used to zonk out at 9:00...
While you’re searching for all the emojis (it might be super easy, idk! 😆) just remember: I believe in you! You can do it!
XO
Linds
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#artlovers #design #creative #gallery #artforkids #paint #creativekids #kidsart #childrensart #artoftheday #love #artteacher #modernart #kids #art #artist #artstudio #artgallery #drawing #abstractart #kidsartwork #fineart #illustration #contemporaryart #painting #artclass #artwork #sketch #instaart #artistsoninstagram

Weaving within shapes has been pulling me in again! Were you following early 2018 when I created the first triangle looms with two talented laser cutters? How fun is it to hang a fiber-filled polka dot or pyramid on your wall?? How about a whole collage of them? As you can tell, I’m still dreaming and scheming over here. 😂✨
This piece by @cathymcmurray is aptly titled, Lunar Eclipse and I love the fresh way she approached the topic and the medium. So inspiring! .
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#creativity #loom #homedecor #textiles #woven #design #tapestry #loomweaving #wool #weaving #tapestryweaving #handmade #decor #interiordesign #fibreart #behemiatapestry #makersgonnamake #weave #wallart #art #weaversofinstagram #handwoven #yarn #wallhanging #fiberart #fiberartist #walldecor #tapestrydecor #mandala #textileart

DIY FRIDAY // Chainlink Loops
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This is a decorative basketweaving technique that I interpreted into modern weaving and included in September's monthly weaving project!
You can learn more about weaving by joining my online video classes on my website or DM me for help getting started!⠀ Save this post and follow #hhdiyfriday for more tutorials 😘
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1. Begin by creating a space between two rows of weft tabby for support.
2. Tie the first color of weft onto the first warp string. Guide it over the next warp string, and then completely around the next from front to back, creating a button knot. Repeat by going over the next warp string, and then a complete loop around the next to create a button knot. Add as many as you want, spreading them out as far as you want.
3. Guide the second weft up through two rows of tabby, under an area where the first weft floated over a warp string. Use a serpentine motion go guide it over and under the button knots.
4. When you reach the end, turn around and guide the second warp string over and under the button knots again, crossing over the first pass to complete the illusion of circles.
5. Guide the end under the same float as before, between two warp strings and tie it in the back.
Add on multiple rows or even alternate smaller and bigger sizes to experiment with this look!
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What kind of creative projects do you have planned this weekend?⠀
XO⠀
Lindsey⠀
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#fiberartist #loom #design #fiberart #weaverfever #weaving #woven #weave #weaversofinstagram #handwoven #textiles #love #wool #textileart #makersgonnamake #hhdiyfriday #etsy #yarn #weavingloom #makersmovement #art #weaver #handmade #tapestry #fashion #wallhanging #homedecor #textiledesign #wovenwallhanging

MY VERY FIRST BLOG POST WAS ABOUT...⠀
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So, I found my very first blog post on Hello Hydrangea posted September, 2011. It was a picture of a Rubiks cube and went like this:⠀
"If you ever get far enough back in this blog to read this first post, I'd like to say 2 things. One: I probably haven't posted enough yet to call myself successful and two: congratulations for making it this far. The rest of my readers who still haven't seen this page are hopefully many. So actually, what I say here doesn't really matter. The first posts are always the hardest anyway. I could welcome you and promise many exciting posts in the future or set goals for what day of the week will be devoted to DIYs, or even begin with my introductory life story. But instead, I will write something down just to ⠀
⠀
finally ⠀
⠀
get something down. And even though my sentence structure and grammar are horrific, atleast I’ve started... and for now, that feels pretty good.⠀
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Oh, and here's a picture of a rubiks cube. It's finished. That feels good too."⠀
//⠀
I think I had the right idea - just get SOMETHING down. Everything gets easier once you just start, right?⠀
//⠀
Bonus content: swipe to see my first and only fashion shoot (shot by my teenage brother including a floral shirt and leopard cardigan in an alfalfa field) and my first DIY post. These posts are still on my blog, buried deep under weaving content.⠀
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.#weaving #handmade #weaversofinstagram #tapestry #loom #wovenwallhanging #textiles #handwoven #weaver #weave #makersmovement #etsy #fiberart #makersgonnamake #textileart #woven #bohohome #makersofinstagram #woventapestry #wearethemakers #ontheloom⠀
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There’s something so wonderful about creating something that’s already planned - from the design to the colors. There’s no ‘go with the flow’, or wondering what’s going to be next. Those creative projects are great for different reasons, but working on a project that’s simple and mapped out is when your mind can truly wonder while your hands do all the work.⠀
This is the cross stitch piece from my time-lapse a few posts ago. I have been experimenting with different fibers for the backgrounds - this is the skinny felted rope from @marymakerstudio and it was so fun to weave with!⠀
What kind of projects do you prefer? Set designs, or design as you go?⠀
XO⠀
Lindsey⠀
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#moderncrossstitch #xstitchersofinstagram #etsy #stitchersofinstagram #dmcthreads #pointdecroix #modernembroidery #embroideryhoop #contemporaryembroidery #embroidery #needlecraft #crossstitchersofinstagram #needlework #handembroidery #stitching #hoopart #вышивкакрестом #weaving #xstitch #dmc #handmade #xstitching #crossstitching #embroideryart #вышивка #embroideryinstaguild #puntodecruz #crossstitch #crossstitcher #makersgonnamake

September is the start of my ‘crunch time’ for 2019. Believe it or not, it’s the beginning of holiday prep (some artists start preparing even earlier!). Last year I had an unfortunate communication problem with my loom supplier and felt like I dropped the ball on holiday planning, so this year I’m getting organized early! It’s crazy how 110 days looks like so little time on a project calendar. 😬😅⠀
Since the rest of 2019 is reserved for projects I’ve already begun... I’m already looking forward to my ‘someday’ goals of 2020. They *hopefully* include lots of embroidery time, and these pieces by @ovobloom are giving me lots of inspiration! I also woke up this morning with a new weaving loom design that is a bit out-there but I can’t wait to experiment on it 😍. Not now, but it’s also going into my ‘someday’ pile. ⠀
How are you feeling about the end of the year? Does it still seem far away, or are you starting to plan a bit? ⠀
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Photo from my first book: Welcome to Weaving. What non-fiber materials gets you excited to weave with??⠀
When I started weaving I actually had dreams of being a jewelry designer... but fiber arts got my hooked on the way! I still feel a pull to all things sparkly, shiny and smooth, so I wanted to include techniques to add all kinds of pretty baubles to my beginner book. (Mostly just an excuse to lay out my collection of pretty things 😂)⠀
This surface styling board is from my friend @emma_natter . ⠀
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What would you learn or do if you were given an extra hour each day to do it, free of distractions, commitments or limits? ⠀
I’ve had the goal to learn to play the cello for years, so that always comes to mind, but lately I’ve been thinking I would love to spend more time in nature. In the mountains, by a lake, in near solitude. Doing nothing but listening, watching and touching the earth. ⠀
I grew up homeschooled in the country, and although I love the opportunities and access of living in the city, I miss the element of immediate space that I had during childhood and adolescence. Having uninhabited space to walk and talk to God (something I would do often because I had a lot of questions) without being self conscious, worrying about other joggers coming along, or any background city noise to distract me, was an important part of discovering who I was and what I wanted to be. I miss that. ⠀
Even now, when I’m feeling sick or nervous (like at the dentist, or during airplane turbulence) I go to my ‘happy place’ and imagine I’m on a slow walk in the Cascade mountains of Washington State - with the crisp, clean air that SOMEHOW tastes sweet... and it helps me relax.⠀
Where do you go? If you could be transported there for an hour a day, would you want to be alone, or bring someone with you?⠀
(This Star was a personal project that I created last winter. I don’t have any type of pattern or tutorial for it, but it taught me ALOT about macrame-ing within a shape instead of freely. Made with @niromastudio metallic rope.)⠀
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DIY FRIDAY //⠀Egyptian Knot Stripes
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Every Friday this month I will be sharing a different way to create vertical stripes. Yep, there’s more than one! Today’s tutorial is called Egyptian Knots. (Hint: they’re really just backwards soumak!)
You can learn more about weaving by joining my online video classes on my website or DM me for help getting started!⠀
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1. Tie the first color into your first warp. Guide it behind three warp strings (including the first) and then around the third. Behind three, around the first - so the loop only shows up on every other warp string.
2. Tie the second color onto the first warp. Guid it behind two warp strings (including the first) and then around the second. Then behind three, around the third, etc, just like the first color, but so that the loop only shows up on the opposite warp strings as the first color.
3. Twist the ends together counter-clockwise to secure them and then turn around. The same colors should always loop around the same warp string as the rows below.
4. Beat the rows down so that the two colors fit into the same row. This technique makes a beautiful beaded effect! It reminds me of the backside of rya knots.
The back of Egyptian knots is actually rows of soumak. That means that the back carries the bulk of the material - swipe to see what the back looks like (because I know you’re probably curious!) Be sure to save this video for later, pin it to Pinterest and follow the #hhdiyfriday hashtag!
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#fiberartist #loom #design #fiberart #weaverfever #weaving #woven #weave #weaversofinstagram #handwoven #textiles #love #wool #textileart #makersgonnamake #etsy #yarn #weavingloom #makersmovement #art #weaver #handmade #tapestry #fashion #wallhanging #homedecor #textiledesign #wovenwallhanging #wallart

When @koelmagazine reached out to me at the beginning of the year for a tutorial pattern to include in Issue 8, (available now!) I knew exactly what I wanted to do.
Something that I hadn’t tried before... mixing two techniques that I love: twill + gradients.
I got 6 shades of yarn ranging from cream to deep red from @quinceandco (they have so many colors, which makes it easy to create a fade like this!) and found a diamond twill pattern that shows off the gradient in a beautiful pattern.
The pattern and tutorial is finally available in @koelmagazine so pick up your copy!
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DIY FRIDAY //⠀Double Twining
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Every Friday this month I will be sharing a different way to create vertical stripes. Yep, there’s more than one! Today’s tutorial is called double twining. ⠀
You can learn more about weaving by joining my online video classes on my website or DM me for help getting started!⠀
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1. Fold two colors of weft in half and place the fold over the first warp string. Reach through the loop and pull the tails through.
2. Guide the two tails of the first color under the next warp string. Spread the tails of the first color (that just went under the last warp string) out. Reach between them and pull the two tails of the second color underneath the next warp string. Repeat this step until you reach the end.
3. Turn around at the end of the row by guiding the two tails of the color that went underneath the last warp string over the two tails of the color that went over the last warp string, and then under the last warp string again.
4. Double twine the two colors back across the row using the same technique.
The vertical lines in this technique have a bit of a chevron pattern to them, but if the rows are beaten down tightly the chevron pattern won't show up as much. This is a great technique when you want to cover twice as much space in the time it takes to do one row!
Be sure to save this video for later, pin it to Pinterest and follow the #hhdiyfriday hashtag!
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#fiberartist #loom #design #fiberart #weaverfever #weaving #woven #weave #weaversofinstagram #handwoven #textiles #love #wool #textileart #makersgonnamake #etsy #yarn #weavingloom #makersmovement #art #weaver #handmade #tapestry #fashion #wallhanging #homedecor #textiledesign #wovenwallhanging #wallart