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Surprised by orange

November 8, 2016 By Marilyn Webster 4 Comments

drying a glass with a Sunset kitchen towel

One Sunday after church, when I was a child, my family was invited to dinner at Rokeby, a guesthouse run by Methodist missionaries near my school in India. They served a trifle for dessert. When I curled up my nose, another guest urged me to try it. It might become your favorite dessert, he said. […]

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In praise of slow weaving

June 8, 2016 By Marilyn Webster 9 Comments

People often ask me how long it takes to weave a towel. The short answer is: I don’t know. I don’t weave one towel from start to finish and then weave the next one. It takes a long time to set up the loom, so I make a warp as long as possible, which with […]

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Enjoying the journey

April 12, 2016 By Marilyn Webster 6 Comments

When I sit at the loom and throw the shuttle back and forth, I have plenty of time to think as the cloth grows. Today I’m thinking about the fact that the towels I’m weaving don’t look like the painting that inspired my color choices. And that gets me thinking about my creative process. Many […]

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“My favorite color is rainbow!”

September 22, 2015 By Marilyn Webster 2 Comments

tubes of cotton for the lazy summer day towels

tubes of cotton for the Lazy Summer Day kitchen towels Four-year-old Isabelle looks up from drawing a flower to ask Jessica, her teacher, a question. What’s your favorite color? My favorite color for what? Jessica notices the little girl’s furrowed brow and continues, I have a different favorite color for clothes than, say, for my […]

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Equation for contentment

May 12, 2015 By Marilyn Webster Leave a Comment

Sunshine on my Shoulders kitchen towel draped on a chiar

Sunshine on my Shoulders kitchen towel Sun shining directly into my studio, filling the space with warm, inviting light layered with … Weaving, and specifically weaving at the loom by the window with the sun on my shoulders and not minding that it’s 12° outside and the yard is covered with more than a foot […]

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  • ABOUT MARILYN
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    • Meet Marilyn
    • In the media
    • Environmental stewardship
  • HANDWOVEN GOODS
    ▼
    • Kitchen towels
    • Table napkins
    • Custom orders
    • About colorgrown cotton
    • Laundering
    • A word about color
    • My guarantee
  • EVENTS
  • e-WHIMSY
    ▼
    • Whimsy-grams
    • Whimsy-watch
  • BLOG
    ▼
    • Making cloth
    • Thoughts on beauty
    • Life’s lessons at the loom
    • More than a dog walk
    • Customer stories
    • Recent posts
  • CONTACT
  • SHOP ONLINE