Katrina Rodabaugh
@katrinarodabaugh.bsky.social
I mend things: Jeans, sweaters, our old house.
🔹Author of Mending Matters and Make Thrift Mend.
🔹 I teach mending, plant dyes, and redesign.
🔹 Mama of two kids, chickens, cats, and plants.
www.katrinarodabaugh.com
🔹Author of Mending Matters and Make Thrift Mend.
🔹 I teach mending, plant dyes, and redesign.
🔹 Mama of two kids, chickens, cats, and plants.
www.katrinarodabaugh.com
I just keep thinking about creative resilience. Focus. Fortitude. Looking back to my creative mentors for wisdom and guidance. And I come across this beloved quote by Louise Bourgeois, “It is not so much where my motivation comes from but rather how it manages to survive”. ❤️
February 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I just keep thinking about creative resilience. Focus. Fortitude. Looking back to my creative mentors for wisdom and guidance. And I come across this beloved quote by Louise Bourgeois, “It is not so much where my motivation comes from but rather how it manages to survive”. ❤️
My studio is abuzz with spring inspiration—even if my driveway is covered in ice. New mending kits in February; Creative Practice class in March; an event in Stockholm in April; and a summer retreat in my studio in August. I’ll tell you more in my next Love Letter… www.katrinarodabaugh.com/join
Katrina Rodabaugh
www.katrinarodabaugh.com
February 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
My studio is abuzz with spring inspiration—even if my driveway is covered in ice. New mending kits in February; Creative Practice class in March; an event in Stockholm in April; and a summer retreat in my studio in August. I’ll tell you more in my next Love Letter… www.katrinarodabaugh.com/join
Darning on knits. I love it. It’s playful. It’s joyous. It’s a great excuse for adding color and texture. Darning the elbows on this old sweater with wool yarn I dyed with local plants. Goldenrod, Rudbeckia, walnut, marigold. Little things brightening my days. Keeping my hands busy, my heart too.
February 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Darning on knits. I love it. It’s playful. It’s joyous. It’s a great excuse for adding color and texture. Darning the elbows on this old sweater with wool yarn I dyed with local plants. Goldenrod, Rudbeckia, walnut, marigold. Little things brightening my days. Keeping my hands busy, my heart too.
Experimenting with some new darning on knits. And then fell into a portal researching weaving. And that brought me back to the Anni Albers book, On Weaving, first published in 1965. And then back to this favorite piece, Studies made on the typewriter. I mean, on a typewriter! Ok, back to work I go.
February 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Experimenting with some new darning on knits. And then fell into a portal researching weaving. And that brought me back to the Anni Albers book, On Weaving, first published in 1965. And then back to this favorite piece, Studies made on the typewriter. I mean, on a typewriter! Ok, back to work I go.
I keep this quote in the front of my journal. Sharing it here today. “Art is restoration: the idea is to repair the damages that are inflicted in life, to make something that is fragmented—which is what fear and anxiety do to a person—into something whole.” —Louise Bourgeois, Artist (1911-2010)
January 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I keep this quote in the front of my journal. Sharing it here today. “Art is restoration: the idea is to repair the damages that are inflicted in life, to make something that is fragmented—which is what fear and anxiety do to a person—into something whole.” —Louise Bourgeois, Artist (1911-2010)
This amaryllis is my inspiration this week. Look at those ruffles! I miss gardening and foraging in winter here in Upstate NY. I miss the verdant landscape. Things growing. This year I’m forcing more winter bulbs indoors. Beauty. Hope. It’s been an antidote. How do you connect with plants in winter?
January 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This amaryllis is my inspiration this week. Look at those ruffles! I miss gardening and foraging in winter here in Upstate NY. I miss the verdant landscape. Things growing. This year I’m forcing more winter bulbs indoors. Beauty. Hope. It’s been an antidote. How do you connect with plants in winter?
Tell me… what are you currently mending or making or designing? I want to know about YOU. I’m currently loving darning on knits, mending old quilts, planning the summer dye garden, and wondering if this is the year we’ll, finally, redesign our ancient bathroom. How about you?
January 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Tell me… what are you currently mending or making or designing? I want to know about YOU. I’m currently loving darning on knits, mending old quilts, planning the summer dye garden, and wondering if this is the year we’ll, finally, redesign our ancient bathroom. How about you?
Pretty much always dreaming about mending or plants or how to use creativity for sustainable design. It’s January but I’m already thinking of lilacs. Feeling a bit shy to start a new account. Again. But let’s see how this goes. Hi! I’m Katrina. Nice to meet you or see you here. Let’s mend things.
January 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Pretty much always dreaming about mending or plants or how to use creativity for sustainable design. It’s January but I’m already thinking of lilacs. Feeling a bit shy to start a new account. Again. But let’s see how this goes. Hi! I’m Katrina. Nice to meet you or see you here. Let’s mend things.