Author: terrigardner1

Retiring after thirty-two years as a K-12 visual arts teacher, Terri Gardner now devotes time to a long and early interest: fashion. With her blog, MeadowTree Style, Terri advocates for developing a personal and creative style. She encourages finding fashion in ethical ways such as shopping at consignment/thrift shops, creating it yourself, as well as supporting local designers. Her second blog, Time for Poodles and Friends, advocates for rescued animals. Her interests dating from childhood led to her sense of fashion, doing, and living. These interests include sewing, spinning yarn, knitting, design, and giving space for animals. She lives on a small Missouri farm with her husband, a large garden, and several animals including chickens and ducks, dogs and cats, and Shetland sheep and Alpacas. For her beloved rescued dogs, Terri created dog accessories and made them available under the label Sophia & Niko–Exclusive Design for the Distinctive Dog.
Natural dying, posahuancos, Purpura Pansa

Dying With The Purpura Pansa-A True Lost Art

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Dying With The Purpura Pansa-A True Lost Art

Purple-stained fingers and nails are signs of a Purpura hunter and dyer On the Oaxaca coast of Mexico, a small band of sixteen men carry on an ancient tradition.  They coax a thimbleful of ink (really a narcotic to paralyze prey) from the mollusk Purpura Pansa.  For centuries, this beautiful purple yarn has been woven [...]

Famous people with Poodles, Poodle Dog, Poodles, Poodles in fashion

Poodle Time!-Notables Who Hung Out With Poodles

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Poodle Time!-Notables Who Hung Out With Poodles

Time for a Poodle themed article again.  Today's feature is a few of the famous who liked Poodles. Elizabeth Taylor was a known animal lover and Poodles were included in this passion A  Poodle named Oliver was the bridal gift to Grace Kelly from her  friend and co-star Cary Grant. (To Catch A Thief) Jacqueline [...]

Lucienne Day, Tangerine Tango, vintage fabric, vintage patterns, vintage textiles

Lucienne Day-The Orange Lookbook

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Lucienne Day-The Orange Lookbook

Apollo, (detail), late 1950s. Lucienne Day. Manufactured by Heal Fabrics. At the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C  Jill A. Wiltse and H. Kirk Brown III Collection of British Textiles. Courtesy the Textile Museum. I was thinking about Pantone's color of the year Tangerine Tango and decided I wanted to feature fabric designs by Lucienne Day using [...]

Poodle Dog, Poodles, Poodles in design, Poodles in fashion

Poodle Time!-First Edition And-Some Of My Favorite Photos

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Poodle Time!-First Edition And-Some Of My Favorite Photos

Poodle!, one of my Pinterest boards has been the most fun to organize. It has also been a board with quite a few repins.  So today, I am taking a slight deviation from the usual and featuring some of my favorite pins on my Poodle! board.  Vintage Knitting Ad-Knit For You And Your Poodle! 1952-Dori [...]