weaving

bags
Rag Rugs
knotted rugs
wire weaving
strip woven wall hangings
screens

haptic journals

handbook
four projects
indigo journals
shadow work
envelope journals
clothing journals
passport journal

dye stories

eco printing
wool
indigo
bandhani
marbling

mixed media

paper and drawings
woven and sewn amulets
dream drawings
scarves
furniture
barnsdall exhibit
freehand at home

Stitched & Sewn

stitched and sewn rugs
faces
collage
quilts
doodles and embroideries

Mending as Metaphor

About This Practice
Mending Poetry
books to delight and instruct
The Mending Table
mended sweater 2021
Year of Mindful Mending 2019
Mending at Art Division 2019
kat + maouche 2019
Slow Community 2016-2018
Council, Community & Cloth 2017
Spoils of Lost Tradition 2016
Young Adult Program at Dana Farber 2015
invitation to gather 2014

a few words

a few words
textile camp & tributes
Contact Me

retreat

Ruth Katzenstein Souza

weaving
haptic journals
dye stories
- eco printing
- wool
- indigo
- bandhani
- marbling
mixed media
Stitched & Sewn
Mending as Metaphor
a few words
retreat

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Some favorite reads.

Out Of Fashion | The New Fashion By Birgitta De Vos

Vitamin T: Threads And Textiles In Contemporary Art

Mark Making In Textile Art By Helen Parrott

Nui Project: Edited By Kobo Shobu

Nui Project 2: Edited By Kobo Shobu

The Common Thread: The Warp And Weft Of Thinking

Visible Mending for Knitwear by Flora Collingwood Norris

Hand Sewing Clothing: A Guide

Loved Clothes Last by Orsola de Castro

Sewn rag rug, made this one for my grandson as he loves the Lorax and @johnhenrywoodworking reminded me these look like the Truffala trees. Love making these rugs with discarded found fabrics. #ragrugs #handmaderugs
#foundmaterials #reuse #recyledfab

Finally jumping on #mendmarch when I saw the prompt “giving”. These old Levi’s keep giving me new holes to mend. This is the latest patch and photo 2 the hole. #patch #mend #visiblemending #mendmarch23

Preparing the studio to welcome interested members of the Art Division community this Sunday. We’ll talk about quilts and discuss the exhibit (which we’ll visit) Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories at the Skirball Museum. Then we&r

So…I have gotten very far behind in #MendMarch as I’ve been preparing for two workshops but squeezed in this little mend on an old 50’s Catalina cardigan. It’s a splashy fun pattern for day 7 LOL. Glad to have it back in circ

The prompt is “me” for day one of this year’s MendMarch. I have been in love with handmade things my whole life. Here is a glove/love story that started 60 years ago and I am posting the repairs in honor of @visiblemend and #mendmar

Stitching, painting, mending and quilting, during the rainstorm. Some current pieces in process. Finding a rhythm again in the studio. #handsewn #stitched #quilted #mended #slowstitching #mending #patchwork #handsewn

Fall dyeing of thread and fabric for a stitching workshop that is in the works. Look on my website under retreats. A wonderful venture being created with @elisepreiss and @culverlesley coming up in June. #narrativestitching #meditativestitching #sew

Using the thrums (leftover warp) from previous projects to make a knotted rug…slow going but texture is interesting and zero waste feels good. Using up leftovers in the studio. #handknotted #woventextiles #knottedrugs #stringrugs #usewhatyouha

Well, I’m very touched by the enthusiasm this project is getting! The next piece I’m posting is a Carla Fernandez dress made from ikat rebozos. Very reasonable prices and this one is a one size fits most. Again, DM me for details. As you

I have been quiet on Instagram as I’ve been processing all that is unraveling and how I can be a small part of the mending. As many of you know I am a lover of textiles, of keeping my clothes and mending them, and trying hard to not buy fast fa

Marbling with @zebrachicken #marbledfabric #playingwithcolors #fabricart #colorexplorers #artplaydate

Happy Madderday! Enjoying the exploration of madder on different fabrics including silk embroidery thread, a hand sewn cotton shirt from Afghanistan circa 1972 bought by John on his travels, and other garments in need of rejuvenating. Enjoying #ayea

Happy birthday to my dad, he would have been 95 years old! Miss him everyday. #rememberingbirthdays #norwegianskisweaters #dadandson #tributes

Been making quilts and embroidering for a long time. I embroidered a song written by a friend when I was a teenager over 50 years ago and made it into a quilt around 10 years ago. Piecing things together over the decades. Revisiting it at the home of

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