JBee Textiles

💖 Happy Valentine's Day to JELLYBUM! 💖
Special thanks to Tori for this name suggestion! And a big thank you to everyone else who entered a name in the box, too! I can't believe we got 79 submissions!!

Jellybum the Hug Slug is our new friend and neighbor down where he lives in his little dome! He's great friends with Tututelly the Garden Troll, so he likes to hang out on the kids' floor! He's a little shy, but loves to make new friends, so go down to the library and give a slug a hug!! :)

IT'S FINALLY HERE!!! the sensory dome is now and there's a new friend living inside!

A big thanks to for funding to make this happen! And to for providing the space to construct the dome!

Just some things I've been working on :)

I made a turtle! This is Terra, the eastern boxturtle! She was made from recycled materials for to promote some cool new community projects and clean water for our native wildlife!

I made an egg for egg hunt this year! Can't believe this little guy didn't get picked for the contest, but he's still happy to be hiding along with so many other amazing eggs!

Photo dump from the past few months.
I've been keeping to myself a lot, trying to distract myself with my little projects. Being an artist can feel so pointless when there are so many big complicated things going on. It's so overwhelming, and then there is a bit of relief, and I remember to take a breath. I hope you are remembering to take a breath too 💚

I made a bug! Should I make more??

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This is my largest completed tapestry so far! It's also a poem I wrote about ruminating thoughts and how repetition is a necessary part of my art and life.
Patterns are defined by repetition. You can create stories about the patterns you notice and what that says about you or others. Some patterns are good and necessary for our survival, while others might make us feel stuck or unhappy. We can even feel shame about repeating negative patterns we've noticed. If you think of this tapestry as a pattern you wish to undo, it's not as simple as unraveling it; there is also the task of what to do with all the tangled thread you are left with. Sometimes, undoing everything at once can leave you worse than before. Breaking patterns is also the task of building patterns, or at least that's been a helpful way for me to think about it. I still have a lot to learn, and this tapestry is proof of that, as well as proof of how far I've come in the short time I've been doing crochet color work. I also don't consider myself a poet, so this is a bit nerve-wracking to post, but I will persist through the self-doubt! 💚

Meet Tututelly! Now located on the 2nd floor of the downtown Chattanooga Library! Please scroll through the photos for some info about Tututelly and for a special thanks to all the people who helped make it happen! 💚

I've never made something exactly like this before and head a short deadline to figure it all out, but it was a great experience, and I'm so proud of how he turned out! I'm excited to make more stuff like this in the future! But for now, I will probably need a week or two to recover from this one 😅