Youngmin's June 2025 Newsletter

 Love is like a Butterfly

When I was visiting Mexico City in April, Lupita asked me to make a How-to video of λ‚˜λΉ„, Nabi, Butterfly.
Butterflies are a symbol of happiness, prosperity, and fertility in Korean culture.
It took me a while, but I finally made it. I'd love to share with Lupita and you! 
Here's my YouTube channel.
μ§€λ‚œ 사월 λ©•μ‹œμ½” μ‹œν‹°μ—μ„œ λ§Œλ‚œ 루피타가 λ‚˜λΉ„λ§Œλ“€κΈ° λΉ„λ””μ˜€λ₯Ό λ§Œλ“€μ–΄λ‹¬λΌκ³  뢀탁을 ν–ˆμ–΄μš”. κ·Έλž˜μ„œ μ—¬κΈ° λ§Œλ“€μ–΄ μ˜¬λ ΈμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν•œκ΅­ μ „ν†΅λ¬Έν™”μ—μ„œ λ‚˜λΉ„λŠ” 행볡과 뢀귀와 λ‹€μ‚°μ˜ μƒμ§•μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.

Spending a week in the Pacific Northwest with 16 creative people was a great way to start May. Visiting 'Botanical Colors' and meeting Kathy Hattori also made me excited, too. During this 4-day long workshop, we discussed and practiced many details about bojagi. 
As always, after I teach workshops, I have a strong desire to have my own creative time. 
After I came back home, I scoured and mordanted more fabrics to dye and use for my future work. I made a new indigo vat so I can play with the natural dyeing process +indigo over dyeing. This year's indigo cultivating is not going great and I was able to get only a few indigo plants from two packets of indigo seeds....
μ˜€μ›”μ˜ μ‹œμž‘μ€ μ‹œμ• ν‹€μ—μ„œ μ›Œν¬μƒ΅μ„ ν•˜λ©΄μ„œ μ—΄μ—ˆμ§€μš”. μžμ—°μ—Όμƒ‰ μ „λ¬Έκ°€ Kathy Hattori의 Botanical Colors μ—μ„œ λ‚˜ν˜κ°„ 쒋은 μ‹œκ°„μ„ λ³΄λƒˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 늘 그렇듯이 집에 λŒμ•„μ™€μ„œλŠ” μ €λ§Œμ˜ μ°½μž‘ μ‹œκ°„μ΄ μ ˆμ‹€νžˆ ν•„μš”ν•œκ±Έ λŠλ‚λ‹ˆλ‹€. μž‘μ—…μ— μ“Έ 재료λ₯Ό 염색할 μ€€λΉ„λ₯Ό ν•˜κ³  μͺ½μ΄ μ–Όλ§ˆλ‚˜ μžλžλ‚˜ λ§ˆλ‹Ήμ„ λ“€μ—¬λ‹€ λ³΄μ•˜μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ˜¬ν•΄ μͺ½ λ†μ‚¬λŠ” λ§ν•œκ²ƒ κ°™μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€...
  

During this year's SDA's online workshops, I taught 'Introductory Bojagi' and took a few classes. Erin Fletcher's 'Cross Structure Binding' was one of them, and I really enjoyed learning new skills. 
SDA 온라인 μ›Œν¬μƒ΅μ€ μ˜¬ν•΄μ—λ„ 쒋은 주제둜 λ‹€μ–‘ν•œ μˆ˜μ—…μ„ μ œκ³΅ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ˜¬ν•΄ μ €λŠ” '보자기 μž…λ¬Έ' 클래슀λ₯Ό κ°€λ₯΄μ³€κ³  λ‹€μ–‘ν•œ 주제의 μˆ˜μ—…μ„ λ“€μ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ œλ³Έμˆ˜μ—…μ—μ„œ λ°°μ›Œ μƒˆλ‘œλ§Œλ“  μ±…λ“€μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 
 

I wrapped up May with a short trip to SoCal to visit my daughter. She was taking care of my little dog, Ellie for over 6 months. Now Ellie is back home so she can be my backyard dyeing project sidekick!
μ˜€μ›”μ˜ λ§ˆμ§€λ§‰ 주말은 남가주에 μ‚¬λŠ” 딸넀집에 λ‹€λ…€μ™”μ§€μš”. λ”Έκ³Ό μ‚¬μœ„κ°€ μ‚¬λŠ” λͺ¨μŠ΅λ„ 보고 6κ°œμ›” λ„˜κ²Œ 맑겨둔 μ—˜λ¦¬λ₯Ό 데리고 λŒμ•„μ™”μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ—˜λ¦¬κ°€ λŒμ•„μ™”μœΌλ‹ˆ 이제 λ’·λ§ˆλ‹Ή 염색 쑰수 역할을 ν†‘ν†‘νžˆ ν•  κ²λ‹ˆλ‹€.
 

Have a great month and I will see you in summer!
μœ μ›”λ„ 잘 λ³΄λ‚΄μ‹œκ³  여름에 λ§Œλ‚˜μš”!

Workshops and Events 


I am going to have a book signing event and a class in the Bay Area!
Saturday, June 7, I will have a book signing event and a class at 
A Verb for Keeping Warm in Oakland.
If you've been following me for a while, you already knew that AVFKW is one of my favorite places in the Bay area. I'd love to see you there!
 
Workshop at Sanborn Mills Farm was cancelled due to the low enrollment. 
If you are in the East coast and interested in taking my workshop, check out the Quilting By the Lake. I have a few spots available. 

 6μ›”μ—λŠ” μ˜€ν΄λžœλ“œμ—μ„œ μ›Œν¬μƒ΅κ³Ό μ±… 사인 λͺ¨μž„을 ν•˜λ‹ˆ 동넀뢄듀 μ˜€μ„Έμš”!



June 5, Tatter's Hand-Sewn Quiltging Sereis II 
Online class

June 7, A Verb for Keeping Warm Oyat Kkot Pincushion class and book signing
In-person class

June 21, DCMQG Sheer & Layer
Online class


July 21-25, QBL-Quilting By the Lake, Syracus, NY
In-person class
Korea Textile Tour 2025 
October 20-23, 2025
November 5-15, 2025
Both tours are full.
Future tour interest list 
sign up here!
Book is available here
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