how One moment Might Redefine AnotherBy Touching Three studies from the Basket series. Touching. And then the thought of alignment, things touching and lining up. The Basket, being considered my symbol for self. Baskets. Selves. I think we learn from alignment. Like a moment that...
placenice to sit by a fire. and stitch. to watch things fall together and not be worrying about anything. to ignore confusion. to appreciate what happened yesterday, after imagining it beforehand. to wonder where the camera charger is. to not...
Spirit ClothHere is the beautiful "Spirit Cloth" from Jude Hill. It is called "Persistence" and you can read more about how she made it on her blog, "Spirit Cloth", at the top of my Links list. I still can't believe that I have it in my possession, it is such a treasure! Close ups of some of my favorite parts.....we have exchanged fabric and messages for quite awhile now and it is so fun to see bits and pieces of fabric show up in her creations. I like to play a little "I spy" game with myself when I…
fitting things in...after a week of shoveling dirt and back breaking weeding and raking, the garden and is surrounding area is starting to look like someone is caring for it. all the rain has forced us to squeeze a lot of work...
Spirit ClothJude Hill...stitching a story because it seems I might be able to communicate something through cloth making. I hope so.
My Favourite Month......I love April.......so many exciting changes taking place in the garden. We have a sea of muscari at the moment so couldn't resist altering one of my photos using Kim Klassen textures.. Whilst out in the garden I found a hydrangea skeleton....so pretty and delicate. What an amazing flower.....it even looks beautiful when its lost its life and colour. I altered one of the images in Photoshop..... ......then boosted the colour and tried a new transfer technique on fabric. I'm really pleased…
holding many moments without decidingis deciding simply continuing ? could it be that simple? today we fixed some things that needed fixing, and now i am suspended. looking. and comforted by things fixed.
Where am I in October?I love this still life with cloth below. I like these kinds of pictures in general. Today this says so much of my truth. How I am rocking back and forth between the day and cloth. Between doing and undoing....
April MoonJust That. And Soul-o Becoming a star. That's what came to mind. None of the current stray cloths got done this month. But they will be happy to wander towards May. A long time ago I stopped stressing about turning...
Laura Heine Collage Quilts PatternsHow to use really old, beat-up pieces of fabric, or, tea-dye or do other distressing to new fabric. Get wild with fabric painting, embroidery, etc. Look at the beautiful spiderwebby design on the right side. http://spiritcloth.typepad.com