A visit from my boy who just discovered the comfort of a linen shirt.
Some new mending to do which fits right into my current workshop.
Indigo socks.
A big indigo button.
Love Grid, the last of the Whispering Hearts in process. This has turned into a nine lives patch. I like how the hearts have morphed into some sort of arrows, symbols of direction or going. It will be good to get back to some regular yet slower stitching.
May seemed a slow moody month. Wet, and damp, unexpected early heat. Some confusion, frustration, but lots of growth. I can say I felt, in some new ways, quite mentally challenged. Anyway, June will be next.
Notes:
New indigo has sprouted after the first batch molded over.
PayPal has announced major interruptions on Thursdays as they upgrade, starting with this one, through the end of June. If you have trouble in the shop, just email me.
On this clear quiet day in May, after a bit of dream catching and life getting in the way, I have begun the ground cloth for the first Magic Feather Cloth. I have gathered some sky cloth, indigo, some dyed by Glennis, and some dyed by me, (after taking her class where she shared her secrets so freely). I think it is a good start, an open space based on sharing. A combination of thin cotton and linen. Soft and light. Space . Place. A new beginning. A sense of Old Sky.
This blog will now be dedicated to this project. For as long as it takes. For those of you who have contributed feathers to this project, please email me if you see your feather featured here as the story unfolds. I want to add a bit more information about you to the journal that will accompany this gift. You can email me using the link in the sidebar.
There are so many feathers, I think we have the makings of many cloths. So I will just keep going until I use them up. To balance the lightness of sky and feather, I will need some stones, as mentioned here. I am looking for something tiny and simple. Like the one picture above. Just a 1- 2" square of cloth, natural fibers only. With a stone ( never a perfect circle) applique in the center. The applique needs to be turned. Like this.
Please keep the colours stone-like in feel and the background undyed or neutral/naturally dyed or blue. Soft or old cloth that is easy to stitch through would be nice. You might make one or more . Email me for an address if you don't have it already. There is no rush and no deadline.
Please include your email address Your name as you would like to be listed for the project Website or blog if you have one. Anything else you would like to say.
Feel frre to grab the logo for this project for you blog or site if you are participating. Or just spread the word. If you are not familar with this project, you can read about it here. There is also a tab up top in the top menu bar, and stone tracking and instruction in the sidebar for reference.
I am really busy at the moment, so let me just say, there will be a shop update on Mother's day. In the evening. A few leftover heart thingies and a few tiny things and what ever gets done by then. Tiny things is a new category. Things will float in as previews. I will post notice of the update here when it happens. No time of day is set, since I will be at Mom's and I don't know when I will return. I have changed my policy and I am now accepting reservations by email on items that are already posted in the shop only. The coming soon group. What you see here is most often unfinished and not yet priced. And may never make it to the shop, even with good intentions.
I know they are leaves and I am still not convinced.
I've switched my monthlyy Newsletter to " just news ". I'll update it once in a while... when things change. It'll be , as it has been, in the top menu bar. I'm rather busy right now, so I might not be surfing around much. See you later.
Today, after sleeplessness, I border on wordlessness. But it hasn't come yet. How tired I am. It is like my body's entire weight has shifted to the back of my eyeballs. Last night I mended an April moon into a May moon, because the season has shifted so. And I was thinking about that. In the natural order of things, a shift creates new form.
Garden Study 1 in progress. Layers of brown. Using some of winter's dyeing for new growth. In sympathy for season. This is the way most of the garden looks right now. (This cloth is continued here.)
And we have nine kinds of greens well established at this point. Extra room for the radicchio. We'd like to have nine kinds of grapes as well. I need to research that a bit. And berries. So far we planted gooseberries, blackberries , raspberries, strawberries to add to the mulberries already growing. Three kinds each of the blackberries and raspberries, that could make nine.
A garden quilt could be nice, right? A record of this long growing season. What if I start with a lot of brown. layers of brown. I like that idea. Yes I do. A season keeper. Something to snuggle up under like a couple of seeds on a winter's night, trusting in a new season.
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jude
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