Spirit Cloth

New Links

Well, iI am still configuring new link pages because they are getting out of hand. I just added a few new ones thanks to Kristin , who was nice enough to include me.....  I have more but i need to get organized first.  I have soooo many new readers I haven't been very attentive to reviewing new links and  new neighbors and i feel maybe that is a bit rude. so i am working on it. and everybody knows how slow i can be.

wishful quilting

returning a favor. long overdue.

for a beautiful poem for the velvet forest.

two newborn wishing stars, hovering, practicing making dreams come true.

the reasons for finishing things are not always the same. this unfinished mini jumped up out of the basket as a what if yesterday and its smallness fit into my busy day and filled it with lightness.

free form applique

over time i have discarded most of the rules for quilting and appliqué and embroidery. i like to pick out fabrics that fit to the moment and just start cutting and layering and piecing and stitching as i go. since i often use a combination of ragged edge and turned edge, i just rough cut and decide later how to handle the sewing. it helps to have a fabric marker nearby(i use micron pens) to refine the shapes and provide a turn line if necessary.

i pin first and then loosely baste. since i often sew on a commuter train, i will sometimes do supplemetary basting in specific colors, which i pull out and reuse to do the actual stitching.
the little dotted sunflower was turned classic style. the big dried sunflower head will be a combo of turned and ragged. there is a lot of work for this section so it will carry over into my work week.