Spirit Cloth

links

over the next few days i am going to reorganize my links and references and also the methods by which i present them.  if anyone's link disappears, don't despair i will get it right eventually. you all know what happens when you start mucking around with your blog format....
in the meantime i would like to spotlight the last one i added Giornale Nuovo,  and to thank sharon b  over at MIndtracks .  it is wonderful resource in a beautiful format.

the things you do for love

... silk. i am in love with silk. the true spirit cloth. i've been collecting some.  it is wild and elusive, it makes me feel good. i want to touch it. i want to sleep under it. i want to watch it drift. i wish it would do what i say but i wonder what it is trying to tell me.

...so i tried again. a challenge. the tiniest silk quilt. it wasn't easy.

...like all difficult things, regardless of outcome, every moment of the struggle, if it is done with love, is a journey worth taking.

...for shula, the queen of silk and keeper of life scraps.

planning a way through

work has begun on one of several door panels.  walter doesn't like his front door , among other things, he is still renovating his little house. and i am adding doors here and there to the quilt, in strategic places , between this and that, defining and transforming edges  into opportunities. i haven't decided on how to handle hinges yet but i think i will use a button for the doorknob.  (a covered one a-la-stephanie).  the doors will open and close. little swinging quilt-lets, more layers and backs and fronts and insides and outsides...and... the doors will be speaking doors, whispering keepers of peaceful transition and acceptance. (and time travel)

the leaves were cut from the back of an old worn quilt and will continue to disappear gradually.  i plan to stitch them so their skeletons will remain after the fabric is gone. 

the holes from what if #13 are working well as stars as well as symbols here. (little doors)

the edging was turned on 3 sides but i like the way the back of it fits into the puzzle on the left so i will leave it that way. it wasn't planned, i just stood still and was witness ...

and so again i have learned to slow down,  rushing forward with a closed mind (door) may cause many a missed magical moment.

and possible injury.

stitching movement

outward... inward... separation... floating... f lowing...

english paper piecing in pink

wow... i have just received a wonderful gift from Tricia of Magic Indigo. a small pink mini made up of hexagons, made with the old english paper piecing method,  some of the paper still in place.  this is a gift of a gift (you can read where it came form here)  i guess it is now a double gift....well, i have taken the challenge  to use this in one of my pink mini projects, and it will be posted on what if (the other working blog) when i get focused. and when it is done, well....it will be a gift of a gift of a gift.

quilting a change in direction

house block #1: linen indigo yarn dyed stripe appliquéd and turned on itself.  i am dwelling on a new point of view, a realignment, a twist of fate. just a simple turn around is all it takes....

the long journey

listen to the river is a project that spans time. its been a year since i started planning this quilt. things change. long term projects must embrace this change.  new chapters. lots of new clutter in my life. and so i lost my  way a bit and i am planning the final stages of the project  to include more beasts.  they are turning up everywhere,  as obstacles and as guides, especially on the edges  of this quilt.   new arrivals.  gifts. appliques. a blue moon  from  florence and another batik  animal just back from bali.   i've also decided to number the house blocks, to keep some order. garden blocks on the back will be less embellished  because the 2 sided decoration is adding too much weight.  the quilting will  be closer together  to stabilize the  layers.  i plan to finish all by summers end.

quilting blue shelter

some unplugged quiet time. the weather is warm and walter is here for a visit. a quilt ceremony by the sea is planned for next weekend.  and the indigo thing from what if is being modeled by a tin beast lantern in my garden. apologies for late packages and downtime from blogging. renewal time.