....the best thing about saturdays is that i get up early and do things i can't do on the commuter train. i can spread out on the table and get a feel for where i am and baste new scraps and make new plans for the day's stitching at leisure. there is something about aligning the edge of the table with the edge of the quilt, the thing just sits there suspended conveniently in front of you, suspended yet supported.
.....i am back on that side that created all the confusion a while back. ( there is a category called fever for this project) the long strip of black with printed leaves is being broken up into blocks to create a rhythmn. for me it is also a sampler of technique. there are a lot of details here. each section is separated from the next with some sort of free form ethnic style border stripping. in some cases some old handwoven scraps left over from my weaving days. and i am connecting the elements without a plan, like a research project for me to answer on the fly...how can i do that? i am trying to make a cloth in some sort of a primitive style. but one that will hold together.
