Spirit Cloth

awareness on friday

through the studio window the scene is warm . not so inside.. we woke up to no heat today. i am sitting here waiting for the boiler repair truck. no doodles today . it is cold and i am stitching.... Read more →

de vrouw spint

the blue spins up beautifully. on the spindle that i made in 1975. still "spinnen" after all these years. Read more →

spinning alternatives

... i got side-tracked yesterday....and ended up trying another version of that "face off" howl....still loving velvet and the contrast between its soft changing surface and the hard permanence of the stitch. this is one of 2 moon offerings. the... Read more →

spinning and spinning

some things are too good to resist. so yes. i bought something. how delicious is this indigo dyed wool from laura at indigo night owl??? laura is a mom and it amazes me how she does all this wonderful stuff... Read more →

comment issues

just a note to let you know that although comments are showing up on the recent comments list, some are not appearing on the posts so i may not be able to read them. sorry. typepad's problem. stupid. Read more →

that kind of day

still playing with lions. anticipating the full moon. the dot as a heart is a what-if i forgot to mention. Read more →

the cat as a dot

it's raining and cold today. a good day for napping. a good day to curl up into a ball and sleep with the lions. ...or play with them. Read more →

quilting the alphabet

alphabet soup is an old project. (it even has its own category) i started it during my " electric jude" phase (another category) while trying to get comfortable with the sewing machine. it is a baby quilt and there are... Read more →

A short Apple story

so when brother jeff was visiting from out west, he brought me a home grown apple. it was just the most perfect red dot. and he brought mom an apple too. like an apple for the teacher. we all got... Read more →

the character of shadow

that last piece of that foggy fabric has been used to complete a soft scream. it was irregular and some additional holes have been cut here and there in this new layer so that the shadow would seem to be... Read more →