got to head off to mom's today....leaving the beast to guard the new long cloth. i think she senses the history in this one. 
she is a story cat.
this cloth is made up of old cloth, rescued cloth. one key element is a piece of fabric that was found inside the wall of a little house, the backing for some old wallpaper. if you have been reading here for any length of time you might remember it as part of the story in the listen to the river quilt. for brother jeff (aka walter) . he sent it to me while i was making his quilt. . i could have framed it. the fabric is old, and worn and filled with holes, yet, after being rescued and rewoven with other old cloth, it seemed to hold up fine, adding support to a community of old scrap. holding something together once again. useful. purpose redefined. i sense that this cloth, if it could speak, might say, " thank you."
