Spirit Cloth

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Sometimes it is just good to let it all out. We need to respect that.

Finally!

I got my copy of Quilting Arts in the mail just now. The article looks great.  Thanks to Pokey Bolton and staff for a great presentation and as always, for putting up with my last-minuteness... ha!

The rerun of Cloth to Cloth workshop goes on sale Sunday. Class begins September 15th. Most spots have been reserved but there a  few left. An email invitation will go out to all of you on the reservation list. The Class will be available for purchase in the shop at noon on the 1st of August. 

The advanced Cloth to Cloth class is scheduled to go on sale mid fall. Keep you posted. 

hey!

This morning, Fred ate the top off the bird feeder.

a day off

...to think about seams.

a multi winged wild thing

...two tea dips and she she still hasn't calmed down. what a beast... I've been working on the face, and little by little it is becoming less harsh. What a beauty....

moon in the tea

Seemed a transformational stage. A patchwork butterfly twisted and soaking in a tea bath for the second time. In the moonlight.  Who knows what will emerge?

some time

Well, this one was in the shop for a short while, and then I removed it. Because it was obviously not even close to finished. 

It amazes me really, how things can grow,  given a little time. And so One evening in June has become Evolution. And again,  it is not even close to finished.

a hot summer day

The garden is on the edge of the hill and with all the heat the forest has grown to meet what is planted...  I have tried, at the last minute,  to trellis things to keep them off the ground and growing upward. The squash and cucumbers have already become tangled in the wild edge of the woods.  So this morning's walk involved dodging mosquitos as I foraged for vegetables among the overgrowth. There is so much to pick this year. The rabbits are happy and so are we. At least all the heat and humidity are good for something.

There is a fan blowing on me. And there are more eyes.

friday

Friday is go see Mom day. She is very neat. And smaller every time I see her. She seems just fine but... I know she misses Dad so much. Often it hurts me to understand. 

And I compensate by making a few orderly stitches. To fake some sort of control. Neatness is like that. It covers up a lot of chaos.

stitching on the rocks

I am brushing up on pattern making and a little hand piecing for the beasts workshop. It's a blast.

I used the backside of a pigment printed linen. It looks just like stone.

The nice thing about stitching a beast is that you can get up real close. This one is for for Grace.