Spirit Cloth

in a pinch

running out the door to go to mom's but just had to try the arashi for glennis's class. a very short pole...just loving the wood grain effect and the heart, accidental, i swear...

two hearts riding on the wind

...its doodle wednesday , remember that? and whispering wednesday as well. ha! dropping a line here just to let you know that passwords for Whispering Hearts will be issued starting friday, april 1. la-la-la...

and also, my reader collapsed so if i am not visiting you lately it is because it will take me some time to rebuild it. sheesh! just what i need.

was looking

looking

still march, a nip in the air. i never remember waiting so obviously for warmer weather.i was looking out, noticing, yes, slightly more green.

i went out. i looked up. the camera found a heart.

i looked down. i noticed a lot more green. i thought ...isn't spring just like a promise kept?

i looked in. and noticed that i hadn't noticed the colors in the curtains have faded nicely.

i came in and i looked at some shibori squares i made for Glennis's class which i haven't been able to make much time for. i noticed they were 2" squares and that is a swell coincidence. they might  become friends with the nine i stitched yesterday.
 

two inch squares

it's been a while. all i feel like doing is some repetitive stitching.  winding down. winding down. and i'm thinking about how long i have been blogging. some of my cloth is showing signs of age. so am i.

a sense of order

continued from here.

one side and four directions

i decided to apply some black silk fringe, from a discarded scarf, to one edge of this one. i trimmed it down a bit and needed to free up the straightness of at least one of the edges without defining which was the top or the bottom. i think it still can be hung any way. i am considering a set of ties on all four corners. i think this one is about circumstance. (the keeper of context) how that can come at you from any which way. how you can absorb the impact of that (with the help of many eyes). and create a space to be again. just like magic. poof. you continue.

continued from here

both sides now and then

 

then and then again

 

the best thing about getting older is that you get to look back at how much has changed and realize that at the same time... nothing ever does. 

with heart in hand

...just a bit more  about the mini whispering thing.... thank you for the overwhelming response. xx.  I am so happy to finally be getting on with this.

i have plans to focus on The Nine Patch next. and i have requests to do a short series on basic hand sewing. i will be calling  that The Slow Stitch.  Any other ideas?

expressing intention

it was a bit of a rough week and i picked up this piece today, and i was thinking, just let me stitch a bit. extend the idea with a minimum of effort. let the lines of stitch extend to give a sense of the design continuing. and now i like this so much. i like the whole idea of it. this is really catching a thought. filling a space with projection.