Spirit Cloth

A Loose Page

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Redefine rag weaving.

Crossover between sewing and weaving. Scrap Catching.

 

+ (august 21 2016)

When I began the project I call Loose Pages, How things float is what I was thinking. This project never really ends. Because as long as I am thinking, layers are added. It started out in a shoebox. My way of keeping thoughts gathered loosely. It evolved into a sort of curiosity, how is it that thought travels ? Encourages new form? How do ideas build?

And then, although I was really focused on the thing , the book, that might emerge from all of this... well then the process itself started to grab my attention. So although sharing the content, the thoughts, the evolution of ideas was my first goal, The Loose Page process became something equally as important to share.

On my mind today is Sharing. The Art of Sharing. How long it takes, like everything else, to master that. Anyway. 2017 will be a big year. And it will be here before we know it.

A note about Feel Free:  For those of you who have recently donated to my Feel Free Project, Thank You!. I send thank yous back through PayPal but I am aware that not all of you get those because the email attached to your PayPal account is not always the same as your current/main email and not everyone checks that. Right? And also my clothwhispering email (my PayPal email) often gets tagged as spam (?) and you don't get it. So Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for your support. Know that each and every gift is appreciated. Know that. Know that those who cannot donate appreciate it too, it keeps it free for those who need it to be. Oh,isn't this just fine!

 

 

Over the Edge

Today (Continued from Yesterday)...oh ha!

Today is going to be a hot one.

I'm still quilting House of Stray.

I'm doing it in a way I call Quilting over the Edge.  I've included here, a video from a while back. I have also created a Quilting Page over at Feel Free. Because I'll be collecting all my old considerings about that. That is what I'll be doing in September. The Feel Free Index list has been removed from the blog sidebar. Because it is about to get Way too big.  Instead the list has been moved to a separate page, Just click Feel Free Index. I also included a link to what's new.

Over the edge quilting holds raw edges well. And opens up many visual possibilities. This video is from an old post HERE.

 

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I like how the strays now seem to be framed by transition.

The sense of holding yet freedom in that.

The aWay of Yesterday

I woke up feeling bleh.

As I get older I worry about not feeling well. My mind runs away with me, imagining what it might be instead of what it is.

But no doctor. Old Sea. Old sea speaks to me.

And apple cider vinegar and honey in a bottle of water. Mom's cure all. Day 2.

Two little girls on the beach yesterday. Hours spent catching little fish in their net. Putting them in a bucket. And finally throwing them back. I sat and watched for a long time as it seemed they caught me in many memories from my own childhood. As the sound of the waves seemed to wash my worries away. I floated. I stitched.

House of Stray. I called it that a while back. I am still calling that. It is about safety. Relationship. The freedom to choose Way.

By sundown I felt better. I slept. Here I am. Feeling good.

Still working at finishing up what is here. Because after a while there is no room for new ideas.

But sometimes when I pick up an old idea,it feels new again. And that's good enough.

Working my way around the edge. It's bigger than I remember.