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Posted on October 31, 2020 in alignment, season/change, stray cat/self series | Permalink | Comments (28)
Strings.
The Man spent some time untangling this puppet that made the journey here in a box with a lot of stray stuff. It was a time consuming effort. But now in working order.
It was so appropriate for these times really. As I ended up making a note to myself:
I've worked myself to the edge of the pieced area on one side of Holding Pattern. Working slow and steady, an hour in the morning with coffee, and hour in the evening before sunset. Up to here there are seam lines, blocks of space to help me not only keep track of progress but also provide a frame of reference. I am thinking I will have to continue soon, not knowing where I am.
Posted on October 28, 2020 in alignment, considering/reconsidering, context/frames of mind, edges, Holding Pattern, Large Cloth 2020, loose thoughts 2020, measuring, notes to self, quilting, seams | Permalink | Comments (34)
Sometimes, just living can rescue you.
Every scrap from the garden and leftover food prep has been frozen since this pandemic has emerged. I guess I was in a panic early on. I did not let anything go to waste. Fearing not being able to go to the market. The freezer is filled with bags of scraps ( ha, patchwork again...) and broth made from them. I have also been ordering fresh frozen fish from Alaska, that and eggs being the only animal protein in this house. We have relaxed the Vegan thing, now evaluated as not really healthy, and more of a fashion. Trend is a difficult battle isn't it? Time to learn. It's a privilege to live long enough to make your own decisions based on experience. And then to simply live it without trying to convince anyone else. And so ramen style soup is on the menu once a day.
And less sugar is the new goal.
And then Soup as a concept is on my mind. Soup as in compositional concept and the One-Ness it embodies. Which ingredient (component) will bring it together? Give it identity.
And with that in mind, I'm cooking up a few ideas. How funny it is to be considering adding "soup" to my Spirit Cloth Language of words. A Quilt is like soup. And Soup is a story.
It's also time to cut my fingernails. What day is it anyway?
I opened the Spirit Cloth shop with the intention of offering some old work for sale. In the season of Gifting. But I feel and hear the holiday season will just stress the mail to its limits and so it might be better to wait for the change of year.
Posted on October 27, 2020 in components aka loose patches, considering/reconsidering, dream/thought catching, One-ness, patchwork(mostly in perspective), questions, scraps of self, Spirit Cloth Language | Permalink | Comments (56)
Posted on October 26, 2020 in continuing aka Just Going, needle chanting, old sky, problem solving, stitching | Permalink | Comments (17)
Posted on October 24, 2020 in color, considering/reconsidering, in between, laugh, season/change | Permalink | Comments (28)
Looking.
I altered these photos with a filter to make them look worn. I put a few pieces together on the wall. The ones within reach. When I do this, it is an exercise in probability. They will probably fit together. That is my Seeing theory... if I remain true to my vision. And then, you know, even if they are "new" they always seem like something ancient when they are put together as one. The filter was used to emphasize that. They are just pinned over the cloth I call A DEEP Pool of Thought.
Last night I unfolded Holding Pattern. I am holding and will be holding this one now. It is a gift for My Son and The Woman, and I want to finish it before the end of the year. I have been working on it for so long, it is an old cloth.
So now, just quilting, while I wait for a new computer.
The time it takes.
Posted on October 22, 2020 in alignment, components aka loose patches, gift giving, Holding Pattern, how it might happen, Large Cloth 2020, looking, One-ness, patchwork(mostly in perspective), quilt stories, quilting, remembering, sympathetic (sempathetic) evolution | Permalink | Comments (21)
I suppose I have composed one of my selves.
Made the base cloth a bit longer because I felt the need for more space.
An old print overdyed with indigo. Ripped to size.
I cut along the side of the print so I might slide the patchwork into the base cloth. Integrate the two. For Oneness. Of course, I could have slit the base cloth and woven her right in... like I did here. (...how long I have been at this One-Ness thing)
To stabilize the cut and place, I added a strip of very light cloth to the other side. A little longer at the top end so I could fold it over and hug the top edge. Probably I will add fringe to the bottom. For continuing. Now for some glue-stitching.
A Path-Work, long cloth. Needed.
Are all paths the same? Who knows?
Posted on October 21, 2020 in edges, layers, long cloth/pathworks, meeting points, One-ness, remembering, through | Permalink | Comments (24)
Posted on October 20, 2020 in components aka loose patches, patchwork(mostly in perspective) | Permalink | Comments (21)
A Moon. Always a whiteboard opportunity. For story.
Days fly by at such a frightening speed really, lately, I am thrown off course. Then I think, what course? I really have lost that sense of direction that keeps me focused. My sleep is off, mealtime is off. I have little notes posted here and there to remind me of regular activities or to hold loose thoughts.
Last night we drank wine. It's been a while. We order Clean Wine online and drink less to keep our immune system intact. The Man decided I need a computer. Not his, but my own. And he is going to order one for me. He knows about this stuff.
I was sure it was just wanting one and not needing one but no, he convinced me. "It keeps you focused. You need it." I think he has just had it with the cloud around me. So we re-budget and drink to that.
I did stitch. Something moved through. And talking, it's good to know I can do this.
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Posted on October 19, 2020 in Cloth is like a world, dream/thought catching, faces, how it might happen, loose thoughts 2020, self discovery, transformation | Permalink | Comments (56)
Posted on October 18, 2020 in Cloth is like a world, rest, Soul-o | Permalink | Comments (6)
If the path before you is clear,
you are probably on
someone else's.
-Carl Jung