Spirit Cloth

Still Here

I have a bad ankle. From way back when I fell on the ice while taking care of Mom in her final weeks. Usually it just aches, sometimes keep me from sleeping well. Probably moving to a house with so... Read more →

and so it goes

On the wall for a while longer. And now, not. Ready to stitch/quilt the edge. On the Big Round Table, in the room that was named for the Big Round Table. This cloth would make an awesome table covering. But... Read more →

Earth Yellow

The mellow yellow of the pomegranate dye is developing nicely after being heated and cooled for a few days. Adding more skins as I go, the walnut part of the dye becomes less influential. I've yet to find a source... Read more →

Stand Up Applique

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beneath the story

Another way it might happen. The other side of Holding Pattern. Coated with mostly plant dyed silk. The pattern emerged because I quilted the darker squares with darker thread. Something I call coloring book quilting, where the thread color is... Read more →

Cold and Going

23. 23 degrees. First glance out the window and my thought was, it's true, the aliens have landed. Or maybe they are leaving. In any case these are strange days. I missed yesterday's train . Of thought. I added a... Read more →

shift

I tried all morning to post here. By now I forget what I was going to say. It's ok. Read more →

Big and Small

Holding Pattern. All quilted except for the border. In looking at it on the wall, I realize the edge is a bigger part of the whole than I had a sense of. This is something worth considering. How we perceive... Read more →

Just to put something here...

Been Loving Deb's exploration in photo layering lately. This morning real life provided it's own example. This photo was taken in the mirror across from the bed, already a reflection. And the window on the wall is a layering of... Read more →