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September 28, 2018

Some Old Thing

Years and years ago, I made this patchwork for a pillowcase. I gave it to my mother. It was one of my first patchworks where I departed from commercial fabrics. In fact the yellow squares at the border are cut... Read more →

Posted at 08:14 AM in 21st century rags, cloth stories, design mending, dyeing, edges, fragment friday, indigo-Spirit Cloth Blues, mom and dad, old cloth, patchwork, remembering, scraps of self | | Comments (31)

May 19, 2018

Soft Saturday

Let it be a soft day. It will rain till Monday. The studio is closed from the cold. Amazing, May and cold. Not that cold but cold enough. I will continue the hanging ceremony. This is good. I am rereading... Read more →

Posted at 08:10 AM in 21st century rags, Becoming more or less, ceremony, context/frames of mind, home, Imagine, old cloth, scraps of self, story fragments, walls | | Comments (24)

March 29, 2018

Winding Down

March is nearly over. We can tell. There's another Moon coming. We can feel it. I picture it ragged. Like me all things. Have a good weekend. Read more →

Posted at 09:32 AM in 21st century rags, across moons, Cloth is like a world, cloth weaving, dots and circles, edges, in between, moons, old sky, Patience/Eventually | | Comments (33)

March 25, 2018

Remembering what it is.

Sunshine on my shoulders... makes me happy. Dad loved that song, I loved him. We both agreed on sunshine. His birthday would have been any day now. His mother, grandma May, crocheted the hanger cover. I'll stitch the sun patch... Read more →

Posted at 08:28 AM in 21st century rags, Cloth as shelter, clothing and personal adornment, components aka loose patches, Feel Free, mom and dad, remembering, spring, suns | | Comments (35)

March 21, 2018

Storm Watch Again

Just beginning. The first flakes on the lantern. Morning's blue light signals, yes, it's coming. I had the hardest time taking a clear picture this morning. And while I was trying, the fire went out. Maybe it's the low light.... Read more →

Posted at 09:29 AM in 21st century rags, audio, Becoming more or less, old cloth, scraps of self, seeing through things, suns | | Comments (38)

March 05, 2018

How you might take it with you

The need to make it more human has come over me. The bird robe, it needs mending. And I think it might be a home for all my symbols. A way to carry them. Forever. For surely this garment will... Read more →

Posted at 07:39 AM in 21st century rags, Cloth as shelter, clothing and personal adornment, components aka loose patches, contemporary boro, keepers, online classes | | Comments (33)

July 12, 2017

These old jeans

At a loss for anything to say today. But then there is always something to do. And then something to say about it. So. These old jeans. They are well worn and often neglected but loved even more because they... Read more →

Posted at 09:05 AM in 21st century rags, Cloth is like self, cloth stories, contemporary boro, measuring, mending, Soul-o | | Comments (29)

June 23, 2017

There comes a time...

Time gives us time to reconsider usefulness. I sat here with a cup of coffee this morning. Remembering all the little bits and pieces of my life that once seemed useless. Things I wished I had gotten to. Things I... Read more →

Posted at 08:48 AM in 21st century rags, across moons, Cloth as shelter, Cloth is like self, considering/reconsidering, in between, life, long cloth/pathworks, patchwork, remembering, three, usefulness | | Comments (39)

June 05, 2017

Imperfect Patching

Raining again. Who cares? So if you've managed to follow along, back to Endless Wishing. The cloth, that is. As I continue Collage Quilting. I explained how I created the cloth woven center. Using the mosaic method. Now lets look... Read more →

Posted at 09:15 AM in 21st century rags, audio, color, dyeing, Endless Wishing cloth, imperfection, long cloth/pathworks, patchwork, usefulness | | Comments (20)

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