Spirit Cloth

Trying to Tell it

It's not the thing, it's the spirit of the thing. How a thought rises through consciousness. That's what I was thinking a day or so ago...with all that has happened, it fell back in. Anyway there was too much coffee,... Read more →

Hunker Down on the Edge #2

Like I said yesterday... I usually take one of 2 approaches when binding an edge. Turned or ragged, but mostly binding the front openings of simple garments is just like adding a simple seam binding to enclose and strengthen the... Read more →

Can you read this ok?

hunker down diaries.april.13.2020 Dawn. Rain, small wind. I wonder who is watching? ? ...there might be a lot of journal here, should I do pdfs? My voice is a bit off, audio tomorrow if the power is still up. Read more →

Just Do Something

Just sitting idle, focusing how hard it is to get started is a sure fire way not to get started. Yesterday I sat around tangled up in that. I went back to nine, which , because I have come back... Read more →

She becomes a Bridge

This works right now. I need one. A path from one thing to another. To fill in a Widening Gap. Now I can imagine being one. My self as a bridge between selves. I worked from that digital drawing from... Read more →

Again the Crossover

Weaving and Sewing. Woven dots and other designs that use supplementary thread to make designs during the weaving process are often referred to as On Loom Embroidery. Probably I mentioned that before. Here is a beauty I found in the... Read more →

Compass and crossroads and vibrating outward

I have always been quite curious. About how form evolves. To express. There are many old thoughts here, coming together crossing over. This is good. Read more →

Ghost Spring

It starts with a feeling. It was the electric feeling that spring green generates. A throwing open of arms. A big deep breath. Something new for a moment, then you can not separate it from the moment before . Or... Read more →

Flowing

So Flow. Over time, the force behind the thing that goes through it. The bigger thread. When I stitched the Greening House (from yesterday) I pieced the bottom part of the house and then appliqued it, and the roof to... Read more →

Karma

I did not work on this yesterday. I sketched it long ago. On Paper. And then, while away, I sketched it on cloth. I worked on it, using a method I call, and have often mentioned, Skitch-Skatch, a close and... Read more →