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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)

October 26, 2017

Shining Through

Heart that is. This one is my fave, so far, dyed over Deb's color and heart cloth as I call it. Because her heart is always in it and I love that. Read more →

Posted at 12:29 PM in dyeing, hearts, trusted resource | | Comments (23)

September 08, 2017

Component- Butterfly

Component. The word I use so much. I used to use element more, but component is so related to compose. And then compound. In any case as it relates to traditional patchwork quilting, my beginnings with cloth, building blocks. But... Read more →

Posted at 10:51 AM in Becoming more or less, components aka loose patches, dyeing, Feel Free, form, HOME, imperfection, indigo-Spirit Cloth Blues, shibori, Spirit Cloth Language, the magic feather project, transformation, wings | | Comments (23)

August 21, 2017

Trans-Morph-ation

Something going on. With dyeing, with form. A few indigo plants came up on their own. A few fresh leaves. A small vat. A little experiment. Another beautiful day. Read more →

Posted at 09:24 AM in corners, dyeing, edges, indigo-Spirit Cloth Blues, meeting points, natural dyeing, shibori, transformation | | Comments (20)

June 25, 2017

Wishing for a change of direction.

A red star. A lot of color for me. But it was hot. I got caught up in the idea of a wishing star being a placeKeeper for a change of direction. I'm back to what-iffing. Catching small thoughts in... Read more →

Posted at 08:48 AM in Cloth is like self, color, design planning, dyeing, handwriting, notes to self, placekeeping, product reviews, small cloth, stars, the wishing kind, thread, usefulness, what if | | Comments (23)

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)

March 12, 2017

Typically March. Wild.

Frozen solid. I did manage a double faced moon last night, with a bit of dye, doodle and stitch. Fireside. Just a bit of stitch. I love how many ways these dyed circles can grow into story. And here how... Read more →

Posted at 01:47 PM in dyeing, eyes, faces, indigo-Spirit Cloth Blues, moons, season | | Comments (29)

February 24, 2017

Maybe it's Joy

The sense of that something, I said to myself this morning. Maybe not just because it's way warm for February. Because, I know, Joy wells up in me. I am very lucky that way. I cultivate it. Getting better at... Read more →

Posted at 08:30 AM in cloth stories, components aka loose patches, dyeing, gift giving, grateful, little things, online classes, patchwork, scraps of self, silk, stars, the wishing kind, Un-Doing ( which is a kind of doing), usefulness, windows | | Comments (52)

November 13, 2016

SunDay

Just the day after Saturday really. My sadness has turned into curiosity. More questions that answers. I am not ready for anymore conversation about any of it. Unspoken notes to self is all that remains for now. The recently harvested... Read more →

Posted at 08:35 AM in Cloth is like self, color, continuing aka Just Going, dyeing, edges, form, impressions, natural dyeing, questions, rings of vision, SunMoonStars, suns, what if | | Comments (25)

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