Spirit Cloth

the frozen days

Frozen solid.

Probably some of the coldest days still to come.

But the sun's out. Encouraging a little shadow play.

A piece I started in Whispering Color. Arising from an Inner Warmth. Which is hanging upside down which doesn't seem to matter. It's about love. Color is so much about that.

I sat here thinking this morning about how many things I always have going. How it might confuse others. But really, I thrive on chaos, I somehow sense the order in it. It is a cradle of form. It is really how it happens for me. Part of that , though, is not worrying about it.

Yesterday, was not so good. Today is not great, but better. There is still pain but I can work through it. And I will ditch the painkillers. And the worrying.

I slept hugging the Magic Cloth and woke up to this. They have no names, these Magic Beasts.

I feel better then, ready to go, even if I don't know where. The how is just going, the where will become apparent.

dec 16

Quilting

Yes. I have settled back in here.

Leaving Feel Free as a reference for this place. Just a place to organize stuff so it can help me, keep me from losing my way.  I will leave it there, simplify it's appearance a bit. And you don't need to worry about it at all.  There will be pointers if needed. 

Heal.  Quilting. Slowly. I am sure it will end up as a gift somewhere down the line. Not an art thing, a blanket.

And , well, what do you know, I mustered up enough spirit to push me forward. A video, just to test my ability to keep at it.  There was coding, the man is a teacher too. And I put it here the way it should be, if you watch it from the blog, with my own videos at the end. The audio is a bit weird but one thing at a time,  Yay!

Here is a link if you see no player because it happens if the post comes by email.

A reminder to email subscribers, since some inquired, if you click the title of the post and read it on the blog itself, you can see comments, make comments and see other content, like video etc. 

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 chosen in sympathy with the patchwork colors on design side. It has a double effect. It helps the design remain clean on one side and also brings it through to the other side. 

I had to load smaller picture files today. I am just having so much trouble here. I think my path forward has been chosen for me. 

I'm going to take this off the wall now. Probably not going to put it back up. It's about to be the blanket I imagined it to be.

 

link to audio if you see no player above

Big wind here today. Drying some cloth that emerged from the dyepo(e)t. As Mom used to say...

"Think I'll go outside and let the wind blow the stink off me."

Have a good weekend.

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 layer of drawing over Holding Pattern.  I talked to myself.

audio link if you see no player above.

I did more drawing.  Thoughts for quilting/securing the space around the pattern. Which is a kind of basket. Self.

The question, not so much about pattern but the visibility.  Darker thread? Or lighter thread? And will visibility disturb the space? Maybe just walking stitch or ? a more textured thing? I will talk to myself again.