Spirit Cloth

Inspired by the Cloth Itself

And a thread from here to there...

I am really enjoying this scratched/old filter lately, probably because I can relate.  I had added a dyed layer over a print, loving how the illusion of it sliding behind the foliage gave it depth.  That gave me a similar idea here. 

But before I go further, let me just say, that all my audio and video will be at Feel Free now, as I move to my new series Everything in Perspective. I have decided to continue as long as I can with a modestly priced password protected format. You can come here to read about life and see what I am doing (and that can be enough) and then you might choose to follow the thread (if you are so inclined) to dive deeper into my process. Very much deeper. 

Why?

The feed here is unreliable and media is next to impossible to host, especially audio.

This blog has so much content, but the way I just go makes it hard to hold the bits together in any cohesive manner at this point.

I need to generate a bit more income. For reasons that aren't just about me.

The WordPress format is helping me organize my thoughts for book-writing.

I will release a full description of the final part to the series at the end of the month, which will begin mid February. If you are subscribed there you will receive details in a post, if not there will be a thread from here to there.

The thread from here to there, sounds simple, but really the journey is really so much more than a straight line. If you try to map how it holds together.

We are in for another storm. And frigid weather following. The most winter winter we have seen in a long time. I need to run to the grocery store because grocery delivery here is no longer happening due to a shortage of drivers. And low inventories.

But Hey. Let it snow.

 

 

 

Three

Three.

Three is enough but not too much. 

Three makes a statement.  It goes a bit further than two.

Three has a center. Three can make a line. A path. Alignment. Three might become.

Three jars that need labels.

Three pots waiting to become po(ets).

Three Sisters becoming more. They seem like that today.  I tried 3 times to give this away, this cloth piece I made during Thought Catching. The giveaway.  Three drawings, three emails and then some. I did not hear back, perhaps it took me too long to get to finishing, I am too slow sometimes. Folks disappear. Change emails. But giving can have many paths. And I feel this one has me on another.  What if(?) I  put this one in the shop soon. 100% of the funds to go to a good friend in India (some of you know Maura), who does great work with children. I know she tells them the truth. And I can think of way more than 3 reasons that this is a better idea. Let this one symbolize a Circle of Selflessness. That's a thought.

What if I make this a habit? Giving more. We might be in it together. IF, While we can. 

Three is a crowd has a different meaning today.

Does it matter what day it is? really...

It doesn't here.

There is no time here. Just Slower Cloth.

I have removed the date from the posts. That solves the problem for me, days without edges...although that would drive the man crazy, he is a numbers guy. Anyway, the feed is not working properly but it seems to publish by email eventually so I think, ok, stuff will be here, there, wherever, when it is there. ok.

Just the time it took.

Today? There was a moment of sunlight but the storminess has returned. It might be yesterday for you. But for me, just new indigo leaves.

I moved The Deep Pool of Thought to the wall next to the computer. So there might be some crossover while I type. It had been pinned over A Nest of Days.

I just wanted to look at it again. I asked myself if I should make it bigger. I didn't answer. 

Now, some time off, whatever that means. See you later...

Pause for a Moment

 

I worked on this one yesterday.

In the lamplight this morning, the colors are altered. The photo not so clear.

I added the red dot. Some stitch. 

 

 

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Let's Soften

There was mist this morning. Mist is an old friend. Friends are teachers.

The next growing season will be here soon enough. Have you saved the seeds?

I will take advantage of these unusually warm days that have blurred season's edge and string some clothesline in between trees. Big Cloth needs room. And I need fresh air.

Bigger Wishing

Another day, that's a start.

A soft wishing star on the Holding Pattern Cloth. Knowing that we ALL wish for something. Wondering then, how All our wishes can come true. Certainly there isn't much evidence of that working out. I wonder how that works? Renaming this the Hoping Star then. 

Stuff to deal with here, but trying not to make today about me.  I have replaced my computer. Yet, these troublesome times have me reconsidering people, places and things. I will take it easy for the next months. Finish this cloth by year's end. I am going to test some project pages over at my free teaching site. I will use this one as a test. 

This star was made from what I call Marshmallow dyeing. Soft edge dipping. I will be adding that to the Methods Index soon.

I was recently a target of unsolicited rudeness and baseless attack. Not the first time. It's the world we live in. Yesterday I slid right into it myself, wanting to retaliate. I made a rude comment back and then deleted it and closed comments realizing this person indeed began to attack you! After deep thought...I, WE, cannot let this happen. It's hard. Please help me. If you ever see any rude comments here, directed to you or me, Please just ignore them. We simply have to be a community that is better than that. 

Thank you.

Wine is on the menu this evening.

 

The Cure for Sick and Tired...

No need to name it.

Not counting days or naming them either. Just Going.

Well, Hey

9AM here.

10AM...quilting with coffee and thinking.

10:30 AM, the late indigo is struggling to set seed, a good chance of first frost looms.

I wonder if I have enough light inside for it to continue? I want skylights, more windows. But I need to get the chimney fixed. Grow lights maybe? 

So ok, comments show if I use my phone browser for now. Plans to make some changes, but for now, just going. Dealing with it. My struggles seem small really. Summer Bitch is fading, Winter Bitch is waiting. It's a renewable resource.

This week was like Fog

There is big heat coming this weekend. 

Humidity is already building.

Every night I fold the Holding Cloth. Puzzle side out.  To rest.  Every morning now, I spread it out to continue coating of the other side around the already quilted center

My basket of thread ends and pins has become a knot of stuff. I will sit and address that when it gets too hot to move.

This table is 72" across and this cloth is much bigger. I am not going to measure it. I know it is big enough.

I was rather disappointed that I did not have enough indigo dyed silk scrap to do the border. Not a problem really.  I have rummaged through to find bluish greenish thin cloth and I am making do. Not silk but thin and fluid. Using up a lot of cloth on this one and that's fine with me.  I just want to get everything in place so I can quilt this one once the weather begins to cool. Maybe fireside if we can get the chimney fixed. Finish it before year's end. 

I sent my son a text. He is working so hard and seemed way overwhelmed when I talked to him last.  I asked, u ok? u seem overwhelmed. I got no answer for a day. Felt worried. Then, suddenly early this morning... I am both OK and overwhelmed.  That was just heartwarming. 

Days are Days

Things are things.

I could not be here until today. There was a fiber optic break in the area, no internet.

Then Big Storms. More rain than I ever imagined. Lightning. Thunder. Heat. Humidity.

Then the power went down. Other stuff. Typepad. Water in the basement. Things.

Today, new things.

But there have been days.

I took my own teaching to heart. In spare moments, catching up on the pairings that I put together since I began them a while ago. After the death of George Floyd. Forty Three is the name of this cloth now. After sewing half naked on the porch feeling blue. Today's Pairing will make it 44.

It's already a blanket.

And I picked this one up. In the Thick of It. Worked on developing a broader vision. Added fringe for continuing. 

Still stormy and steamy here. Still technology issues. Still blue and wondering if it is because I keep trying to keep things the same. I think I am fighting with what needs to be. I have many thoughts but I think I will just go make some coffee. With ice. 

Still Wednesdays folks, Summer Hours, some Instagram in between.