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August 28, 2018

Late August Patchwork

Acorns have been falling. Mostly encouraged by squirrels. I've been thinking about my folks. It always comes in between seasons. The two acorns reminded me of them. Together. Through whatever was. Yes it's been a bit cooler. But this week... Read more →

Posted at 07:41 AM in Basket Diaries, Cloth as shelter, cloth stories, considering/reconsidering, documenting old work, Gathering, in between, indigo-Spirit Cloth Blues, mom and dad, moons, nine lives patch, old sky, One-ness, patchwork, remembering, reuse, season, Spirit Cloth Language, stories, symbols, transition , usefulness | | Comments (42)

August 16, 2018

The Originals

ThreadCrumbs. Just sorting through the nest. Looking for a rainbow. And celebrating the paper egg carton. No more styrofoam please. Please. I need me some chickens. Read more →

Posted at 07:57 AM in color, reuse, spectrum-rainbow revisited, thread, threadcrumbs | | Comments (31)

July 30, 2018

Just Playing

Perhaps inspired by this... I pulled out an old doodle. Actually done on a scrap of paper used to mix paint. You know those. The ones that usually end up in the trash. Not here. And I named it. A... Read more →

Posted at 08:57 AM in doodles and drawings (joodlehill), on paper, reuse, usefulness | | Comments (18)

August 23, 2017

No Scrap left behind

It is how it might go. Form might emerge by considering second chances. In this way it becomes the shape of kindness. Patchwork was born of that. The intention to rescue and the beauty in that. Leftovers from yesterday's divided... Read more →

Posted at 10:53 AM in components aka loose patches, considering/reconsidering, feathers, form, how it might happen, kindness, old cloth, Pair-ings, patchwork, reuse, scraps of self, usefulness, wings | | Comments (30)

August 22, 2017

Today I am a Seamstress

Seamstress. What a great word. video link if you see no player above Things are expanding. As I build on these simple shapes. Butterfly. Read more →

Posted at 02:35 PM in components aka loose patches, dots and circles, form, meeting points, patchwork, reuse, seams, shape, transformation | | Comments (15)

April 20, 2017

April Showers

After a lot of slow rain... Suddenly new green. A simple method for the dyeing. The dyeing just to use stuff up, color thread, just to go in some simple way. While my mind wanders off like it does sometimes.... Read more →

Posted at 10:56 AM in color, natural dyeing, reuse, stars, the wishing kind, thread | | Comments (37)

February 21, 2017

One way to Cobble a Cabin

Another Moon Cabin. Because I have some leftover circles here. And because I like them. (don't you love the weave in that one?) And because I know there will be so many ways to make them. And just to get... Read more →

Posted at 01:11 PM in alignment, audio, design planning, Feel Free, how it might happen, measuring, moons, old cloth, patchwork, reuse, scraps of self, seams, video | | Comments (35)

July 12, 2016

Integration

How does it come together? From Just Scrap. Working with scrap has a freedom all its own. I think in my head, scraps, leftovers, cloth or thread,have less preciousness. In terms of the kind of value that makes you need... Read more →

Posted at 10:37 AM in applique, Cloth is like a world, design mending, eyes, how it might happen, layers, old cloth, One-ness, reuse, scraps of self, stray cat series, sympathetic evolution | | Comments (22)

June 05, 2016

Here

It's Summer in my mind. It's humid, mostly hot enough. Slow. I am here, meaning here on the blog for the summer. I've retired my presence on Facebook, Instagram, etc for a few months. Maybe forever. There are many changes... Read more →

Posted at 08:20 AM in 9(forever), Becoming more or less, home, less, notes to self, placekeeping, reuse, sanity, season, selling what you make/do, simpler times, squares, thread, Un-Doing ( which is a kind of doing), usefulness, white | | Comments (51)

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