Spirit Cloth

Hunker Down and Regenerate

Wind. The Wind robe. Also from the Contemporary Boro class. Started out as Summer Breeze. This one made using the bird robe as a guide. I have it hanging on the porch today. It's freezing again. Snow expected! I made... Read more →

A Studio Day

A warm one. Before another polar vortex. I put my winter bitch in the closet. I will build one small fire, warm up the stove. Since the sun is out, that's enough for the day. On a lighter note, this... Read more →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →