The circles are hand drawn.
I always like them better that way. In this way I become the compass. And the way reflects how centered I am. It took me years to be able to explain that in so few words. How fragile balance is.
I started this way back. I've been less inclined to check exactly when. Instead I am just going from where I am now. I dream of dyeing this at one point. But who knows where I will be then.
They are all becoming baskets. Eventually. The larger cloths.
I am the center of the universe. And so are you.
It's a lonely place and then we reach out.
This 9 patch ring of circles was configured using a kind of quilt math. I can't focus on that today, I'm focused on reaching out and accepting how vulnerable I've been feeling. I'm noticing how imperfect the circle is anyway. I stitched the little nine in the center without a hoop and without the usual layer of cloth beneath to stabilize which caused the movement of the cloth to make it harder to form the motif. The shifting made it all less perfect than expected and that allowed me to see that and just appreciate the conversation for what it was. Is. A back and forth.
I might name this Less Than Perfect.
Once upon a cloth. Long ago. Right here on the blog.
And now again.
I added the Snow Globe. A layer of stitch.
Eventually Snow was in my mind. But really, the Snow Globe has become a symbol for me. One very close to my heart. It has to do with simpler times. A sense of fantasy and make believe and innocence. Keeping that. And I love how the field of stitch is held in the invisible bubble. And how all those floating dots make the circle visible. How it has become a basket. And how it holds 9 from within. How you might look through it. In my older age, it becomes like a teacher.
I'm putting the video here. But the older post is back a bit. I'll also be adding the video to Feel Free under Stitch-Thread Beads. Soon to be cross referenced to Fields of Stitch, which I need to talk about more extensively. But not today.
Feel Free, as we now know it, will close on Thursday. It will simply be password protected for a while (December), while I move stuff. And then it will be deleted. All will be available in a new place in time for the New Year. Once I am done moving what's there I can begin adding on a more regular basis. Thank you for your patience. And your support.