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January 13, 2019

Cloth and Cold

Cloth is useful. Again. This is the studio table now, not in the studio, but useful for spreading out, etc., as the temperatures remain below freezing for the 3rd day in a row. The table top was rocking a bit.... Read more →

Posted at 09:31 AM in Cloth is like self, cloth stories, considering/reconsidering, life, long cloth/pathworks, old cloth, Patience/Eventually, problem solving, reflection, remembering, scraps of self, stray cat series, sympathetic evolution, usefulness, winter | | Comments (33)

January 11, 2019

The Way it Might Fit Together...

So now it's way cold. Not complaining, just saying. I'm just sitting with this one. Wanting to do a video but it's just too cold in the studio. And not good at the phone video thing yet. Because we thought... Read more →

Posted at 08:58 AM in cloth stories, components aka loose patches, continuing aka Just Going, edges, fade, Feel Free, fringe, how it might happen, long cloth/pathworks, online classes, scraps of self, stray cat series, symbols | | Comments (26)

November 25, 2018

Today's Looking Ceremony

The way it is... Today. Looking for Answers (from another perspective), Standing for Freedom, Make Waves, Holding Tenderness (now aka known as Compassion), a light switch. In November, still in process. Almost December. Considering how another year will unfold. And... Read more →

Posted at 10:54 AM in ceremony, considering/reconsidering, filling space, home, how it might happen, looking, naming things, patchwork, scraps of self, walls | | Comments (27)

November 23, 2018

Love in a Scrap Basket

Looking for answers in a scrap basket... (I love working on the floor. It reminds me of when I was smaller.) And finding them! Still some weaving into imagined. Read more →

Posted at 08:35 AM in components aka loose patches, how it might happen, mending, notes to self, One-ness, patchwork, questions, scraps of self, what if | | Comments (29)

November 10, 2018

Inner Peace

Fire raging in California. I had been working with some loose dyed patches I pulled back from the shop. The group called Birth and Destruction. Was stitching them. They came with words. My brother wrote those words. I like them... Read more →

Posted at 07:49 AM in alignment, Cloth as shelter, components aka loose patches, context/frames of mind, design mending, eyes of storms, fire, love, natural order, nine lives patch, patchwork, placekeeping, problem solving, scraps of self | | Comments (24)

November 03, 2018

Mostly a Reminder

A small cloth but a zillion thoughts. And mostly a reminder. I promise myself that if things don't work out, I will be OK. A promise doesn't have to be a punishment. Things change. A promise can be a reminder.... Read more →

Posted at 08:21 AM in components aka loose patches, considering/reconsidering, context/frames of mind, continuing aka Just Going, home, how it might happen, keepers, long cloth/pathworks, patchwork, scraps of self, usefulness | | Comments (27)

October 16, 2018

Pushing Boundaries

By nature, stretching, at least temporarily, alters form. Trans-forms. The extensions have moved the edge, which was only a matter of perception anyway. I used pink like something raw. Torn. While patching a border, gaps were left while trying to... Read more →

Posted at 07:37 AM in 9(forever), Cloth is like self, considering/reconsidering, context/frames of mind, edges, form, how it might happen, patchwork, scraps of self, transformation | | Comments (33)

September 28, 2018

Some Old Thing

Years and years ago, I made this patchwork for a pillowcase. I gave it to my mother. It was one of my first patchworks where I departed from commercial fabrics. In fact the yellow squares at the border are cut... Read more →

Posted at 08:14 AM in 21st century rags, cloth stories, design mending, dyeing, edges, fragment friday, indigo-Spirit Cloth Blues, mom and dad, old cloth, patchwork, remembering, scraps of self | | Comments (31)

September 27, 2018

Moon Face Resurfaces

Some of you have followed for so long. Remember MoonFace? I suppose this patched format was the original "stray cat" format, although I was mostly thinking lion back then. Something more comfortably wilder. I made this one as part of... Read more →

Posted at 09:31 AM in Becoming more or less, considering/reconsidering, edges, faces, identity, in between, indigo-Spirit Cloth Blues, lions, moons, online classes, patchwork, problem solving, remembering, scraps of self, skitch skatch | | Comments (45)

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