Spirit Cloth

Morning Softness and Unfolding

 

The "studio" is full of still packed boxes.

Let's unpack then. Talk about stuff. Just like that.

It will help me understand where I am. A ceremony.

Because I cannot sit and stitch. My back feels better but I did a bit of damage to my hip joint, which happens now and then. It's a weak spot, that joint. Some healing has to happen before I can sit for long periods. That includes the computer so I am not out and around visiting on the web much either.

This was the first thing I pulled from a box. Sitting on top, one of the last things I cobbled together in the time before the move. Some small cloth. A nine lives patch. But more importantly what I want to call a story card.  I've been working on card ideas for a while. But I ended up not wanting to print cards. Not wanting more than one of anything. Long ago I was considering one of a kind cards.  Back in the Flickr days. Gosh I've known some of you that long. One by Jude. That was the name I was using. Anyway, now, not just paper but cloth and paper, hybrids I began calling them, but to make  long story short, oh ha!, they're coming.

This is a Cat In A Window. But that is part of the story. Still in the works.

My car broke down yesterday but we actually found a small repair shop within walking distance. (a bit of a hike actually)  Cash, 50 bucks, done, yay! New friends.

 

And this is funny lamp #2.

Funny because I just don't do ceiling lamps. 

I like it mostly for the reflections it makes in the window.

A moon maker.

I wonder if the previous owners noticed that? Probably not, I said to myself. I tend not to give folks enough credit when I sense they are not like me. I will correct that. It's not fair or useful.

The Tendency to make it through...

 

We are on the path to June.

A cold May but it's OK.

I'm gardening small this year. So many little things that I started here along the path, not sure they would make it through winter, they did! And I'll start a pot of indigo today. Small and portable seems good to me lately.  Maybe carry it with me.  Like thoughts.

Miss Aloe. I put her outside a little too early this year. It looks like she will make it.

I cobbled a few scraps together.  They came together so nicely.  I named them to remember.

 

The Tendency to Hold Together  

Learn. Remember. Evolve.

 

There is a new post in class today.  And the next part of the Series, Patchwork in Perspective, will go on sale tomorrow.  How it might go has changed a bit.  I will probably post the details of that here tomorrow, before I disappear for a few days.  To be by the sea.

Think Simple...

Without the clutter of greed, agenda and expectation, little things can be surprisingly useful.

I try not to overlook that. Think. Consider. Keep Going.

Many times, I get the question..."what do you do with all these little pieces?".

I consider each one, and each step, a thought caught.

And I try to put them in perspective.

Thought Catching now aka Patchwork in Perspective  is officially the first segment of a sharing series I will host in 2019 starting on my birthday, February 19th.

Ok , after thinking for a long time, I have named it and scheduled it. The thing is, I have not figured out how to handle it.  Let me talk a bit. But not today. Tomorrow. Here. Talking to you, Piece-Makers, just to throw some ideas out there. A little catch today, release tomorrow.

Soft Saturday

Let it be a soft day.

It will rain till Monday. The studio is closed from the cold. Amazing, May and cold. Not that cold but cold enough.

I will continue the hanging ceremony.  This is good. I am rereading the blog at the same time. Uncovering old stories that go with old cloths. Imagine if I left them here. Out of context they become just like rags.