Spirit Cloth

everything will change

patching a change in season

so, it's been winter long enough. i finally connected the fields with growth. and i think things will begin to grow rather quickly. it has begun to be sort of a time line.

a slow one. with a big space in between. i started this in november.... related posts: 1, 2, 3.

tomorrow's shop update has been cancelled. shop info will be on the whispering page from now on.

even longer cloth

  Speaking of gathering dust...one of the things slow cooking (metaphorically speaking) on a back burner. For a very looooong time. I think it will be quite delicious. Something about redefining stitching as weaving. Have you checked the back burner lately?

something old, something new

I will be changing my old shop situation to something new. Soon. And so I'm also gathering all my old stuff up to finish so I can start some new projects. It's the change of season. It always happens. I'm going to finish this one. I'll skip the links to the old posts about this. That way it will seem like something new. Unless you have been around long enough to remember, which makes us old friends. in a new season.

putting things into words

magic has begun. like most things it has started as something very small.  i plan to document this one in a very detailed manner. but for now, let's just say that it has started with something simple like black and white, like little squares, like a nine patch. i think process is a magical thing.  it is how we learn and how we grow. it is how we imagine and how we share who we are, where we can meet. it is our story. it might be the most intimate part of what shapes us. it is definitely how we might  continue.  so in some ways this cloth is meant to be a magic carpet... and is meant to symbolize the thrill of a new journey and the potential of the unknown.

putting things into words has always been difficult for me. i was very shy as a child, and always unable to speak with comfort.  i still find it interesting that when i am put on the spot, i don't always produce the most eloquent answers to questions and often find myself at a loss for words... but at least i have learned the ease in accepting what i say as what i think....and that usually leads me to something coherent. ha!

i recently did a Save our Stories interview for of The Alliance of American Quilts/ Quilter's S.O.S.  a big thank you goes to Karen Musgrave for the patience it took to get this done and the honor and chance to add my story to this marvelous collection.  i was # 1046!  ...the interview is online and you can read it here.

W

W is  for Workshop Wednedsay, which will start next week.  and W is for WIP of which i have so many.  and W is for What if... so what if W is for a Week of Working on some slower cloth? 

 

...  W  will be for a  Winter White project that evolved out of an unfinished summer fling.

 

...i call it Walking.  it is slowly changing ( Waking) and coming along. like the seasons.

doing and undoing

monday is always a good day to get back to business. even if you have no job.  ha! so yes, i did open an etsy shop. didn't put a lot of effort into it. didn't bother to announce it (some of you found me anyway)...because i just wanted to see what it was all about and get a feel for it how it works.  it works but i don't like it much. it's not as fun over there as it is over here. i think i may close it and replace it with a shop i have been putting together for this site (almost done) . that is what i am thinking now. or maybe i'll leave it there with a few things in it. i am also planning to be at Crafts on Columbus here in new york in october. yay!  anybody ever attended that one? i have heard good things. i haven't done a craft show since i was 21! and i was weaving back then.

so what am i doing today? i am gathering all my unfinished business in one place so i can do something about it. and this is only part of it. no shortage of WIPs around here.

...pictured above she is becoming more, in procees for a while now.

it IS a long journey made up of many short ones. thank you for sticking with me.

winter walkabout

another 6 inches of snow. today the sun is shining brightly. i need to take a walk. i  notice the shadows on the snow. i remember gathering twigs for the fire. there were so many. i suppose then that while the trees were sleeping, they  restructured somewhat and that these shadowy paths have a different shape after each passing storm. a new framework that lets more light through.
i pick up another unfinished project. it has been dormant for a while. something is missing. i think it is a bit of winter green and some work on the pathways. i think about small slow journeys, connecting one step (dot) to another (dot).
the fresh winter air has cleared my head. i am more comfortable with the concept of unfinished. i am thinking about the supports/bridges/pathways between intersections as dotted lines.  and coma as a source of firewood.