This morning I was inspired by the shadow of a curtain.
I suppose too...thinking of weaving (Jude's post).
And I thought of another window that I loved.
This is more a sense of the window than an accurate representation of the window I really saw.
A memory of stained glass and blue light.
And that seems real enough.
Today I painted a boat.
Sorry Gibson, you won't fit.
And I stitched a heart.
Every morning I've been making a coffee ring print before settling in to drink my cup of coffee.
Every ring seems to be different.
This afternoon, after making a sailboat and not being happy with the sail, I added another layer of paper and then added more ink.
There was some cat assistance here too.
Something to consider...layers of paper.
And then digital layers.
Inspired by watching Jude making log cabin blocks, I decided to get back to making squares for my "Good enough" quilt. There has been a pause in this project.
I think it was meant to be that the first small blue square found was a moon block. This will be the second moon cabin for the quilt. There will probably be more. A sign of time passing.
Strangely enough, someone I know is positive for Covid today. It's been awhile since that's happened.
There were more connections while listening to the On Being conversation with Ada Limon while stitching...they talked about breath and Covid.
But this was my favorite part, the part I want to hold on to:
"This idea of original belonging, that we are home, that we have enough, that we are enough. And the title comes from when you’re planting a tree and you’re looking for where the sun is the right space, you can draw where the circles are, and they’ll tell you to plant where the circles overlap. So it’s actually about fostering yourself in the sun, in the right place, creating the right habitat. And the right habitat for that, for all human flourishing, is for us to begin with a sense of belonging, with a sense of ease, with a sense that even though we are desirous and even though we want all of these things, right now, being alive, being human is enough. That’s really hard."
One of the strips in this square came from one of the masks worn during the first year.
The year when there was so much we didn't know.
There is still so much we don't know.
I think I need another challenge...
10 to 15 minutes of making each day, 100 days of posts.
They might be anything...Sundays most likely food.
The brown shirt is done and includes a secret message on the inside of the hem:
I need to remember this.
Hearing them, looking up and watching the geese shift positions. Imagining...what is it like to fly like this? Their wings glinting (what made me think of that word?) with sunshine.
I didn't get as far as I wanted, but it's a start.
Reminds me of making mud pies and mud stew on the porch as a child. The browns are soil from the garden, the pink is a sample sent as a supply for class.
B is for
Buoyant (glass balls at Mom and Dad's), which can be the act of floating or a mood.
And black (also at times a mood).
And back to it, which I am.
(Because I had to play along.)
It seemed like a safer option...
so I made a needle book.
with probably more pages than I need.
Room to add stories.
Found one on the back already; outlined so that I can remember.
Made with a Threadcrumb, Deb Lacativa thread, fabric that I dyed with some plant or another and a piece of paper inserted between the two pieces of fabric that make up the cover for a bit of stiffness.
The square on the upper right hand corner is the color of the shirt I've been making. To follow up on the shirt:
I've got binding attached to one side seam of the shirt and am happy with the results. It should keep linen's tendency to fray to a minimum as well as strengthening the seam.
To back up a little, the pattern for my shirt is self drafted and essentially the robe pattern that Jude shared in her Contemporary Boro class.
A little more complicated version with directions by Cal Patch can be found at A Verb for Keeping Warm. I say complicated in that it is more fitted. Mine is four squares with a neckline. I also cut an angle on the sleeve squares just to see... The squares work for me because it is loose fitting.
For anyone interested in sewing clothes, Cal Patch's book is great even if you don't want to draft your own patterns. Knowing how patterns are drafted helps with understanding fit. The directions she gives for assembling clothes can be applied to any pattern.
I have more to say about the shirt...later. :)
Finding shapes in paper scraps...finding shapes in clouds.