Old colors

My PC gave up after 8+ years of loyal service so we've been running around finding the laptop that is now on my desk. Hadn't budgeted for this but that's life. While it was down I continued dying some of the linens/trim with color combinations hinting at the shadowy colors old stuff takes on while resting in a drawer over the years.

I like the way they look as a crazy quilt. Making this into a bag. This will be the front flap.

Happy New year!

Dark and light

Where things meet there is a path and a story. The lightness now is moving over the dark-taking more space. Then, on March 13, we borrow a bigger slice of light. I found this older-almost transparent piece of linen and
basted it down onto a woven piece. It loves to show how long it's been useful. Beautiful even as it's falling apart, maybe especially beautiful because it was loved, especially because it's so old.

This cloth is teaching me a life lesson, I think, about  growing older. Still reaching out without so much fear.