Lately in my sewing room

New jobs take lots of time to learn. I've been living/working in jeans for 20 years. So lots of time has been taken up hemming work pants, finding comfortable shoes and not much fun sewing. But yesterday while we waited for that awful, tornado spawning storm I was able to sew all day. Worked on some collaged beasties and woven mats and other small components. So many big bumble bees out lately. Both our neighbors are beekeepers so our bee population is healthy. You can tell what's hanging out in my yard and mind.

This croc suggested himself from a scrap that fell on the floor. Love it when that happens.

This fabric was purchased because of those great lion heads!

No lamb yet, we bred really late last fall. Lots of rabbits around. And we're getting a barn cat because the
mice are relentless this year. Will post photos when he arrives.

What happened yesterday

I was looking at this woven mosaic and all of a sudden she opened her eyes!

Looking up

Lately have been looking up. At the moon, the clouds, the trees dancing. I noticed Opie looking up at
the returning birds and up the brick walls for lizards on the warmer days. These creatures got together
in my weekend sewing. They've been waiting for the right time to enter a bigger cloth.

Sewing lately

I've learned recently that undoing, cutting into, can be a part of making. This has been eye opening in my
process of working with cloth.

I must have something to sew on at night. Learned that little bits are the building blocks of larger bits. Again, Jude Hill has opened a path for me to follow and a new way to tell a story. So even if there isn't an idea I pick up a color or shape and sew into it to find the path and story.

Speaking of spring

Working on this for Jude Hill's class. We're joining together small cloths to make a larger one. I may make this into a quilt of four seasons since it's already 16 x 20. I love to sit and sew every evening, like a dog
loving to chew a bone, I guess. What is it about making those small stitches? It can be a form of meditation I believe. Just thinking about color and shape.

Getting ready to warp a loom. People around here may have to make their own dinners soon.

Contemporary Boro Weaving

I'm taking an online class with Jude Hill  using traditional Boro Cloth processes to make woven, hand sewn cloth. It's exciting to explore cloth making in her workshops and I recommend taking one. The other students
show their work and we learn from each other and the master, Jude. I've been collecting vintage Kimono fabric and finally began cutting into some of it to make this cloth. This winter has been a good time to be quiet and listen to colors, shapes and the cloth itself.