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Stitching up a very pale nine-patch today. My only preparation for the "Magic Diaries" workshop that begins tomorrow.
Today it occurred to me that the amazing thing, the real magic, is the holding of the cloth, those first stitches, and the unknown of what it will become. For even if there's a plan in my mind, it's rarely in complete focus, or even if it is, it rarely shows up.
So here's a nine-patch, brewing with possibilities.
This...
plus this...
carded into this pile of fluff...
and spinning up into this...
Spinning every day, how do those bikers do it?
The last three nights have held fiber dreams....stitched fetish pillows...fabric and yarn strips woven into clothing...story book figures on cloth... Somewhere inside, I'm getting ready for the "magic diaries".
Here are some of the results from dipping into an old bucket of indigo dye. A faded denim color at best. I really like the idea of dyeing, but do not seem to have much patience for the process, but will keep dipping away now and then.
Jude's Magic Diaries workshop is beginning soon. We're all holding our breath in anticipation. Maybe there will be some moon magic?
Found and used old dyes from a long ago class on some soft soft merino...and I didn't felt it! Took it to the island and sat in the sand carding, chasing bits of fluff that blew away, and drop spindling (something else I haven't done in a long time).
I started spinning with this spindle about twenty years ago. Taught myself, loved it, couldn't stop- I remember walking around on the playground at school with it dangling and twirling during recess.
A bumpy, lumpy and a smidge sandy yarn...I'm rusty, but the spindle still works.
We had a sunny day on the island. There have been references to "green heart chakra" over at SEW, I think it's about balance and healing.
This beach glass green heart was a piece of a relaxing, balanced, re-energizing, lovely day.
