Today's ice is cloth. The walnut vat is frozen again. walnut
February was cabin month, I will do a few more and see where it leads me for March.
An old post about shot cottons...
I couldn't help notice that these two seem related. I remember when I was a woven textile designer, using the term color family a lot when explaining merchandising to others. It's a great way to explain how one thing, in this case, color leans into another.
Just what we need here in the north, a cosy brown cabin. Inspired again by the log cabin pattern, will try on a backing.
Shot cotton post was very interesting, must have a rummage for some plaid to play with, inspired also to try a little weaving.
Snowing again.
they are cozy by nature, these cabins.
the most Beauty FULL piece of Walnut cloth EVER!!!!!!!!!!
I was thinking of reshaping it as it thaws, and then letting it freeze again, maybe it can be a basket for a while.
I love, love, love this brown cabin! The two together look like a fairy tale in the woods 🙂
I was a brownie.
My big grandson’s last name is Brown
Can’t wait to see more!
I was Brownie too! That was a good memory!
Windy, weird weather here as well – one day it was 72 degrees – the next it struggled to get above 20. Brave daffodils, lenten roses and a stray dandelion or two bravely push up out of the ground despite the crazy temps. I find a lot of comfort in the work of my hands pushing needle and thread through fabric.
the daffys are up here too, a bit worried about the Magnolia again this year, such a sudden deep freeze. I love the persistence of stitch. Weaving Through.
Forest creature finding her log cabin home
Or simply one thing leaning into another
feelin’ quite cozy as we all gather within your cabin. here with dark chocolate, hot tea ‘n my wooden loom. more comforting browns on this chilly day!…
Brown can be many things, ha!
I’m not a dyer, but it seems like freezing and thawing is super way to scour fibers.
Who knows? We go along and see…
Thank you for showing these stitch methods on video. I love your cloth sensitive style and free-form assembly. This help me loosen up any unwanted rigidity in my work. Someday I will figure out how to put my components together and make a finished cloth.
It’s the same really, but I will talk about that too
This post held a monumental and wonderful link at the end, “an Old Post”. That one is hugely educational. I highly recommend everyone go and read it.
Personally, your manner in talking resonates so well with me. I can learn more from you because of how you speak/write, it pulls me in. And seeing the date of the post, back in 2010, reminded me why I listened then as I do now.
Thank you for your teachings and for how you do it.
it is great to bump into old stuff and know it is still valid. That there can be any point in time and it can still be a beginning to wander off from. Just by randomly wandering and eventually linking stuff to the glossary, I can connect the dots somehow without worrying if it will happen or not. It will make some sort of chaotic sense. This comforts me.
Some lovely rabbit holes to dip into here. (Love the idea of shot cotton bits contained in plaid.) And I must say I totally get how your looking back to things you’ve talked about before, wanting to link, and then dealing with were they password protected or not could make sharing a complicated tangle. Thank you for your persistence in sharing.
this is now working much better for me. My chaos makes “oneness” a real challenge by its very nature, open helps…
and yes those cross woven bits are treasures and a great way to use cloth I don’t really care for in its original form.
well, you’ve gotta know how much I love all of this
Well now I do!🙃
Gorgeous shades of brown in your walnut cloth💓
probably it will change when washed, froze before I could get to it.
I have been foundation piecing denim crazy log cabins on bandanas. The hearth (center) some small embroidery usually with rainbow thread. They make sturdy bags, great for grocery bags.
Sound great! Sounds strong! And useful, even better.
I am using flannel for my backing fabric on the log cabin quilt I am making and then quilting each square individually before attaching it to the next. Flannel is a pretty loose weave so easy to stitch through. My plan is to tie it when I am done. The square and the “earth story” really do look great together.
Flannel is great, the fuzz maked it look heavier than it is. I think I have used most of what I had here as quilt backings and sometimes as batting.
Earth can have many stories…
I love your posts Jude. 🤎 sending love
backatcha!
Reading, watching, listening …rather “Zen”
Thank you, Jude!☺️🤎🤎🤎
time to wander off and stitch. silent snow accumulating here. finally.
Your voice and words are as warm as the browns you stitch! Wouldn’t it be lovely to stitch the colors of each Season…in a Circle, just like the Seasons. This post is a beautiful start to my day.
in a way seasons are a blanket…
love the video! very helpful. thank you.
always good to hear, thanks Tammy…
Delighting in the gifts of late winter.
Loved the sharing of your perspective. All so relational.
Enjoy your weekend.
it’s snowing!