Going might transform this cabin thing.
As a less obvious cabin. As a more obvious holding. A frame. And just a path to building something.
Indigo is magic.
What if inbetween is more important than we think?
What's the rush?
A More Ancient Light. That's what came to mind.
(I whisper a lot in the morning, the Man here sleeps in, perhaps that is how cloth whispering evolved, ha!)
I use “” Clover White Marking Pen Fine “”. It disappears with heat or washing, and I love them! However, the price is exorbitant because they don’t last long at all !
I posted this in case someone else might be needing a remarkable (“mark”) white fabric pen.
Cheers !
I tend to use what I have and sometimes the challenge leads to other things, like here! Of course I often mutter unpleasantries until I find a path, ha!
The depth of the blues of indigo are enchanting. No other dye is so alive.
this is so true. it lives in so many ways
I love how the stitched star brings extends the yellow centre into the indigo. Like tendrils reaching out.
Hey Kerri, yes, it seems to have become brighter somehow with such a simple addition.
I am increasingly drawn to ‘cabins’. I love that sense of the container about them. Creative feedom within structure….
Yes, exactly. And I feel myself drifting off even tho the basics of the process are there.
Love this post. All of it❣️
Love that you can love it!
This is one of my favorite pieces. The warmth of the center–surrounded by the lovely blues.
it simply feels welcoming, I agree.
Hey Jude,
Many of your pieces of fabric have a rough edge with wispy threads. How do you create that effect? Just by washing the fabric? Tearing it instead of cutting it?
Thanks,
Chris
well I tear it mostly and sometime wash to enhance, but I should talk about that a bit, because there are other ways. Also it can have a lot to do with the type of cloth you use. let me out together a little post.
Like a back lit star…the white in the indigo, just give it that effect…magical.
seems to twinkle
Your 🌟 makes me happy.
The sunprints I do have the same white streaks when I tear the cloth. I love them.
‘What’s the rush’ has become almost a mantra for me…it’s very freeing.
I have such good memories of Sun Moon Stars.
Yes, similar because the color changes are on the suface of the cloth. Freeeee, wheeee!
I forgot to say…I made my first ever little Log Cabin piece last week, and another one on Monday…oh Jude…they are great aren’t they…and SPIRAL…YES! A little addictive I think 😉
yeah, they are, I can’t really let go yet…
Hi Helen!!!! 💙
white thread on indigo, like a blueprint, an architectural plan of something imagined. sketching with thread, leaving evidence of the in-between…
it almost looks like a backlit blueprint. I think about that with a night sky.
this notion of practice and trusting one’s stitching hand as much or more than one’s drawing hand … so often I draw shapes or letters first and then end up stitching “outside the lines”
and one might be a guide for another, lean into one another, how they rock back and forth for me.
So much to love in this starshine piece. Indigo is magic.
Being a process led person, what’s the rush is a perfect mantra.
There is so much to the inbetween.
Loving the stars!❤️⭐️🪡
this one brought me back to Sun Moon Stars, the beginning of so many joys.
How Cloth Whispering evolved….🤫😴😅 Tee hee!
I love indigo!
( I should see if my old vat lives…if not, start another one!)💙💙💙
there is a story behind everything.
my vat is happy at the moment.
I like the Ancient Light Jude
Comforting…
So many things to love about indigo. 🙂
yes. amazing really. and to think I learned about it at a day job…😂
It’s very starry! A star nursery. The white stitches really interact with the white threads.
Yes. And it is very weaverly.
You are a Cloth Whisperer for sure and that is lovely! I notice that the little white section of one of the fabrics appears as a cross or a tiny nine patch block in the final photo on your post. I like how that showed up. I am really fond of vintage Japanese woven indigo fabrics … I have done many blocks with them surrounding colorful cotton yukata kimono center scraps … your post resonates with me in so many ways. thank you kindly Jude.
I love the deepness of it, can get lost in that space.
Space becomes place…
Good morning Starshine! Love the bottom image 🙂
yeah, it carries a story so nicely…
I might call you that, starshine!
Love those white lines peaking through 💙
me too, I am thinking about working with this idea
Yes, an old sky. After all, the light from the stars has travelled many years to get here
Oh to be as old as sky…