the leaf got reinforced. stitched with both very tiny walking stitch and invisible baste (Jude Hill) to a soft muslin backing. it will remain independent.
but THEN>>>>>stuff happened. there are thread beads (again, Jude Hill) across the top…..and i think two more partial rows of the black underneath. maybe.
and a butterfly, made of WIND. yes. it's kind of kitsch~y but…butterflies just are. no way around it. and this one, a spirit, made of WIND….it's good.
The Leaf. the leaf, i love resting on the cradle of the cloth scrap. it will not be stitched on. but free. i don't know why. but it is what it is. i thought as i stitched how often a chrysalis is within a leaf. maybe this? i don't know. i feel ok about not knowing too.
and then, as i was stitching the final thread beads across the top, i just dropped a piece of black thread. and it stopped me. i looked. long. so….this is the thread of Divination. Divination as in yarrow sticks for I Ching, bones for the Yourba people, Runes. The thread of divination. of Course! what WOULD it be for a Loom of Cloth, an Instrument of Cloth, a Theater of Cloth????
a thread.
just a single elegant thread. Yes. and Yup. This is it. So, the leaf and the thread are free, but accompany the cloth. accompany the cloth. i like that.
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