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12 responses to “i miss cloth”
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Grace~ Missing is a beginning. I was thinking about you and all of the spiral blocks you created the other day. So much beauty coming from you, your small space and your hill. A testament. xo
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In the two years that I have been dealing with taking care of Rich, I’ve only completed one landscape collage cloth; have not been able to get out and forage for windfall up in the places that I love here in New Mexico…often felt like I wanted and more importantly, needed to work with cloth, the urge always there but my working with cloth has less to do with stitching and all to do with dyeing. So, I tried putting together pieces, even made a sort of folded little booklet with assorted naturally dyed scraps, pinned, even sent you a photo of it but then, took it all apart, could not get totally motivated.
What has brought me back to cloth was seeing a project from a blogger that Liz posts on her blog. The project was to make a meditation scroll and the thought of it seemed a good way for me to stitch feelings into a physical form… if anything this could steady me, during these times. As I began to put it together, I kid you not, a sense of calm came over me as I remembered where I found the windfall to dye the many cloths; I could head trip back to those times of foraging, of being out with the land, of communion, of peace, of joy, of sacred spirit. Before too long, I had made a scroll, almost 4 ft in length. Tina has sent me wonderful thread years ago and as I finally used up one, I realized that the thread spool was just the right size to be the scroll keeper. Each scrap of cloth, while I stitched was done so with memory, intention, chanting, holding and sending blessings of safety, of love, of unity, an acknowledgment of what I was feeling and it helped steady me.
One thing that also pulled me back was the visceral, instinctive, “alchemic” need to dye cloth. In the winter, my materials were coffee grounds, tea bags and red onion skins. Just last week, my pansies, bought in March, finally became too leggy so before discarding them, I deadheaded all of the purple, yellow and periwinkle blossoms and bundled them into several cloths, heated in my little copper pot and then placed in glass jars outside to feel the kiss of the sun.this week, When I un-bundled the cloths, I was taken on a journey back in time, grace, feeling just like I did when we had our camp-out weekend, all of those years ago at your home. I had used some of your Iris to give me indigo hands- these bundles did the same and gave me what I call spotted indigo!
https://windthread.typepad.com/windthread/2014/05/thinking-looking-seeing-trying-to-understand-questions-good.html
The point of all of this is when the time feels right, missing cloth may turn into your taking it up once again. You have made so many wondrous cloths, not just the spirals that Nancy spoke of but the many, many story cloths that you have made over the years, plus going further back, your spirit filled dolls…even if all you do is take out some of your cloths and hold them, the connection is forever.LikeLike
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Cloth misses you.
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Your cloth is there patiently waiting … it’ll be ready when you are.
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A message…. 🙂
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they are out there in the Evac tub in the car
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this is all just so so Beauty Full, Marti…the scroll..so
elegant and simple and perfect
the memories…Iris…the Iris….oh, the IrisLikeLike
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that’s such a gentle thought…
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i hope, Tina….may it be so
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could be
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Oh Marti~ Such beautiful words, feelings here. Thanks for the link to visit…just look at you!
I agree with Marti, Grace…so many story cloths and the deep focus in creating them. I look at mine, here on my bedroom wall, daily…and the “daughter cloth”…you on a ladder…I feel like I met you on that ladder, at that time, with that heart.
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I brought cloth with me to Missouri … it went untouched … the only thing I have made this whole month is the No Kings pin … I too am missing cloth
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