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oooh that cloth..a feast for the eye wherever I see it
thanks!
the feather is on its way.
Commented Aug 17, 2011 on the lighter side of darker days at Spirit Cloth
the lighter side of darker days
the rain continues. i like the light by the window on dark days. it becomes, more obviously, a gift. i have been sitting with the magic cloth. stitching. and with the feathers that have gathered, off the wall for the moment, to catch a more natural view of what might become. and she thinks...
oh grace, wow
Commented Aug 13, 2011 on the circling back of August at windthread
the circling back of August
amazing. i looked back to last year, this month of August, to see what it looked like outside then. but what i found instead was that this time last year i was working on the cloths for Wendy's kids. and here i am again....... .~. i don't know if this will be "right". there was ...
I'm in
Commented May 31, 2011 on a rhythm of days at Spirit Cloth
a rhythm of days
it is almost june. it is warmer. the air is thick. he builds a table from leftover wood and a slab of old slate. and he talks about building some chairs. that would be nice. mom spends a bit of time with sudoku. to keep her mind from drifting. she says. and i realize that sudoku is a nine ...
grace you are chanting! it does this to me, too, even though I'm working on something else right now
Commented May 25, 2011 on Where am I...? at SunMoonStars
Where am I...?
I just wanted to start looking at what I have done so far and how this month has affected my working. And do some forward thinking. *** audio file in case you see no player above *** alternative video link And then larger cloth. Because of the rain and gloom, we had to use lights to sho...
magic
Commented May 24, 2011 on Where am I...? at SunMoonStars
Where am I...?
I just wanted to start looking at what I have done so far and how this month has affected my working. And do some forward thinking. *** audio file in case you see no player above *** alternative video link And then larger cloth. Because of the rain and gloom, we had to use lights to sho...
is that a foghorn- or an animal maybe? on the first audio around 1:10?
it is good to be here..thanks!
Commented May 24, 2011 on Where am I...? at SunMoonStars
Where am I...?
I just wanted to start looking at what I have done so far and how this month has affected my working. And do some forward thinking. *** audio file in case you see no player above *** alternative video link And then larger cloth. Because of the rain and gloom, we had to use lights to sho...
it could be a writing that tells a story. a nightsky story.
Commented May 19, 2011 on Ikat stitch continuing at SunMoonStars
Ikat stitch continuing
*** audio file in case you see no player above *** *** audio file in case you see no player above *** Isn't this great? I was going to save it for the Boro Workshop but that wouldn't be right. It just happened now, here.....and that is what continuing is about.
storytellers believe in magic. I think it is what it's all about..
Commented May 18, 2011 on magic in may at Spirit Cloth
magic in may
this month's whispering has me back on track. i am ready to continue. and so is she. it has been many days. i stopped counting. SEW the student forum is back up.
good wishes are being wished here, too. this looks like a very real cloth. grace, you make me smile. (sometimes its a bellylaugh) so thankful.
Commented May 15, 2011 on home from the BubbleMachine at windthread
home from the BubbleMachine
just finished going around all of it, snipping off loosened threads. NOTHING came loose. nothing frayed into oblivion. just as Jude said somewhere, long ago, the threads loosen to a point and then if anything, merge even more into the single Cloth. it is strong.
hey MAN, thanks! hey jude, all the best. may you both be happy.
Commented May 13, 2011 on the video man at Spirit Cloth
the video man
taking a break to adjust 2 carburetors
me too. fantastic.oh this is goooooooooood
Commented May 11, 2011 on real quick, before it rains....... at windthread
real quick, before it rains.......
look what has finally, f i n a l l y, happened!!!!!!!!!!! all the stitching , the basic invisible baste, is now complete!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it is ONE CLOTH. just want to put it here to convince myself it is really true. i will come back later and write more. this is just such a glorious...
they look so together.
Commented May 11, 2011 on when going is just going at Spirit Cloth
when going is just going
i have been stitching this all week, just to be stitching. there are nine hearts that were left over from something. on top of some woven and pomegranate dyed cloth leftover from something else. and more stitches than i can count. because time needed to be filled without thinking too much. ...
a star is a hole in the night. the night is the beduin gods carpet that they unroll at the end of the day to drink their tea on, and where the moths have been at it is where the light shines through...stars!
(just saw the whatif as I was beginning to write that this is getting better and better..and its getting even better!)
Commented May 9, 2011 on The playground stage at SunMoonStars
The playground stage
Ok. So I am gathering my thoughts on cloth. Bases. Life is normalizing here so I am ready to roll once again. alternative video link *** audio file in case you see no player above *** Some of you are familiar but let me say again, the backing layer I apply to the base is any very thin cot...
beautiful frayed beaming happy MOM!
Commented May 8, 2011 on happy mother's day at Spirit Cloth
happy mother's day
...a holiday is always an excuse to stitch up a little something
I'm smiling to the ears..my full name is Maria Olivia Maratou..I'm a genuine organisational acronymic MOM!
Commented May 8, 2011 on happy mother's day at Spirit Cloth
happy mother's day
...a holiday is always an excuse to stitch up a little something
manya maratou is now following lyn lewis
May 8, 2011
ha!
Commented May 5, 2011 on patching a change in season at Spirit Cloth
patching a change in season
so, it's been winter long enough. i finally connected the fields with growth. and i think things will begin to grow rather quickly. it has begun to be sort of a time line. a slow one. with a big space in between. i started this in november.... related posts: 1, 2, 3.
manya maratou is now following poetry from cloth
May 3, 2011
this is so rich..looking at the nine patch suns and remembering the collage star from cwb, and the thoughts about negative space that the collage method of composition brings to mind, I see the sun shape as a variation of the star shape (which is true in real life too)
so I'm whatiffing : make a sun by collaging a sky around it?yeah!
and one more..looking up from my computer I see th large cardboard sun which has been hanging there since I moved into this house, and from the same nail a couple of hearts from mothers day last year..I had stopped noticing them. This is what you do to me..noticing again.wonderful!
Commented May 3, 2011 on Night and Day at SunMoonStars
Night and Day
I'm taking it slow, just more thinking. I've done a bit more thinking about #1, that simple corner sun. Which maybe isn't so simple after all. audio file in case you see no player above audio file in case you see no player above *** The corn...
Deanna! your beautiful indigo length has arrived, it is up there top left..thank you so much! I haven't had time to visit all of you yet to thank you..yes, what is happening is wonderful.
Commented May 2, 2011 on progress at wishingcloth
progress
I went to the post office- the box was chock-full of wishes for the wishing cloth. Thank you so much, everyone! Some teachers have sent me little looms and cloth scraps with wishes on them made by their schoolchildren in classrooms.. I have started stitching, and experimenting with the plac...
I love the way you place cloths on top of each other
primitive and definitive
watching
Commented Apr 19, 2011 on No title at windthread
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