Homemaking

My attraction to nests is ongoing.

A small shibori nest, stitched last spring...? Perhaps earlier than that.
The fabric is from my first karate ghi, a really strong cotton twill.
I will tack it down when it is dry, no ironing, I like the shape of it.

Finding the Steps

I've begun the process of connecting the weave with stitches.
finding the best path.
the one that gets me to a stabilized fabric,
as well as the one that brings out the best of the design.
its a really slow form of drawing,
it might be fun to play with paper this way, faster, more immediate, a way to sketch ideas while
using the process.

Merging

I've rethought the weave
now I am using it to blend 2 different fabrics
pieces of a night sky

Connecting

Still puzzling out Moon Dance
how all the pieces fit together
what all the pieces are
dancing with the weave.

Fall Nine Patch

I keep wandering off, feeling disconnected  on one level and deeply involved on another...

I'm hoping to get back here more often soon.

Experiencing Failure

I'm listening to Lucinda Williams while I write, it seems appropriate.
Earlier this week I read Lisa Call's post on Failure.
Its about her experience with that time between
deciding to learn from my failure
and
doing something else

that sticky little"and" where its so much easier to avoid acting and just find something else to do
(TV, cleaning, puzzles etc)

It was very honest, to hear it spoken about out loud like that.

When I experience that stuck place, which is far more often than I would like, I have an impulse to keep quiet about it. I'm really not sure why I think its better not to speak of it, but there it is.
After it has eased, and I have moved into the "doing something else" phase I can look at it with a little more objectivity.
Last spring I was going strong on the stones. trying new things, playing with ideas even sharing it on Facebook.
Then I got stuck
I lost the thread when I realized that they were incomplete, they needed homes.
I didn't really know what the homes would look like, I got slammed with a bunch of ideas at once
I got overwhelmed, ashamed, vulnerable and hesitant.
I failed to act, and it lasted all summer*
I'm not sure if I did anything in particular to change it but as it becomes fall it has eased off
I've made a couple of decisions, and invested some brainpower and cash.
I think I may be ready to start again.
I expect many misadventures.



*Netflix is a strong sedative

Harvest Moon

Tonight's Harvest Moon synced up with my addition of shrouded moons to the crow and the 'pie
I guess if you stitch enough moons its bound to happen sometime.
A hopeful thought.

This cloth has begun to tumble forward rather easily, solutions are presenting themselves
to questions as they arise. That is a welcome relief after being so stuck (again!) for the last few months. I'm even beginning to feel glimmers regarding the katchina* series...
I will probably be picking that up again soon, I feel like I'm remembering the questions to ask again...
and the questions that are better avoided.


*I am uncertain that this will remain the title for this series. I need to look at it closely before it is decided.