I've been wondering for a while now if the peace pins could/should be simpler.
So I tore a strip of rusted cloth, folded it over a pin, stitched around the edges, and wrote on it ...
Except that wasn't quite what I had in mind.
Next I tried folding some indigo-dyed shibori cloth, wrote out the words, stitched through both sides, then threaded the pin through the top and stitched it in place ...
Better.
So I tried another, this time with more of the rusted cloth. And I was happy enough with it to add my signature on the back ...
But it still wasn't quite right.
Then it hit me: Deb Lacativa's magical hand-dyed floss ...
Thus was born the prototype for the Peace Pin Project, version 2.0 ... hopefully with many more to come.
her thread is a Life Force it's self....
ReplyDeleteLove this choice!!!
Grace - Deb's thread is incredible, changing from one stitch to the next
ReplyDeleteNice! how many more are in you, do you think?
ReplyDeleteDee - I guess I'll know when I get there
ReplyDelete(((Liz))) you are an amazing magic woman!
ReplyDeleteI pinned mine to the magik invisibility cloak, but what I want to know is HOW do you make such teeny tiny stitches??
ReplyDeleteOh what magic you have wrought Liz - I love the simplicity of these ones and the special thread - but I treasure mine and share them often with folk and talk about them...and peace. Go well.
ReplyDeleteMo - magic is everywhere ... thank you for teaching me how to see it
ReplyDeleteDeb - those tiny stitches are possible through the "gift" of my extreme nearsightedness and a life-long love of making them (practice, practice, practice)
Fiona - knowing that your pins open up conversations about peace makes me happy beyond words to tell
yes!
ReplyDeleteJude ... I was ready to move on
ReplyDeleteLiz - peace pins 2 - perfection. Deb's thread, simple rough cloth edges - perfection. You are, indeed, a prophet of peace
ReplyDeleteKristin
Kristin - such kind words ... thank you
ReplyDeleteL - great that you have found a simple way to offer more of your energy and peace magic to the world. Go well. B
ReplyDeleteBarry - You set a high bar with your 250 peace leaves ... when Dee asked how many more pins I plan to make, that number became aspirational.
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