Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Getting to the heart of the matter

The pennon for Mo's dream looked promising laid out on the floor ...


but once stitched and hung, a gap appeared below the moon ...


So, two more cloth shreds needed, but what words to use?

Recalling that I first met Mo during Jude Hill's online Considering Weave, I decided to use "a torn and tattered heart" from a piece worked during that class


and wanting to use some of the indigo cloth Dee Mallon sent
I asked her permission to quote "whole worlds live in some of these scraps" from this post


I think Dee's words will prove to be prophetic.

9 comments:

  1. (((Liz))) this gathering is potent with such deep heart it gives me goosebumps and my hair is standing on end!

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  2. How this looks strong and fragile, delicate and raw, at the same time is really something, Liz.

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  3. Mo and Hazel - I am pushing the envelope to see how the edges will hold ... and have fallen in love with stitching on satin

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  4. yep ... I usually crop them out, but somehow they just seemed to help tell the story

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  5. Ah, Liz, this piece is coming along splendidly. I can feel those stitches on my fingers - so beautifully articulated.

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  6. Sue - thank you ... I'm ready to let it go

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  7. sorry to be so late with comment here... it's wonderful to see the progress (even having already seen the finished piece). I love your stitched words -- so much care goes into both the selection of them and the stitching.

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  8. Dee - thank you for your words ... in all ways

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