Golden houses
I laid out the sunshine quilt again today. The design is morphing quickly. The dark butterfly looks good to me. I’m about half done whipstitching the edge to better define it. She also needs...
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Dark butterfly
An experiment in reconstruction. I wove and stitched fabric strips together. Then cut them apart. Then reassembled them in the vague shape of a butterfly. Then pinned and restitched. A challenge to stitch because...
Purples and browns
I just love putting colors next to each other. The endless appeal of cloth and. patchwork. The purples are going on the front of the sunshine quilt, but the browns are targeted for a...
Trials
Oh my gosh, the sunshine quilt design is proving to be very challenging. Why should I not be totally pleased with it when it’s all done? This keeps me tinkering and messing around with...
Strip weaving on the shadow side
I’m filling out the edges of the yellow strip weaving with purple. I’m not sure I like the straight lines in the large circle. I keep visualizing the strips going around the form. Well...
How to make it round
I finished the two woven sections of yellow. Now I want to add to it to make it round. This introduced a bit of problem-solving this morning. Felt good. Mondays are energizing. Sundays are...
Practical philosophy
Dr. Cornel West’s title at Harvard is Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy. I like the name of his subject but I shortened it to Practical Philosophy. And here it’s more personal than...