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all fabrics have some indigo in them, all dyed in my own backyard or kitchen except for a few vintage japanese indigo pieces purchased at the junction flea market last summer
i have special plans for this piece
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the cover tunic from the book, i am cute dresses
with a few obvious modifications
i used all fabric i dyed myself with natural materials for the hand stitched butterfly
the tunic is a cotton/linen mix that has a lovely weight to it
the beautiful model is my daughter who was home from university last week
and the adorable cat , usher, who travelled home with her
deborah has requested a chambray version of this tunic for her birthday next week :)
oh a handknit pair of socks that are coming along nicely
have a lovely weekend
and if you live in canada don't forget to spring forward an hour on sunday
i was looking through my pile of naturally dyed fabrics and in the bottom of the basket i uncovered a little piece I started about three years ago at the time of my art show at craftland. I decided to finish the circles of stitching and then i hope to sew it into something wearable. Hopefully that won't take another three years to accomplish.
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and just when i thought my snow shoveling arms and back couldn't handle anymore we got another good amount of that gorgeous , sticking to all the branches, snowman building, avalanching off the rooftop sort of snow
ahhhhhh
:)
the portion of the moth that is comprised of the head, thorax and abdomen
it started on a short lunch break at my office
i almost always have some natural dyed thread and a tiny crochet hook at hand
the tools for a few moments of relaxation
later on the weekend a trip into my baskets of natural dyed loveliness
a few snips and some tiny basting stitches
the beginning of a beautiful creature
a moth
not a particular species
but
a new one
not yet discovered
perhaps
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in the winter i have less opportunity to take macro photographs of nature
recently my substitute for this has been photographing the tiny meditative stitches
these ones on natural linen with indigo thread i dyed
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stitching these indigo heart set my mind wandering this week
stitching hearts
mending hearts
is it possible for a heart muscle to heal after a myocardial infarction
yes it is
the key is a peptide called thymosin beta 4
found in the thymus gland and in platelets
it acts on another protein called actin
that forms microtubules
that connect to form the cystoskeleton
the inner network that holds cells together and allows them to keep their shape
the cystoskeleton looks very similar to the stitching in my indigo hearts
especially that crazy quilt style one
ok now i am thinking i might have lost all my readers
and it is a good thing i don't ramble on about medicine and science very often
have a wonderful weekend my friends
in ontario it is an extra long one because monday is family day
:)
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don't forget to be kind to yourselves today
you are all so loved
xo
m
All my scattering moments are taken up with my needle.
Ellen Birdseye Wheaton
wrote this in her diary in 1851
wife, mother of 12, abolitionist, woman’s rights advocate
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i picked up this patched piece
little scraps of naturally dyed fabrics
and
natural linen
i started it about two years ago
and hope to finish it soon
to
embelish
a
handmade
garment
a little bit of stitching i did while on vacation
indigo thread dyed in my backyard
on
natural linen
i bet you will recognize the motifs
be gentle with yourselves today
In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
mahatma gandhi
(a few pictures taken from the resurrectionfern archives)
(embroidered words by cathy cullis)