Finished. will stitch the sleeve in the back so it can hang on a twig., but Finished. and i look at what i did, thinking What do i like? and Why? this is about stitches. i still am learning about stitching.
i put stitches in the Earth. just so many. only so many. and i suppose if i were a REAL clothmaker i would put more. but the reality for me is that i don't really like too many. i LOVE Jude's invisible baste. Invisible baste lets me make the collage. lets me put the scraps where they go among other scraps and uhhhh, blend them. Invisible baste is really very much enough for this, for telling the story i want to tell. but i always feel like i need more stitches to make it ummm, legitimate.
but i'm thinking about that with this one. What do i want to put to tell the Story and what would i feel compelled to put to be a legitimate clothmaker? if i were to buy one of my cloths, receive it in the mail, would i be disappointed because of it's lack of quilting stitch? so....thinking about this.
but it is Finished. Will go into the little shop. it turns out that CROW is a Spirit Bird. originally, i'd thought him to be like Her. He's not. he is made of Earth and the cloth puts him there...a Bird made of Earth, but he is a Spirit. She, she is like me. and they Rise together above an Earth that can make anything at all happen.
i like them all. they all have variations on a theme...same Story
the first of the Native Plum planted. seems to be feeling just OK with it all.
this is for Martine, who watches over me. Martine at ateliercolore.blogspot.nl
