Creating brings hope and healing. Inspiration comes from tending a summer garden, taking an on-line class, walking out of doors, listening to podcasts and books on tape, meeting with kindred souls on zoom, particpating in free on-line webinars, and learning about the world I live in.
Here's my list of favorites:
1. Trying different plants in the garden, planting dye seeds, Navajo Sun Flowers and Indigo plants.
2. Participating in on-line interactive workshops such as Siddi Quilts with Sujata Shah.
3. Taking three mile walks through Cotton Wood Park, Summerlin, Las Vegas, NV.
4. Listening to pocasts; two favories are Berne Brown and LeVar Burton Reads.
5. Finding interesting books on tape; my latest listen; "I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness", author Austin Channing Brown.
6. Attending SAQA Regional Meetings, Las Vegas Modern Quilt Guild meetings, and monthly Art Quilts, Etc meetings.
7. Watching Webinars/videos; two favorites are; Botanical Colors (Feedback Fridays), and Textile Talks.
All these activities keep me connected to things I love and engaged in making. This month I took a class with Sujata Shan.. She shared techniques and gave a brief history about the makers of the Indian Siddi quilts and their traditions. Working from the outside to the inside, each piece of cloth was hand sewn with a running stitch. I used a milners #1 needle and aurilfil size #12 thread.
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| Finished quilt; 20 x 20 inches |
Sometime in a more recent past, I was given a pineapple motif panel that was partially complete. I finished it by adding diaginal siduku lines and cross stitch. Adding a border to the panel a pillow cover was made. It was fun to complete something that started out plain and developed into a functional piece.
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| Pineapple Pillow Cover |
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| Detail - Varigated cotton |
Go gently ... go safely, go create !
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