Double sided art

      Textile art has two sides. The reverse side is always a surprise.

Good enough

Aaliyah (age 5) took the photo of me holding the little square of O. A black and white graphic O with white stitches. Stitching the square is the easy and best part, establishing a regular sequence around the stitching is not ! I chop and change every day. It’s day 11, a good enough day

Circles and Squares

Thinking about the square patch I’m using , I wonder where the square was first represented?  It’s not a naturally occurring phenomena as far as I know.  Crystals have geometric shapes though, like octagons. I think the square was created from the circle. Sharpening off the edges from the mid point of the circle to

N for nine

N for nine. Nine days and nine patch, a traditional quilt construction, based on the mathematical sequence of having the same number of units along each side. Most blocks, as they are called, use 4, 9, 16 patches of cloth. Traditional patchwork uses small symmetrical blocks in repeat, for ease of handling, to help plan

Now there are six

Now there are six squares. Well, today has been a success, because I stitched the ‘y’, and because I’ve tweaked my routine, I worked my morning and started it the way I wanted. No dilly dallying today. So a nice bright yellow ‘y’ to celebrate. Experts in time management, recommend celebrating small wins. Sowhen you’ve

X marks the spot

X marks the spot of competing patterns, a metaphor for my day. I originally picked out a bright egg yellow ‘n’, then noticed that it would spell ‘no’.  X  to make up a random selection of letters, like a sight test chart. X pairs with ‘O’, a sign of endearment, in an email or letter.

Day 4 #100 Day Result

I am switching my routine, to stitch first and then do yoga, because I had a strange feeling in my head yesterday after I posted on the blog. The crown of my head felt weird, I couldn’t get out of that place, involved with words, technology, stuck the virtual space of my head and the

‘h’ is for haberdashery

  ‘h’ was my first choice letter today and provided todays title. So yesterday (Day 2) I nipped Into town to replenish supplies.  MacCulloch and Wallis and John Lewis were my destinations. As I turned left into Dering Street, it was looking decidedly quiet, maybe because there is major cross rail works going on ,

Letter ‘f’

The letter ‘f’ picked at random and kept for its pale blue as light as todays sky. The nearly vintage 80’s furnishing print is in a greyish palette of pink and purples/blues. Not too happy with the overall effect of the blue and the green thread,  I prefer yesterday’s brighter colours and contrast. Here come