I wrote two posts yesterday, and there still seems to be a lot of material to write about, so here's the interim, before Tuesday Knitting Group and Textiles and Tea. It's all go.
Here's the stitched fabric book idea, which I think will improve the former wall hanging, and the complicated schema for the pages.
It's a slot and tab design -- tab pages slide through slot pages, very clever.
Ann Wood is to be credited here.This will be a Kawandi experiment, too, quilting spontaneously done. Like many beautiful textile arts, it has a sad history, and I am adapting and using ideas with humility, honoring the Siddi people of India
What this quotation doesn't mention is that the Siddi were enslaved, forcibly brought to India. This art is theirs. I'm only trying it as a beginner, with gratitude. It's exactly what I like to do, and they've made it a high art.
And there will be embroidered pages with favorite stitches, just walking around with thread.
Here are my starting pages
Yes I cut it up from the back. Destruction precedes creation.
It's good to have a bit of stitching to pick up when I feel like a bit of stitching. Stitchers know that need.
And this week, birthdays of Shakespeare, Hitler and my Auntie Kitty. She could have handled Hitler, no problem. Not sure about Shakespeare, though she could quote him. Left school at 12, people did then, never stopped learning.
Throughout all, there's the best dinosaur of all
