Habit Change
Change is often hard. We get set in our ways and resist alternative ways of operating. We all have good habits, like exercise, and bad habits, like eating foods that are not healthy. If we analyze our bad habits and make a sincere commitment to turn those behaviors around, then
Last Hurrah
Karol KusmaulWe don’t get much distinct seasonal change here in Florida, especially the further south you are. It stays pretty green here year round. Some of us miss the seasons, and enjoy visiting places where it snows in winter and the leaves change in the fall. When we received the
Love Thy Neighbor
I’ve been working on art and writing for a Masters degree recently. The subject is violence. Of particular concern to me when I began this work was the invasion of Ukraine and the surfeit of gun violence in the United States. Finally focusing on solutions took me back to early
Restoration/Repair
Our world is broken and in dire need of repair. We don’t always learn from past mistakes, and people continue to be hurt and killed. Many seem to have lost touch with lessons taught in childhood about respect and consideration for others. Or maybe they were never taught. At any
Later That Same Day
Karol Kusmaul The prompt of Transformation gave me a push to create an image I’ve been thinking about for nearly a year and a half. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February of 2022, and the TV news channels were showing video of the victims, I was deeply touched and disturbed.
Transformation
On July 5, my husband and I traveled from our home in Florida to our former home in Illinois. We attended a class reunion in his hometown of Marseilles. I always enjoy getting to meet people who knew him during his childhood and hearing wonderful stories of their youthful days
Goodbye for now, Welcome, and our new Theme announcement
Cloth in Common is starting our fourth Round of artwork after nearly six years in existence. We must say a fond goodbye to three members: Regina Marzlin, Deb Cashatt, , and Susan Lapham. We appreciate all of your contributions to the group! Regina has been with us since day one,
Nexus
Karol Kusmaul Nexus is a connection or link between things, persons or events. (Merriam- Webster) When this theme was announced, I was struggling through a new-to-me technique, improvisational curved piecing. It was challenging to sew two curved pieces of fabric together and have them lie flat. When I stitched two
Connections
It is time for Cloth in Common members to decide on an overarching theme for the next two-year round of the group, which starts on June 1st. We will be brainstorming and sharing ideas, then coming to a consensus, which we’ll announce on this blog. Our current theme for April/May
Line Dancing
I went WHIMSICAL with this quilt. I began by pulling out several of my collection of shirts, skirts, and dresses that had stripes or lines on them. I chose lots of light neutrals for background and then limited the colors of the darker pieces. Laying out some shapes, I began seeing