Time Passages
I looked up some quotes about time. A few resonated with my thoughts about the subject. “How did it get so late so soon?” ― Dr. Seuss We never seem to have enough of it. It flies by so quickly. Maybe we have plenty of time, but too much
Whoosh!
I am so impressed with the various approaches of each artist in Cloth in Common. Seems we all have major concerns about water issues. During the time I was working on my quilt, Hurricane Michael was threatening and then came crashing into the panhandle area of Florida, causing death
Swim trunks, vases, and bubbles
Regarding water themed quilts: I live in Florida, so I have done a quite a few quilts related to water. One of them started with a pair of interesting men’s swim trunks I found at a thrift store. . . I then selected fabrics that coordinated with
Party Lights!
Party Lights I’ve never made a quilt about the night. I do love seeing the stars in a dark sky, but that’s usually in the early morning, when I’m going out to get the newspaper. Most of the time, when it’s night, I am safely inside! I became
Farewell, and Welcome!
One of our members has had to make the decision to leave our Cloth in Common group. We bid a fond farewell to Synnove Vanar, our Norwegian connection. We will miss you and your contributions to our community. Thank you for all you’ve done as a member, and we
Night! Yikes!
We’re going to the dark side with this prompt! It seems like our options are wide open with this one. We could really do any subject matter, as long as it’s in the night time. I’m planning a landscape. I’ve never done a nighttime scene, so I’m enjoying this challenge.
On Her Way
On Her Way On a two week fiber artist tour of Japan, I took over 6000 photos. I was snapping away everywhere we went! I wanted to absorb everything and bring it all back home with me. I knew that some of the images I collected would
Here we are – ready to get started!
Three days until our first prompt. This is a snapshot of a photo I saw last spring in the home of Pierre du Pont at Longwood Gardens near Philadelphia. I thought it fit our title, Cloth in Common, very nicely. If you are interested in meeting our group, and
Getting close to start time!
Be still, my heart!!!!! Our website is growing, our membership represents five states and seven countries!!!!! We have decided on sizes for our work and an overall theme of Unusual Inspirations for our first round (22 months) of fiber art. We have calendars and assignments, and a start date of
Ready to Create!
Launching a brand new international group of fiber artists – this is exhilarating!!! We are anxious to meet you and one another, and to begin creating fiber art by presenting thoughtful prompts every other month. We have each committed to the first ’round’ of twenty two months beginning August 1