Never Wearing Out
Although I love buying new clothes, I also cannot resist a good bargain! I have found some of my favourite suit jackets among the racks at our local Goodwill and Thrift stores! I decided to find some women’s “fancy jackets” at one of these stores. And a bargain I sure
The Great Divide
Twenty-three years ago, I held a one-way ticket in my hand and had my mind set to make a life on the Northwest coast of the United States. Bill Clinton was still president, but impeachment hearings the year before had poisoned the political landscape. I tried to keep up with
Restoration
Janine Ibbini, Musings, Prompt, Restoration Before I begin a new work I like to look at the dictionary definition of the prompt. Restoration – “the act or the process of returning something to its original condition, or to a state similar to its original condition” “The action of returning something to a former owner, place, or condition” Restoration: At first
Sacred Cow, a late reveal
I started this piece as a way to meet the deadline that was approaching – the Transformation prompt for Cloth in Common was due for listing by the end of September. I had been busy and distracted by my new studio. So, I thought that taking an old quilt and
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
Jacque Davis
Jacque Davis has a long history in the textile arts beginning in the late 80’s when she learned traditional quilting, followed by many years weaving fine laces. In 2000 her work evolved to the creation of the cloth used in her textile works. Her methods include dyeing, color removal, and
Kintsugi
Kintsugi is a traditional technique that has been around since the Muromachi period in Japan. It is a technique to repair cracked or chipped pottery using lacquer and metal powder. Nowadays, “Kintsugi” is attracting attention not only in Japan but overseas. It’s not only repair broken vessels by gluing them
Ecosystem restoration and the land around me…
Summer 2023 has taken me on so many adventures here in the local and distant areas that I so love as I traverse not only the quickly deteriorating woodlands and abandoned farmlands along Lake Ontario which are suffering from neglect. Many are surrounding areas nearby where I live, and due
For Restoration of Good Sense
I heard recently about a possible book banning in the Peel School District west of Toronto. During the periodic “weeding” of books – physically deteriorated – perhaps to be replaced by newer editions, it appeared that some troublesome banning might be taking place during that process, for example of the
Restoration or not?
Initially when I think of the prompt “restoration” I think of Governor Greys mansion which I visited last year and that it has been fully restored to what it was like back in that day in the 1800’s when it was first built. Its easy to think of the restoration
Abscission
By Janine Ibbini The trees in Yorkshire were beginning to shed leaves as we left back to UAE in mid- September The dropping of leaves by deciduous trees is called Abscission. It occurs on the cusp of autumn and winter as part of a long cycle of growth, maturity and