My Grandmother’s farm
A lot of us seem to go back to our family heritage for this prompt, and I’m thinking in the same direction. I was back in Europe for a family visit last month, and as usual, I visited my grandparent’s farm which is just a few steps away from the
Family Recipes Passed Down
I’m rolling the idea of Heritage around in my brain. Heritage as it relates to Structure, our overall theme of these two years of quiltmaking for Cloth in Common. One of the meanings I found in the Merriam-Webster dictionary online is “something transmitted by or acquired from a predecessor”. This
Grandmother’s Pencil and Hangeul
My grandmother was a generation who experienced so difficult and painful times such as the Japanese Colonial Period and the Korean war, which were the dark ages of Korea.At that time, it was not easy for women to learn letters properly. Most of them had to do housework, got married
Did your grandmother teach you how to sew?
So many of our artist statements begin with heartfelt stories of our grandmothers, mothers, aunts or neighbors who taught us to sew. And many of us offer lectures that begin with our family heritage connected with our sewing journey. Our grandmothers grew up during the depression and sewed with bits
Irrational Fear
When looking at this prompt and how it relates to New Zealand my immediate response was all the swing bridges on all the walking tracks throughout the country. New Zealand is well known for tracks like the Heaphy, the Abel Tasman, St James Walkway and many many more. There are
Deb’s Idea for Heritage
When Bethany Garner gave us the current prompt, she titled her post “HERITAGE… bring ART into the family structure.” Structure is the overarching theme of this third round of Cloth in Common prompts. So far, we’ve worked on Faces, Lost Worlds, Anatomy, Buildings, Light, Cells, and Flexible. If you click
JUST OUTSIDE THE WINDOW
Creativity…learning to take a piece of cloth and build on an idea. And once in a while the focus slips and the cloth takes over… all the while, the artist/maker waits, wonders a bit, or alternatively, knows exactly what the result could be. Then waits… I did. A simple pieced
HERITAGE… bring ART into the family structure
Reaching a milestone in my adult life and with a focus on my art, I am finally moving toward the use of my skills as a textile artist to study and celebrate the history of my heritage. Learning, sharing, and celebrating… perhaps to leave a touch of a legacy for
Willow fluff
I saw the story of a woman on a TV documentary show. The first scene was small town in China where the willow fluff was falling like snow. She was refugee and settle down there after wondering in the Middle East. She had supported her family life as a dancer.
Flexible Arrangement
There’s a saying when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. What it really means is be flexible. When I proposed the prompt, “flexible,” I didn’t realize how flexible I would need to be. Life can be a literal pain in the neck sometimes. And when that pain radiates down to
Saltwater Taffy
Thank you, Deb for such a flexible prompt! Here’s Saltwater Taffy – a very flexible treat that reminds me of the cool ocean breeze, wide sandy beaches, and summer fun. I loved standing in front of the candy shop window watching the confectioner pull and stretch, fold, pull and stretch,
Lifelines
cotton, hand-dyed, breakdown-printing, machine-quilted Much is often planned in our life, some even assume that much is predetermined. Nevertheless, our life lines do not run in a straight line. There are events and cuts that happen consciously or unconsciously, intentionally or unintentionally, planned or unplanned. Which can have a positive