rug of many memories

a new rug
made from old shirts
a memory for my elderly neighbour
of her son who passed away many, many years ago
he was in his twenties

this one used 7 shirts plus some extra cloth
I think 10 to 12 shirts would do it
there is a special non slip backing on this one

Honour the Stitchers of the past

may you all have your own
blue bird of happiness

Is this Wabisabi in any sense of the word?

featuring the damaged
the fragile
mending and enhancing

stitching, so no gardening

Kantha stitch

flowers in the garden

eucalypt - a grafted west australian one

Hoya australis

gardening, so no sewing

after a hot dry summer, (and many years without fresh soil),
my mondo grass/pavers were looking just awful

so today I replanted and nourished this little patch

This is a patch I prepared earlier (2 months ago)
The variegated liriope is flowering, but has also suffered from the dry summer

ARTEXPRESS

Karina with her work at ARTEXPRESS, The Armory, Sydney Olympic Park - from now until end of April

A gathering .... 4 ... with Karen

Karen Ruane's new 6 month online class (http://karenannruane.typepad.com/karen_ruane/) has just started. I've learnt so much from Karen - a lot of it is perhaps intangible, as the last 6 months has been filled with "fly on the wall" classes - we are privy to her inner most textile and design musings. Being part of her on-line world has become (an essential) habit for me.

one of my current projects