Feeling a Little Lost

I have been fooling around with weaving strips of cloth, a la Jude Hill and Heike Gerbig.  And I'm hoping to take Jude's upcoming Cloth to Cloth 2 class, unless I get locked out. So this may be a bit of subconscience preparation for that.

I'm not at all sure what I'm doing with the stitching on this piece. I started out thinking I wanted all the stitches to be in the white-cream-taupe range. Lately I've thought maybe it would be interesting to add some very pale pink and icy blue. And every time I look at it, I think about how I actually really like the big, red basting stitches!

I haven't worked on it much yet and some of what little I've done is no more. For example, I've done some stitching and then ripped it all out - twice! This is because I am  having a hard time choosing the right thread weight. The piece sits in the family room - I like to sew while watching TV, so I don't feel like I'm wasting my time.  I keep whatever I'm working on and all the associated supplies on a nice big bread board which sits on my lap and becomes my work table.


I'll be glad when I finally get cracking and do some meaningful work on this little baby. Right at the moment, it seems so lost.
 

Simon's Cat



I think I am in Cat Mode because I am missing Beezer. So, my cat posts are a memorial to him. Nola is major missing Beezer, too. She's confused and upset. I think she wants to know when he's coming back. He's never been gone from her life before. I comfort myself with amusing cat videos, and I comfort Nola with lots of loving. And Nola sends it right back to me. Not a bad deal, at all. :-)

Holiday Weekend

TINY VIEW OF A SHELF IN THE STUDIO
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Flag top left: Daniel Lewis Aronstein  * Flag bottom right: Promtotional postcard for Aronstein show at Frank J. Miele Gallery, NYC 
Larger Flag background right: Painting by Adeline Jessica Crites-Moore, when she was a wee one.
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I am looking forward to relaxing, working in my studio, spending some time in the garden, maybe do some photography ..... just chill. I'll miss seeing fireworks, but I won't miss the traffic.  Surely that's a sign of old age and grumpiness. I don't care. I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam. :-)

What is that Beeping Sound?

I made the mistake of allowing Nola to stay in the studio, unsupervised. When I returned, as I approached the room, I heard beep-beep-beep-beep. Why is my computer making that beeping sound? Ahhh, I see: It's being catty. :-)