Still testing … imagining how the back of P’s coverlet might go …
And, as always, loving the asemic writing that is the behind the story (from the tail end of this post the other day) …
I'm Going to Texas (version 2.0)
"The road goes on forever and the party never ends …" Robert Earl Keen
I'm Going to Texas (version 2.0) 
The asemic writing reminds me of a secret code. The secret is the love being stitched in that piece.
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To quote Mo (who introduced me to the idea of asemic writing) … “love is the answer” … the key to the code …
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Love your focus and diligence in figuring things out! And yes, love the secret code back there!
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My own tottering steps in the land of “what if” … made all the more possible by the support of Kindred Spirits…
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the B side is a mystery and requires great skill to allow marks to make themselves, my early embroideries were like rat’s nests on the back!
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This brought to mind “Writing Alone and with Others” (p.xxii) by Pat Schneider:
“To grow in craft is to increase the breadth of what I can do … art is the depth …”
Always I am trying to become more in both realms of creation … your support and your example have played such an important role in that.
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I think of baby toes catching on threads, I’m afraid.
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Testing, testing …
I have a cloth with four different edges in the wash even as I write …
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mmmmmm, form and function dilemma….is it possible to sew the words through the patches and then back with a fine cloth so that the asemic words are tucked safely inside; yet can be made out, yet threads won’t catch toes?? best wishes for your solving and resolving!
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I’m thinking I may use Jude’s technique of stitching into the middle for the longer thread runs, while letting the smaller stitches show through on the back. The challenge that now looms (literally) large is the size of the cloth as I am accustomed to turning pieces every which way when stitching letters.
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LA – the b-side – i like that – a bit like how you saw the ghost letters on the backside of my brass stamped leaves. B-side offers mysteries requiring investigation. Go well, B
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B – I do love the unexpected parallels between stitched cloth and hammered metal
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