Connecting threads

~ Liz A

I recently found my way to Karen at Stitching Life via the sidebar on Jude’s Spirit Cloth. Karen’s current post, in which she replicates a bit of nineteenth-century pattern on 40-count silk, lit up the long-neglected synapses that connect the current me to the once-upon-a-time me. So I sent her a link to this image …

Then I actually read my post, which included this image …

and the words “I’m starting to wonder where my bit of even-weave cloth will end up.”

I suspect Mo is nodding her head as she surely knows where this is going. The tiny bit of linen ended up being 1.5″ to a side and I know that because I gave it away …

sent it to Mo in Australia along with a bit of rust dyed cloth, where she incorporated both into the Key Book …

And the story might have ended there, except that Mo dreamed up I Dream of a World Where Love is the Answer, to which I responded. And somehow, in the course of that magical time, Mo gifted the Key Book to me …

The pennant with Old Man Crow’s lyrics to I Dream of a World Where Love is the Answer, travelled to Australia, where it lives with Mo and Rod to this day …

The mended shell eventually returned home to Texas (where it subsequently became a part of a published book, which is a story for another day) …

and now sits on the same shelf as the Key Book …

Last, but not least, here is one of Mo’s exquisite drawings from The Illustrated Lyrics of Old Man Crow, which arrived September 12, 2016. How do I know that? It’s all on the blog …

19 thoughts on “Connecting threads”

  3. What a beautiful bunch of meanderings and rememberings… And I think it also shows the amazingly deep and rich value of blogs. They pinpoin thtings in time – they have the photos your’e looking for and they have always been for me, a place of sharing. The threads that connect thru the interweb are strong.

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    1. I thought at first the post was too complicated, but it is a true-enough record of how my mind moved through these rememberings … and yes, this is the value of blogs … so much richer than other platforms in making and holding connections

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  5. This was quite moving to read: the threads that span the globe and connect us…the sharing that goes on collectively…and reaches into our very hearts. Thank you Liz, Karen, Mo and Rod. I too have Rod’s song book and the music, the lyrics and Mo’s incredible illustrations are such an incredible accomplishment and one of my favorite treasures.

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  6. Reading this post along with the comments is proof positive .. It’s small world that just keeps getting smaller and smaller allowing us to all be connected.

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  7. What a tale has been woven, knotted and stitched between kindred souls. Going back to see now (did I miss a lot of this the first go around?), really shows the true heart of creativity and maybe more important, of friendship. what a blessing! ❤️

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