Mail calls

~ Liz A

Getting cloth in the mail is like opening presents … and like a kid at Christmas, I have a bad habit of rushing in … washing the cloth, tearing it in strips, and stitching it before I ever think to take a picture.

Forgive me.

So here are the latest table cloth blocks made in part with recently arrived pieces of bought and gifted cloth.

I actually made two blocks inspired by Debbie Carroll’s First Light, which we bought in the summer of 2020 after receiving the Covid stimulus money from the federal government (being retired on pensions, we didn’t need need the money, so we thought investing in a local art gallery was a good way to get it back in circulation) …

I wasn’t thrilled with the first block, even though I had been waiting for this green linen from Stuart Moore …

I prefer the second block, which was enhanced by the addition of this wondrous logwood-dyed cloth from one-time neighbor Connie Akers …

In fact, I liked the logwood cloth so much that I also included it on this block that echoes our Gustave Baumann reproduction entitled Arroyo Chamisa purchased at the New Mexico Museum of Art during our first visit to Santa Fe …

By the way, in addition to the logwood, the blue/green strips and mottled yellow strips were also dyed and gifted by Connie. Lucky me!

Last, but not least, Deb Lacativa sent a wonderful trove of old quilting cotton batiks and prints that I pieced together in an homage to Deb G’s Good Enough Covid 19 quilt …

And while I was over at Bee Creative, I scrolled back through the links to the very first Good Enough post which described her plan.

Which leads me to voice a plan of my own. As I wrote to Deb Lacativa about creating a place on the table cloth for her cloth, an idea came to me: how cool would it be to make a second table cloth with blocks inspired by Kindred Spirits with whom I’ve been blogging and commenting and emailing for the past ten years? And yes, of course I just happen to have another blank table cloth that would make a perfect base.

However, I do want to finish the current table cloth first. So I’ll hold onto the Good Enough block for when I start the next table cloth. Soon I hope …

19 thoughts on “Mail calls”

  2. I love the way your mind makes connections with this, then that, and finds wonderful ways to build new projects. Looking forward to wherever your mind and explorations take you next.

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  5. Your blocks are quite special on their own but when they are made with gifts from friends, the glow that comes from these gifts is a story that speaks of connection and community and in so doing, showcases the unity of friendships. Connie’s dyed strips are wondrous and Deb L’s offerings are joyous and in your hands, well, magical!

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  6. LA – love the colour connections to your art pieces – so thoughtful. Do you keep a record of the link between each of the blocks and the artworks – spreadsheet perchance.? Go gently. B

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    1. no spreadsheet, but the blog serves as a de facto record keeper … I’ve already checked back once to see which block went with which painting

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  7. What a fun idea Liz! All those prints are so joyous together! I have vacation this week and am hoping to spend time on “Good Enough.”

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  8. those colours are scrumptious Liz and I bet the linens are perfect for sewing/stitching, I love it when the needle slides through certain fabrics

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    1. every so often I get a loose-woven cotton, but yes, the linens are predictably easy on the fingers … and my wrist, which is also getting tetchy

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    1. the hard part will be putting it all together, but first I’m going to give my right hand a rest while we head up to our daughter’s house for a visit … my arthritis has been letting me know I’ve been overdoing things a bit

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