Seamingly

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I started here, with the cabinet Don and I bought for our 25th wedding anniversary in 2002 …

I couldn’t recall the maker, so I emailed Paul Pittman, owner of the first gallery I ever considered my favorite: A Touch of Earth in Williamsburg …

As I read his email to Don, my voice cracked and my eyes filled up at the very end. Lianne may have departed this world in 2018, but her spirit is still present in the shop I wandered so many times that I can still envision all its nooks and crannies. And in a wondrous bit of serendip, I realized, perhaps for the first time, that the gallery opened the same year as Don and I married.

My heart full, I began to play around with strips of cloth …

which of course I rearranged, ending up with this …

And having spotted an interesting reel whilst scrolling through Instagram …

I was especially mindful about the colors I chose for the visible seams (thank you for your teaching, Jude … and thanks too for wonderful cloth from Connie Akers, Deb Lacativa, and Malka Dubrawsky) …

Last for now … if the visible stitch colors are less than visible here, I do hope they’ll be most apparent to whoever is sitting at the table enjoying a meal.

And oh … wait … what if I make napkins, too? How cool would that be?!

Two more

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My homage to Shea Daniel-Youngblood’s Main Street was completed in short order …

Then I decided to take a series of process shots of my homage to our much-loved soumak rug …

which led to this finished piece (after I obviously lost track of taking pictures when I got totally into what I was doing) …

So now there are three …

and I’m happily pondering which piece of art to do next.

Continuing (updated)

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It may not be apparent, but the table cloth has progressed …

So now I’m starting on the next phase, which will be log cabins based on art in our home … the theory being that if we liked pieces enough to buy them, then they must have color combinations that I particularly like. Sorta like this homage to Maxine Price’s Feeling Playful …

And yes, I am once again thwarted by not having exact color matches, but I’m going with the flow and choosing palettes that give me a similar feel.

Anyway, I’ve also taken another pass through my stash of hand dyed and thrift store sourced linens … ironed the torn strips and sorted them by colors … then put them next to my stitching chair so they’re ready to go on the next log cabin …

which will be based on this piece of art …