Tag: Stitch: Patchplay

Turning the corner

~ Liz A ~ 10 Comments

So, that problem corner on the left … originally intended to be the first of a series of “windows” that moved from light to dark … until I changed my mind and all of a sudden the light had no context or continuity with the dark blue windows that followed …

So today I started stitching around a red Glennis moon …

that reminded me of the rising sun and new moon of my Moon Myth …

And I started by surrounding the rising sun/new moon pair with dark gray early morning sky (the quarter being a 1” scale of sorts) …

Texas two-step …
other side
Front …
and back

followed by shards of early morning light in the form of deconstructed rows of patches from what was originally intended to be a rising sun …

As I stitched I thought of the sunset corner of My Heart’s Compass …

and I think that may be where I’m heading with this opposite corner …

There will be more design mending to come.

Memory patches

~ Liz A ~ 23 Comments

I appliquéd the next strip of memory patches from July 2021 onto My Heart’s Compass …

and pinned down two more strips, about which more later.

But here’s the thing … Nancy made a comment yesterday that moved me to tears…

About the strips of memory patches. As a signature. About me, my heart, my family. And that’s when it hit me …

What if I made more strips to place on My Heart’s Compass?

What if each strip related to a place I lived or a place I loved?

And then I thought of the gift my daughter gave us this past Christmas …

What if each patch was like a page in the book? Each and every one a story?

And now I know where I’m heading next. Thank you Nancy.

Making lemonade

~ Liz A ~ 22 Comments

I will be forever grateful to Jude Hill for introducing me to the concept of design mending (which I’ve linked to her Glossary). Whereas I used to do a lot of unstitching, these days I’m more apt to see what can be added to remedy a situation.

And so, being unhappy with this particular corner of My Heart’s Compass …

I decided to repurpose some unused patches from Remember 2021 …

and appliquéd the strip over the problem area …

It’s worked well enough that I’m already planning where to appliqué more surplus patches … because having lots of components on hand is another valuable piece of Spirit Cloth wisdom.