new hand work

 This week I returned to those spring branches that I had bundled up before we went to England. 

I added another layer to most of them, sometimes from old lace, sometimes a wrapping of new cotton tape.  I also put a little protective thread on each one. 

Now there are eight.   Pioneer Babes.  Budding branches, vintage domestic linen and lace, red thread.

 beauty and tragedy. 

These fragments of old hand work connect me to those brave women who left Europe and came to Canada.

The most important thing is to love and be loved.
The second most important thing is to do the work.  
Michael James