magic safety net

 When I need to feel better, I make patchwork.

Attaching nine-patches to each other creates a kind of safety net.

When people ask me what I'm doing, I tell them I am sewing magic squares.

This quilt top has been in the works since 2014.  Now it's done.

It was with me during the broken leg.

It helped me get me through 10 days of this still rampant global pandemic.

The ice has started to go out on the bay in front of our house.

I sat for a while yesterday and listened to the ice cracking

and found a heart-shaped rock.

ritual

We have a family ritual

 on the final night of the visit, we go by boat to the bell buoy and wait for sunset

the water gleams at this time of day

 

 

 life is meaningful

sky
sky
water

cloth for life and death

what are the embedded ideas, concepts, metaphors that have driven the making of textiles since the beginning of human culture? covering
warmth
protection from the elements
human need for beauty rituals that help us deal with the mystery of life and death which of these are still valid? all of them