But before I go off to my LIST and my PAGES and the CLEANING I like to do on Mondays, I wanted to assemble a collection of pictures from the summer class I took —  ‘Considering Weave’ with Jude Hill over at Spirit Cloth.  Just as a place to see what I did.  How much I learned.  These kinds of visual bookmarks make a difference down the road…  it is so easy to underestimate or lose track of the volume of threads/cloth that went through the process with me… this will help me remember!

And, by the way, the act of doing this — its value both now and later — is just one of the many, many things learned from Jude.

in-process butterfly received a needle woven body — idea to embroider words inspired by Cindy over at handstories

some actual weave; some figurative

one of my indigo cloths with woven opening — made so many mistakes!

a woven patch — lumpy, loveable, functional

the “Triscuit” crater — backing from my indigo vat

buckling caused by size of opening could not be fixed even with machine stitching to a heavy weight backing

woven ‘islands’ extending patterning over edge — one of my favorites from the class

woven islands partnered with Middle Passage piecing

visual weave with vertical and horizontal running stitches

the crow got a woven base and flew off to Wendy Golden-Levitt

seeing warp and weft all around

continuing on a piece in context of weaving — many sections begun in another of Jude’s classes

more strip weaving because it’s hard to stop; travels well

speckled vintage linen from Deb Lacativa’s dye pot

blue sky — arashi technique with commercial dye — by moi!

sampler: Corn Guy

as I started ‘sewing’ more, back neatened up (worked top down)

copy of Jude’s waves. Woven on primitive box loom (which was a rectangular basket in my case)

Planning to order a bead loom so that I can continue without some of the frustrating tension issues caused by wrapping warp around a basket and taping it to the back.

I didn’t get a chance to make any fringe and look forward to trying.  Would like to edge some of my Star Maps with it. And, I can’t wait to try some of the more experimental techniques offered this month. Any more meaningful reflections on the class will have to wait.  It was a terrifically provocative journey (as usual)… and if other classes I have taken are any indication, the fruits of the learning will keep coming over the next months and seasons.

Bye for now!