Fossils

 Fossils

I wasn't really sure how i wanted to pursue the bottom of the quilt till this week.  I knew that it is the next progression for me. This week I have been thinking about my dugout shelter and what might have gotten unearthed...both physically and emotionally.  Because this quilt is a metaphor of a relationship of irreconcilable differences.  


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Dolls from a special friend

One of the best things about blogging is making friends.

Ancient Cloth has become a very special friend of mine.

She sent me these lovely dolls.   

I love their sweet faces.  

My little African American doll is so plump in my hands, I love the way she feels.

Her expression makes me smile.  She keeps looking in the kitchen to see what goodies I have in the oven.

Look at the details.  both have under garments.

The fabrics are so well chosen.

My little dolly is named Bree.

And the mother is named Nicole.

She has inspired me to make a doll.

If you have a handmade doll on your blog leave a comment and a link, I would love to see it.

All types of dolls welcomed!!

I fix tea and we can have a virtual tea party.

The cookies are cooling and will be waiting for you when you get here.

P.S. The dolls are sitting on my husband's antique Radiola 20. A tube radio from the 1920's.

The Door of Fear

Remember that I had all this fullness in the door and I was wondering how to "work" with it.

The first thing I did was sew it down to this card board so that it would lay as flat.

I took some basting stitches around in a circle so that I could draw the fullness up in a central spot.

I took it off the card board and sewed shisha mirrors over the circles.  I made the shi sha mirrors  from a laminar  potato chip bag.  Shi Sha Mirrors were believed to ward off evil.

I think that is very important when looking at our fears.

 

I sewed a back onto the door.  Eventually I will attach it to the quilt.

I also plan to have the door open to another picture.

Catherin's Stocking

Time to get out the stockings. 

Here is Catherine's stocking.

It is a Alma Lynn design and based on the Nutcracker.

The dolls hair is Catherine's real hair.  I thought that would be very Victorian.

The back is cut from a quilt my great grandmother made. 

I think that you can see it is the wedding ring design.

It was falling apart and I wasn't interested in restoring it, but using it in this kepts it alive.

The Canal Like a Mirror

Mosaic Monday

1.seed-pod spoon set  2. 8.4.09 (153), 3. Mending and rag weaving in rural Japan, 4. cloak

The Door of Fear

Well it is kinda interesting working on the door of fear, to work on one side is to also be in touch with the other side.  When you say it is a door you can't help but wonder what is on the other side.  I think I have come up with a few ideas.  Here is one that I thought of doing in jest.

Becky's Gallery - Wool Quilt

This weekend I am going to be tying my wool quilt.  Right now it is held together with safety pins. 

I made this quilt in 2004. A friend gave me a collection from the 1960's of shirting samples from Pendleton wool factory. 

 

My goal is to have this done before Christmas.

Strategies through the Door of Fear

I have to admit the door of fear was scaring me. I was really excited

about going to the desert and surviving a seemingly impossible situation

and living to tell about it.  Where did my courage go?  My goal is to

build memories and experiences for my family that are unique and will

give my children different perspectives on living.  We lived off the grid

before, so I wasn't worried about that.  In fact I welcomed it because it

forces you into a different rhythm of life.

My door has started to take on a little bit of a fun element in the
scorpion.  I thought Yeah, she would definitely have a flashlight for eyes
so that she would be able to find me.  In exaggerating my fear, I actually
was able to start laughing at it..I thought about people like Evil
Knievel, who thrive on doing things that people said couldn't be done. How
do they strategize when looking at the door of fear?  I think they look
past it.  I think they look at what they will gain rather than what they
could lose.  I think too that they have had enough experience to believe
that there is always a way out.  But I also think that they get addicted
to the rush that fear can create.  It distracts them from a lot of other
things they may not be dealing with.  They have an excuse, or at least a
mental escape while they are focused on the job at hand.

So I guess we should ask our self

• What is our strategy when dealing with fear? 
• How do we dress it up so that we can go through the door? 
• How do we distract ourselves long enough to push past the feelings that would seem to overwhelm us?  
• How do we get "focus?"