finishing
it feels so good to finish a project
an entire year of work – safe in a wraparound case
cutting the holes to insert the clasp cords and holders was easy
lucky my chisel was exactly the correct size
then it was just a matter of fitting and gluing them
and covering the inside
there is a double cover that folds inside itself
The tapestries were meant to be my monthly project for 2018
they don’t use up much of “the stash”
and they take a considerable amount of time
once a week I visit an elderly Master Weaver in her care home
I try to take something for “show and tell” – this week it was the tiny tapestry ( 5″ X 6.5″)
her first question was “what is it”
then she spent the remainder of my visit thinking about how to make it into something useful
a pocket on a jacket, eyeglass case or book cover
it is very rewarding when she is engaged and thinks about what she once loved so much
now my question is “what’s next”?
I like the tapestry too.
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thanks Alice – I’m struggling with the tapestry for April. Spending most of my time in the garden.
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oh, and i like your tapestry.
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thanks Velma
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i’m honored to be a part of your year book project. having typed that i remember sitting at your table with you and bryan lashing the reeds while so jet lagged i couldn’t figure it out! what a year!
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Velma – well, here’s to a great new year. Onward and upward to new adventures.
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What a treasure your 2017 journal has become, on so many levels! And I love that your elderly friend wanted to know “what is it?” That’s the very practical way my mind works, too . . .
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Kerry – the mind works in mysterious ways, I am happy when she responds, she will always hold weaving and pat and stroke it.
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