Thursday 29 January 2009

edgewater sewing circle


today it's the day of the wandering sewing circle...which begins quietly in the morning-fresh classroom, develops the odd ripple and bubble over lunch and finally arrives in a fairly effervescent state [except perhaps for the recumbent figure behind the central gorse-bush] at Edgewater Park on the Waikanae River.
we use river pebbles tucked into the work as guides to stitch patterns adding richness and texture to the surface of our cloth maps.
  


much later, in the Wellington Botanic Gardens i stitch happily in the looming dark, listening to wild banjo music under the ghostly fingers of the tall trees... 

8 comments:

  1. What a wonderful kind of walk! I wish I could join.

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  2. Great shot! I love the way the light dances on the limbs and brings them alive ;)

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  3. sittin and sewing, talking and eating, what else do we need more...xD

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  4. Sounds like heaven. Big fan India since I bought your book. I tried to get into the Grampians workshops but they were full. I'm first on the waiting list so you never know.

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  5. Sitting stitching by a river with fellow lovers of cloth comes highly recommended. Especially with such wonderful inspiration, both human and nature.

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  6. a class is only ever as good as the participants, and this one was up there with the best...i had a wonderful two weeks, thanks everybody...and as Rachelle says, the natural world around us is indeed wonderful !

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  7. coincidence? my log started with my dog too.
    ghostly fingers of large trees...these words are my rainbow now.

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