Mourning our Kin
“They used to love us. Now they don’t. There once was mutual respect, but now only shame. They are almost lost, but we must not let them go.” Continue reading Mourning our Kin
Sisyphus and His Burden
Lots of things stand between me and this quilt. The quilt oppresses me. The grief is like a millstone. And it is going so slowly. Albert Camus imagined that Sisyphus must be happy, living in the moment, knowing only the task before him. I try to embrace this idea. Continue reading Sisyphus and His Burden
Just a few days left to shop my pop-up!
Check out my hand-embroidered artwork in the American Craft Council Online Pop-up Marketplace! Ends this Sunday! Continue reading Just a few days left to shop my pop-up!
Creating a Wildlife Haven, One Plant and One Stitch at a time
This is the first of a series of small quilts I am making as part of my Extinct 23 Redwork Project. As you may recall, I am stitching all 23 species delisted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2021. However, I wish to balance that act of grief with an exploration of future-oriented action and celebration in a series of quilts, also done in redwork, based on the native plants I’m growing in my yard. Continue reading Creating a Wildlife Haven, One Plant and One Stitch at a time
The Flat Pigtoe Mussel and the Plight of Freshwater Mussels
This stitched illustration of the Flat Pigtoe Mussel is the latest block completed for my “Extinct 23” redwork quilt project. Continue reading The Flat Pigtoe Mussel and the Plight of Freshwater Mussels
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