Jude Hill of Spirit Cloth wove this indigo moon cloth which turned into a pocket for carrying the moon with a bit of stitching & beading on the plane and on the verandah at the beach with some special shells and a flight feather from a brown pelican
this shell fit perfectly with the white rings Jude had resist dyed into the cloth
bead and fringe detail
this fragment of black barnacle looked like a moon so I knotted it onto a piece of rose petal dyed hemp string
The Black Barnacle Moon by Mo 2014
a pocket for carrying the moon
Posted: August 19, 2014 by Mo Crow in It's Crow TimeTags: memory keeper
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It's Crow Time 
Well, you know that I love everything about this post- the moon, the sea, the blue & jude!
thanks for the good words Cindy !
Hey Mo, looks and sounds like you all had a wonderful time!! So happy for you all. A ukele, what a blast!! Your Mum looks fabulous. Loving what you are doing with Jude’s bag. And oh the Black Barnacle Moon is just beautiful. Glad your home safe and sound, Marg oxox
we had a lot of fun but it’s great to be home too!
Love Jude’s weave up close, and your perfect embellishments–Can you see the tiny heart on the black barnicle? It’s left of center at about 8 O’clock.
Oh wow, I hadn’t seen that little heart Michelle!
Lovely post, Mo.
Nothing like it .. the leaving home to go to a new place never before seen …
Yes, there’s no place like home. But there’s no place like somewhere else
either.
it got my gypsy blood movin again!
Another memor{y}able piece….I love the stories behind your pieces.
thanks Eliene!
The Barnacle Goose loves your black barnacle! What a beautiful post this is, Mo, Jude’s fabric, your stitching and that wonderful sketch at the end!
thanks for the good words Carol, it’s so good to be back but it’s very cold and rainy after that brief doorway into summer & the house is leaking again!
How beautiful! That indigo weave and color partners so well with moon shapes ! That barnacle is incredible. I’m glad you had a good time and I’m glad you’re back!
it was one of the best beach holidays ever Dee!
Hey Mo. Glad to see you *back* from *here*. Such a beautiful place. Gorgeous bag. A collaboration of you, Jude, and the ocean. A place to hold your shell memories. Perfect!
I don’t know if I should send the bag to Mom for the shells I found for her (there was one that looked like a piece of the moon with what resembled an Incan design carved by the sea) or to my brother Mike to hold the heart shaped shell I gave his beautiful wife Debbie or just be selfish and keep it to hold the memories of the journey and our family gathering.
LOVE…
always the moon in my pocket
so happy for your travels gypsy friend
xox
the gypsy in me thrives on the traveling even if it only happens once in a Blue Moon these days!
Mo, this bag is simply dreamy! It’s perfect for any of those ocean treasures. What a beautiful vacation spot you enjoyed. That is a gorgeous part of our East Coast!
Thanks for popping in Shishi, it was lovely having a doorway into summer, back to a wet wintery week here in Sydney but Spring is just around the corner Hooray!