River of Moons (Go With the Flow) February 21
a year of stitching with the moon in process
February Dark Moon 21
January 21
December 20
November 20
October 20
September 20
August 20
with gratitude to the indigo queens, Glennis Shibori Girl, Ulrike Bogdan and Jude Hill
i knew you would put those “off the beaten path” moons to excellent use! wishes for the New Lunar Year!
(((Glennis))) you are the Queen of Blue Moons and talking about queens, our Queen of the Night has more than 20 flowers getting ready for the next Full Moon!
So beautiful and inspiring. I love how these moon landscapes approximate your drawing style — with the little white stitches resembling ink marks.
(((Dee))) thank you for these good words, it’s good to have an escape route!
What a beautiful journey.
(((Hazel))) stitching a bit every day is helping me hold onto some semblance of sanity
These moons are moving and wafting and waning so beautifully; as if they are choreographed. Your stitching and little bits of magic are a delight to discover! Go well, and enjoy the moon…
(((Fiona))) it’s a balancing act rocking back and forth in the river of time
So beautiful Mo – keep on rocking and stitching!
(((Susi))) exploring the rhythms of reeling in time with the moon counting the beat
Mo your moons are so beautiful and soothing to me………………..
(((Martine))) for the love of the moon and my friend Julie
I continue to be amazed by this piece … the variations in thread weights … how your stitches are so fine and your curved lines so sure …in a way you make it look effortless, like a swan gliding over water … those of us who ply needles know better
(((Liz))) one stitch at a time
this time the moon is soft….a pearl
(((Grace))) the moon as a pearl in the sky… perhaps a dragon stole it away on this dark moon
Moon steps: if you accordion pleated this cloth and then let it go, a lunar path to magic appears. The moon patches, the stellar blues, the exquisite stitches, mapping a way to what is and what can be..
(((Marti))) this mapping of the heart through the 13 moons of the lunar cycle is becoming an accordion book, have been wondering whether to pleat seams into the accordion folds or stitch wires wound with cloth into the back like bones in a corset … these are the sorts of decisions I love playing with!
Moon-lucious. 🙂 Do you know this one, “The moon’s the North wind’s cooky, he bites it day by day…” Vachel Lindsay
(((Deb))) what a delightful way to look at the moon, reminds me of this quote from Maurice Sendak;
“Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters — sometimes very hastily — but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, “Dear Jim: I loved your card.” Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said, “Jim loved your card so much he ate it.” That to me was one of the highest compliments I’ve ever received. He didn’t care that it was an original Maurice Sendak drawing or anything. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it.”
Oh my gosh that’s awesome!
Your delicate hand is mesmerizing.
(((Arlee))) stitching this one is like drawing in slow motion
am getting into the ladders patterned repetition more and more. I mean that in terms of their timeless meanings and relevanace. so used to perceiving the moon as something that grounds enough to set a taproot here. It’s revelatory in others ways too – what if I start flipping more and more root associations into ladders? whoa.
(((Acey))) life’s a game of snakes and ladders!
Simply Amazing .. the ladders are fantastic and make me believe that yes I can climb to the moon. This piece makes me believe anything is possible.
(((Tina))) thanks for these encouraging words, dream on!
so beautiful, scrolled out to see this passage of time
(((Velma))) it’s some trip!