textiles waiting to be found

Yesterday was a day to browse, to take in beautiful things, old things. I rescued this charming, simple quilt top. It's thin - a variety of loose woven cottons. It will be a beautiful summer quilt or even a table cloth - maybe for a picnic.

This beauty was also there, but I had to leave it behind.  It is that perfect combination of precision and softness - evidence of the hand and heart.

And then there was this stunning, unusual wool flat-woven, strip pieced kilim! Terrific colours.
Big - 10' x 10'! At Jonny's Antiques in Shakespeare. Please don't buy it before I do.

Winter beginning

A winter series has been in my mind for a while. This is just a start - a base. Bringing focused creativity to it is challenging because I have little left when I get home from work. However, I'm putting it out "there" now to document the process - I hope it will  move me along. It is winter now, after all.

And when the ideas won't come, I spend some finishing a drawing I started a long time ago.