STITCHING OUR OWN JOURNEY
A very special person and doll-maker, April Hines,
gave me one of the primitive dolls she creates.
This one was a blank canvas, ready to clothe.
The doll is made of calico,
which is coffee stained to give a wonderful patina.
This doll was on a journey.
So I stretched some old burlap into a recycled embroidery hoop.
Using natural hemp, I embellished the doll with heart and soul and spiral, and continued on to stitch a seven-circuit labyrinth on the burlap.
We are all pilgrims on a journey.
Joyce Rupp recommends that we walk in a relaxed manner.
I think this doll has shown me how:
slowly, slowly, one stitch at a time.
gave me one of the primitive dolls she creates.
This one was a blank canvas, ready to clothe.
The doll is made of calico,
which is coffee stained to give a wonderful patina.
This doll was on a journey.
So I stretched some old burlap into a recycled embroidery hoop.
Using natural hemp, I embellished the doll with heart and soul and spiral, and continued on to stitch a seven-circuit labyrinth on the burlap.
We are all pilgrims on a journey.
Joyce Rupp recommends that we walk in a relaxed manner.
I think this doll has shown me how:
slowly, slowly, one stitch at a time.
