Recently I was reading another blog (and that is another subject for another post), and came across a reference from Twyla Tharp’s wonderful and inspiring book, The Creative Habit. I am devouring the book a second time. Every morning, before my walk, I sit down with a cup of coffee and Twyla. I write in [...]
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Creative DNA
Posted in Art, Decorative, Indomitable Women, Inspiration, Literature, Memories, personal journal, Ruminating, Seasons, Slow Living on February 1, 2011 | 14 Comments »
Why We Sew
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Art, Decorative, Fabric, Indomitable Women, Inspiration, Literature, Memories, Places, Quilts, Seasons, Slow Living on June 24, 2010 | 35 Comments »
“When my hands were little, and my mother was teaching me to sew, she placed her hands over mine. She put her middle finger, encased in a pitted silver thimble, at the end of the needle and pushed for me. This finger, with the thimble, is a little engine, she said. It makes the needle [...]