Batik Fish

My first batik on an old cotton t shirt.  My favorite to wear gardening on hot days.  I noticed some of the wax still in it and the white getting dingy. It got a soak in hot water with brightener. Some of the wax melted out, some spots are a little burned into it.  We used my cousin friend Barb's original Indian batik design tool to apply the wax.  We used beeswax which seems heavier and maybe hotter than paraffin.   I think the tool is called a tjap.

We are going to dye again this summer, I'm looking forward to fun with colors and learning more. I hope Barb lets me use this fish design on muslin to make some blocks for a quilt!

A Cutter Quilt

My decision for this old quilt, after putting 2 new patches in, is to offer it up one at as a cutter quilt.
Perhaps someone will wish to involve themselves in a labor of love to restore the sweet, softened cloth.
Or cut it into smaller quilted projects.  I love it enough to re home home it, to send it out to another to love.

Raggedy

Cutting out the ragged, patches and matted batting.

 Raggedy Ann  made by my sister nearly 30  years ago.   Really, she is not raggedy at all but still in very good condition and part of our doll collection.  The book of Ann and Andy from 1960 are a bit older and more worn.

Mending Gifts: A Very Old Quilt

fix it, cut it, keep it?
This sweet,  soft quilt:
Hand stitched, very old and tattered in spots, not beyond repair
Maybe a mending  project in a sort of kantha quilt / boro mix style
Maybe smaller pieces into art quilts

Lessons In Cloth: The Universe Gives Limes

old, broken, not so good things or situations
can be made into something good
Like lemons into lemonade
Fabric scraps into quilts

I'm learning textiles and stitching
Through Junk fabric finds
an old quilt or a quilt top for mending or finishing
Or sending to someone who will
 boxes and bags
Of discarded quilting scraps and clothing
Unlimited color palettes
And piecing possibilities

What of These gifts of Lime?
The makings of things
bright, good and fun