Slow Stitching, Fast Stitching, Freeform Embroidery, Textile Arts, Time For a De-stash?

She whispered into the void,

Eco dyed cotton lining from a vintage curtain, backed by a very open weave cotton , and overstitched in crochet cotton / perle cotton, with tiny running stitches, rice stitches, and French knots. Inspired by Japanese boro cloth or mending methods, tattered clothing was mended by basically adding a layer of cloth over the tear and stitching the heck out of it until it became one piece of cloth.

Derived from the Japanese boroboro, meaning something tattered or repaired, boro refers to the practice of reworking and repairing textiles (often clothes or bedding) through piecing, patching and stitching, in order to extend their use.

I am all about that!

I was thinking about the shoreline at the beach, the color of sand, and all the little bird foot prints, pebbles and shells, little puddles and watermarks

Trying to decide which fabrics to toss and which are still usable, this is a small stash of fabrics that had no appeal for me at all, or were small and off cuts from projects, I made some ugly patchworks curtains from necessity. This is some of the scraps, and some other novelty fabrics gifted to me to “do something with them.” Again with the ocean vibes?

I could not find my sequins when I started this. When I researched some native American embroidery and beading techniques I learned that they used soda cans for spacers, and crimps, and also took advantage of the jingle. I was looking for ways to secure feathers to textiles that were sturdy, not glue or threads. The cut a half circle from a can shape it into a cone, use the small end to crimp feathers to fringes and leave the wide end to dangle with the feathers and make noise. I had a shiny metalic lined bag form my Cuban Coffee grinds. and decided I wanted to try to make sequins. meh….

bottom corner, small taffeta and cotton circles as floral cluster, overall it still looks very watery.

Top corner with very small taffeta, and cotton circles as floral clusters , held in place with seed beads for centers,

AND THEN? (She answered herself because even the void wasn’t listening lol)

Is it funny I can tell you where each of the fabrics in this piece came from but have trouble remembering my phone number?

Top yellow floral, an old hippy skirt from the 70’s, red stripe denim, my brother found a pair of pants in the thrift store he had hoped would fir him, old bell bottom red pinstripes, fun pants! he gave the to me, asked only for a pouch from the fabric if I cut it, I did not cut it for many years.Green plaid next to that was my oldest son’s cotton shirt, the fabric was super soft and light weight “lawn”

and then?

an explosion happened and I may need intervention??