Nest of Thread (deux)

The first Nest of Thread is at Pocket Utopia for the Etsy show, but I will always have a special feeling toward that piece because in a sense it was the beginning for me.  When I made it I had been making birds for a few months already and then the idea for this design came to me. I suddenly felt free to incorporate other materials, non-fabric materials, and to make little groupings or scenes that suggested a story, but still included a sewn bird.  And from there many creative ideas began to flow and I started to think of my work, and even of myself, differently.

I still feel like Nest of Thread was a strong design and I decided to make another, although no two things made by hand are ever the same, really. The first step was to look through my sadly dwindling bag of vintage spools and while I was rummaging in there I noticed a natural nest of thread had developed at the bottom of the bag.  I snipped it off and that became the genesis for the nest on this piece. 

The bird is made from a flour sack that Kristin gave me when we met up with briefly at the Bizarre Bazaar two weeks ago. You’ve got to love someone who greets you by handing you a big bag of thrifted fabric, a flour sack and a tub of Yes! paste. 

It snowed again today and it is still snowing.  That’s three snowstorms with no melting in between.  I’m afraid we’re in permafrost.