We visited MORI art museum with Tommy before he left to go back to the U.S. There was an astounding exhibition there -The Soul Trembles - by artist Shiota Chiharu. Her work is just so strangely beautiful and immersive.
Shi
All done with red yarn!
There is an overlook of Tokyo on the same floor as the museum. This is just a slice of a view of such a massive concrete jungle.
I have three quilts going right now -
1. David's indigo log cabin. Pat of Amity Quilter sweetly sent me some fish fabric for it - thanks Pat!
2. My latest Stepping Stones quilt (for Mormon Helping Hands) to be given to a graduate of an orphanage in Tokyo. I'm at the quilting stage, which I love. Simple straight lines with the walking foot. Almost finished!
Loving my little machine, the Bernina 475QE, for sure!
I *love* beginning new projects but I'm forcing myself to keep my ongoing projects to three. I just don't have the space for more than three messes at a time;).
However, I'm always happy to be interrupted to mend something. David and I are the "advisors" (mostly meaning that our apartment is a hangout on Tuesday nights) for the "Young Single Adults" in our church congregation, and one of them new to Japan, asked me to repair his jeans. He gave me artistic freedom (or, at least I insisted on it, ha ha). I used a spare Bear Paw piece as one of the patches. Vintage Japanese indigo, free motion machine stitching, and sashiko stitching. So fun to do, and wabi-sabi in action.
xo
Cynthia
