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Wednesday, 16 March 2011

Stars and Frozen Stardust

Sitting quietly in the company of my boro piece.....
A star tapped me on the shoulder and asked to be included.
So stitching started on a small star.
As I laid down row upon row of satin stitch....
with another tap on the shoulder the star said 'weave me'!
Why hadn't I thought of that earlier?



It was so obvious....
woven cloth had played an important role in the basic make-up of the piece.

I see the hint of a moon looking on.

We woke to find frozen stardust crystals had been sprinkled all over our world.
They sparkled in the morning sun.

Quite amazing, haven't seen anything like that before.
It was as if the gods had spent the night
standing over us scraping away at a block of ice.

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14 comments:

  1. Suzanne Thomsen Newsome16 March 2011 at 08:49

    Penny, your photos are all lovely today, but I am especially enthralled by the woven star. Awesome! ~Suzanne

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  2. Joe Madl16 March 2011 at 09:09

    beautiful, penny! not only the amazing snow-crystal photos, but your wondrous shoulder tapping star! i love needle-weaving and often forget i even know how. funny how things you've done for so long are taken for granted and forgotten until some creative soul taps you on the shoulder with a star and reminds you of what you have misplaced in memory!

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  3. Anonymous16 March 2011 at 09:21

    Just love your star! I can see how it started taping you on the shoulder.

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  4. arlee16 March 2011 at 10:20

    gawdz i love anything you do in stitch

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  5. Penny Berens16 March 2011 at 10:50

    Shoulder tapping stitches!

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  6. Yvonne16 March 2011 at 15:30

    How extraordinary - both your weaving stitched star in it's universe and the ice crystal blanket!

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  7. Storycloth16 March 2011 at 16:24

    Another feast for the textural eye Penny! Gilly

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  8. Penny16 March 2011 at 16:26

    Stars inside and stars outside - what a lucky girl you are!

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  9. Manya Maratou17 March 2011 at 03:26

    ah, Penny, magic!

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  10. gerfiles17 March 2011 at 10:49

    I LIKE that star, with its generous arms at 2 and 8 o´clock, and the little moon to be kindly smiling down on it... + thanks very much for your friendly words in your last comment...!!

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  11. jude18 March 2011 at 12:25

    always enjoy your stitching.....

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  12. Gloria Freshley Art and Design19 March 2011 at 00:05

    The star is gorgeous! So are the ice crystals! I love the stitch weaving.....

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  13. Annette19 March 2011 at 01:08

    woven stitches, glorious....
    hugs
    Annette

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  14. Magpie's Mumblings19 March 2011 at 10:12

    That star is a very smart little star!

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