It's almost the end of July and I've finished my self-assigned duty of doing a flower each month in this year's tapestry diary. I selected this flower, one I'd photographed in the neighborhood earlier in July. Is it a black-eyed Susan or a small sunflower of some kind? I haven't yet taken time to find out. I was entranced with the shape and color, though. I always think of yellow flowers in mid-summer. Maybe that's because I see a lot of them then?
I'm sure you'll notice the little representation of the American flag at the right side--yes, that was woven on the 4th of July. Every year since I've been doing the tapestry diaries I've included the flag in some way. I'm proud to be an American in spite of the ugly political climate now. Better days will come. I have to keep believing that.
On another note, I'll be teaching my last class soon at Penland School of Crafts. I'm scheduled for session six, August 11-23 and I'm eager to get back there again.
I took a class in weaving at Penland in the summer of 1975 that was a life-changing experience. That was when I met Edwina Bringle, who was the teacher for the class. She was an amazing resource of information and I've continued to learn from her through the forty-five years since then. Edwina, along with Bob Owens, Archie Brennan, and Susan Martin-Maffei are who I consider to be my mentors. One day soon I'll devote a blog post to each of those people.
It's been a slow year for blog posts. I've been writing, though, just not in this format. I'm hoping I'll soon have some news about that. In the meantime, I'll be daily going through the tapestry diary until the end of this year--my tenth. More about that soon, too!
