I thought I should share with you what I’ve been working on for the past several weeks… As you know, I’ve been working with my mom, Noreen, to create a set of memorial textiles (antependia – or sacred textiles) for my grandmother’s church.
It’s been exactly a year ago today that my beloved Nana passed away and it’s been deeply moving process to create a tribute to my grandmother, together with my mother.  The sense of repeating the same actions that women have been doing since to dawn of time (weaving and hand-sewing) has been a lovely way to honor my …read more

My mother has been writing about her part in creating a group of textiles as a tribute to my grandmother, who passed away last May.  I thought I should let you know what I’ve been up to…

We’re making a series of runners for my grandmother’s church, using velvet and hand-woven bands on the edges.   I’m sewing the fabric part and assembling everything and Noreen is weaving the bands to finish the edges.
I think it took me close to ten tries to get a runner I was happy with!  The velvet puckered, or the lining didn’t hang right… any number …read more