Calling on the Stay Focused and Get to Work Goddesses




I have a dozen small quilts to complete before the end of August, so I don't have time to spend on one of my favorite past times - hours scrolling around the internet. 

Having said that, of course, I open my emails this morning and immediately get side tracked by one from Megan Williams of Hand Made In America announcing a visit from Eastern European textile artists. The newsletter had a link to HandEye magazine, one of my favorites. Well, you can see where this is going. Hand Eye has a good article on the History of Cotton in India (would have liked for this article to be more in depth, but enough references to do your own research and the powerful story of Gandhi weaving his own cotton is given good space.) 

So, I share the article with LinkedIn, Facebook, and the 20 (exaggeration, actually only eight), other blogs I have. While on FB, I take a look at my messages and find that Alix, another AMF team member, has sent a message with a link to Stacy Zink's site. Stacy studied with the master Leni Hoch. Nothing I see today (except, hopefully this quilt I'm supposed to be working on) will top the image of these garments by Leni. So, no need for the nun with the ruler to smack my devilish scrolling fingers. I am out of here and back to work. 

 Leni Hoch



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