Memorial weaving-2-weaving a metaphor

by Noreen on April 8th, 2008

Chloë wrote today about her part of the Memorial textiles that we are working on in celebration of the life of her grandmother/my beloved mother-in-law.

Chloë’s doing a fabulous job on them, and it’s a HUGE project, all driven by love.

Jim took some pics of me working on my part…. the weaving of the narrow bands that are trimming the banners and altar cloth and side table runners:

When I was first approached about weaving this memorial for my precious mum-in-law, I envisioned something much bigger.

I got WILDLY inspired and came up with a really exciting concept. It’s a huge and exuberant idea for a wonderful weaving project!

So, the seed is planted for a project that I KNOW is going to see the light of day- sometime….. it’s gestating - and I know it’s going to be fun!

BUT… there was a VERY firm nudging that kept coming up for me. It was a prompting that I believe was coming from Mum, saying: Keep this simple!

And judging by the ‘deer in the headlights’ look in the eyes of the memorial committee when I proposed the very high energy (lotsa people involved) project, that inner prompting was right. THIS memorial project does need to be elegant, minimalist and simple.

Simple ain’t easy, though… Chloë and I are working our butts off on it.

And, it is just SO RIGHT! It seems to me that women have found ways of remembering each other and making connections in and through their threads since the beginning of time.

We are all weaving a tapestry of life that carries our memories and love in every one of the precious threads we spin each day.

Here’s to the tapestry!

What are you weaving into the threads of your life?

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