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Americans, at our best, stand up to bullies and
fight those who seek to demean and degrade others.
Cory Booker
Americans, at our best, stand up to bullies and
fight those who seek to demean and degrade others.
Cory Booker
This month's #virginiacreates calendar reflects my renewed interest in embroidery. During these unnerving times in our country I have felt a strong pull to my needles and thread. I feel there are many reasons why I feel this need to stitch. Sewing suggests mending, pulling pieces together that have been torn apart. I feel that our country is being torn apart.
"The act of sewing is a process of emotional repair. - Louise Bourgeois"
Louise Bourgeois, used sewing in much of her work. She has eloquently explained what sewing meant to her and her work. Many of her words speak to my current obsession with sewing so I have sprinkled some of her quotes throughout this post.
“I always had the fear of being separated and abandoned.The sewing is my attempt to keep things together and make things whole.”— Louise Bourgeois
These past months I have found myself embroidering on both fabric and paper.
I have been embroidering affirmations onto a vintage slip as part of my 'slip' series.
When I was growing up all the women in my house used needles. I have always had a fascination with the magic power of the needle. The needle is used to repair the damage. — Louise Bourgeois
And in my current series, a protest to what I feel is censorship by the current administration, I am embroidering on vintage photos words that are being removed and discouraged by the government.
The initial list that I am working from is from an article reposted by the New York Times, March 7, 2025.
These Words Are Disappearing
in the New Trump Administration
There are around 196 words on that list. Unfortunately as I do more researching there seems to be more removed words in different government agencies, so I am not sure how many photos I will be embroidering.
