Saturday, August 13, 2011

The Magic Feather Project

Jude Hill has a fantastic project going on here. I have had a wonderful time stitching my feathered piece. It will be flying away to Jude on Monday.

I have called it "Feathered Rainbow Reflections". This has been stitched on a piece of parachute silk rescued in 1942. My stepfather lived on a farm next to an airfield in far northern Australia. A parachutist missed the airfield and came down in a tree on his farm. The parachute was salvaged from the tree and some of the silk was used to make underwear for the family during the wartime period. My mother hand dyed some of the silk many years ago and this is what I have used. She still has more of the original undyed silk which eventually (I hope) will be passed on to me.

A cloth with a very long history and who knows what it will become in the future. But for the present this small piece is flying (again) across the world to join in feathered unity.

Very worried feathers have got lost in flight to Jude, sent 3 weeks ago, hope they are just hovering somewhere and will eventually drift to their destination!

Hooray, finally arrived! (only took a month, talk about snail mail!)

10 comments:

  1. Judy your cloth has such a beautiful story within your family (and I wonder at the stories before it became entangled in your tree.
    Beautiful collection of rainbow feathers...what a wonderful project.

    Jacky xox

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  2. This is a nice story Judy, and the work is great...The feathers look so realistic. It is nice to have pieces of history to make your own memories from.

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  3. yes! a great magic feather story! thank you....

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  4. a wonderful story and love your feathers.

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  5. Judy this is a beautiful story!! How extra special to have this cloth for such a lovely project!!! Definitely a magical feather !!! And thanks for stopping over at my blog .. I left you a note there.. :)

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  6. Greetings from across the continents! Just had to say how much I like your feathers and the story has provided such a strong base...

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  7. Thanks everyone for your lovely comments. Feathers are flying now on their way to Jude.

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  8. love this and the feathers are beautifulxx lynda

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  9. Parachutes float down to earth too, like feathers... a beautiful piece with a lovely story.

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  10. Wow Judy! your feathers are really MAGIC !
    (ofcourse I'm prejudiced about rainbows ;-) ...!!)

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