(Above: Menopause. Embellished and hand stitched. 21" x 17", framed. Click on image to enlarge.)
Last February I thought up this piece. It's been waiting. Two days ago the time seemed right to put it altogether. The background is a piece of embellished felt, cotton batting, cheesecloth, and bridal tulle. I had planned to stitch the words in red but the color was already there for me in the strings I'd never noticed. In two weeks I'll turn fifty. I don't feel old. I don't think old. Yet, there's no way to escape the fact that a half a century has passed since my birth. I'm stunned that this sign of aging crept up on me too!
(Above: Menopause, detail. Click on image to enlarge.)
Well....I'm very thankful to Aussie Jo. I love her suggestions and will called the wrapped and nailed "figure" Aegis. It is a perfect name....just the idea I wanted! Well....enough of this "conceptualism" for a while. I've got another bolt of Wonder Under and my "faux stained glass" pieces are underway again!
Yikes that 50 thing was scary - Glad I'm past that ;) I did go back to look at the memorial day post of your grave rubbing pieces and think they would be great in the ABAD exhibition!
ReplyDeleteugh, I relate too well to this piece lol!
ReplyDeleteOddly enough just yesterday I cleaned out the drawer where I had kept all my 'supplies' and found three boxes of tampons. Wondered what I should do with them now I don't need them. Maybe I should send them to you? ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm not totally "there" yet (that means 50 or in menopause) but I am surely in the home stretch here. You should probably mass produce this piece. HA!
ReplyDeletePowerful, and actually sort of sweet, too -- which surprises me a little. I love it. NOW, what are you going to do about hot flashes?
ReplyDeleteLove it! Think it'll do well in the waitingroom of the gynaecologist LOL
ReplyDeletethere are some "leftovers" in the bathroom... its an idea !!! LOL
ReplyDeleteIngrid
Wonderful, but I don't miss it at all. A very good present idea for a (girl)friend in the menopauze.
ReplyDeleteThanks
It made me smile when I saw it, it's a great way to recycle your leftovers.
ReplyDeletePS I am the culprit who posted a link to this quilt to a dutch mailinglist, hence all the dutch visitors.
It's a lovely idee. I' am happy that I have don with my period for many years. I was 42 when it stopped, but therefor I had 3 weeks my period and 1 week not. So it was enough.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from the Netherlands
Hi, I'm over 50 and happy to feel quite well in the menopause. I don't miss tampons at all ;-)
ReplyDeleteYour quilt made me smile too, wondering how it will look hanging above the sofa in a living room...
The same thing happened when I spotted a quilt made with preservatives some years ago in Sainte Marie aux Mines (see http://picasaweb.google.be/sommeke2002/SainteMarieAuxMines2007#5111001178978763250 and next)
Yvonne, in Antwerp/Belgium
co-mod of the Dutch mailinglist
Ahhh...great artists create alike! A few years ago, I stitched estrogen patches on a quilt.
ReplyDeleteRemember, the new middle age is 60!!!
Very remarkble quilt with humor. Well done.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your work from the Netherlands,
Heidi