One of the ways I
have been keeping calm lately is through beadwork. The repetitive act of sewing beads upon cloth
becomes a moving meditation for me and leaves me relaxed and calm.
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| The Blessing Bag created by Marla Niederer from Heidi Kummli's tutorial |
Heidi Kummli, a
bead embroidery artist whom I have admired for quite some time, recently shared
a free beading project called a blessing bag.
The project seemed to call out to me so I have spent the past few days
creating one.
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| Blessing bag project by Marla Niederer from tutorial by Heidi Kummli |
The first part of
this project was shopping in my stash.
If you have never been to my studio, I am fortunate to have quite a
stash of fabric, beads, and art supplies.
I pulled out a
treasured bolt of fabric which my grandmother embroidered long ago, some red
wool felt, and an assortment of beads.
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| Fabric embroidered by my grandmother with red felt |
While I worked on
this project I felt such a warm and beautiful connection to my grandmother. It felt very comforting for me, now that I am
also a grandmother, to be bead embroidering a piece of cloth that my
grandmother had embroidered when I was a child.
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| Blessing bag by Marla Niederer from tutorial by Heidi Kummli |
My grandmother is
also who created this rag doll for me when I was a child. And the name for this blog, OrsinisAngels,
was chosen to honor her.
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| rag doll created by my grandmother |
Thank you Heidi for
the beautiful tutorial. If you too wish
to create a blessing bag you can find the link to Heidi’s video here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lViqgAOxp4k
May you keep safe,
comforted, and well.
Until next time……
Warm hugs,
Marla
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