slowly getting there

i feel fuzzy and fuddled a lot - not sure why this is happening - just can't get on top of things and it's not as though i am trying to deal with a lot

at least i have started to make headway on my family commemoration piece:
fabrics have now been collected, cut into pieces and assembly is under way - i had intended to make a start with mum when i visited her recently .... but thanks to brain-fog i forgot to take the fabrics with me!        never mind

i have made the first "wreath" - it looks a bit scrappy, but then it is scraps....mostly -

but making it has evoked so many memories and thoughts 

i have put myself at the heart of this, by initiating the whole thing (textile pieces and family gathering) but it also means that i am the only one who knows the family source of each fabric - this has led to a lot of reflection as i assemble the scraps ....

putting pieces from different family members together - i think of family relationships and how they vary, who gets on with who, the schisms and the bonds - it makes me more aware of what brings us together and what drives us apart - and how sad i feel at the fact that so many of us focus on the differences, while i try to celebrate what we have in common

the wreath brings everyone together in my thoughts - there are links and ties between the scraps like those in a flesh and blood family - the fabric makes them "real" but mostly they are intangible - making them has been a bit of a "rite of passage" for me