pagan-stitches
Pagan Stitches
Dual faith folk Christian/Western Slavic pagan (Czech/Moravian) mixed with British Isles folk practices and calendar customs to work with ancestors from both sides of the family. Devotional and folk embroidery (largely influenced by Eastern Slavic culture, but moving into a big Western Slavic project this year). And food. . . lots of posts about food.
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This pattern is where I found the insects I used in my midsummer/Kupala piece.
'Bugs Sampler' by MaryHickmottDesigns available on Etsy for download
#pattern#devotional embroidery#summer#summer solstice#midsummer day#Kupala#midsummer eve#midsummer night#bugs#Elizabethan blackwork#insects
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Chuck-will's Widow
Scott Gentling (1942-2011)
Heard the first ones of the season tonight 4/24/24, though my husband heard them 4/21/24.
Listen here.
#Chuck-Will’s widow#nightjar#ozark foothills#Arkansas River valley#spring#Scott gentling#trumpet vine
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My summer time embroideries.
#devotional embroidery#folk embroidery#Czech embroidery#Palestinian embroidery#Elizabethan black work#Slovak embroidery#Scandinavian embroidery#Summer Solstice#Kupala#May Eve#May Day#hexennacht#walpurgisnacht#Pálení čarodějnic
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Yass!!! It’s strawberry season here!! 🍓 🍓 🍓
MY BERRY BEST STRAWBERRY RECIPES
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Is this how you roll?
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Happy Earth Day, Mother.
Some of my goddess embroideries over the years.
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The May Eve/Walpurgisnacht/Hexennacht/Pálení čarodějnic embroideries and the wildflowers that inspired them.
Ratany, verbena, spiderwort, hairy vetch, doves-foot cranes-bill, Carolina geranium, violet wood sorrel (2 pictures, leafs followed by bloom), Venus’ looking glass, cut-leaf tooth cup, and wild petunia.
#Pálení čarodějnic#Walpurgisnacht#hexennacht#may eve#devotional embroidery#folk embroidery#May Queen#Arkansas River Valley#Ozark foothills#wildflowers#purple#green#cross stitch
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Last year’s May Eve/Walpurgis Night/pálení čarodějnic altar cloth as it was worked. The cross in the center is composed of 4 tree of life/world tree motifs representing the May pole. The colors and flowers represent the life that bursts forth at the beginning of May. The design is composed of patterns adapted from a vintage Czechoslovakian book.
#May Eve#May Day#hexennacht#pálení čarodějnic#Walpurgisnacht#devotional embroidery#folk embroidery#Czech embroidery#slovak embroidery#Czechoslovakian embroidery
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Day 10–Half of the bottom border is complete on the May Day altar cloth. Adapted from a photo in a vintage Czechoslovakian embroidery book I received as an early birthday present.
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Day 1 May Day altar cloth. Starting with a tree of life motif to represent the May pole.
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