A new jacket, born from all the leftover pieces and scraps that I could not possibly throw away.

I scrounged through my remainder piles and gathered all the odds and ends that looked good with each other. I sewed those bits and pieces together into blocks, all the while, not sure of where I was heading. Just feeling my way along. When I had enough blocks, I laid them out.

Then came the magic part. As the forms and shapes began to talk to each other, I could see where I was heading. And when I knew where I was going, I could see the areas that needed more and the places that needed less.

Above, the front in process.

I almost always start with the front. It takes a while since I’m still figuring it out. By the time I get to the back, the direction is clear and it goes pretty fast.

Below, the back.

After all the decisions are made, I sew the blocks together.

Below, the piecing is complete. The front is cut out and ready to be sewn into a jacket.

In the midst of working on this one I kept thinking that it looked like airplanes and their complicated pathways, that’s why, ‘Flight Paths.’