where do ruffles come from?

they are a sentiment

almost always made from simple, pure fabrics,

wavy shapes cut on the bias

laid down on curvy lines

colored & laundered & softened &

left in the sun

stitched by curiosity & not intention

by hand & by machine

there is an aesthetic that guides what they become

they start to look right when they’re a little tattered & maybe even dusty &

have become companions with the earth 
~they unlock a way in the world, 

a nostalgic view of things to come

marked with light and remembered.