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Maybe there is a bit of Miss Rumphius in you after all! It's beautiful.
Commented yesterday on Popped at handstories
Popped
Opened wide, they are as big as my hand. They're early. Last year there were only two. I was worried, but there are eight coming this time around. They are my only success story with plants. Their story here. A performance of Second grade's "Blood & Guts" today & then rehearsal...
You are fantastically blessed.
Commented yesterday on sisters at iWonder
sisters
Our annual sister weekend a few weeks back. A tradition that has morphed over the past 25 years, adjusting to whatever life handed us at the time: jobs, marriages, divorces, kids... It was a grand weekend filled with food and wine, meals out, surprise gifts, movies in our pj's, a spa day, some ...
Just wow!
Commented 3 days ago on As it turns out at Spirit Cloth
As it turns out
More feathers than ever imagined.... are still patiently awaiting their turn As you might recall, I was pinning up the remaining feathers on the wall (right over the lion quilt), sorting them by color, to see what was left. I might have enough for another cloth. Or 2. This is not a...
Your picture describes your words perfectly!
Commented 3 days ago on drizzle at iWonder
drizzle
a mist so fine you don't need an umbrella but still enough collects to drip over the edges...
Jude I so love that basket...and the words here...yours and others too. I've been writing down the stories for a while now. Everything that is a story or family/personal history or something I'm leaving behind for my children/grandchild...is on yellow paper. Either lined legal paper, yellow computer paper or sticky notes ~ they're all yellow. That's my signal that says "Hey! You may want to read this!"
It's so nice to see others doing this type of thing too! Now I don't feel so crazy! Ha.
Many of the "things" may be able to go, after the story is told. I'm thinking of photos & the stories...then let the stuff go.
Commented 3 days ago on Studio stuff at Spirit Cloth
Studio stuff
As I continue making space, I put the stuff that is hardest to part with in the studio. Expecting that some of it will have to stay. The floor here is a kind of patchwork. Pieces of wood stood on end, but never really finished by the previous owner of this place. It wiggles. The wi...
Ooh La La!! To get This from That is just so wonderful to me! :)
Commented 3 days ago on through is a place at handstories
through is a place
I suppose pom-poms could be a place, too.
I'm so with you on this, but link Minka...doing it slowly and like Judy...more space = more energy. I just keep plugging away at it, sloooowly!
That thread beast is amazing!
Commented 5 days ago on Less stuff and more space at Spirit Cloth
Less stuff and more space
makes me want even less stuff and more space. Why does more space translate to more time? It has that effect on me. I will stitch a lot this week. Lighten the load of the poor thread-bearer by using up what I have.
This is good then, yes?!!
Commented 7 days ago on One spring night at Spirit Cloth
One spring night
Intoxicating. As she Imagined it. Which would be enough to carry her into tomorrow.
I gasped. So beautiful. And the 9catpatch is purrrfect! I really love this.
Commented 7 days ago on One spring night at Spirit Cloth
One spring night
Intoxicating. As she Imagined it. Which would be enough to carry her into tomorrow.
Some are ridiculous. Period.
Thank you for sharing and for your many gifts.
Commented 7 days ago on On the edge at Spirit Cloth
On the edge
Make your pictures smaller they say. OK. Let's try that. For now. As I try to simplify my approach to internet presence, I find myself looking at how being here has expanded my reach, but at the same time thinned my vision as well. Like trying to see too far, gathering too much. An...
Happy quilter...happy cat!!
Commented May 18, 2013 on All in a Day's Work at Kristin Shields Folk Art
All in a Day's Work
Two tops finished, two quilts basted, one very happy quilter. Happy Weekending to you!
Maybe you just need a little extra holding together right now! What is that growing thing?
Have a nice weekend.
Commented May 18, 2013 on cracking at handstories
cracking
Yesterday, I became obsessed with this gape in "2013". It probably would have gone unnoticed, but just in case, I carefully finagled a tiny scrap of matching fabric into the space. Invisible basting stitches held it, making it disappear all together. I don't know why I didn't stop? ...
Fantastic blue! My apricot tree is sooooo full of green apricots! We'll battle the birds and squirrels for them, for sure!
Commented May 16, 2013 on discoveries that make me happy at bee creative
discoveries that make me happy
The indigo yeast vat is still working! There are two green apricots on the tree. I feel like standing guard until they are ripe.
Ragged hearts...well-loved! I brought home a crib sheet with a hole, saved it from the trash. I planned to patch it with a heart :)
I have that cookbook from my 1979 wedding!
Commented May 16, 2013 on ragged things at bee creative
ragged things
For some reason my hearts always end up ragged... I'm okay with that. This will be a patch for one of the blankets. Today I also... planted beans in the rain and rescued a few peonies that had collapsed. And watched the rain fall from the covered porch. And made nut bread with whole wh...
These are the magic moments. I love Pre-K and K...they so get it...the real of it.
Commented May 16, 2013 on spinning self at handstories
spinning self
My spinning wheel and I visited Pre-K yesterday. They have been thinking about spiders & Rumpelstiltskin. After talking about wool, carding, twist and spin, they each took a turn at the wheel. One little boy dressed for the occasion. While sharing with them about the how and why ...
Yay for Wonky, deep breathing & a free mind! :) I'm happy for you
Commented May 16, 2013 on perspectives at handstories
perspectives
Up close . . . all kinds of wonky, But really, in the big picture, things matter less and less.
This is a beautiful, full of heart post. How lucky you've been to have these women in your life!
Commented May 16, 2013 on Mother's Day Flowers at iWonder
Mother's Day Flowers
For all of my 56 years, Mother's Day has been a big deal. For some of those years, I was the center of attention, because I was the firstborn, the first grandchild, the first niece, and later because I was a mom. But mostly Mother's Day was about my Moms, my Grandmothers and Moth...
I am here again...these images sticking to me like honey on a tart dish. Everyone finds something to express that I too feel. Yet my own words are too many and unable to capture the depth of impact from the view of life here at Spirit Cloth.
This has been amplified by the news last night of an elderly aunt with the new news of stage 4 liver cancer (a total surprise). I will see her next weekend and I will take my camera.
Happy and Peaceful Mother's Day to you both.
Commented May 11, 2013 on How age might transform us at Spirit Cloth
How age might transform us
Mom has taken on the appearance of an old tree. Old trees are quite beautiful in their own right. After weathering many storms. For Mother's Day I am going to patch the big hole in her old quilt. With scraps of self.
Els this is such a positive way to look at a change long in the coming! I am a very slow grower :)
Commented May 11, 2013 on spring & things at handstories
spring & things
For good or bad, one thing about me is that I don't end things. Whether it comes from fear, loyalty, or stubbornness, I don't know. Probably all three. Things fade away, run their course, etc., but I don't initiate the changes. Until now. After twenty-three years, I will not return t...
I don't know what cookbook idea Cindy refers to...but your food combinations and photos would be a sure hit!
Commented May 11, 2013 on this week's ingredients at bee creative
this week's ingredients
The primary ingredients for the week... Plus broccoli from the garden, pork (2 pork chops cooked in slow cooker with vegetable broth), and risotto (made with remaining vegetable broth made last week). I've been thinking about how May is a transitional month for eating local. There are sti...
I'm glad for your serene. It seems like a good place to rest for a while. Beautiful fiber, as always.
Commented May 11, 2013 on how things can change at handstories
how things can change
This . . . From this (from here). . . In spinning yarn, there are so many possibilities. I suppose, that if I learned enough about it and color theory, I could predict and control the outcome. Not at all what I'm interested in these days. During this time of transition, ...
I've been here...I'll be back...
Commented May 10, 2013 on How age might transform us at Spirit Cloth
How age might transform us
Mom has taken on the appearance of an old tree. Old trees are quite beautiful in their own right. After weathering many storms. For Mother's Day I am going to patch the big hole in her old quilt. With scraps of self.
Love the shades and that couched spiral :)
Commented May 9, 2013 on White on White at jennifer's blog
White on White
Today I posted to the Forum in Jude Hill's class. I wanted to put more pictures here and add some words about my process. I realize I have neglected this blog for quite awhile because of other interests (I decided to back up a little and take some basic art classes) I do want to post here more o...
15! Sounds good to me, except the monopoly too...I get bored to tears!
May he have many more Ta-Da days! Happy birthday to your boy :)
Commented May 9, 2013 on fifteen is . . . at handstories
fifteen is . . .
Wanting to spend your birthday in your pajamas . . . ALL day. Wanting to play Mega-Monopoly . . . For hours. Wanting doughnuts . . . not cake, not pie . . . doughnuts.
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