because of the size of the window hanger, the
invisible baste needs to be done
standing. i move back and forth, side to
side of the ironing board. it's night
and the kitchen light and sewing light are
the only lights inside and outside for some
distance. as i stitch, i
feel
an awareness of this….me, in this place,
moving back and forth
how each piece of the woven cloth is being
connected
I think it must be like being on a ship in a vast ocean, rocking, and making progress…
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jude ~ long table.might need a long table someday.but for now, i like this a lot,the moving side to side in orderto change direction of the stitchsomehow, its like rocking, beingrocked.
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i do that a lot or sitting at my long table…
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absolutely beautiful…. who cares what it is called?
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yes. egrets have that free-flowing grace, especially when they flutter their wings. this curtain was meant to be yours.
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anonymous..yes, or a Keep goingsong
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it is a kind of rocking back and forth. a lullaby.
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it is a doing isnt it, and leaving the trail on cloth for others to see and touch and share
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Gracejust trying to learn how to post correctly.. sorry for the double but wanted to reconnect after cloth to cloth class..
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Like holding a child, rocking back and forth…
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Back and forth like the rhythms of the sea.
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Rocking, being rocked, that iswhat I thought but couldnt put intowords as I read of how youre working on this cloth. Choreographywith the muse, the moon and the makeron the cloth.
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it looks beautiful there grace…k.
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reading all the comments makes it so real that the cloth takes the stories insideif you look later at it as a hanging, you will memorise all what is said about it.Grace…I always give my posts a english and a dutch translation or wasnt it what you ment?its indeed the face of a lover that has the most secrets cause you lay your unsolved problems uppn them..kind of projectionbut I agree there neednt be secrets.
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Els..will look forward to that.it is such a phenomenon.xo
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Hey Grace – the curtain looks wonderful. You have done a fine job there – looks very cohesive in a technical sense; and very,very interesting in an interest sense. Gilly
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Your cloth is working out sooo well! I love the fabric youve woven with. Its some time now since I used that basting-meditation stitch … but will be again soon 😉
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you are stitching the open space with the world floating in your kitchen window.
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also if i could pass along to cristina… so happy to see you have a blog. your quilt story inspired me in the classes. cant comment on your blog (the embedded post function doesnt work for me), but just wanted to say ill be visiting. (this is michele m.)
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treadingforward/cristina ~you DID it and a very fine finejob too! AND you have a shop!!!!i would have NO CLUE how to dothat…so…brilliance!
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hi grace…………im here. just coming up for air after fumbling/tumblingthrough the BLOG. still dont know what i am doing norhow to do it.i guess ill just have to live and learn as I go.i did return to this summer, the photos you spoke of and that was so helpful with the name: threadingforward.gracias.here is the link: http://threadingforward.blogspot.com/
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and twhIch/Michele, and anyoneelse, it is always fine andgood to weave comments any whichway here….when we are at someones bloghome, its just visiting…xoxo
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Jaxx…THANK YOU! i left you amessage on your blog…thanks thanks thanks!xo
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Grace…this is about your question regarding Chico, California. Yes, we live about 80 miles from there. In fact, we lived there quite a few years ago while my husband attended Chico State Univ. when our children were young. Its a lovely town with beautiful countryside, Chico State, various farmers markets,etc. Its lively and full of interesting people…a good place to live and learn. Jackie Wight
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Making connection… with stitches. Perhaps we could stitch the world together, wouldnt that be great, perhaps we are doing this already.
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have you heard the cranes? they have arrived…..
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