the stitching has taken over.  

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and there needs to be something more between 4 and 6 oclock.  i'm waiting to know.   but, i found out that there will be many small birds.

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29 responses to “momentum”

  1. nance Avatar

    love the birds… love the whole! love the listening and waiting for the cloth to speak… i am learning to have faith n that.

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  2. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar

    have been thinking about you, your week….
    the birds were a surprise

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  3. jude Avatar

    many birds have many feathers

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  4. manya Avatar

    ok,I´m used to it by now, you know, the synchronicity. I´ve been looking and looking at cranes and birds to use as a quilting’layer connecting’on the japancloth. and they willbe flying like yours are, and I saw it in a dream I asked for, and maybe it is the feathers, we are swimming in the same sea i think, and anyway yes this cloth is an entryway. it is really great to watch it happen here.

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  5. handstories Avatar

    i needed this this morning. thank you.
    have a new favorite spot, that silver moon on the lower right, with its tips touching the blue & brown & reaching toward the bird. going to make some tea & come back & look some more.

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  6. Deborah Avatar

    I love the color combinations!

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  7. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar

    always, my world here is about birds, they make themselves
    so known. we have finally been having more “normal”
    late afternoon early evening Monsoon activity and as
    the storms build, readying to descend from that West Rim,
    all the birds swoop into the bushes and trees, so much
    comotion as they wait here. watching this, i think about
    what an important part of this world they are…how
    empty it would be without them and am so grateful that
    they live amoung us like they do, showing us how to
    live, how Continuing works….

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  8. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar

    swimming in the same sea…oh that feels good……..

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  9. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar

    yes..that moon is still from my first Deb Lacativa…
    i looooooove that cloth…

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  10. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar

    thank you, Deborah
    and i love your erosion bundle that became a scroll
    over on your blog……..

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  11. jude Avatar

    getting ready for a big storm here…whoosh

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  12. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar

    i know. have been tracking for a few days now. this
    is why your trees and protected forest world there on
    your land is so important…they can ride it out there.
    i also remind self you are up on a hill.
    as beautiful and wonderful as is, the Sea scares me with
    it’s potential
    i have a candle burning…it’s one of the 7 Day candles.
    no saint, just a white all purpose one…figured that was
    the right on for you

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  13. deb Avatar

    hang on …cusspots with shreds landing soon

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  14. Vicky Avatar

    i got to enter a crows world for a bit recently. the crow was up on the wire watching my cat so his pal could enjoy his bread roll in peace. the crow then swooped down for a drink on the deck rail, after the cat came inside.
    i make sure i keep the clay saucer full now that i know it’s being used. as for the bread roll…i had the grand girls toss them out, but lily doesn’t crumble it up first, she just throws it as hard as her 3 year arm will let her!
    i still love your circle.

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  15. Nancy Avatar

    Still loving this and now you add the beautiful flow of these stitches…Mmmm…

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  16. Valerianna Avatar

    I love where this is going… so simple… and the birds, well, yay! Wonder how crow cloth is, I always think of it, actually!
    Tomorrow I’ll be running around putting outdoor away… as much as I can, the ravens have been squawking at me all day, I think they are warning me even though the weather people don’t know how the storm will track, but we will get big winds and rain nonetheless.
    happy stitching!!

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  17. Wendy Avatar

    This is so beautiful Grace; such a light touch, such little pieces but so much appears. Just beautiful.

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  18. Susan C Avatar

    The stitches are nice – like growth rings in a tree.
    Love the circle and the way to pass through…

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  19. treena Avatar
    treena

    She has blossomed into a real beauty!
    Love the birds and the strip of cloth across the top.
    And ‘Handstories;’ you’re right about the moon piece!
    So perfect (and how clever of you to notice!)
    She feels complete (to me.)

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  20. Eva Ucgatwork Avatar

    Hi Grace,
    this piece is so beautiful and full of promise to become even better!! I think you started with a great composition, the circle. Working on two pieces makes it even better. Wow!
    By the way, thank you for your lovely letter. The piece of velvet is beautiful – strangely enough I have never worked with velvet before. I will most definitely use it in my “big” cloth!
    A letter from me is on its way – presumedly in a plane waiting for the hurricane to pass by.
    I hope it doesn’t hit NY really bad – Jude does sound very concerned and scared.
    Have a great day,
    eva

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  21. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar

    woooooooooooo, gotta find that catcher’s mit
    OH, shreds.
    i should make a song for shreds………….
    you are too too good, sending shreds………
    tonight as i stitched, the shred ie edges to the frayed
    pieces of your cloth that i love, i put my full attention
    to each strand of it…moving it around with finger tip.
    it’s really so beautiful, Deb, just so beautiful

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  22. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar

    i like this Lily. her fast roll pitch is perfect for a
    crow. what would a crow be able to do with crumbs
    anyway? she’s got good intuition.
    and thanks…LOVE the crow story. they are such creatures.
    so much going on with crows that we couldn’t possibly
    imagine…

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  23. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar

    it’s beginning to flow
    at first, always, i just want the pieces to just BE
    there, like on a flannel board. the stitching seems
    like it’s too much of a change, but then
    there is a point when it all starts to work. i’m
    beginning that now, tonight…can’t wait till morning.
    and i will be up very early to see about Irene. this is
    a good way, these stitches, to keep track of Jude.

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  24. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar

    crow cloth waiting. i need to finish this cloth for
    Wendy by the end of this month.
    i think there is that parasympathetic thing from long
    distances with crows and ravens…they know about
    earth vibrations, respond to them

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  25. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar

    really, i am coming to see that it’s the littlest of the
    little that does so much for the rest

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  26. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar

    yes. the way to pass through…that’s what this
    cloth is about

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  27. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar

    treena…, yes. me too; feels complete….but still need
    to play this by ear. it has a purpose and i keep this
    purpose constantly in my mind/heart as i stitch and
    watch it in between on the wall.
    Thanks for coming here……..

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  28. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar

    Eva…it had to be in two pieces to follow through with
    it’s purpose. i’ll write about that when it becomes more
    finished. but it’s specifically for Wendy’s children,
    for a passage.
    OH a LETTER!!!! i have new stamps…i told Patti, the
    woman at the postoffice that i needed interesting stamps
    for my friend in Germany. she’s into it now.
    i just have that velvet to love. i haven’t used it either.
    Jude…well…i wish we could all just show up if she
    needs help hanging all her stuff from trees to keep it
    above water. but alas……….

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  29. Teresa Avatar
    Teresa

    LOVE this.

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