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progress report

right panel and 90% of middle (2 petals of the sunflower to do and a little on mothMoon)  is firmly stitched.  then, left panel: glennis' Moon window and the buddha illusion.  so…i am nearing the moment when i will be able to

take the cloth on my LAP, hold as i sew.  EEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeee!!!!!

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AND,  finally, i did do it.  the lizard was too long.  this proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that stitches are forever if left on their own.  it was HARD, like really HARD to remove just these small stitches.  but…done.   and i found the old drawing from a while ago about how they need to go East and West at least, maybe North and South

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they were drawn on a paper i drew my Beasts Workshop lizard as Jude taught me….  and it's interesting that i noticed for the first time that i had given the little ones   Necks?…???

 

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  1. jude Avatar
    jude

    maybe they are in transition…

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  2. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    or maybe i was just unconsciously over identifying…
    i kinda like it tho

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  3. deanna7trees Avatar
    deanna7trees

    oh that little lizard on the cloth is so dear.

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  4. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    especially with it’s butt removed…eeeee….i will fix
    that soon. it was just too long and the tail wasn’t
    right.
    i tried to just let it go, but………..nope.
    need to fix it.
    just because you did something doesn’t mean it needs
    to stay that way.
    revise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  5. BJ Avatar
    BJ

    I like this cloth…and all that wonderful thread! my grandmother kept a pile of thread like that…I always wondered how she found exactly the piece she needed…it’s part of the magic

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  6. deanna7trees Avatar
    deanna7trees

    buttless or not, it’s dear. i just used my imagination.

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  7. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    thanks for saying that…
    the cloth is a really significant thing for me.
    thread…well, it’s funny….trying one after another
    and since i use only one strand of the 6 strands, you
    would think it’s not such an issue, but it IS. which
    one. sit and stare, decide.
    thanks, BJ

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  8. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    Maybe little lizard is disappearing into the mist?

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  9. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    yes, but oh, no….i would remember removing her
    butt. no…need to give a new one

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  10. Michelle in NYC Avatar
    Michelle in NYC

    What fun is here Grace–seeing process and thought evolve–hope it’s not too cold for you as you stitch away on the dear lizard revision, and his mates soon to arrive. ONE strand out of the 6–Whew, I do at least 2, sometimes 3!!! I too love that multicolored pile of possibilities. Years ago I gave away a pile like that (having never used it) left from a previous friend. Now that I am involved, I could kick myself. But no matter. I have enough for now.

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  11. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    Yes, I thought “Where did it’s tushee go???” lol

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  12. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    As I was first scrolling down, I saw the collection of threads and thought Oh my Grace has added a large, protruding, texture spot! …Then I looked closer and got that, No it is a collection of beautiful threads, in many colors! lol Silly me 🙂
    I love that little lizard. I get such a friendly vibe from it. And I love the the circle weaving – wit extension hanging down, continuing. I love your drawings! I told my son if he has to do a gift for me-that beasts class would be it! Lol
    I have a question…in the top photo, on the bottom right there are 6 lines (3 north/south and 3 east/west)…will you tell me (us) about that?

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  13. Nanette Avatar
    Nanette

    Love your lizards, they’re so alive, make me smile 🙂
    Glad to see someone else has a “thread pile”

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  14. nance Avatar
    nance

    good work grace! the fabric works is a wonderful book. i see you noted it on the bottom of your page… louise bourgeois is one of my very favorite artists.

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  15. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    revision

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  16. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    yeah, that one strand thing i have…i wonder if i’ll
    ever get over it…

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  17. Susan C Avatar
    Susan C

    Oh I love that little orange lizard too! Her body language, the way her little legs are holding her body up – perfectly still but ready to bolt, is just right. I can easily picture the rest of her!

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  18. Wendy Avatar
    Wendy

    Grace! I’m so so happy to see The Cloth. I’m really disoriented seeing this in your lap, or it’s like a whole new thing to see it up close. So two things here so far that are my new favorites: the way the three long rectangles meet and overlap. This kind of overlapping is the magic of the whole cloth weaving thing for me; well, the overlap and the stitch that holds them there. So there you are, with three pieces of cloth, the whole wonderful magic of cloth weaving. And second, place where the woven circle just overlaps the ninepatch. Gulp! This is kind of heartbreakingly tentative, tender, something I can’t put into words. Thank you Grace, I just love it here!

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  19. nance Avatar
    nance

    when you get to the point of holding it in your lap to sew you will be even more in love!

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  20. Eva Ucgatwork Avatar
    Eva Ucgatwork

    Hi Grace,
    I’ve just wrote a nice comment…but after typing the security combination (or whatever) typepad refused the posting….too bad!
    Anyway, take care!
    Snail-mail is the future!!!
    eva

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  21. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    those lines…i really dont know. they are like a
    language that was from some other place, other time.
    i used to be into I Ching, which i love. maybe it’s
    something from then?

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  22. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    hello, Nanette!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    yes. lizards. they are such a part of this world. in
    other places i’ve lived, newts and salamanders.
    just in a pile, the thread teaches me about color.

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  23. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    yes. i’ve not seen the book yet………

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  24. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    thats exactly how they are…ready. they are always
    ready for anything at all. but it is the eye contact
    that gets to me

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  25. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    yes..those up close pics felt too big, but
    and yes…three pieces of cloth, overlapping…who would
    guess it could create such happiness????
    that woven circle is the INSIDE of the weaving that i
    cut for the Window Hanger for Wendy’s children….the
    cloth of Unknown.
    i love it when you come by, xoxoxo

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  26. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    i want that

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  27. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    bummer. i don’t know why they get so fussy sometimes.
    i have to type in the security thingy too. oh well…
    and i know how it feels, to write and write and then
    have it disappear.
    glad for snail……….

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