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in Magic Diaries 2,  Jude talked about    Storing   cloth by stitching it together.   what is pictured here is nothing at all like the cloth she pictured,  but i was completely taken by the idea.   and then, i went back over to Southerly Post, Elizabeth's blog in Ballarat and for some reason an old post was there waiting for me.  a wooden clothes rack with fabrics drying……and those two ideas magnetized.  YES.

stitch the color houses together and just drape them on a wooden clothes rack.  easily accessable, easily alternated.  loose running stitch so that if a piece is needed, it can be easily taken out and the color house put back together without it.

so as an experiment, so i don't lose the thought, i found some browns (in all different places) that were the results of last summers dye pots.  i really had no idea that all this was there.  and there's probably even       more.  but, for now…………

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and in looking at this,  i realized that all this was connected to the realization yesterday,  that i will need some rocks and stones on the Diaries cloth.   Isn't It All just Somethin.

 

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19 responses to “rocks and stone”

  1. Sandy Avatar
    Sandy

    i love this……. it’s really beautiful. is there a hint of rose/lt burgundy or is that just an illusion? LOVE-LY!

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  2. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    Sandy…well, i walked over to look at it on the wall, and
    yes…in the light at this particular time of day. Earlier, not at all. we are moving toward the time of
    year when Sun makes changes all day long. moving away
    from the more flat light of winter months. now it feels
    so much like an Arc of light…..
    thanks for pointing that out, though. i had held the
    earlier impression of a much more brown brown, especially of the piece on the right.

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  3. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    and Sandy, so great you came by….whenever i touch
    the comment thingy on your blog, it disappears. just
    disappears. can’t leave a comment!!!???!!!

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  4. Eva Ucgatwork Avatar
    Eva Ucgatwork

    Grace, this is a stunning piece of textile art!!!
    WOW!!
    Grace, I just love to follow your progress…me, the undiscovered genius of the small pieces…watching with total admiration your commitment to create something special!Oops, I just gave away my alias..two glasses of wine did the trick…
    Anyway, goodnight,
    eva (and as always: at work)

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  5. jude Avatar
    jude

    i know you would follows this right off. to hell with the piles.

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  6. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    YES! piles i am NOT good at. and this, so EASY. Easy
    to stitch up, Easy to look at, and will be EASY to take
    something off when needed…EASY to FIND!
    i called the people i thought i remembered having a
    wooden clothes dryer rack and yup. i’ll borrow Tues.
    see if it’s as good an idea as i think.
    you are BRILLIANT!!!!!

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  7. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    genius of small pieces, yes you are. i always start
    thinking of small, but then they just GROW….
    after this, i am going to try small again. your
    beautiful small “grass” one is here infront of me
    all the time to inspire small….
    that ole wine does the trick, huh.

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  8. Valerianna Avatar
    Valerianna

    They have a kind of eggplant hue to them? Or is that just a screen/color thing?? Like em.

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  9. Michelle in NYC Avatar
    Michelle in NYC

    Oh here I am late in the day–to say–well, just look at you and what you grew! One scrap, and another, and two plus two + several more, and all related enough to hold on till the rack arrives. Go girl go–You never know just what it is your saying till you see it said. Good. It’s good Grace.

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  10. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    they DO!, don’t they…in that moment in that pic, yes.
    later in the day when i looked, there was much more of
    a flat brown. the light is such a Magician here. i
    suppose everywhere..???? but for sure here. and even
    more altitude adds to the effect of it.
    i wish i had kept notes about what plants i used, in
    which pots. i didn’t. part of me is resistant to that.
    i don’t know why. in this moment, i find self vowing
    to keep a little record of all dye efforts this season.
    we’ll see.
    a further thought, i guess it’s part because i will
    start with something in a pot and then just randomly
    add plant material to it. so, really, i don’t know
    exactly WHAT caused the color???? is this an excuse?????

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  11. sandra Avatar
    sandra

    BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sorry, that’s all I can say!
    I also love this idea of storing cloth.

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  12. Jill Avatar
    Jill

    Wonder – full !

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  13. Doris Avatar
    Doris

    I´m always fascinated, you put these pieces together in a way something very amazing is developing. How do you work? Is it a quick impulsive way or do you need time to look and replace and start again? It seemes to be perfect …

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  14. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    i don’t know how far i’ll go with it…maybe just
    the pieces i dye?

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  15. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    Doris…Try it! all i kept in mind is that i needed it
    to be less than a yard wide and really loosly stitched
    so it can be taken apart easily when i want to use a
    piece or part of a piece.
    i think part of what we see here is just plant dyed
    cloth LIKES itself…

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  16. Doris Avatar
    Doris

    But the way you arrange it makes it more than cloth itself – it is you who does it.

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  17. ali Avatar
    ali

    a cozy big brown bear hug–so comforting–that’s what i see

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  18. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    and it would be YOU too…….

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  19. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    a bear hug. that would feel really really good.

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