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so,  here is the rack with pretty much all the cloth on it that i have dyed  (local plants)  in the last 2 years.  except for what is part of the Diaries Cloth.  i borrowed the rack Tuesday and have looked for 2 days.   it takes space.  but i really like it.  i don't know why.  but having them stitched together and STORED this way brings a mysterious sense of anticipation to the house.

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the recent onion skin yellows,  i want to leave pinned to the curtain for a while

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am still learning from this.  i would have never thought of having anything  YELLOW  in here, but i like very much how it changes the whole room.

THEN…….at the Thrift Shop yesterday, i found this cotton/linen shirt.

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i like the weight of it.  so, i modified it a little,  and yes.  will use it in the Contemporary Boro 2 along with the Traveling Jacket.

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otherwise,  back to stitching grasses.  this time, the Mexican Feather Grass. 

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  1. jude Avatar
    jude

    oh all is well here. i do like composite cloths hanging around, you can hang them outside in warmer weather. with the added fun of fade.
    i have the same cotton linen shirt. oh ha.

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  2. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    OH, EEEEEEEE….twins!, sorta. isn’t it just the nicest
    combination? i love the feel of it, weight. i intend
    at this point to put more pockets INSIDE. want it to
    be more vest like than a shirt…like to wear over one
    of my denimjumper uniforms…..or something.

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  3. Valerianna Avatar
    Valerianna

    Oh I quite love a good mystery. And the feather tucked behind a cloth in the window, like that.

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  4. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    yes…the cloth on the Window is Jude’s. that’s my
    crow feather.
    it really DOES feel like something is going on. i am
    thinking ….. did i say this already?????, that this
    will be a way to look at whatever i am able to make with
    Glennis’ workshop cloth. and then i WILL need to hang
    it outside too….or have layered lines throughout the
    house like Mo’a has in her studio???? or…..

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  5. Michelle in NYC Avatar
    Michelle in NYC

    The home factory is happening, Grace! That yellow casts a fine glow at the window. I do love cloth with the light behind it. If I had a whole wall of window—well, I have what I have. I’m late coming home and lighting the Imbolic candles now for ritual ancestor remembrance, and to welcome Spring (though we haven’t had a Winter yet), but I’ve no need for a Celtic cross of reed to banish misfortune–it wouldn’t dare is what I think. Blessed be to all of thee, and all of thine.

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  6. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    Yes. and Blessed be back to you.
    love….

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  7. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    I’ve always thought (if you had a room big enough) it would be fun to have one of those old fashioned outside 4-sided clotheslines
    http://www.amazon.com/Household-Essentials-4000-30-Line-Parallel-Style/dp/B0018DVN04/ref=sr_1_5?s=storageorganization&ie=UTF8&qid=1328242137&sr=1-5
    IN the studio! All hanging around, for the looking at.
    My room is not big enough 🙂
    Love the colors still on the curtain. And the vest!

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  8. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    yes!, wouldn’t it be great? like a carosell????
    but, alas, the “studio” here is the house…and so….
    but i am thinking of stringing multiple lines like
    Mo’a’s in the ROOM…but, even better, would be to
    USE the cloth.
    tonight i’m thinking of redying a lot of it. over dyeing.
    ???????????????
    It’s talking, i’m listening.
    xoxo

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  9. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    i am catching up after tons of travel and work. it is so good to come here. like coming home. i love all the dyed cloth. i didn’t know you had done so much. i haven’t done any yet. next summer will be my time to try this.
    oh, i am taking glennis’ class too, so will start with that.
    your lovely cloth of forever is so wonderful. i could stare at it forever too. it will wrap you in peace.
    i am back and now feel caught up..
    love to you

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  10. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    i didn’t know i had done so much either……..
    so. we will do the Glennis. ahhh, and good.
    after just now watching the Diaries video, i am thinking
    something for the cloth…for that woman on it.
    love to you, Linda

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  11. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    i am aching to stitch.. will have all weekend to work on the kimono. i also am doing the beast class because i had never done it. i am thinking i will make a beastie thing for the grandson.
    i am full of ideas right now. now to sit down with them all. want to do the stacked stitch..
    so glad to have this
    so good to come home to..

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  12. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    Yes.

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  13. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    Look at all that beautiful fabric! I’m starting to gather a few things for the next boro class too.

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  14. Susan C Avatar
    Susan C

    Oh that’s a great idea to have it all out to see and feel. Things will start to happen just from having it all in sight I am sure.

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  15. ali Avatar
    ali

    oh, Grace, your stitched together, draped cloths immediately brought to mind tents I’d make from this and that over the clothesline as a child, and also of tents my children would make, inside and outdoors–so cozy, warm, and inviting

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  16. Rene' Avatar
    Rene’

    I thought exactly the same thing as Ali – tents made of blankets or sheets – draped over kitchen chairs at my grandmother’s. A sweet and comforting memory enhanced by the tones and textures of your cloth!

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  17. ;uie Avatar
    ;uie

    It is good to see your cloth hanging; a gift to see what has come from old pots, the New Mexican sun, the bits and pieces of plant material and land offerings. A hanging cloth collage of beauty just on its own, plus possibilities yet to be realized.
    Have grasses on my mind. Like that you are stitching Mexican Feather Grass. The other day, husband comes in from walk and shyly hands me a few clumps of Fountaingrass. Says he thought I might like to add them to my basket of grasses, weeds, dock, seedpods. Basket already has some but there is always room for more. A nice gift of the day. Probably my favorite grass here is Switchgrass and it is such a good name for this grass. for its many colors in the fall: first green, then red then the burgundy that is so rich and glorious against the browns of the fields. Even seed heads have a reddish tinge. When it appears in the fields, I gather some to put into dye bundles because they give good striations of color.

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  18. Jeannie Avatar
    Jeannie

    I love the rack of cloths. It is like a vertical jigsaw puzzle where you can move the pieces around to create your own picture. The linen top is wonderful. Enjoy your weekend among the cloth.

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  19. Martine Avatar
    Martine

    came to say hi and enjoy your colors………..
    XXXm

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  20. Elizabeth Avatar
    Elizabeth

    Hi grace, I’ve got my old rack up again with a new gathering of cloths – I do love to have my materials around and about me and not all neatly shelved (could I achieve neatly shelved? probably not.
    That is a beautiful collection of fabrics you have to play with.

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  21. Yvonne Avatar
    Yvonne

    Your rack of cloths brings hides to mind, drying in the sun – a living off the land feel that’s reflective of the infusion of it through the plants the cloth has been dyed with. Earthy, beautiful raw material stored to make with.

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  22. Eva Ucgatwork Avatar
    Eva Ucgatwork

    Hi Linda,
    I think the “Beast Class” is the most tricky thing…I haven’t got the brain to figure it out…I’m lost here. I’ve managed a “cat” …okay let’s call it a cat, but I found it really hard to do it: and it did look soooo simple in the video. Maybe I have these problems because I have no patchwork background.
    although: my friend loved the “cat” and is going to use it for her daughter’s baby’s blanket.
    eva

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  23. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    i don’t have any patchwork exp either, except through jude. i have found i just keep going. it will turn into something..

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  24. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    i Want to be wrapped in peace. yes.
    GREAT, everything and Glennis’ class!!!!! i hope i
    can do better at this one than the first. i think so.
    i will have zillions of questions.
    i like it when you are “back”…love

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  25. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    think of it as oragami

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  26. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    those probably won’t be Boro’d. i don’t know what
    they will be “for”……

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  27. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    i’m listening to them……

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  28. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    they do, don’t they. i wish i was a wood worker. i’d
    make a different configuration for them….

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  29. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    the cat, Tazmeena, goes under there. she likes it a
    lot.

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  30. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    dear him. i can just see that, him and his gift to you.
    isn’t it just so wonderful be the kind of woman who is
    so happy to receive this? yes.
    we have switchgrass too. there’s some along the road
    up by the cemetary but none has planted itself here yet.
    might be too sandy?????

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  31. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    yes…moving them around, letting them change places,
    seeing how they feel next to each other. i like this.
    and also still have that feeling of something “more”
    wanting to come of it……….

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  32. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    OH, HOOO HOOOO, Martine!!!!!!!!!!! yes! Hello!!!!!!!!!!!
    it always makes me so happy when you come!!!!!!!!!!!

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  33. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    I am so grateful to you for that accidentally placed
    post!!! i wrote it down so i could refer to it
    Oct. 24, 2010…..
    your rack is different though…i hope in the new pics
    you show it more fully?
    the kind shown here is what there seems to be available
    in the US….
    i checked the other day for a pic but you hadn’t posted
    yet. but the sad news of your dogs. that is going to
    feel so empty for so long. my heart to you, for this.

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  34. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    i hope to make more clothes lines outside this summer…
    like spokes from the grapevine post to the fence. maybe.
    it’s always an issue of WIND here…he comes suddenly
    and can really wreak havoc with a rack like this. he
    would send it over to the neighbor.

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  35. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    i guess i missed the first one.
    will have lots of questions too.
    it is good to be back and stitching and weaving and finding the place with my friends.
    love to you

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  36. judy martin Avatar
    judy martin

    I started with your post of Feb 14 – the LOVE one – and read until I came here. The fact that there were already 35 comments stalled me for a minute, but I am still driven to comment.
    what I LOVE about your blog is that it is so refreshing. Like a drink of water. I don’t know you Grace, but I think that you must be a hoot to be around.
    And i LOVE the fabric you have dyed and are living with. I love how you love.
    happy valentines day.

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  37. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    Judy…you must KNOW that your comment is
    meaningfull.
    thank you, and may Your day be full of love….

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  38. Bostonshirtoutf Avatar
    Bostonshirtoutf

    This is so beautiful. I’ve never seen this type of collection before. I think it has a lot to do with the beautiful colour palette.
    (Boston apparel) http://www.bostonshirtoutfitter.com/

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  39. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    hey, Boston, go look at India Flint’s website.
    and thank you for coming here…

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