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the right side (actually, the cloth's left) is finished.

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except for the very bottom…am not sure here…will wait until the other side is finished….

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and something here, with Jude's magic thread. 

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and however it goes with the thread beads here.

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the kantha changes everything.  first, it has it's own energy that causes the energetic movement with the cloth.  but also,  the layers have become One.  it's a really exhilarating feeling.

now for the left side…..i'll begin that tonight.
all the while, i am glancing over to the center….seeing/feeling it moving in a different way….

and an Update in Goat World:

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this is the little door to the Outside, opened yesterday….

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and everybody coming In to check it out…those are the First Babies…taking advantage of my leaving the little step stool there….one actually got up on it, went half way through the fence onto the stacked hay before i noticed.  they don't miss a Thing.

in a little while i'm going to haul over some stumps and build the babies a little something to jump on.  i wish i could make them a mountain.  climbing is their Joy.

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41 responses to “yes!”

  1. Valerianna Avatar
    Valerianna

    Wow, kantha is a magic thing – as are goats!

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  2. cindy Avatar
    cindy

    oh, my good glory! it is fabulous & inspiring & just so great.
    oh, my glorious goats- they just bring smiles.

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  3. Sandy Avatar
    Sandy

    what a happy happy post. To see your cloth- the kantha really does look amazing. ” The layers have become One”!!!! The goats they are aplenty…… you have made such a wonderful home for them. I wish I was closer and would help you with the stumps. They DO love to climb and leap off of things.
    The center of your cloth…. love the yellows and the black birds…. On to the left( the cloths right).. xoxo

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  4. Dee Mallon Avatar
    Dee Mallon

    the amount of texture that your stitching has created is so unbelievable… just gorgeous.

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  5. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    am just watching it all and yes. there is magic all
    around.

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  6. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    yes. tonight i am all smiles.

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  7. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    the center…it will wait.

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    thanks, Dee. i think i love kantha the BEST..or, at least
    how i end up kantha~ing…
    it is a magnificant stitch that can express for me how
    it feels to me, everything. things to me ride single y
    in a field of uhhhh, vibrations. the kantha represents
    then that field of space in which all drifts. it’s
    perfect for that. really, the only thing i know that
    can express that.

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  9. nance Avatar
    nance

    oh! my! those lines and lines of stitching. and all so straight… you didn’t go uphill or downhill. how did you do that? pencil lines? glorious. i think you are tenacious.
    with goats and kantha. one question from last post… why do you think that other momma bit the little babies ear? was there a lesson he needed to learn? odd. i wish i could send you some alfalfa.

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    nope. just start the first one straight and GO…………
    i talked to Jenny on phone tonight, told her and she said
    it’s a common reprimand. baby goat did something that i
    guess i didn’t see and he most likely will NOt do it again.
    they learn really really fast. it might have been that
    there are 3 nursing mothers (so far) and it’s important
    that everyone stick to their own mother. problems
    arise when babys go to the nearest teet.
    i wish you could send alfalfa. that would be the greatest
    thing.
    BUT, my neighbor cut his field yesterday. probably
    tomorrow he will bale. things should get easier if i can
    buy from him.

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  11. elizabeth fortes Avatar
    elizabeth fortes

    Dear Grace ! I just love your marvellous kantha and your amazing goats. I come home to check on the possibilities of new posts from you just to see them.
    Onday looks so beautiful! and Caroline has such an expression ( on the previous post) saying…”now watch out you don’t fall little Magic”…. enjoy this beautiful season!

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  12. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    Kantha & Goats…this has been a wonderful journey thus far!

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  13. joe Avatar
    joe

    oh grace! your kantha is so magical and mesmerizing! the texture and movement is wondrous. reminds me why i love kantha so much!
    and goats. what can i say? they are marvelous beasties and i miss mine terribly! blaaaaa!

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  14. Jill Avatar
    Jill

    oh such fabulous work – the kantha is grace-full (sorry!) – but it is and gorgeous
    as for the goats – would love to hug

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  15. jude Avatar
    jude

    yes back

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  16. Hoola Tallulah Avatar
    Hoola Tallulah

    Magical, your Kantha stitching is glorious and with the colours you chose, you’re exactly right, so much movement, like a gentle stream, it reminds me of exactly that…
    Your goats make me wistful for old times, good times. Thanks for sharing 🙂

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  17. Wendy Avatar
    Wendy

    “that field of [vibrations] in which all drifts”; that’s just perfect Grace; it explains exactly what I see here. The Grass is now obvious or prominent in a way it wasn’t to me before, but this part of the cloth is now just as alive as it is. You’ve got me thinking. And the goats continue to amaze me. This last picture of them all exploring the new digs, together, makes me see them as a herd. They are awesome.

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  18. Eva Ucgatwork Avatar
    Eva Ucgatwork

    Grace,
    I really think your cloth is marvellous! It’s amazing that you find time to sew, stitch AND care for the goats.
    But…anyway, the result is …let’s make it short:
    WOW!!
    eva

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  19. Jennie Avatar
    Jennie

    “The center will wait”, you said. Here’s this,from Norman Fischer’s OPENING TO YOU (Psalm 22)
    Do not be far from me
    Be the center
    Of the center
    Of the circle
    Be the strength of that center
    Might you put something goatish in your work, a symbol of what’s going on?

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  20. saskia Avatar
    saskia

    YES, love the kantha, the piece, you and your goats, sasx

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  21. Vicky Avatar
    Vicky

    i have been sharing your sharing of your goats with my lily grand-d, and she is going to love this post!
    the stitching you share, i share with myself….as i did the stitching on my view-path, the fabric took on another feel to it, but try to describe that to someone who hasn’t done it…it really does make the bits and bits all one bit.
    side by side, our 2 pieces would be vastly different…in size and color…but oh so the same in stitch and texture…and we would both nod and know just how wonderful it felt to do all that stitching!!

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  22. ali Avatar
    ali

    it really does seem to have its own pulse

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  23. judy keathley Avatar
    judy keathley

    wow.

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  24. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    how great it is, then, that they bring happiness. i
    watched them a lot today and continue to learn.

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  25. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    yes. continuing………~

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  26. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    it’s nothing more than thread. in~out~in~out
    not mine, just thread going
    and yes. if it turns out that way, i will always
    remember these days……
    blaaaa to you!

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  27. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    most would love a hug…some skittish, but i am
    luring them in with peanuts………

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  28. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    and circling around

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  29. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    it seems that many of us had goats and now don’t. i
    wonder why the now don’t???
    again…the kantha is just time and devotion but
    thank you………

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  30. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    it is somehow working very well together, one leading
    right into the other…??????????????

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  31. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    i think i might need to…how and what, i have no clue yet

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  32. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    x back to you

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  33. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    i’m glad. maybe someday Lily will have goats…you
    never know.
    and yes…your cloths and this…yes…we nod. we DO.
    xo

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  34. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    got a good way with the other panel today…i LIKE it….
    how it’s feeling…….

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  35. Tricia Avatar
    Tricia

    Grace your cloth is simply beautiful…

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  36. Joan Avatar
    Joan

    Oooooooohhhhhh! Soooooo beautiful!!! I love how the kantha shimmers upward, like heat rising. Your colors are amazing. There is a gentle symmetry to the cloth that seems just right–not too much, not too little. I love the plants and birds flying in their arch. Would love to examine every inch. Thank you for sharing this.

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  37. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    Wendy..the herd energy is intense. really interesting to
    begin to understand. they move very individually really,
    but at the same time, there is a very intense level of
    awareness of the Whole….i am fascinated by this.
    The breed was originally imported to this country as
    feed for zoo animals. it wasn’t until too long ago that
    their potential as dairy goats was appreciated.
    but i can also watch this quality(?) they have of being
    prey. in many ways, they are truly helpless if attacked…
    as in when a couple years ago at the daughter’s by the
    neighborhood german shepards. SnowBunny, the senior doe.
    did her best but was severely ripped up and the dogs DID
    take a baby. so…watching/trying to understand their
    place upon this planet.
    and yes…that field of vibrations…am well into it right
    now and have no idea how it’s going to go…just that i
    oh so much love it.
    xo

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  38. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    thank you, Tricia…it gives beauty to me

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  39. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    Joan…YES!!!! i’d not thought of that connection, but YES,
    like heat rising too and today, HEAT RISES. it is a day
    that Wind is much appreciated…it relieves the intensity.
    almost 100. i have the next too days at home, uninterrupted and hope to go forward and find out what
    will happen next……~

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  40. Yvette Avatar
    Yvette

    Just💛💙💜💚❤

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  41. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    Yvette, yes, yes, yes, yes, and love back to you………~

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