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i got this from the Thrift Shop a long time ago.  Years.  I though it was really BIG,  but it turned out when i put it on the other day,  it just was really LONG.  So i cut it off and hemmed it to mid calf.   It's medium weight linen.  I'll wear it as a jumper,  over a long sleeve cotton T shirt type shirt,  probably black.  Black leggings and then wool socks in birkenstocks.  A zip front black hoodie.   Like maybe when i might want to go to the kids school for something going on there.   My Old Nana dress up outfit.  

 

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i said something in the last days about knowing i'm going to need to Evolve.  But i also want to keep the Thing i have already evolved to.  Toward that,  this morning i stitched some of the toad egg cloth and then,  began a Lizard.  These are on the INSIDE of the front placket.  By my heart.  No one else will see them.

 

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right now,  Lizard is hard to see.  Looks something like this.  I'll use Deb Lacativa's Dirty Thread for the blue tail of my Whiptail sisters here,  who have been my family.  These i will wear near my heart.  Close.  So i can learn to Give and also Hold.

 

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18 responses to “wearing what i love”

  1. Hazel Avatar

    This stitching for yourself is just great & grand.

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  2. jaime Avatar
    jaime

    I really like your Old Nana Dress Up Outfit! Especially your secret friend close to your heart… Brilliant. Everything with purpose. Awareness. Grace.

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  3. grace Avatar

    yes. the Lizards. Brilliant, with purpose. Awareness. Grace.
    these bluetail whiptail Lizards…what they ARE.
    there are Lizards there, on the Hill. “They” have noted them. So to take these Sisters from here, stitched, i will go. Be among the new ones.

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  4. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    I love it … a hidden lizard giving heartfelt handstitched comfort in who you are. Confidence in who you want to be … ❤ it!

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  5. grace Avatar

    having Her there. with the Toad Eggs. it’s a feeling of being solid and READY.

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  6. Deb G Avatar

    Love this, how we might wear who we are, our story…

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  7. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    You draw and stitch and think and process so beautifully.

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  8. grace Avatar

    it’s late…well, sortof….it’s 7:59 pm DARK and i think
    how it went today. Wearing stuff from Here to There, what
    that means. What i then Carry

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  9. grace Avatar

    i am gratefull. First to Kay Gould Caskey for the drawing
    then to Jude, for the stitch
    and then to the Toads for their Determination and then to the
    Lizards for their Joy

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  10. grace Avatar

    It’s a Dark Thick Night out there, tonight. Tay just went out to Bark.
    There are STARS! SO MANY, STARS! stars. STARS.
    in the Dark. No matter, Nonetheless, Stars…

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  11. Mo Crow Avatar

    a beautiful honouring of your space

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  12. Susan McQuade Avatar

    So soft and comforting

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  13. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    I saw the lizard right away. How fine to carry what matters close to your heart…”Nanas personal wardrobe has secrets” the kids will say when they see it hanging on the line after washing :—> Ha

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  14. Susan Hemann Avatar

    love the jumper, i buy up linen and wool clothes at thrift stores even if they don’t fit- I can use the material for something, love the lizard

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  15. Liz A Avatar

    Linen and lizards … a perfect combination

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  16. joanne Avatar
    joanne

    I think our favorite clothing has special powers. I wear a grey cashmere sweater almost everyday here in the cold months. It has small square patches on all the worn spots–at the v-neck, under the arms and on the elbows. Used another Thrift shop sweater in the same grey. Also cashmere, to make the patches.
    I couldn’t bear to be without it. I also have a black rectangle I wear around my shoulders. Found in a box of scraps. It has knotted fringe on the two short sides. It’s a scarf, a wrap, swimsuit cover up–It could be everything and anything. Both the sweater and black wrap will go with me anywhere I go–…..

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  17. Martine Bos Avatar

    No one else will see but you know its there, thats enough……………..

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