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this was made in Jude's Contemporary Boro class…years ago now.  I have used it every winter and back in the cold nights of New Mexico,  wore to sleep…over a heavy hooded sweatshirt under other blankets.

it looks Big in the first pic ,  which i guess in a certain way it is.  Made from an old thrift shop Linsey Woolsey single size blanket  (jude taught me Linsey Woolsey)    to the incredible pattern she provided then and again today.   Linen warp,  wool weft.  a gentle weave that allows,  with the pattern,  an incredible drape.  that is beyond comfortable and retains body heat.  I could have never Bought such a robe.   and Sewn By Hand.   down on the lower lft of the robe is my FishBird…i was inlove with integrated applique…Jude again.  

i think what i have learned and am so grateful.  There is so much love in it all.

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20 responses to “blanket robe…Jude Hill”

  1. Deb G Avatar

    I was remembering your robe earlier. I have a piece of wool that I’ve been using for a blanket that I’ve been thinking about doing the same thing with.

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  2. grace Forrest Avatar

    to say i love it is such an Understatement. I
    depend
    on it.
    Here, in sharp cold of early mornings, wet with Rain in winter months…that cold that seeps into the bones
    and then, brings memories of all the years in New Mexico with the wood stove and temps down into the teens and below.
    It has been there. Over and over. and it was so
    SIMPLE.
    the other beauty of it. The simplicity. Gives another
    layer of love and warmth. Soul.

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  3. maria Avatar
    maria

    i feel it around my schouldres , the lightness the warmmed even the color i love , thanks folks

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  4. Michelle Slater Avatar

    A stunningly beautiful simplicity and utility. You sure did learn a lot and oh the places you have journeyed.

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  5. jude Avatar

    Good memories mixed with new hope.

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  6. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    Oh Grace it looks so warm and wonderful .. the gift of Jude has in one way or another wrapped is all with love!!

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  7. Liz A Avatar

    how things come around … my dearest wish was to “What if” in real time … and now we will, all together

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  8. Cheryl Fillion Avatar
    Cheryl Fillion

    When I enlarged one of the photos, I could almost feel through the screen the beauty and softness of that fabric. Oh, to find such a blanket now!

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  9. Patty M Avatar

    That really is a magic blanket robe!

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  10. Yvette Avatar

    Yes to walk in a coat each made by sister ragmates

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  11. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes and thanks back, Maria

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  12. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes…learned.
    Learned so so much and i am now made of it, all that learning

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  13. grace Forrest Avatar

    Both. Very much. But however it goes, the Learning
    Stands

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  14. grace Forrest Avatar

    it’s really very much something amazing, how it has gone and continues to go….

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  15. grace Forrest Avatar

    it would be worth whatever Trying it might take…like
    maybe looking on Ebay or something????
    There these kinds of things were, in that Thrift Shop in Socorro…. here, in Fancy California, nothing like it

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  16. grace Forrest Avatar

    it is. it truly is.

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  17. grace Forrest Avatar

    Yvette…maybe we can think of a way

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  18. Joanne Avatar
    Joanne

    I found cloth for my magic robe. So excited to begin the journey

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  19. Saskia Avatar

    I remember this one x

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