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i found the large piece of canvas wall cloth.  45" wide.   it gives me a sense of what i will need.   Knew today that i will put a wide border  all around.  All with Kantha.  

please don't feel obligated to comment.   there will be a lot of a certain kind of repetition but i need to document.   I am used to feeling like i should put something   "new"  at least intermittantly.   That's not happening right now.   The total focus is here.  

as i was just Looking all eve,   something wasn't  "right".   aside from the yellowy  light.    they had been pinned randomly.    Realized late that top right was upside down.   it mattered.   wanted to be turned.   

when searching for the canvas i found an old curtain*   from New Mex window,    from Thrift shop  Tienda Segunda ,  Socorro ,  the most magnificant source of old cloth.   and for nothing,  i googled.   An article,   May 2022.   They  need volunteers.   I WISH  i could go.   Could i drive there a couple days  week?   How great would that be?   But….then i remember.   Part of the reason for these quilts is to use up these bags of cloth i live with like family,  even part of my own self.    I don't know how many things i got there over the years beside cloth.   my own clothing,  shoes,  boots,   books and magazines,     and tools.  baskets and picture frames.   it was/is truly a Wonder Filled place.      There was 10 cent Tuesday. 

*very thin old cotton…will use in the middle for one.   there might be two.  if not,  will use all the rest of the harem cloth for the second.    For mine,  if i get that far,  maybe no middle?   Jenny says she just wants a sheet .   which i don't have,  which will be up to her to find and purchase.   but all that's a ways away.   no need to go there now.  Just be Here.   Here is more than Enough.

 

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19 responses to “just more”

  1. jude Avatar

    just this, yes, just this, I have been humming those two words to myself lately. Just This. A needle chant.

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  2. jude Avatar

    sheets can be hard to stitch through.

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  3. Liz A Avatar

    I agree, sheets resist the needle with their high thread count … except flannel sheets, which also give a little bit of loft if you don’t want to use a middle layer

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  4. Deb G Avatar

    Also agree. 🙂

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  5. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    Yes a flannel sheet would be the way to go .. it is going to be amazing!!

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  6. grace Forrest Avatar

    and
    once in a LifeTime

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  7. CatherinE Avatar

    I do the same thing – look at the arrangement of my squares for long periods, make small adjustments because something is not quite right. I need a way to hang things on the wall because the floor is not ideal. I find your process worth following, no worries about repetition.

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  8. Nancy Avatar

    It’s funny, my comment was going to be how great it is that by just turning the blocks…the look changes! And how much fun to play and turn until they feel just right.
    PS I never feel “obligated to comment”…you know I’m here. I also don’t expect answers and I understand your life with your power source. I say something if I have something to say and if what you’ve shared gives to me in a particular way…a reciprocal conversation of sorts. These blocks have given much to you…and me too recently. 🙂

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  9. Nancy Avatar

    Yes, I too agree! Especially after patching work crib sheets years back! Ugh.

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  10. Mo Crow Avatar

    these are beautiful, love how the squares are relating to each other! I have a 33 year old wool blanket that is slowly disintegrating, as more holes are appearing have been thinking it would be a good base for a quilt that would take the rest of my life to make!

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  11. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    Love the Plans!! All is safe in Florida where I am. Thanks for the thoughts!

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  12. grace Forrest Avatar

    THANK YOU! for letting Us know…was hoping for
    word. I’d thought of a phrase from so long ago, I
    think it was from Joseph Campbell…
    into the maw of the hag boar
    it had come to mind when thinking of you having driven
    into Florida…..
    STAY safe….Love

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  13. Jude Avatar

    A flannel sheet can be both a middle and a back at the same time! Lofty.

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  14. Deb Avatar
    Deb

    How about the big dyed damask? It feels so good against the skin.

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  15. Liz A Avatar

    ugh … crib sheets are the worst!!

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  16. Deb G Avatar

    I have two wool blankets Mom gave me that I am doing this with. They are slowly becoming one. 🙂

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  17. grace Forrest Avatar

    you do.
    this PVC pipe on rope makes so much possible.
    A Wall. or a Wall Cloth
    and thank you for no boredom

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  18. grace Forrest Avatar

    i read all comments almost immediately and all yours…
    sometimes you comment on a few different posts at a time…
    and i don’t always go back and back…that’s what takes
    the “juice”, but i always read them. Always LOVE
    them. Every single one

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  19. grace Forrest Avatar

    NO. I love Jenny. but i also love my Self. The big
    dyed damask is
    mine.
    mine.

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