What if...
I am about to begin working on Alphabet Soup, in order to finish it by year's end. At the same time when you pick something up after so long, you cannot help but reconsider it. Let it become in your mind and then maybe continue the thought. So today I asked myself what if the letters were smaller (?) and then there would be more room for story. Of course that led to how small could they be? And that led to this 3" ish letter patch and that led to What if I try 9 different ways? So I will be back after I answer myself. Maybe today can be for Answers. Which usually lead to somewhere. Usually more questions. Which keep us going..
The morning was spent mopping up the basement but Dave the plumber showed up in a flash, 7AM!, and we have hot water once again. He's great, an old timer, a local guy, in fact his company name is Local Guy, just him and his truck and years of experience.
I often wish I had a Local Guy Handyman – sounds like you have 3!!
I have also thought about having a stitching group at the library – our library has several but none that suit me. But… grandkids win out right now.
I like the idea of a mixed up alphabet – maybe an orderly one on one side and a mixed up one on the other side – oh, the possibilities! I better get my A game going.
Yeah, a real surprise, helpful people.
I love library event.
We had a hootenanny going when I was a teenager.
small is good for little ones … a cloth to put on the floor for the earliest pre-walking and crawling days, later to become a comfy (3-year-old Ellis’s word for her baby clothes bed coverlet) … my experience is the most loved ones get laundered a lot … and that hot water is often required
“A” start . . . 🙂
that’s it. I could go in any direction
Assortment. 🙂 I think classes at the library would be a lovely thing to do.
like a sampler.
I think so too.
It is a tiny library.
Thanks, Jude, you have just given me a great idea for constructing letter shapes to be used when printing! Blocking out the negative space.
Ah, yes, it seems a cool method. .
I love this! Earlier this year I was thinking about doing something with the alphabet but my first thought was to design a layout of a finished piece. I really appreciate the idea of just starting with one letter ( maybe not even A) and see where that leads.
yes, I prefer the layout to emerge. maybe it can be all mixed up and then it could be a search for the next letter game.
Alphabet soup in a smaller version.. loving it! I am re-organizing the totes and plastic 3 drawer organizing things.. I have four of them. Numbered and labeled and noted in a notebook what is in each drawer.. but now thinking maybe I should list items alphabetically too with corresponding drawer next to it.. so the man can find it easier…
I like the idea of you being Local Gal Educator!
Ps these totes are stuffed under the bed part of the van accessed by the back doors. Extra stuff, tools, sewing stuff etc.. and need shuffling to get to it all.. lists are essential!
an alphabet is a list… yes.
ha!
the man is the organizer here.
used to design and program databases. gets a bit overwhelming tho , some days…
I like the idea too. there is a school down the road, was thinking they could make field trips to the library to take a stitch or two.
Who is going to carry on for all the old skilled guys? Or gals.😏 Feeling small enough for a child’s hand to touch.🖐️💓
that’s where sharing and teaching come in.
yes, small hands…
You’d be a great local gal teacher! 💙
I would like to try. Covid kind of put a hold on that idea…
Such interesting thoughts you are giving me these days. I definitely have a lot of questions at the moment, pondering ALL sorts of Answers and what that might look like.
Love “Local Guy”! 😂
So Glad you are Back, I missed you! ❤️
Considering giving free quilting lessons at the library and calling myself local gal.
local guy…i think i’ve fallen in love. Who’d’ve guessed it could happen
again
The roof guy and the tree guy and the plumber guy went to school together. Some of the original families here in the valley.
Well, isn’t that just the best1
Hot water is definitely a good thing! I have a plumber like that… he’s actually retired, but he does jobs here and there in the afternoons.
Skilled honest service is hard to find these days.
Local Guy, you gotta love it.
Right?
Local guy….oh, so few here now.. like treasures they are….and the stories they embody for a lot of us. ….
Looking forward to reading about some smaller letters and even more stories to be had….with a cup of coffee…now that’s a treat!