This isn't advice, it is just what came to mind while testing the writing over the picture thing, changing colors so the letters were still visible.
It worked.
I am settling down
like the season.
Looks like snow coming? It really is about time for this endless summer to come to a close. I just sense the change will seem sudden. More sudden that I am used to.
I added a thread line by splitting hairs, the same method I used here.
Some folks asked how I did that. Alternating black and white. It's magic. It vibrates if you keep going. But it can take a while.
Forgive me, I still don’t see how you did the splitting hairs method on the woman and the new piece. Please let us know ? Or maybe it’s just me who can’t see it.
Not sure what is confusing, draw the basic lines you want for the hair and then stitch over them with a single strand of black, then come back and stitch right next to it in white and then keep going as many times as you want so you get alternating lines of black and white for the design. The picture shows how you might begin.
Thank you very much. I understand now. I thought maybe you were using a different stitch.
sorry, I have a video somewhere but i couldn’t find it… ha!
wow this one sings with the stars and yet goes deep into the heart of the matter, what a beauty!
It feels good. I feel better.
Hey Jude,
Always love your posts. Is Threadcrumbs resting a bit?
Take good care,
Beeja
No, its open… just updated…
The swoosh, the words…the new going…🙂
It happened here and was a big shock. Thursday near record high of 78 and Saturday 2 inches of snow, the high didn’t get above freezing. Wearing a wool hat and shawl in the house as we adjust to sudden November.
Threads creating a path to our hearts…this morning, it is cold and after going out to greet the day, temps around 27, and no temp in the evenings, this coming week, rising above 29, It is cold…On my way back in, I gave a little hug to my baby Colorado blue spruce tree, As I made my way to the kitchen to make a cup of tea, I realized: that this tree holds deep story to me, especially at this time of the year but it has become too large to bring indoors next month; not that it is that tall but it has been re-potted into a larger pot that is simply too heavy to bring in… how do I honor the coming celebratory season if I have no tree indoors… but then I don’t need a tree indoors because this tree can be celebrated right where it is;
I will bedeck it with threads, strips of my dyed cloths, tied simply on the little branches, not in bows, but left to dangle so they can dance in the wind. I will add a few favorite pine cones, collected from many years, in the many places that we have lived, some dried red Chiles because this is New Mexico and I will add dried orange slices, something I make every year to acknowledge the coming of the light of Winter Solstice.
The tree sits in the corner of my apartment building where those who live upstairs and those who live n4xt to me, see it and pass by it every day.
Threads of good will, of connection, of honoring the coming of the light, the Winter Solstice/Christmas, JOY in the simple and to me, that is the essence of this coming celebratory season.
unseasonably warm here but what does that mean anymore. we just decorate outdoors now, a few solar lights and edibles for the birds. A few treasured things hanging from wreaths. With a new baby coming maybe things will change!
Beautiful words, I love them. Inspiring. Thanks for sharing . 💞
Sounds lovely Marti ❤️
31 in Texas … go figure … fingers crossed the covers that Don put on the tomatoes and basil were enough to protect them
I’ve long been a big fan of splitting hairs, the finer the better (silk/cotton split into four strands is so great for lettering) … but I can’t think of when I might have put different colored rows together, which seems strange … in any case, I have some applique moons that need to be edged, so I think I’ll (finally) give it a go …
and I must say I’m grinning at those wild hairs extending out from the raw edges of the cloth!
She was from a while ago but looks more like me now.
Snow here in Ohio. So beautiful. Love your wild-haired woman…self-portrait?
They mostly are…
I like seeing all the layers. Four altogether?
Season for lots of layers ahead.
Good morning! Magic happens…
Yes!
The connecting thread is so dynamic and interesting. It is still so weirdly warm here but cold temps on their way.
That thread is seared into my mind, I see it superimposed on everything I look at today.
It was supposed to dip last night but still floating above normal here. Lots of rain.
Poetry on cloth.
Change in season is here also, windy and cold but the sun rises, and I am grateful.
Grateful for your sharing as well.
Thank you, Jude 💙
Yes, another day! Yay!
🌅🎉
Yes!!
Yippeee!
Oh, this is exquisite.
The quiet power of connecting the dots…
I look at this piece with sheer wonder.
What a delight to feel this!
Your cabin piece looks amazing 💙
It’s windy and 43 degrees this morning 🥶
Yeah, it’s comin’
This piece is magical, more so each day. The words too, are transporting. Thank you for sharing all that comes through you with us.
Ditto.
Gorgeously cosmic…and cozy at the same time. The starry roof stays in my mind.
It holds…