This, a cloth I call Haven. I started it after I moved here. I think I finally began to feel it was home here. That was my intention, to build that sense of place.
I have made some changes to this one but it's been slow and random. Overall, I think it became softened.
I have a habit of pinning notes to my unfinished work. As I walk by, just loose thoughts.
I guess I needed mouthwash.
The thought of moving again is unsettling in many ways. I like to dig in.
I hope there is time to do that again.
I looked up Haven. I had just added it to the Glossary.
1: harbor, port. 2. : a place of safety : refuge. 3. : a place offering favorable opportunities or conditions.
There is "safe and open" in these definitions. So my sense of this Haven Cloth needs no redefinition... it would make sense to others.
Hope you find your perfect haven when that time comes… I got rooted here pretty deep, now 21 years! And, ha, listerine made me giggle.
Yeah, I’m in pretty deep already here but hey…ho …
Digging out before digging in once again.
I see that in haven cloth also. Ebbs and flows. Making elbow room … then space to peep out at new becomings.
Digging out! Great.
Sue, what a lovely comment.
Hi Jude Can I plse join/buy into the Forever zone? I have filled in the contact page on yr shop page but not sure if you have received it? Thanks
My brother handles the shop upkeep for me, if you use the contact form here I will see it right away. Or…he will probably forward your note to me soon and I will get back to you…
I have not received your inquiry through the shop, and I don’t have your email address, so maybe try again with the contact form here…
Moving .. brings change and new adventures & opportunities . All will be well Jude .🙏wishing you love peace and serenity 💚🌸go well 🌻
Not sure when, but sure.
Hard to think of you leaving that wonderful piece of nature. I’ve lived in the same place 38 years; the next move will probably be feet first. Yesterday I passed 5 boxes of sewing stuff on to a friend and have a stack of books to go to the library. There is a time for gathering and a time for letting go.
Moving more toward deep nature…I don’t have that much, except cloth…
And a bit of paper.
Love thus “a time for gathering and a time for letting go” books and cloth are mine too, so it’s hard.
Open doors open minds open hearts. That’s how the light gets in (and out)
My man and I moved halfway across the country when I retired back to my childhood home… hard hard work for 2 oldies but so worth it.
Dad always said work is good…
The only good thing about moving is it forces me to sort and weed out what’s no longer needed. Reorganize. Stuff. My life. I don’t know when it will be be I’m fairly sure I have at least one more move in my future.
Change is newness, we can make it useful.
“Start anywhere and then keep going which ever way you are facing…I will just find new things to focus on.” ~ Oh, this is so good. I’m thinking again of being the tree, strong enough to bend in any wind that blows.
Our 2019 move, after 20 years in the same place was super stressful. I look back and wonder how I did it while working/commuting 50 hours a week. But I did. Because we do. What other choice do we have? My friend and I were just talking about no longer being able to move ourselves, a change as I’ve aged.
Haven is a very good word. We all need some type of Haven.
Oh, and the Triangle entrance looks like a portal…to where?
Maybe anywhere…
Yes, because we do. I can. Do it while you can…
Soft, safe, and strong, blooming, and flowing.
Hey- ho-ing.👋
Dug in. Rooted. Accumulated. Moving frequently in my 20s kept the clutter down. And I did develop a nostalgia for those first few days in a new place, the echo of empty rooms, makeshift meals perched on moving boxes. New possibilities. But I wanted roots. And a real couch. I have roots and clutter now. I don’t envy your move, but I would like the motivation to lighten the load of all the stuff.
I really want this to be my last move.
I left a lot of stuff behind last time. I will do that again.
Haven – thank you for making stitch and giving words to what I need/want. All the best as you transition toward your next new chance. I didn’t realize how much I disliked my apartment. I have struggled to create and enjoy cooking good meals here. I am going to down-size a little more (donating some art supplies), focusing on playing with fabric and stitch and get a larger kitchen. I made the decision to move closer to my son last week and a huge weight was lifted. Here’s to new beginnings!
Yay! Let’s do this!!!
I really want this to be my last move.
Yeah, I get it.
Beautiful. And blessings for you in this time of transition.
one thing always becomes another anyway… right? Thank you.
Haven is a wonderful piece, with talk of moving I look at it and the center triangle seems a new path to enter, a beautiful path.
About 15 years ago I had an unexpected forced move , we had been anchored in that place for 31 years.
Needless to say it was a shock and of course being a keeper of anything I thought could be used in stitching, it was a totally overwhelming time. I look back now and know that as hard as that time was, it brought me forward to a much better place. This is what I hope for you…as others have said, you have such strength and I know you will get through what needs to happen but I hope you too will feel you move forward to a better place for you. Positive loving thoughts to your way.
I suppose if we move toward acceptance it is just another chance…
‘ugh moving,’ says the woman who has remained put for 28 years now!
at times like these I do very much wish I could magically whizz self across the pond to come and help you sort through stuff and carry part of the load….this is something I enjoy doing with friends
Thinking about it, or worrying, always the worst part…I do love packing! And unpacking!
Your haven piece spoke to me this morning. I have been absent from the conversation for so long, so many changes
to move through in life.
I have just found a haven after a difficult year. It sounds as if you have negotiated your way through many changes, and more to come.
I wish you safe passage to your new haven.
it is nice to have travelling companions…
I’m working on open again, with safe. And decided that any move had to include time to sew and knit and write amidst the chaos. . .keep recording it all as one continuous thing.
“And sometimes you sense how faithfully your life is delivered, even though you can’t read the address.” Thomas R. Smith (from the poem “Trust”). This was ‘delivered’ to my inbox last week.
thank you! I always need music.
This is beautiful. Thank you.
So lovely 🌸
A soft place
Change is…challenging.
We have lived in our little lake cottage for 40 years. Forty years!!
We have seen the roads change from gravel and Woods, to pavement and lovely large homes. We still have lots of Wildlife, being so close to the Lake. Why, just this morning a Coyote walked out of our Woods…adaptability. That’s the trick!
Yes, becoming.
Jude, PA love this piece so much; there is comfort and grounding and peace and water …
I have been practicing “what IS” for each day, trying my damnedest to not fret about what has been, what will be.
( Gardening and stitching help me)
We’ve been in this house 21 years …twice as long as anywhere/any time else …
Moving would be so hard; I could jettison half the “stuff” but I’d wanna take my gardens with me! 😅😂
“PA” ??
Darn autocorrect
( Or fumble fingers! Ha)
….”I” is what it should say
Figured 😂
Yeah, leaving the nature you have nourished is hard. I was almost 40 years in the other place…
The way you “read” cloth and put it together…allows me to find stories in them. And when I don’t do that…just looking at them for a while… I find a rest within. A quiet place I missed during the day.
A place to rest is such a nice compliment.
We all need a haven … beast and human, fish and bird. The circle and blue sky … a lovely embrace.
May ease and peace accompany your move. If anyone can make this life transition with graciousness, it’s you, Jude
Gotta just keep going…
Haven, when I think of harbors, some are temporary…visited while on a journey. 🙂 Moving is hard. I have a dream that my next move would be to a tiny house in the back garden…there is space for one there.
Yeah maybe a teeny houseboat on the stream out back if I could shrink myself down.
Stuart Little style 🙂
😀
I would be in quite a state, if I had to manage a move. I have been living in my house for 15 years… the longest amount of time I have lived at one address in my entire life. Family has gone one way or another. Still struggling to settle into all the changes.
I wish I had your drive and direction to stitch with the intensity you
inspire. Direction?? I understand the meaning.. just haven’t figured out the path. You inspire many of us year after year. Thank you!
A new journey .. many new inspirations are wished for you!
I’m not good with moving, but hey, maybe I need more practice!
Once I got going with story cloth, there always something new each day to express. Start anywhere and then keep going which ever way you are facing…
I will just find new things to focus on.
Beautiful 💙💙💙🕊️
just the concept holds beauty for me.