by jude
And here I am, we are. I kept going to complete the quilting all around the edge. I met up with U. And Unicorn. I did a bit of quilting on U while I was there. You can see, here at the bottom there are lots of empty spaces. And I have left spaces in the corners as well. And that is not O , it is an unfinished Q. Some of these fabrics are hard to stitch through, especially […]
Categories: Alphabet Soup, LARGE CLOTH, Quilting
by jude
Sometimes a big ol’ patch is just the thing. (Continued from here, in case you weren’t here yesterday…) I think Dee sent me this cloth, but my memory cannot be depended on these days. Patching is applique really. I left the top edge ragged, that makes this cloth a cobblecloth. As if it wasn’t already? I tend to use single thread for quilting these days. I was more likely to use 2 way back when. Interesting to see the play […]
Categories: APPLIQUE, layers, Mending, Quilting, the wedding quilt
by jude
Yesterday I made a new path. Through the wild growth and through my tangled mind. I noticed the Japanese Maple is turning. Today there is a soft drizzle. Dark but light enough to sit near the big window and stitch on Heal. I added this final patch. I will quilt this now. Until it seems like enough. I’ll try anyway. I’ll be back when I get there.
Categories: Heal, LARGE CLOTH, Quilting
by jude
The edge, the Frame of Mind, in this case, I suppose might simply be the hope for containment. On so many levels. Maybe even just the ability to hold the scope of it. Back to Back Patchwork. I lifted this picture from way back in 2006. From the beginning when I was working on Listen to the River. I am using that method here. I have some videos somewhere, but let’s just say patchwork on both sides, wrong sides facing […]
Categories: COMPOSITION, edges, fire, Frame of Mind, framing, Garden, LIFE AND STORY, PATCHWORK, Quilting, Season, STITCH, the other side, WORKING IN A SERIES