by jude
Yes. Another post. To see if I can. I think maybe I am going to take a stand. I am going to be who I am, here, without worry. After all, it seems worry has taken over and I don’t have time really, anymore. It can be ok. Just putting what I can here, and if I can’t, well, you can just know it is because I can’t. Sometimes it is like that, in fact that’s just life. I have […]
Categories: A, JAHcardz, PAPER WORK, questions, REAL JOURNAL, THOUGHT CATCHING
by jude
I actually wrote rainy rainy Monday first off. I have some fairly funny stories about forgetfulness. I should share them before they seem less funny. I quilted this much yesterday on Alphabet Soup. The remnants of hurricane Ian have reached the Northeast. Looks like 3 days of rain. Like real rain. I never liked rain so much. Woke to the sound of it. More quilting today for sure. And there was a new Moon Cabin yesterday because it has been […]
Categories: A, Alphabet Soup, centering, spin, weathering a storm • Tags: Patchwork
by jude
Today A is for A Change in Direction. I have leaned, now, into quilting the border as I go. Since I am still near A I started there. Changing direction at the corner. Turning a corner in so many ways in my mind. And now there is a place for something there, in the corner place. Maybe. I am leaning I think toward the moon, or maybe a tiny Moon Cabin, been loving Grace’s cabin making these days. Or maybe […]
Categories: A, alphabet, Alphabet Soup, LARGE CLOTH
by jude
A. Again. And again. I am thinking about false beginnings. I am also caught in considering Intention vs Promise. But that’s kinda heavy for this dreary sunless day so I will save that for another time. These are from the A section of Alphabet Soup. I am remembering the machine piecing free style. How new that was for me. I was thrilled at the speed at which this came together. And the new form it seemed to present. But still, […]
Categories: A, alphabet, Alphabet Soup, LARGE CLOTH
by jude
The round woodpile is bigger this year, we got better at it, one big pile. And under the deck is also full. I almost wanted to build a fire this morning… the chill is delicious though. I chose two robes instead. I want to make a wool robe. I think I will. Actually a robe for each season sounds good. But then, by combining two robes, well that works too, and there is less. And more when needed. If I […]
Categories: A, alphabet, What if (?)
by jude
I can say we got enough rain. It is cool and damp and these are new to me. New is good at the moment, I have slipped into a strange kind of boredom. It took months but the porch ceiling is finally painted, we don’t care about fancy or neat, could have left the plywood bare, but this makes it lighter, softly. It was hard work at our age, gosh I can feel it. Tape comes off later today. I […]
Categories: A, alphabet, Home, LIFE AND STORY, loose patches
by jude
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? […]
Categories: A, Alphabet Soup, What if (?)
by jude
This one holds so many moments of Acceptance. A is for Acceptance, a new word just added to the glossary because some considering happened while dreaming. I renamed this one, shortened the name to Over Time The garden might teach acceptance. And I did add a new symbol to my Spirit Cloth language, I call it LifeLine.
Categories: A, Naming Things
by jude
A A is the place I begin again. I have my first school papers somewhere. I don’t know where. I kept the penmanship ones, Practicing letters. Alphabet. Now just knowing that I kept them or meant to keep them seems like enough. I can close my eyes and picture them quite clearly. A lot of things are becoming like that. And then somethings seem […]
Categories: A, applique, what's happening