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The Spirit of OK

July 18, 2021 by jude

Just Nine 3″ squares. Because I spent most of rainy yesterday replenishing my basket of puzzle pieces. I do this mostly when I feel puzzled. No plan really. Just the potential for a solution. Maybe just a nine patch. And then, I pressed them to a big cloth, Heal, just to look at them. You know how cloth sticks to cloth sometimes, like a felt board. I liked them there and now they are pinned. Because they started to fall […]

Categories: COMPOSITION, design mending, Garden, Heal, LARGE CLOTH, LIFE AND STORY, loose patches, nine, PATCHWORK

Always Reconsider

July 9, 2021 by jude

Never be too sure. The ability to change your mind is a never ending opportunity to learn. Especially from each other. Fencing for the garden. That I had decided not to do. For now, I need to stay off my feet. The garden will wait. So I continued stitching this leaf to celebrate growth. And to what I learn at every turn. I had two small slices, not quite halves, of circles leftover from something else… folded the edge of […]

Categories: fold and stitch, Garden, MAKING DO, Pairing, seams, split backstitch, sympathetic evolution

I Don’t Know

July 7, 2021 by jude

I woke up thinking I don’t know. There wasn’t even any question. And then I put this picture here because I don’t know who or what it is. And it doesn’t matter. First time growing nasturtiums. They like it here. Some leftover moon/eclipse bits. Cobbled together, poof, a leaf. I like how a leaf and an eclipse might work together as a concept. I am not sure how…

Categories: fold and stitch, Garden, LIFE AND STORY, Pairing, PATCHWORK, sympathetic evolution, THOUGHT CATCHING

Time will Tell

June 14, 2021 by jude

Working through this one is helping me let certain things go. I need to truly hold myself in what is and how much things have changed and let go of pretending I can repair a broken spell. There is magic in how things appear and magic in how things disappear. And then in between, the magic we often miss. The JUST IS. I know, vague. But words will not work. And really it’s just a personal trip I am on. […]

Categories: Garden, LIFE AND STORY, Reconsidering, THOUGHT CATCHING

How time just…

June 1, 2021 by jude

So Ok, I’ll be working to gather the loose pages then, for publication. which might seem simple to some, but still quite daunting to me. At least I have direction. I store them mostly in a big cardboard box, actually now there are 2. But I am finding them everywhere, even beneath my pillow. Some spring cleaning then, need that anyway. I connected a few loose dyed patches this morning. To remind me of time passing and how softly June […]

Categories: components, dividing space, fold and stitch, Garden, Small Cloth

Growing

May 27, 2021 by jude

The Storm was wild, but not here. A bit of wind, distant thunder, and then a slow cooling drizzle all night. It was close to 90 yesterday, almost a 30 degree climb from the day before. Power is out for some folks I hear, but not here. Things are growing and it is all very calming. The mustard greens were glistening this morning, must have grown 3″ overnight. These are in the deck planter, which can feed us really. There […]

Categories: centering, Garden, Grow, joy, LARGE CLOTH • Tags: jude hill, spirit cloth

Plans

May 23, 2021 by jude

A Plan can seem restrictive. It’s so trendy these days to say you don’t have one. You know, the free and easy carefree you and some how things magically work out. But really, there is always a loose plan. An idea. Not necessarily a vision of how it will be but just a vision of how it could be. If you are not brain dead, there is always an idea. For the first time in a long time, I have […]

Categories: Garden, Grow, Storming

not quite

May 17, 2021 by jude

Never quite there. I had this in my mind all weekend. Mostly because of how things have been going for me. But then after talking to my son who works so hard and is so tired and is still trying to figure out the best path forward. It was comforting in some way to know that such frustration might span generations and that it’s not just that I am getting old. Life is simple really. It is just complicated. We […]

Categories: Garden, Spirit Cloth 101, story, Yesterdays

Just Going

May 12, 2021 by jude

I have two raised bed planters on the deck. Last year I grew herbs, scallions, celery, tomatoes and chard very successfully. I also grew indigo in a pot. Right nearby. I moved the pot onto the planter later in the season. Somehow some seeds found a home there. Ha! I usually start the indigo indoors. I have some waiting for warmer days, but these are already strong and ready to go. I had no idea they would reseed here. More […]

Categories: edges, Garden, Naming Things, ONLINE CLASSES, THOUGHT CATCHING

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