by jude
Some old nine patch done Skitch Skatch style, maybe from Small Cloth class? Can’t remember. Another layer of sketch made it #5 in the Just Home series. I kind of like how this looks like an architectural drawing. So What If (?) I dye over the Sketch? Skye. I think I might be finding a new path here. And this OLD Home might become a series in itself. First off it might be important to say that I patched before I […]
Categories: blackening, Just Home, Layers, What if (?)
by jude
Yesterday was just a hilarious day. It’s Turkey Time. They were everywhere. And noisy. ( I posted a little movie on Instagram because it is easy to do that over there.) That stone wall is not the end of the property. The edge of an original parcel. But this lot has 5 of them. Sectioned by these stone markers. The long ago owner had plans to sell them separately. These pieces were not buildable because of the stone and the […]
Categories: dividing space, Just Home, Season
by jude
Here we are. Almost the middle of April. Big moon coming. And I have a new design wall out on the porch. I painted it white last summer. The porch is my studio now for as long as it is warm enough. I am thinking I will simply work on the Just Home series through April. No other agenda. I am organizing my cloth thoughts for May when I will be able to talk and film outside. And begin again. […]
by jude
Second Spring here. So I can say Spring in the Valley again. And allergies. It’s been very dry. It’s going to rain for a few days, that usually helps. Not a lot of thoughts here except I think I will begin with green. And then, that stray red thread, a reminder of the fire inside. I thought that when I saw it. I think I will leave it beneath what ever gets stitched there. It is often not noticed, but […]
Categories: color, Just Home, Season, Thought Catching
by jude
So still patchwork. Yesterday I worked in the dirt. This raised bed was here. Huge, 12 feet square inside. I like that it is square but I really can’t get to the growing space. I divided it into 4 beds with 2 foot paths. Then, I was online, pricing garden supplies, when my other self suddenly blurted out “Fuck You”. Like I need to pay you for stones, soil? What in the world are we thinking really? Anyway, it took […]
Categories: design mending, Garden, Just Home, MAKING DO, WORKING IN A SERIES
by jude
Magnolia. Looking closer. I suppose this was some sort of frost damage. Some fell off. But I am thinking it is just like that. Usually we go just on. Some might not even suspect the struggle in acceptance. I was going to talk about cloth today but I got into something else and that is the way it goes. So Just Home # one, there was no drawing. And #2, on the left here, a drawing just for reference, but […]
Categories: Just Home, News, PATCHWORK, SMALL CLOTH
by jude
Just Good Morning. Because I plan to post here daily. Just to be here. There are now two. In the Just Home series. Just Because I would like to make nine. This morning he seems to have two different colored eyes. Just the way the light plays. I like the idea of having “different” kinds of eyes. On the same face. Reminds me of Expanded Vision.
Categories: Eyes, Just Home, nine, Soul-o, WORKING IN A SERIES
by jude
Yesterday was the 2nd out of 3 glorious days expected here. Before more snow moves in next week. Today we will complete the 3rd of the round wood piles. And haul some rocks to frame a path. I found this cedar branch hanging from recent wind damage. Can you smell it? There is a lot of cedar here. Cloth hanging from cedar sticks might be swell. No stitching to show. Well, I did add fringe and I did jot a […]
Categories: Eyes, fringe, Garden, LIFE AND STORY, Loose Pages, Stray Selves Series
by jude
I think one of the reasons I sometimes prefer audio over video is the authenticity of it. Of course that is because I have managed to feel comfortable with it as if I am talking to myself. There is no script. There needs to be no preparation for it. It is just a reconsidering of what has happened. A gut reaction. And it becomes a bridge to what MIGHT come next. Or a mend ( I have a few patchwords) […]
Categories: RECONSIDERING Skitch Skatch, Skitch Skatch, Stray Selves Series