It was a long day, not doing anything I like doing.
And finally as we approach sunset and it is quiet here once again, this is what I accomplished.
The green cross cloth, from back here. I put the green wish there. Somehow it made me feel useful.
Probably everyone has lost track of my large cloth adventures by now. I have. I don't mind tho, I will get to them.
The guys couldn't finish today. They will be back at 8 am tomorrow morning.
...just a loose stitched patch.
Fuzzy pic, sweaty day. Just to be here, to be hopeful, wishful. And ok.
Some needed air duct repair scheduled for tomorrow and guys will be IN the house. Masks ready, every little thing is such a production.
This old wicker shade was here. Porch light. Fixed it.
It's not the thing, it's the spirit of the thing.
How a thought rises through consciousness. That's what I was thinking a day or so ago...with all that has happened, it fell back in. Anyway there was too much coffee, probably because there was too much shitty wine.
I promised a video but I am not up to it really. These big squares are 5". Once I start with a certain puzzle piece size, all the other elements fall into relationship with that. I talked about that here. Obviously, I could continue adding 5" squares until it was "big enough". But I've done that.
I made the cross and stitched it to the base instead. Like a puzzle block. Maybe to see it that way. There many ways to patch to a base. I talked about that here. As a matter of fact, what I talked about in Small Cloth can apply to large cloth, right? Just the scale is different which might require a bit of problem solving in terms of handling a larger cloth. But that is the never ending learning part.
So I made the puzzle pieces in the same way. Ironed around a template, edges glue-stitched to keep the edges in place while fiddling. Then I stitched 9 squares (made more than 9) together to form the cross. I glue-stitched the cross to the base cloth by sewing down the center in both directions, so the edges might flap open, allowing me to add the 4 more pieces to create the extended 9. A little awkward to work into the corners but it worked. Of course I could just applique them as well. Or draw the framework of the patch work and use the skatching (patching over a sketch) method. So you see, so many ways. I like to mix it up. Or go with what works with my mood or my energy in the moment. All the while noticing how each way has it's own feel. Sensing that.
There was some journaling.
link to audio if you see no player above
This was Monday's post but I didn't post it. I felt detached. But now, ok, there it was, an idea. Not planned bit as it happened. Could I create a pieced back? One that would might show through the base cloth, like a shadow yet still a main part of the structure, and work with the existing pieced cross/extended nine patch? What if?
And So
on a lighter note, a little small cloth, the catnip square. You know, when you have a few 1" puzzle pieces left over... and What if?
It's important for me to be able to lighten up. Laugh.
Not to be too full of myself.
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