The next leg
Long ago, I wondered why every pair of my jeans ended up with a hole in the left knee,
but NEVER the right. These are my favorite gardening jeans and at that time,
I diligently patched the left leg …Read More
I am the daughter of an April fool...
Genealogy is a trickster and a grand informant. My earliest traceable ancestor on my father's sideimmigrated to America from England to escape religious persecution.He was a Methodist minister who settled in Woburn, M…Read More
My grandmother's needles
We may have heard that old saying about characteristics or traits skipping a generation...true or not, I am testament to this saying in my own lineage. In so many ways I am unlike my mother. Dearest heart an…Read More
Patching those same jeans from a few years back, Penny. I enjoy the process so much I almost look forward to the next rip n' tear. This kind of stitching does indeed bring on the calm ;>]
Some scribblings & assorted notes ... from a beadworker, picture taker, natural dyer, stitcher of stories and garden maker ... happily unleashed with my soul-mutt dawg, wandering the Pacific Northwest of America and venturing down all sorts of paths of inspiration.
Lovely stitching and colours with a slight sheen, very effective.
ReplyDeleteUsing mainly Anchor embroidery thread ... has a sheen to it until it's washed - then it goes completely matte. Go figure.
DeleteAll those beautiful, serene stitches - in and out - on a peaceful background.
ReplyDeletePatching those same jeans from a few years back, Penny. I enjoy the process so much I almost look forward to the next rip n' tear. This kind of stitching does indeed bring on the calm ;>]
DeleteAnd it is a lake of calm... I exhaled as soon as I arrived here.
ReplyDeletethankyou,
love,
grrl+dog
grrl+dog ... HOWDY!!!
DeleteLovely!
ReplyDeleteHi Janice, thank you.
DeleteBeautiful and the colour is so soft and soothing. Like a greenish fog on a November day in the Northwest.
ReplyDelete'Tis that season, Anne Marie .... the needles have been clacking ;>]]
DeleteToo true, too true.... I remember it well.
Deleteexactly. how do you always know??
ReplyDeleteParallel universes perhaps?
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